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Pop_OS! It's not without its bugs too, what isn't? But I've had far fewer major issues like the one noted in the link. System 76 and community, maintain it spec

Pop_OS! It's not without its bugs too, what isn't? But I've had far fewer major issues like the one noted in the link. System 76 and community, maintain it specifically as desktop Linux. Unlike Canonical which is much more focused on enterprise, server, these days which is why I think we've seen desktop Ubuntu slide on quality.

forgotpwd16 4y ago
Wouldn't call the issue on article major (edit: and it's more of GNOME than Ubuntu issue). Installing Steam removing the desktop environment on the other hand...
- LoveMortuus 4y ago
  I'm guessing you're referring to LinusTechTips video, where is he would have actually read what was written in the terminal, he could have avoided all this... But I do think that as long as users have to enter the terminal, the experience won't be very user friendly.
- tekchip 4y ago
  It's hard to say where fault lies exactly in terms of the bug itself. Except it's up to the distro maintainer to decide what software they include, test it, and ensure it works as expected along with the other pieces of software they decided to include. I don't know kernel stuff particularly well so maybe this is wrong, but presumably a GUI application, that lets you control other aspects of the OS, not working with the kernels own performance settings seems egregious if not also serious or "major".
extr0pian 4y ago
Being a computer geek, Pop_OS! is not my distro of choice but my girlfriend has been happy with it and runs her online school with it. I had her briefly try the Cinnamon edition of Manjaro (about a month) and so many bugs kept surfacing, that I simply put Pop OS back on. I was a Linux Mint user for a long time, and I can't recommend that distro either because of all the bugs.
washadjeffmad 4y ago
Strong but tentative recommendation for Pop_OS! as well. I don't use it, but a friend who built a PC with a new graphics card recently and couldn't get Windows to boot stably with it downloaded it as a live distro for troubleshooting at the recommendation of a popular YouTube channel. When he asked me to remote in a few hours later to take a look, he'd already replaced Windows with it and installed his Steam library. His comments were that "he didn't know Linux was like this", "if he'd known it was so easy he would have done it years ago", "he's so sick of Windows, and now he feels like he's in control of his computer again", and "how does it just work without having to install anything". He's a heavy equipment operator living where there's only cellular internet access, 30 minutes from the nearest grocery store, and this is his first computer since before his children were born. He was very impressed by the free software catalog and customized his own widget to monitor his hardware after showing him lm_sensors. A few months on, I'm having to remind him I don't know everything when he calls about how OpenRGB or WINE prefixes work. I'm the pig that enjoys being wrestled in the mud by my projects, so I don't pretend to anyone that my way is the best, but to anyone who is looking for something with support for modern gaming hardware, both in the software and community sense, Pop_OS! is what the Ubuntu Forums were circa 2006.

forgotpwd16 4y ago

Wouldn't call the issue on article major (edit: and it's more of GNOME than Ubuntu issue). Installing Steam removing the desktop environment on the other hand...

LoveMortuus 4y ago
I'm guessing you're referring to LinusTechTips video, where is he would have actually read what was written in the terminal, he could have avoided all this... But I do think that as long as users have to enter the terminal, the experience won't be very user friendly.
tekchip 4y ago
It's hard to say where fault lies exactly in terms of the bug itself. Except it's up to the distro maintainer to decide what software they include, test it, and ensure it works as expected along with the other pieces of software they decided to include. I don't know kernel stuff particularly well so maybe this is wrong, but presumably a GUI application, that lets you control other aspects of the OS, not working with the kernels own performance settings seems egregious if not also serious or "major".

extr0pian 4y ago

Being a computer geek, Pop_OS! is not my distro of choice but my girlfriend has been happy with it and runs her online school with it. I had her briefly try the Cinnamon edition of Manjaro (about a month) and so many bugs kept surfacing, that I simply put Pop OS back on. I was a Linux Mint user for a long time, and I can't recommend that distro either because of all the bugs.

washadjeffmad 4y ago

Strong but tentative recommendation for Pop_OS! as well. I don't use it, but a friend who built a PC with a new graphics card recently and couldn't get Windows to boot stably with it downloaded it as a live distro for troubleshooting at the recommendation of a popular YouTube channel. When he asked me to remote in a few hours later to take a look, he'd already replaced Windows with it and installed his Steam library. His comments were that "he didn't know Linux was like this", "if he'd known it was so easy he would have done it years ago", "he's so sick of Windows, and now he feels like he's in control of his computer again", and "how does it just work without having to install anything". He's a heavy equipment operator living where there's only cellular internet access, 30 minutes from the nearest grocery store, and this is his first computer since before his children were born. He was very impressed by the free software catalog and customized his own widget to monitor his hardware after showing him lm_sensors. A few months on, I'm having to remind him I don't know everything when he calls about how OpenRGB or WINE prefixes work. I'm the pig that enjoys being wrestled in the mud by my projects, so I don't pretend to anyone that my way is the best, but to anyone who is looking for something with support for modern gaming hardware, both in the software and community sense, Pop_OS! is what the Ubuntu Forums were circa 2006.