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Or come to Ubuntu without the nonsense: Linux Mint.

by xdennis 3y ago

wing-_-nuts 3y ago
or popOS
- stavros 3y ago
  Is Pop!OS a viable alternative to Ubuntu? I don't like Snaps but I like the fact that all my hardware (even my nVidia GPU) is supported. I think rolling release would be better, though, even if stuff breaks once in a while.
  - thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
    Pop OS with Nvidia drivers ISO: https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/31/pop-os_22.04_amd64_nvidia_31.iso https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/31/pop-os_22.04_am... Works great on my machine with a RTX 2060.
    - stavros 3y ago
      Hmm, why is it an ISO, rather than getting the drivers from a server afterwards? I have a few devices that need proprietary drivers, do I need to do the same for the others?
      - thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
        The download page states: "If you have NVIDIA graphics, download the ISO with the proprietary NVIDIA driver preinstalled." There is also a non-Nvidia ISO: https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/intel/31/pop-os_22.04_amd64_intel_31.iso https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/intel/31/pop-os_22.04_amd... As well as Raspberry Pi: https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/arm64/raspi/4/pop-os_22.04_arm64_raspi_4.img.xz https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/arm64/raspi/4/pop-os_22.04_arm6...
  - wing-_-nuts 3y ago
    Yeah, popOS is basically ubuntu without snaps, with the latest nvidia drivers, and a scheduler that gives better gaming performance (gaming on linux has really come a long way since the steam deck has been released). Before this, I used arch, until a simple update rendered my system unbootable. When I asked an arch dev why they were shipping a master branch grub build, I was told that if I couldn't easily recover a corrupted grub install I should consider another distro. I installed pop the next day. I've been very happy with it from that point forward. If I had to use something else it'd probably be mint.
- whalesalad 3y ago
  I can't get over the ridiculous name. The way you wrote it is how it should be named.

Or come to Ubuntu without the nonsense: Linux Mint.

wing-_-nuts 3y ago

or popOS

stavros 3y ago
Is Pop!OS a viable alternative to Ubuntu? I don't like Snaps but I like the fact that all my hardware (even my nVidia GPU) is supported. I think rolling release would be better, though, even if stuff breaks once in a while.
- thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
  Pop OS with Nvidia drivers ISO: https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/31/pop-os_22.04_amd64_nvidia_31.iso https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/31/pop-os_22.04_am... Works great on my machine with a RTX 2060.
  - stavros 3y ago
    Hmm, why is it an ISO, rather than getting the drivers from a server afterwards? I have a few devices that need proprietary drivers, do I need to do the same for the others?
    - thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
      The download page states: "If you have NVIDIA graphics, download the ISO with the proprietary NVIDIA driver preinstalled." There is also a non-Nvidia ISO: https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/intel/31/pop-os_22.04_amd64_intel_31.iso https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/intel/31/pop-os_22.04_amd... As well as Raspberry Pi: https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/arm64/raspi/4/pop-os_22.04_arm64_raspi_4.img.xz https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/arm64/raspi/4/pop-os_22.04_arm6...
- wing-_-nuts 3y ago
  Yeah, popOS is basically ubuntu without snaps, with the latest nvidia drivers, and a scheduler that gives better gaming performance (gaming on linux has really come a long way since the steam deck has been released). Before this, I used arch, until a simple update rendered my system unbootable. When I asked an arch dev why they were shipping a master branch grub build, I was told that if I couldn't easily recover a corrupted grub install I should consider another distro. I installed pop the next day. I've been very happy with it from that point forward. If I had to use something else it'd probably be mint.
whalesalad 3y ago
I can't get over the ridiculous name. The way you wrote it is how it should be named.