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But Ubuntu looks good (imo) and is comparatively easy. Hope many Apple/Windows users switch to it. Big step in the right direction. Apps 'uncomplicated' softwar

But Ubuntu looks good (imo) and is comparatively easy. Hope many Apple/Windows users switch to it. Big step in the right direction. Apps 'uncomplicated' software and I think it is very necessary that there is a mainstream Linux distribution which focusses on 'uncomplicated' computing. 'Privacy' be damned. At least as long as one can configure settings as easy as is the case here. (Privacy quoted as I cannot see the problem here, compared to e.g. google or facebook which are able to build up a whole profile of you (and me)). (would love to try out gentoo once, but time...)

zx2c4 13y ago
Plenty of other distros are easy and look good too. Gentoo isn't one of them, but a few others on that list are pretty okay...
- chappi42 13y ago
  I know, but Gentoo is by far the most interesting. - The others feel like a downgrade/hassle from Ubuntu (I love unity, 'pretty okay' is not good enough). Tried Debian (which we use for servers) but had problems with my labtop, Suse I used before Debian, Fedora/CentOS ok but has the 'wrong packet manager', Mint, mmh, another fork). Maybe Ubuntu does some compromises but I don't see pits.
  - zx2c4 13y ago
    If you've got the time, Gentoo is very rewarding indeed.
    - antihero 13y ago
      I used to use Gentoo, but I figured Arch follows the build-your-own philosophy and has the added benefit of not having to wait for everything to build all the time. I like both distros, but would you say there's any significant reason to switch back? Noticeable speed/stability difference? Gentoo did fork udev, but I'm honestly fine with systemd for my desktop.
      - zx2c4 13y ago
        I like USE flags and disabling at compile time code I don't want. Keeps dependencies way down. Fewer packages, leaner system. I don't mind compiling. Hell, on my Ivy Bridge, compiling/emerging most packages is faster than apt-get in Ubuntu!

zx2c4 13y ago

Plenty of other distros are easy and look good too. Gentoo isn't one of them, but a few others on that list are pretty okay...

chappi42 13y ago
I know, but Gentoo is by far the most interesting. - The others feel like a downgrade/hassle from Ubuntu (I love unity, 'pretty okay' is not good enough). Tried Debian (which we use for servers) but had problems with my labtop, Suse I used before Debian, Fedora/CentOS ok but has the 'wrong packet manager', Mint, mmh, another fork). Maybe Ubuntu does some compromises but I don't see pits.
- zx2c4 13y ago
  If you've got the time, Gentoo is very rewarding indeed.
  - antihero 13y ago
    I used to use Gentoo, but I figured Arch follows the build-your-own philosophy and has the added benefit of not having to wait for everything to build all the time. I like both distros, but would you say there's any significant reason to switch back? Noticeable speed/stability difference? Gentoo did fork udev, but I'm honestly fine with systemd for my desktop.
    - zx2c4 13y ago
      I like USE flags and disabling at compile time code I don't want. Keeps dependencies way down. Fewer packages, leaner system. I don't mind compiling. Hell, on my Ivy Bridge, compiling/emerging most packages is faster than apt-get in Ubuntu!