Find a Linux distro that meets your needs and requirements—that isn't Ubuntu.

Ubuntu’s popularity often makes it the default choice for new Linux users. But there are tons of other Linux operating systems that deserve your attention. As such, I’ve highlighted some Ubuntu alternatives so you can choose based on your needs and requirements—because conformity is boring.

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
    98·
    9 months ago

    Ubuntu is not even good in my opinion. At least not as a normie Distro.

    Yes they have lots of docs online but “it is good because people think it is good” is not a good argument.

    If you dont like GNOME I guess you will have a harder life anyways, as Distros with KDE are just a really hard task. Like anything stable is not a good idea, I at least reported 30 bugs that will never get backported fixes.

    The fact that appimages are broken on Ubuntu is like the only thing that I completely understand and dont care about. Appimages needs to get their stuff together.

    I hope many projects will convert from Appimage to Flatpak

    https://github.com/trytomakeyouprivate/Appimage-To-Flatpak

      • Pantherina@feddit.de
        11·
        9 months ago

        That are two unrelated or even contradictory scentences.

        Gnome is waaay more reduced, so it has less bugs. It will work way better on stable Distros.

        Also because of some things (KDE 4.0?) GNOME became the default Desktop, and Distros orient at its release cycles.

        KDE has so many bugs and fixes that I think calling 5.27 “stable” is misleading.

        • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
          2·
          9 months ago

          KDE is default on some distros and is supported directly as a variant on most major distros so I wouldn’t say GNOME is the default.

          But my point is that at least some of the appeal of desktop linux is customization, and GNOME will be a disappointment for the users looking for that.

          Otherwise I agree vanilla GNOME is rock solid and great for new users!

          • Pantherina@feddit.de
            1·
            9 months ago

            I meant “shipping a KDE Distro is a hard task”, that should be more clear. For sure, KDE forever. GNOME is either CLI-only (even for basic settings) or install tons of apps that only do one thing (ThE UnIx pHiLoSoPhY) or dont change anything.