What I’ve used so far:

  1. Ubuntu
  2. KDE neon
  3. Linux Mint
  4. Debian

I don’t really like the MacOS feel, so things like ElementaryOS are not an option. I’m eyeing Pop!_OS though, but maybe there are less known distros that are worth a try. Suggestions?

  • poVoq@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 years ago

    Manjaro KDE, ofc not Ubuntu/Debian based, but why not try something new?

    • MarcellusDrum@lemmy.mlOPM
      1·
      3 years ago

      I only own one device, and its the device I also do work on. I’ve been using Debian based distros for 4 years now, and it just works for me. I don’t feel like I’m in a position to change my workflow. Now I think about it, would my workflow change that much? Other than .deb files not working, and using something other than apt, what else is different?

      • poVoq@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 years ago

        Not much really. It comes with a graphical repository manager that works similar to apt based tools.

        • MarcellusDrum@lemmy.mlOPM
          2·
          3 years ago

          Ohh okay, might give an Arch based distro a try then. Not Manjaro though, I don’t like the project leaders after the whole treasurer fiasco.

          • poVoq@lemmy.ml
            2·
            3 years ago

            You will probably have a bad time with anything other than Manjaro coming from Ubuntu, especially normal Arch.

            I would say give Manjaro a try first and only of you like arch based stuff switch to something else later.

            And IMHO the treasurer story was a storm in the waterglass issue that really was much less problematic than some people claim.

            • Ephera@lemmy.ml
              1·
              3 years ago

              That treasurer story was also just one of several shitty stories, though. Other dumb things they’ve done in the past years:

              • Let their certificates expire twice and told their users to “fix” it by setting back their system clocks.
              • Ship the proprietary FreeOffice by default (before backlash made them introduce a selection dialog in the installer).
              • Recently, the Manjaro Cinnamon Community Edition decided to ship the proprietary Vivaldi Browser by default. That is not a decision made by the official Manjaro distribution, but I still feel like that represents the general direction you should expect. And personally, I would want my distribution to at least reserve the right to audit the web browser that they recommend to me.
            • tmpodA
              1·
              3 years ago

              Garuda seems nice in terms of abstracting away the more “complicated” setup of Arch. Never used it though, so don’t take mt word for it.