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?

  • 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.

          • 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.

          • 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.