▲ 79 ▼ Which Distros Are Doing Best Currently? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by atmorous@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments What Distros do you want to shoutout and why you think they are doing well/are the best at what they do? I am curious what is out there and have only had some experience with Linux Mint, SteamOS, and Pop!_OS
[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (4 children) If you leave alone the haters, Ubuntu is doing great. Mint LDME also fantastic if you wish to have a rock solid base. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] hash@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Anything in particular I should be wary of switching from Mint to Mint DE? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago LDME does not supports PPAs permalink fedilink source parent [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) What is in LMDE that isn't in plain Debian out of the box beyond branding? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) LMDE comes with some nice packages that just make your life easier. It is basically Debian but… with sane defaults permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago Do you know which packages and what defaults? I've tried to find the differences but I can't really find what is different, except for wallpaper etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Been using Ubuntu for about 4 years now without issue. Even upgraded LTS versions without problems! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I upgraded LTS versions and it failed and left my system in a broken state I couldn't fix permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago It's doing great unless you want to debug why chromium is not connecting to your USB devices Hint: because they forced snap in you which doesn't support USB access permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hash@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Anything in particular I should be wary of switching from Mint to Mint DE? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago LDME does not supports PPAs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago LDME does not supports PPAs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) What is in LMDE that isn't in plain Debian out of the box beyond branding? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) LMDE comes with some nice packages that just make your life easier. It is basically Debian but… with sane defaults permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago Do you know which packages and what defaults? I've tried to find the differences but I can't really find what is different, except for wallpaper etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) LMDE comes with some nice packages that just make your life easier. It is basically Debian but… with sane defaults permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago Do you know which packages and what defaults? I've tried to find the differences but I can't really find what is different, except for wallpaper etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 year ago Do you know which packages and what defaults? I've tried to find the differences but I can't really find what is different, except for wallpaper etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Been using Ubuntu for about 4 years now without issue. Even upgraded LTS versions without problems! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I upgraded LTS versions and it failed and left my system in a broken state I couldn't fix permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I upgraded LTS versions and it failed and left my system in a broken state I couldn't fix permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago It's doing great unless you want to debug why chromium is not connecting to your USB devices Hint: because they forced snap in you which doesn't support USB access permalink fedilink source parent