I’m planning on moving to linux from windows(personal) and macos(work use), although I prefer mac os, so I don’t really want to use mint, and I feel like I should add that I don’t care if GNOME isn’t that similar to macos, I want something different, and I also use my computer for gaming
POP!_OS all the way. They ship the latest kernel and also have their own COSMIC desktop workflow. If you want the latest software use flatpak or Guix/Nix instead.
I’d say popos. It’s very polished and they are both developers as well as hardware people. It works very well. For servers I’d go with Ubuntu, but not for desktops.
PopOS for sure. Ubuntu hasn’t been great lately.
Why PopOS and why isn’t Ubuntu great lately? Did I miss something?
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3766
Look under Snap
But why not just uninstall snap and install flatpack?
Because Ubuntu will reinstall snapd during some updates and then try to replace some native apt packages to snap
The reason snap reinstalls is just due to basic dependency management, nothing sinister. Apt has a feature to stop a package, such as snap, from reinstalling if you don’t want it.
Although I don’t see the point in removing snap. Just uninstall the snap version of Firefox and use flatpak for whatever you want. Or if you don’t like that, have fun dealing with third party packages and apt funkiness.
Gotcha. Thanks for sharing. We’ll see what happens with Snap. I mostly use APT anyway. I had some few cases of Snap where it even wouldn’t update itself.
I’m willing to bet snap is here to stay. Unless Ubuntu saw a drop in users since this was announced, and I haven’t heard anything of the sort except anecdotes.
Snap is important for Ubuntu’s embedded and cloud ambitions. It is not going anywhere. At least, that is my opinion.
I do not use Ubuntu ( for a few reasons - including Snap ).
Pop!OS anyday over ubuntu.
Any distro is better than Ubuntu nowadays. I use pop os personally and it works flawlessly.
I’ve been using Ubuntu for the past 6 years, haven’t tried another distro because I’m so comfortable here. Could you tell me why you think others are so much better?
Maybe I should switch, but I think my experience in Ubuntu might outweigh the negatives that it has ie I might just know how to deal with it’s peculiarities and I don’t even realize
I’d say any Ubuntu-based distro over Ubuntu itself.
Either Pop, or Linux Mint.
Debian with KDE. Or Manjaro.
How much RAM do you have? Ubuntu and Pop use Gnome and it’s heavy on RAM. Linux Mint is light on RAM, for example, especially Mint MATE.
I’m sure there must be a way to install the latest drivers via backports. You’d have to research it.
16 gb currently but I may upgrade it when I replace my computer
Ok that’s plenty. Ubuntu uses about 1.6GB at cold boot. Pop should be similar. Mint uses about 745MB at cold boot. Mint MATE about 500MB.
It’s really up to you. They all have an ubuntu base so just decide which desktop environment you like.
I’ll be that guy - I still default to Ubuntu. The concerns about snap are valid but it’s still a rock solid OS. Every server I have has been running it for years, virtually no problems except during upgrades if I’m careless about config updates.
pop_OS is a de-crapified Ubuntu remix. It’s not a stand-alone distribution. For most packages pop_OS is reliant on Canonical, including graphics drivers. So if you want to use it for gaming and have and AMD or Intel GPU and not an NVidia one, you’ll have to stick to Ubuntu’s outdated Mesa and kernel drivers. For gaming on AMD/Intel GPUs, something along the lines of EndeavourOS or Fedora should be a better choice. If you use a GeForce, pop_OS should be OK.
So if you want to use it for gaming and have and AMD or Intel GPU and not an NVidia one, you’ll have to stick to Ubuntu’s outdated Mesa and kernel drivers.
This is not true. Pop OS packages its own kernel and often the kernel version provided by pop is upstream of the Ubuntu version. It is only recently that they have fallen behind ubuntu because they have diverted their resources to creating the Cosmic DE.
Edit : Also to be noted is the fact that being on the latest version of mesa is only necessary if you have very new hardware which may not be supported well(or at all) in the older versions of mesa. I for example have an RDNA1 gpu and saw no performance difference between mesa 22.5 on pop os and mesa 23.1 on endeavourOS. People using RDNA3 or Intel Arc may see massive performance/stability difference because these are very new hardware and drivers/optimisation for these current gen GPUs is ongoing
Pop_OS! is a greatly extended version of Ubuntu. It offers an unique 1 password encryption + login solution. I don’t have Nvidia gpu but many people has claimed it offers the best Nvidia support out of the box.
It does. Literaly worked out of the box whereas on windows i had to go through some really painfull process to make it work
Fedora
Hannah Montana Linux is a nice cleaned up fork on Ubuntu with zero downsides. Your anti virus is also Hannah Montana so u can’t get viruses.
