Surprising to myself, I have been a Linux user for over 12 years…

Through the many years I have bounced between and tried Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, Parrot OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro. I have tried Gnome, Cinnamon, XFCE, KDE, Mate, Deepin. And more. I have 3 computers, all using a Linux distro right now.

I love the idea of Linux - free, free as in freedom, free of telemetry. And well, I thought I would never entertain the idea of switching, here I am today, strongly considering Mac OS.

Lately, I have become extremely frustrated and tired of dealing with little bugs, crashes, versions, and dependencies. Not to mention notable UI issues. It is starting to hamper my productivity when working.

Right now I am using Ubuntu and I cannot drag and drop into VS Code from Nautilus, I can’t drag and drop from the default archive manager, I am experiencing screen tearing issues, one piece of software I use crashes often but not Debian and vice versa, I have to manually reset screen brightness when it dims after timeout, etc. I have experienced issues of similar nature across all distros I have used and I am becoming burnt out.

I think part of the issue is that there is a huge variety of Linux distros, different combinations of kernels, desktop environments, window managers, package managers, file managers, network managers, etc… Not to mention devices. There is too many variables, and too many projects to maintain.

Sorry for the rant, I have seen many similar posts, but I have been using Linux for over 12 years, powering through, ignoring and working around these issues and I am pretty fed up.

While I am conflicted, I am thinking Mac OS looks like a good middle ground.

Any suggestions? What has been the most stable distro and compatible for you?

  • NuuskisEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Use VSCodium as a FOSS version.

    For the rest. Stop distrohopping. Configure and forget by yourself. I agree with you 100% that the fragmentation is way too big. People shouldn’t start new projects but instead joininh the existing ones. At this point, the amount of distros, their flavors and DE’s & WM’s is just ridiculous.

    MacOS is just as spyware as M$ if not even more. Win10 goes into history on this October. Debian 12 is the first Debian I personally think is ready for desktop use. Probably some outdated packages stays as a barricade for devs though.

    I’ve never experienced any screen tearing on Wayland. That’s why I jumped to Sway. It uses same wlroots compositor as Ubuntu. It is fast and light to use.