hot take?

Edit: got nothing against Ubuntu, it’s Linux after all and that’s what matters 🌻 Edit2: people took this very seriously for being a shower thought…

    • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Im of the opinion that the distro is far less important than the Desktop Environment. Ubuntu only really “feels like Ubuntu” because of GNOME.

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        2 months ago

        Most of what differentiates a distro from another is one of:

        • package manager
        • default packages/configurations (including the desktop environment)
        • init system

        The rest well… it’s Linux.

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          2 months ago

          I’d argue it’s just the first two. Systemd gets a lot of hate but many don’t notice the difference between distros with or without it

      • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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        I’m done with Ubuntu, after it had glaringly obvious bugs in 4 seperate releases right after booting the default install.
        I’m talking, system starts and the first thing you see is a crash message. Or the DE locking up. Or the software center throwing an error when you try to install a program. Or Firefox telling you it can’t restore your tabs, when you just started it for the first time. etc.
        Debian used to be more of a hassle to set up, but nowadays I think it’s one of the highest quality distros available. It really just works.
        Arch is also very good, and never broke on me in a decade, but what it does do is change stuff on you constantly, and I’m getting too old for that.

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        Definitely, I don’t really like Ubuntu that much even though it’s my go-to. What I like is Xfce. Whether I get it via xubuntu or something else I don’t really care.

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      Ha same here. I’d try something else but I really just cba to start again on my server and desktop.