Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?
-
@FATeknollogee said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
Fedora Cinnamon, Fedora Deepin, Ubuntu, Elementary O/S etc?
What's the preferred choice these days?
This question is asking from a "user" reference point (NOT an IT or Admin reference), therefore, candy appeal is very important!!
I doubt you'll find a single answer for this. Despite my enjoyment of Fedora, I'd add Pop_OS to that list. When my parents (eventually) purchase a new computer, it's going to be a System76 laptop with Pop_OS.
-
Linux Mint (Cinnamon), Pop!_OS, Deepin and ZorinOS.
-
I was looking for a distro for the kids to use for their school work.
Ubuntu Desktop was suggested and it has worked perfectly. It's easy to use, nice to look at and stable. Easy to support too.
-
Mostly for end users I recommend stock Ubuntu.
-
@Pete-S said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
"nice to look at"Muy, importante!
-
@FATeknollogee Linux Mint (Mate or Cinnamon)
-
My preference is straight Ubuntu current releases (non LTS) for workstation use.
Pop_OS is pretty, among others, but they lack some out-of-the-box technical and security features and abilities I don't want to deal with.
When I do want to deal with learning and manual setup and configuration, then I prefer Arch.
-
I loathe this question (it's not you) because everyone asks it and it really doesn't matter. They spend so much energy worrying about the distro that they miss the Linux experience of customization because they are so focused on a particular flavor.
Honestly, it doesn't matter. I would use Ubuntu which is easy enough to use for anyone and is well supported. To me gnome looks really nice by default on Ubuntu, and is your best community supported workstation distro by far.
-
Manjaro (based on Arch) has been great. I have yet to look for software to install that isn't available either via the standard repos or AUR.
I'll concede that I've had to get into the cli a couple of times for minor package manager bugs, but that's a minor issue for me. (OP asked preferred, not best for newbs)
The main selling points for me have been:
- Excellent hardware support within it's own ecosystem / environment
- semi-bleeding edge
- rolling-release (install once, update forever)
- good use / setup / integration for the Cinnamon DE
-
Personally, I prefer the Cinnamon desktop experience. You can get that on both Ubuntu and Fedora.
-
@IRJ said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
I loathe this question (it's not you) because everyone asks it and it really doesn't matter. They spend so much energy worrying about the distro that they miss the Linux experience of customization because they are so focused on a particular flavor.
Honestly, it doesn't matter. I would use Ubuntu which is easy enough to use for anyone and is well supported. To me gnome looks really nice by default on Ubuntu, and is your best community supported workstation distro by far.
I disable Ubuntu dock and Desktop Icons and some other settings via gsettings after I installed Ubuntu.
-
@black3dynamite said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
@IRJ said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
I loathe this question (it's not you) because everyone asks it and it really doesn't matter. They spend so much energy worrying about the distro that they miss the Linux experience of customization because they are so focused on a particular flavor.
Honestly, it doesn't matter. I would use Ubuntu which is easy enough to use for anyone and is well supported. To me gnome looks really nice by default on Ubuntu, and is your best community supported workstation distro by far.
I disable Ubuntu dock and Desktop Icons and some other settings via gsettings after I installed Ubuntu.
Yeah I like the no desktop icon feel. Although I decided to keep the dock after 20.04 for some reason, but I did previously remove it
-
@JaredBusch said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
Personally, I prefer the Cinnamon desktop experience. You can get that on both Ubuntu and Fedora.
After giving Pop_OS a spin last month, I got to where I actually don't dislike Gnome anymore. I do like Cinnamon and KDE as well.
-
@IRJ said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
@black3dynamite said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
@IRJ said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
I loathe this question (it's not you) because everyone asks it and it really doesn't matter. They spend so much energy worrying about the distro that they miss the Linux experience of customization because they are so focused on a particular flavor.
Honestly, it doesn't matter. I would use Ubuntu which is easy enough to use for anyone and is well supported. To me gnome looks really nice by default on Ubuntu, and is your best community supported workstation distro by far.
I disable Ubuntu dock and Desktop Icons and some other settings via gsettings after I installed Ubuntu.
Yeah I like the no desktop icon feel. Although I decided to keep the dock after 20.04 for some reason, but I did previously remove it
I keep my most frequently used apps on the dock.
-
@EddieJennings said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
@JaredBusch said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
Personally, I prefer the Cinnamon desktop experience. You can get that on both Ubuntu and Fedora.
I got to where I actually don't dislike Gnome anymore.
Welcome brother
-
@IRJ All hail
vi, our lord and savior! -
@IRJ said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
@black3dynamite said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
@IRJ said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
I loathe this question (it's not you) because everyone asks it and it really doesn't matter. They spend so much energy worrying about the distro that they miss the Linux experience of customization because they are so focused on a particular flavor.
Honestly, it doesn't matter. I would use Ubuntu which is easy enough to use for anyone and is well supported. To me gnome looks really nice by default on Ubuntu, and is your best community supported workstation distro by far.
I disable Ubuntu dock and Desktop Icons and some other settings via gsettings after I installed Ubuntu.
Yeah I like the no desktop icon feel. Although I decided to keep the dock after 20.04 for some reason, but I did previously remove it
yeah when I initially switched to GNOME 3 when it first came out I was a big fan of no desktop icons. I haven't had any for a long time. I also keep a dock, but on the bottom. I'm basic.
-
Getting ready to throw Mint Cinnamon onto a laptop although Pop OS seems to be the new belle of the ball nowadays.
-
@biggen said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
Getting ready to throw Mint Cinnamon onto a laptop although Pop OS seems to be the new belle of the ball nowadays.
There's a big difference, visually between Cinnamon and GNOME3 desktop environment.
-
@biggen said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:
Getting ready to throw Mint Cinnamon onto a laptop although Pop OS seems to be the new belle of the ball nowadays.
Pop_OS doesn't make their own desktop like Mint does. Mint's focus is making an alternative desktop environment and Mint is just the showcase OS for it. Pop_OS! is a tweaking to Ubuntu used as the default on custom hardware.
