Why should constantly using only one distro be an exercise? I have used Ubuntu for more than 10 years, changing only LTS releases to LTS release, almost no issues (just reading carefully for hardware compatibility when choosing next laptop) Now unfortunately work for a company with mac laptops and I struggle( planning to return back to Ubuntu)
'Why should constantly using only one distro be an exercise?' because my immediate peer group are notorious distro-hoppers and I myself have been pretty reactionary when Canonical drop new 'innovations' from time to time. This exercise was to see if I had overreacted to such things. My conclusion to that is 'yes I have', and what I take away from this exercise is that GNU/Linux users waste far too much time sweating the details and not enough time accepting that we are all one group, whether on Arch, Gentoo, Debian, Slackware etc. We are all in a place that we should celebrate rather than wasting time and energy in-fighting. :)
I started using linux 5 years ago, first distro was linux mint then distro hopped through dozens of distros (RHEL forks, debian, arch and nixos) even trying out BSDs a few times, hackintosh on my laptop. People online constantly hate on ubuntu so i just avoided it, until i installed it myself and never hopped again, i'm using ubuntu 24.04 as well. Runs perfectly on my laptop, absolutely zero complaints though i don't use snaps. Great video
I think a lot of the hate Ubuntu gets is from when they initially introduced mandatory snaps (and maybe some lingering distaste from the Amazon search debacle from before then). Snaps were slow and untidy back then. Things have changed as they often do and it's pretty seamless now - though developer scrutiny still needs to be tightened up a lot. I agree with your policy of avoiding snaps as far as is possible. Thanks for watching :)
I have a soft spot for Ubuntu and would recommend it to anybody. My solution to Linux borking is to keep it stock standard. Only change your wallpaper. On Fedora since 35 and still as smooth as butter, even with the updates to the next edition. I enjoy the Gnome desktop.
Agreed. Regarding Gnome, I wasn't a fan when they first switched from the two panel layout to Shell, but it's improved a lot over the years and I really like it now.
I wanted to thank you for 2 reasons: first making this video, I agree with all your points (I am a linux user myself). 2nd: I am planning on installing linux on my parents PC. I keep going back n forth between OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (what I currently use on all my computers) and Kubuntu. This made up my mind. For them, they don't need the latest and greatest. I will go with Kubuntu. Still on the fence about LTS or 24.10. Lol thanks for the video!
Honestly, I'd opt for the LTS for the longer support cycle. I recall reading somewhere that the 24.10 is problematic WRT the build of Plasma it uses. Could have been on Distrowatch?
Hello Nigel. Running various distros across drives, all xfce. Not pure Ubuntu at all. But flatpaks are the bonus for us all. I install "flatseal" initially. And all my qbittorrent in use across distros are flatpak. I stick for as long as i can, as yo say six months is a nice comparitive figure. So i think ill get xubuntu and give it a whirl with my flatpak strategy methinks... Nice little video BTW! Best wishes to you as ever.
Just got the chance to watch tonight...spent the last 3 days moving. I've never been this tired nor has my back ever hurt this bad. At this point, I want to cause as much damage to as many things as I can, curse out a complete stranger for no reason, and put tape on a cat's feet. Hahahaha! B...R...R...R...A...A...A...a...a...a...!!! Hope you and Birdie are doing well! Thanks for the video!
I just couldn't wait for the new kernel 6.11 and MESA drivers so I upgraded my 24.04 LTS to 24.10 about 2-3 weeks ago, went smoothly and I haven't used WIndows 11 since April. My other SSD has Win11 that I got when I bought this computer; but debating whether to copy Linux over it, but hesitant just in case I need a backup.
I bought a new machine a year ago and the first thing I did (after wrestling with Win 11 for a month or so) was to buy a new NVMe SSD and swapped it for the Win 11 one, put MX Linux on it and I haven't looked back since :) I still have the Win 11 one but it's just sitting in a drawer now doing nothing. A spare drive.
@@stationsixtyseven67 I have Ubuntu 24.10 on my slower SSD pcie 3.0 but my faster SSD is PCIE 4.0 with Win11 on it and they cost a fair amount for 2 TB.
@@cybernit3 I'm Still on 500GB NVMe with 1TB spinning rust storage. I have another SSD slot that I could maybe put the original drive in (and blank it) but so far I don't need the extra space ;)
My wife is a true technophobe but been running Linux Mint for a good few years now without any problems. I have also run it long term without any problems as I have with MX Linux. Not used Windows in years and not missed it one iota either. Good little video Ghostie and useful to new and prospective users.
Hiya matey! Yep still got the monitor, it serves my desktop pc (with MX23) very well indeed. How long has it been now? Must be four years? Hope you're keeping well my friend and still rocking linux :)
How's the speed of web browsing? I have found web pages - Firefox and Brave both - really slow a good bit of the time. I'm wondering if I've added some rogue extension or something else that's messing it up.
@@jimw7916 I never managed to get comfortable in KDE/Plasma. Kinda did in the end with Gnome, but I mostly prefer XFCE or Openbox WM to be completely honest.
Why should constantly using only one distro be an exercise?
I have used Ubuntu for more than 10 years, changing only LTS releases to LTS release, almost no issues (just reading carefully for hardware compatibility when choosing next laptop)
Now unfortunately work for a company with mac laptops and I struggle( planning to return back to Ubuntu)
'Why should constantly using only one distro be an exercise?' because my immediate peer group are notorious distro-hoppers and I myself have been pretty reactionary when Canonical drop new 'innovations' from time to time. This exercise was to see if I had overreacted to such things. My conclusion to that is 'yes I have', and what I take away from this exercise is that GNU/Linux users waste far too much time sweating the details and not enough time accepting that we are all one group, whether on Arch, Gentoo, Debian, Slackware etc. We are all in a place that we should celebrate rather than wasting time and energy in-fighting. :)
I started using linux 5 years ago, first distro was linux mint then distro hopped through dozens of distros (RHEL forks, debian, arch and nixos) even trying out BSDs a few times, hackintosh on my laptop. People online constantly hate on ubuntu so i just avoided it, until i installed it myself and never hopped again, i'm using ubuntu 24.04 as well. Runs perfectly on my laptop, absolutely zero complaints though i don't use snaps. Great video
I think a lot of the hate Ubuntu gets is from when they initially introduced mandatory snaps (and maybe some lingering distaste from the Amazon search debacle from before then). Snaps were slow and untidy back then. Things have changed as they often do and it's pretty seamless now - though developer scrutiny still needs to be tightened up a lot. I agree with your policy of avoiding snaps as far as is possible. Thanks for watching :)
I have a soft spot for Ubuntu and would recommend it to anybody. My solution to Linux borking is to keep it stock standard. Only change your wallpaper. On Fedora since 35 and still as smooth as butter, even with the updates to the next edition. I enjoy the Gnome desktop.
Agreed. Regarding Gnome, I wasn't a fan when they first switched from the two panel layout to Shell, but it's improved a lot over the years and I really like it now.
I wanted to thank you for 2 reasons: first making this video, I agree with all your points (I am a linux user myself). 2nd: I am planning on installing linux on my parents PC. I keep going back n forth between OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (what I currently use on all my computers) and Kubuntu. This made up my mind. For them, they don't need the latest and greatest. I will go with Kubuntu. Still on the fence about LTS or 24.10. Lol thanks for the video!
24.10>lts and opensuse is quite reliable.
Honestly, I'd opt for the LTS for the longer support cycle. I recall reading somewhere that the 24.10 is problematic WRT the build of Plasma it uses. Could have been on Distrowatch?
@bhargavjitbhuyan9394 i was hoping openSUSE Slowroll would have been out in time. However, it doesn't look like that will be the case.
@stationsixtyseven67 okay, I'll just go safe with the LTS then. I heard they will be getting kernel 6.11 by January. So at least there is that.
Hello Nigel. Running various distros across drives, all xfce. Not pure Ubuntu at all. But flatpaks are the bonus for us all. I install "flatseal" initially. And all my qbittorrent in use across distros are flatpak.
I stick for as long as i can, as yo say six months is a nice comparitive figure. So i think ill get xubuntu and give it a whirl with my flatpak strategy methinks...
Nice little video BTW!
Best wishes to you as ever.
Cheers James, always good to hear from you matey ;)
Just got the chance to watch tonight...spent the last 3 days moving. I've never been this tired nor has my back ever hurt this bad. At this point, I want to cause as much damage to as many things as I can, curse out a complete stranger for no reason, and put tape on a cat's feet.
Hahahaha!
B...R...R...R...A...A...A...a...a...a...!!! Hope you and Birdie are doing well! Thanks for the video!
I just couldn't wait for the new kernel 6.11 and MESA drivers so I upgraded my 24.04 LTS to 24.10 about 2-3 weeks ago, went smoothly and I haven't used WIndows 11 since April.
My other SSD has Win11 that I got when I bought this computer; but debating whether to copy Linux over it, but hesitant just in case I need a backup.
I bought a new machine a year ago and the first thing I did (after wrestling with Win 11 for a month or so) was to buy a new NVMe SSD and swapped it for the Win 11 one, put MX Linux on it and I haven't looked back since :) I still have the Win 11 one but it's just sitting in a drawer now doing nothing. A spare drive.
@@stationsixtyseven67 I have Ubuntu 24.10 on my slower SSD pcie 3.0 but my faster SSD is PCIE 4.0 with Win11 on it and they cost a fair amount for 2 TB.
@@cybernit3 I'm Still on 500GB NVMe with 1TB spinning rust storage. I have another SSD slot that I could maybe put the original drive in (and blank it) but so far I don't need the extra space ;)
My wife is a true technophobe but been running Linux Mint for a good few years now without any problems. I have also run it long term without any problems as I have with MX Linux. Not used Windows in years and not missed it one iota either. Good little video Ghostie and useful to new and prospective users.
Cheers matey :)
Hi Ghosty, Congrats on 6 Months. I love the panel on the Left side. Do you still have the monitor? Thank You. Enjoy from the East Coast.
Hiya matey! Yep still got the monitor, it serves my desktop pc (with MX23) very well indeed. How long has it been now? Must be four years? Hope you're keeping well my friend and still rocking linux :)
I run the daily build of lmms btw, it has a lot of new features. The appimage can be installed without breaking your existing lmms from the repo.
Thank you for the tip, I'll have a look at it :)
Anyone else can't put HTML in their "notify-send" commands?
It just shows the actual code.
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How's the speed of web browsing? I have found web pages - Firefox and Brave both - really slow a good bit of the time. I'm wondering if I've added some rogue extension or something else that's messing it up.
Seems about the same to me as a .deb instance of Firefox on MX quite honestly. I was expecting lag on startup but haven't noticed any slowdown at all.
In meantime i am: completely broke my linux mint for 40 minutes after install, with ACMI error)))
BIOS/UEFI problems?
gnome always did and still does look absolutely awful!
Plasma man? ;) I honestly don't mind it now. Hated it when it first landed though.
@@jimw7916 I never managed to get comfortable in KDE/Plasma. Kinda did in the end with Gnome, but I mostly prefer XFCE or Openbox WM to be completely honest.