If you leave alone the haters, Ubuntu is doing great. Mint LDME also fantastic if you wish to have a rock solid base.
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Anything in particular I should be wary of switching from Mint to Mint DE?
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Been using Ubuntu for about 4 years now without issue. Even upgraded LTS versions without problems!
I upgraded LTS versions and it failed and left my system in a broken state I couldn't fix
events like these is how i learned to do back ups lol
It's doing great unless you want to debug why chromium is not connecting to your USB devices
Hint: because they forced snap in you which doesn't support USB access
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EndeavourOS, it's Arch with a familiar installer, several useful helper scripts, and a friendly community.
Same, endeavorOS has been my default install for years now.
Its nice enough that I'm even considering putting it on my parents PC when windows decides to stop updating here in a couple months
Linux Mint DE and Arch, the ultimate duo of Stability/Freindlyness & Power/Control
Obviously. I use Mint, by the way.
Wait, MX has finally been supplanted by superior options? Unbelievable!
(Still feels like an outlier when you consider actual popularity of distros)
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probably a three way tie between fedora, ubuntu, and arch.
Ton of comments, and I havent read them all, but I wanted to ask if you really meant popular or if you wanted something for a specific reason. Easy for new ppl to linux, good for desktops, etc etc.
I dont really use GUIs on linux, except for when I want to have a fancy pants riced network monitor type situation. I am a big fan of NixOS except for python Dev stuff. Big fan of being able to clone a machine or recover a machine with a single conf file.
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