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I've been using Pop!_OS (and only it) for about 3 years now because Windows messed itself up on one of my laptops and I didn't feel like reinstalling it. During those 3 years, Nvidia on my two laptops has "just worked" with absolutely zero broken upgrades I can remember. I'm not trying to install a bunch of GNOME plugins to make it usable because that's already said and done out of the box. There are zero annoying things running in the background sucking up all my processor time. So, overall, I haven't snoozed more from a Linux distro, in contrast to trying to set up Arch on one of my SBCs.

Because of that, Pop will be the ONLY thing I'm installing on my computers for the foreseeable future. :) I wish all Linux distros were as boring as this.

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[-] M4775@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I know right, a real snooze fest! Pop!_OS is so boring I installed it on all my business machines. I've had a good five years of boring old rock-solid performance. With Pop!_OS on seven machines I feel confident that my evenings and weekends will be relaxing, unlike my experiences with many other distros. I get tired, stressed and burned out on operating systems that you are continually fixing and configuring when you're trying to get things done. I'd even go so far as to say Pop!_OS is good for your health. It can lower your blood pressure and has been proven to stimulate your creative flow. The zen-like peace of mind that one gets from using Pop!_OS should be registered with the FDA. It's like an opioid mixed with a cortisol blocker!

[-] SheWereDreaming@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've been using Pop for a few months and I love it. My main complaint with windows is that all the apps were small icons and hidden away behind menus, while Pop does hide it's apps icons behind a single button, the window pops up directly in my view and I can see every app I have installed. And I hope that will never go away.

[-] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I installed yesterday...

[-] BadEgg@forum.basedcount.com 1 points 1 year ago

It was the first distro I tried last year and after distro hopping around so much I landed back on it for my laptop.

I do like Garuda (prev installed on laptop) and Cachy OS (currently on desktop) but the incredibly simple and basic experience that is Pop OS is just so much preferable. Thankfully Cachy OS has presented far less issues than something like Manjaro for me.

But assuming COSMIC turns out to be a great desktop environment and I can get comparable stability in performance on my gaming PC - I might switch my desktop back to PopOS.

[-] Anditravel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this post. I exactly feel the same. It is so boring that some months ago, I played around with some other distros, simply because Pop!_OS ist the first distro I am using since switching from Mac and I was not sure what I am missing.. Long story short: I deleted all other distros, now nowing, how genious many desicions of the Pop!_OS team are (especially the Gnome/X11 decision for fractual scaling) and how good it is working out of the box while looking modern in the same time (in contrary to KDE where you probably need weeks to make it nice).

[-] phampyk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I've got a laptop with pop and windows with dual boot, I realized when I play Minecraft on pop using the Nvidia the laptop gets like really really hot compared to playing Minecraft on windows (using Nvidia). Do you have the same experience?

[-] Dotdev@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe because both the intel and nvidia gpu were running

[-] phampyk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Could be... The Intel for the os and the Nvidia for Minecraft, how can I change it? Stop the hybrid and just run everything on Nvidia?

[-] Dotdev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

It should be on the top right menu the option to change the graphics

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm about to get to test my backups with Pop!

Pop is rock solid, my ssd is giving some signs it's failing so I am preemptively replacing it.

I am debating cloning my old drive or legit testing the back ups. I guess I could do both. Test the backups then clone anyway.

[-] bachatero@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What I would do clone the backups so that you can have your cake and eat it too, in other words testing your backups' recency while testing their clonability. How old is your SSD?

[-] Darkrai@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure how you made your backups but Timeshift worked for me in the past. However, I was restoring the same drive, not a new SSD like you're going to do. Good luck

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