Today, lovely Windows 11 installed an update. And since then I don’t have internet access because Microslop Wincrap 11 can somehow magically no longer connect to the DNS server - to any DNS server. No other device in my network has the same issue. I’ve been bugfixing for over an hour and haven’t found a solution. setting the DNS manually, resetting the network adapter, flushed all DNS entries (I used the commandline tool on Windows!). nothing works.
I don’t have ANY more patience with W11!
I already tried Linux. I’m using Ubuntu Server for hosting Nextcloud and Fedora just to play around.
Do you prefer Fedora or Ubuntu? I have an old Thinkpad…
(And no, I will not go down the rabbit hole of Arch ;-) At least not for now.)
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Any distro > Ubuntu > Qubes (not for beginners haha)
Fedora is great but I did hit some really annoying snags a couple of times. Ubuntu is easiest and generally is most supported. I don’t like snaps and some other Ubuntu things so I go Ubuntu-based instead, with pop os. I really like it.
Literally anything but Ubuntu
Try either one and see for yourself. I would recommend to partition carefully isolating /home so that you can wipe distro but keep your files and settings. Distro pick is rather personal thing - folks find their groove in various ways. I’m on Fedora and have been with Fedora for ages, never owned Windows machine so I’m not your average user, BUT looking at self-starters today I do see a lot more gravitating towards Fedora whereas previously I saw more Ubuntu jumps. YMMV, but distro-hopping is not a bad thing. Partition wisely and pains of distro-hopping won’t be as pronounced 😃
Highly recommend Fedora over Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Server and Desktop has some dumb defaults that look measly next to Windows, but still annoying next to Fedora.
Fedora also generally has more solid documentation without a bunch of LTS slag threads with outdated answers.
Bazzite on my gaming machine, Bluefin on my other machines. Both are Fedora Atomic based (meaning read-only kernel). Secure, stable, amazing. Apps are installed via Flatpak, and cli tools using Homebrew.
I’ve been a full time Linux user for 25ish years now. I’m currently happy here, but have tried most of them
I had a great experience with Fedora on my thinkpad, it’s almost as if they’re made for each other. It’s basically the testing version for Redhat. If you want something more stable and still enterprisey, Rocky Linux or Almalinux are both basically RHEL rebranded.
I’ve abandoned Ubuntu, even though it was what I started on and used for over a decade. Canonical is kind of like the Microsoft of linux right now, a bit hostile toward the rest of the community, but still an acceptable choice. I would recommend Linux Mint instead, though.
Keep in mind that the look and feel you’ll experience is all the desktop environment, so if you don’t like it, trying using a different one instead of looking at a new distro. I highly recommend using a few live USBs of what you want you try before installing to get a feel for what you like.
Fedora. Better than Ubuntu in pretty much every regard.
For a new user - Ubuntu LTS. In a few years move to Debian.
Debian for the overwhelming majority of everything. With KDE, I don’t do gnome.
My thinkpads both run arch, you may want to look at endeavouros for a simple approach to arch.
This is the answer. Debian is rock solid.
I’d recommend Linux Mint Xfce. It’s the closest to an “it just works” situation while being open to tinker and quick to respond, this last part as the micro delays from Linux Mint Cinammon for most things being what pushed me away from Windows in the first place.
Both Mint versions are made by the same people and found in the same site.
Also, note that LMint installs many Ubuntu components, but supports Flatpak apps out-of-the-box, but not Snap.
Also maybe a niche case but since the source of your irritation is connection, I think it’s worth mentioning:
If you use a certain VPN whose widget is for Debian/Ubuntu only in this family of distros coughcoughprotoncoughcough, please take the time to learn how to use the WireGuard integration from the VPN instead. The widget version if installed on Mint is way too prone to breaking, being a matter of when, and not if it will break. And WireGuard instead I have yet to see breaking on its own.
Thank you very much for pointing that out. Highly appreciated. That’s exactly the VPN case for my setup. I’ll keep that in mind.
The update last month somehow both moved every single file I have back into one drive (I’ve had to remove them and turn off one drive multiple times now) and then a few hours later delete EVERYTHING. Windows help said there was no options, once it’s gone it’s gone.
Thankfully I had just backed everything up recently. I had been meaning to dual boot this computer for awhile all I just installed Mint and haven’t looked back. Screw windows.
Not Ubuntu. Mint or Fedora.
You like Gnome (how everything looks in Ubuntu)? Use Fedroa Workstation, or use Mint and install Gnome yourself.
This is only my opinion. After all, this is your computer; do what you want.
Yeah. I’m in a phase between Ubuntu and mint but moving on with my change over. Ubuntu is trying to commercialize the platform. I can sniff that a mile away. Mint is basically the open source version of Ubuntu.
I didn’t want to program shit; I don’t care about command line; I love a good gui and didn’t want to fuck with finicky drivers. Moving to Ubuntu from Windows allowed me to continue to use my mostly browser-based computing existence without having to learn to use a new tool. I may not use Arch but one less Windows victim must be a step in a better direction.
I am a Debian man myself for servers. I don’t want any Canonical bullshit to break mid LTS.
While I am still running win 10 I am undecided which desktop to switch to. CachyOS and Fedora are the front runners but man do I hate Gnome.
Debian for everything.
You don’t have to use Gnome on Cachy or Fedora. Fedora has spins for nearly every DE, and Cachy also has an option for nearly every DE on install.
CachyOS and Fedora are the front runners but man do I hate Gnome.
Plenty of good KDE distros out there. And it’s often possible to install KDE on a Gnome-default system.
Don’t know about CatchyOS or Fedora, but on Ubuntu, the command was
sudo apt install KDE-full… then just restart and it boots into KDE no problem.(Yes, I know Kubuntu exists. But Kubuntu didn’t support ZFS on root during install, while mainline Ubuntu did. So I suffered through using Gnome just long enough to open a terminal and type in that command, followed by
reboot.)Debian is perfectly good on the desktop too
I’m not a big fan of Gnome on Fedora either. Everything is just so big and needs so much space. CachyOS is a tad to new for my taste for using it as a daily driver.
Another vote for Fedora KDE. But I’ll add get the atomic version (Kinoite).
why not fedora KDE? it is a full edition now and a really smooth experience
Seconding Fedora KDE. But if you’re not a fan, you could also opt for many of the other supported desktops (cinnamon, XFCE, etc.)
CatchyOS being bleeding edge has actually alleviated a lot of my complaints with Ubuntu/Fedora. Sometimes I really want that brand new shiny thing. And so far I haven’t had too many issues with Catchy breaking. Granted I only run it on my testing laptop not my main machine.
I use cachyOS with kde plasma on wayland right now and would recommend.
