Fedora is now the default Linux recommendation, and Ubuntu did this to itself(xda-developers.com) |
Fedora is now the default Linux recommendation, and Ubuntu did this to itself(xda-developers.com) |
I trust the German government to have more respect for privacy rights at this point.
So I use Open Suse Tumbleweed. It’s been pretty stable , although with nvidia you have to do a bit more.
Suse is up for sale.
But there’s always NixOS.
This is a feature. Standardization is what makes „Works on Ubuntu“ a stable target.
I also dislike Snap and the various other Ubuntu anti-features, which is why I recommend Pop OS - at least I did when it was a light weight Ubuntu fork, it may not be anymore.
This is just a rando‘s opinion, so it may not be based on that, but my intuition from a few years ago is that Debian/Ubuntu still has a reliable lead in the availability of software packages, especially less popular ones: You’ll almost never find something that doesn’t work on Ubuntu, for other distros this happens sometimes.
Has this changed? Maybe with the widespread adoption of Flatpak this is not much of an issue for consumer apps anymore?
I prefer Tumbleweed, but the sane choice remains Ubuntu.
So much for that Linux ecosystem compatibility, Linux apps not even compatible with other linuxes!
A vendor used to the Windows ecosystem might find it natural to support only one Linux distribution.
My favourite feature of Manjaro (and presumably Arch) is how easily I can install almost any software from a single package manager (which supports the official repos, flatpak and AUR). While on Mint I had to mess with custom package sources, or install individual vendor provided packages which lacked auto-update.
Ultramarine[1] is one such easy-to-use derivative, and for gamers there's Nobara[2] and Bazzite[3] (an immutable distro).
[1] https://ultramarine-linux.org/
literally, steam out of the box is just adding rpmfusion repos, which you're probably gonna do anyway if you want stuff like vlc or other tools
Nvidia is pretty simple, you can either enable the driver via the UI or just follow the rpmfusion guide.
OK, but Bazzite is derived from Fedora (by way of the Fedora Atomic Desktops project and the Universal Blue project).
I've been using Ubuntu for a few months, and I have complaints - lots of them. But gaming isn't one. I just installed the apps I needed and they worked.
Steam should be easy to install (whether from a store like Flathub) instead.
https://commandlinux.com/statistics/linux-server-market-shar...
Not sure I'd put any weight whatsoever on those figures!
(and how would they even compare a commercial offering with something like Debian that doesn't even have popcon enabled by default?)
At least the infographics down the bottom are obviously full of slop
OStree and Bootc are great mecanisms that are based on existing concepts (git and OCI containers). IMO that is a great step towards stability and security.
Clearly an expert on Linux distros, as you can see.
So not an expert on Linux by any means.
You have three main Debian releases:
SID (if you need to be as close as possible to upstream versions)
Testing (the same as above but a few days after SID)
Stable (you sacrifice the latest software versions for insane stability)
And please don't mix Debian and Ubuntu.
Canonical is commercial company driven by profit (and CEO's bonus).
Debian is driven by community and (mostly) engineers.
And in the rare event you get a bad update, you can just boot to the previous two images right from the boot menu, no need for any commands or restores - just boot the image and keep using it without any worries. You can pin known good images too, so you know for sure you always have a working image you can boot into. And you have access to the previous 90 days of images (via Github), so you can switch to any old image (or the latest beta) for bug/regression testing, without needing to do lengthy backups and restores.
All this makes it ideal for someone who just wants their system to work without worrying about updates and stuff, getting you a console-like experience on PC.
a whole freakin lot of mobile code is essentially just a couple random dudes on XDA making something work. definitely not 'normie'
This shows a weakness than in the Linux desktop ecosystem that something has to be bundled to correctly integrate with the system.
It's no different to Chinese OEMs bundling additional stores with their phones.
In fact you can even run an entire DE from Distrobox if you wanted to, although I can imagine that being a bit awkward. But a single GUI app? Shouldn't be an issue unless you've got a tricky/niche setup.
As long as the Kernel ist compatible, sure, technically.
This is not what I would consider "supported". This is not something a company wants to deal with on every single Linux client.
A company following your recommendation would need to deal with installing and upgrading the software "on every single" Ubuntu client. I fail see how that is any easier than installing and upgrading it in an Ubuntu Distrobox on every single client running some other flavor of Linux.
If you worked for a politician, you would look like hired by PR agency to throw a sh..t on someone else. I believe (and hope) you are not ?
You provided a content of a deb package that is intentionally malicious. It is like a saying that car from specific car manufacturer is dangerous for people. When asked "why" your answer is: "Because you can suddenly turn the car and hit people waiting at a bus station".
BTW, I hope you already know that in i.e. Red Hat you don't need rpm package to brick your system. It's much, much easier.
You are a troll.