Alt text: A line plot with 2 axis (confidence vs competence) referencing the Dunning-Kruger effect with various distro logos placed at different points on the line. Starts with mint/ubuntu near (0,0) and progressing through multiple distros to end up with opensuse/fedora at what it calls “the plateau of sustainability”
Meh, I’m relatively experienced and just use Ubuntu
That’s because you use your computer and it’s not part of your personality. I’m reasonably well versed in Linux and I’ve used Pop for years.
“Not a part of your personality” then “PopOS, btw”
Uh yeah it’s context because Ubuntu and Pop are on the “beginner” side of there chart.
I’ve been using Linux since you created a boot floppy by using
ddon the kernel. I use Ubuntu because I just want something that works, is stable in the LTS sense of the word, and I don’t have to futz with. I’ve heard enough about Mint now that I’ll probably switch over to it when I build my next machine in several years.Wait, is that not how you do it anymore? I swear, I just went through trialing a few more distros, and I dded like crazy.
You might have been using
ddto burn an ISO image onto a USB stick or some such, but sincerely doubt that you were writing just the kernel to the first sector of a 3.5" floppy disk and then booting off of it, while it found your ISA hard drive.Ah, right. Totally different.
Same here, except I switched to Mint a couple years ago. You won’t be disappointed. And if you’re sanguine about waiting until you get a new machine, just go with LMDE.
Been maining Linux mint for 3 years now. I did distrohop once to nobara to see if the grass was greener on the other side, but had to revert due to Nvidia.
… The grass wasn’t green, but tasted exactly the same. Apart from Nvidia (which isn’t a distro issue but more shitty company that can’t make things right), the only noticeable changes is going from cinnamon to KDE.
There’s no “stupid distro” nor “smart distros”. Everything is valid. (Although I’d argue that Linux mint is the best beginner distro, to let people get into Linux gently before eventually trying something else)
Debian servers in the streets, Kubuntu desktop in the sheets.
I use Ubuntu on the server too :3
I was going to say - what’s wrong with Mint?
I don’t feel the need to switch. Ubuntu serves me well. And I prefer GNOME
How’s the Wayland support in Linux mint?
Available and in active development. You can still use GNOME on mint, BTW.