I have used Ubuntu in the past for about six months, on an old laptop while I was building, well buying and obtaining parts for my PC. While I do consider returning to Linux, possibly using another distro, there are some things I experienced that I do not wish to deal on daily basis… Occasionally would be fine.
Software/aplications work and don’t work, almost as if they had a mind of their own. What fixed them the last time, won’t do anything the next time. Sometimes things just start suddenly working. But what’s for sure, thing won’t ever work when you need them to work. (Classic example; a romantic movie night - food ready, flowers in vase, candles lit, DVD picked, the app don’t work.)
This is probably just my Ubuntu experience, but each time you open the computer, there is a new app store AND only one of those works, but never the same one as last time. Delete them? They’ll come back with friends. -
2.1. You need to insert your password if you want to scratch your genitals in the same room as you Personal Computer is.
Everything is an user error. (Well yes, most things in life are.) You’re just using the wrong distro, oh that’s just a broken update, you’re just using the wrong aplication… Okay, I change distro and use the recommended apps, yet the problems continue, so I’m again using just the wrong distro, and oh that update was just broken, oh okay I’m using the wrong apps. Again and again. This is aaaaalll just a learning curve.
At this time, what I want from my PC is to work at least 66% of the time. If I want to quickly check something online, I want to be able to do it without fighting for three hours. If I want to just quickly play some games, I want to be able to do it without fighting for another three hours. I know I’m spoiled and demanding for too much.
I’d like to interject for a moment.
While Linux can be indeed complex as a daily driver, Ubuntu is a specifically problematic distro. If you still consider using Linux, I would recommend trying Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, but is more stable and doesn’t have snaps at all, only flatpak. Fedora also deserves to be mentioned, it has Atomic Desktop editions with important system components mounted read-only and a very straightforward update system with rollback option. For your case, Linux Mint Cinnamon edition is probably the perfect one, since it is dervied from Ubuntu and you won’t need to learn Fedora’s specifics.
But don’t purge Windows, if you use apps you know no alternative on Linux.
I have been thinking of booting up the old laptop and injecting it with Mint, just gotta get around to that. I want to try it out and learn a bit before possibly ruining my main PC, or once I build the planned next PC. I checked a while ago and I shouldn’t be needing any applications without alternatives. (I was struggling a bit while looking for a music player, MP3, but Strawberry should be fine I guess.) I do play some games that don’t seem to be Linux compatible (Steams’s words) but then again, I game so rarely and there are plenty of games that work so ehh, not a dealbreaker. (Also there seems to be all kinds of software to get around this so I could also just work to get the games to work…)
Thank you for your answer and Mint Cinnamon recommendation, I will look into it once I get around. :)
A lot of games are compatible through a program called wine, but you usually need some amount of skill in order to use it. Also consider Proton, it’s originally a program from SteamOS, an official Linux distro made by Valve.
Games using kernel level anticheat are almost never compatible even through wine and proton. I’m not into gaming though, that’s just what I’ve heard.
There is a music player called Astra, it is currently in beta, but it seems to be worth trying out.
For sure you should try installing Linux to a non-main PC, that’s what I’ve done too.
I have used Ubuntu in the past for about six months, on an old laptop while I was building, well buying and obtaining parts for my PC. While I do consider returning to Linux, possibly using another distro, there are some things I experienced that I do not wish to deal on daily basis… Occasionally would be fine.
Software/aplications work and don’t work, almost as if they had a mind of their own. What fixed them the last time, won’t do anything the next time. Sometimes things just start suddenly working. But what’s for sure, thing won’t ever work when you need them to work. (Classic example; a romantic movie night - food ready, flowers in vase, candles lit, DVD picked, the app don’t work.)
This is probably just my Ubuntu experience, but each time you open the computer, there is a new app store AND only one of those works, but never the same one as last time. Delete them? They’ll come back with friends. - 2.1. You need to insert your password if you want to scratch your genitals in the same room as you Personal Computer is.
Everything is an user error. (Well yes, most things in life are.) You’re just using the wrong distro, oh that’s just a broken update, you’re just using the wrong aplication… Okay, I change distro and use the recommended apps, yet the problems continue, so I’m again using just the wrong distro, and oh that update was just broken, oh okay I’m using the wrong apps. Again and again. This is aaaaalll just a learning curve.
At this time, what I want from my PC is to work at least 66% of the time. If I want to quickly check something online, I want to be able to do it without fighting for three hours. If I want to just quickly play some games, I want to be able to do it without fighting for another three hours. I know I’m spoiled and demanding for too much.
I’d like to interject for a moment. While Linux can be indeed complex as a daily driver, Ubuntu is a specifically problematic distro. If you still consider using Linux, I would recommend trying Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, but is more stable and doesn’t have snaps at all, only flatpak. Fedora also deserves to be mentioned, it has Atomic Desktop editions with important system components mounted read-only and a very straightforward update system with rollback option. For your case, Linux Mint Cinnamon edition is probably the perfect one, since it is dervied from Ubuntu and you won’t need to learn Fedora’s specifics. But don’t purge Windows, if you use apps you know no alternative on Linux.
I have been thinking of booting up the old laptop and injecting it with Mint, just gotta get around to that. I want to try it out and learn a bit before possibly ruining my main PC, or once I build the planned next PC. I checked a while ago and I shouldn’t be needing any applications without alternatives. (I was struggling a bit while looking for a music player, MP3, but Strawberry should be fine I guess.) I do play some games that don’t seem to be Linux compatible (Steams’s words) but then again, I game so rarely and there are plenty of games that work so ehh, not a dealbreaker. (Also there seems to be all kinds of software to get around this so I could also just work to get the games to work…)
Thank you for your answer and Mint Cinnamon recommendation, I will look into it once I get around. :)
A lot of games are compatible through a program called wine, but you usually need some amount of skill in order to use it. Also consider Proton, it’s originally a program from SteamOS, an official Linux distro made by Valve.
Games using kernel level anticheat are almost never compatible even through wine and proton. I’m not into gaming though, that’s just what I’ve heard.
There is a music player called Astra, it is currently in beta, but it seems to be worth trying out.
For sure you should try installing Linux to a non-main PC, that’s what I’ve done too.
Thank you! :) I will look into these. Luckily don’t need to worry about anti-cheat, I prefer to play alone my lil pixel games.