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”

    • the_q@lemmy.zip
      621·
      6 days ago

      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.

        • the_q@lemmy.zip
          5·
          6 days ago

          It is, but they’ve been working on their new DE Cosmic which should be hitting beta soon.

          • overload@sopuli.xyz
            2·
            6 days ago

            Is it still not in beta? I was on pop in late 2023 and left for OpenSUSE TW because cosmic was taking too long and they were still on Ubuntu LTS 22.04. and Gnome Extensions broke on me.

            • the_q@lemmy.zip
              4·
              6 days ago

              Yeah they’re on like alpha 7 I think? That sucks. I hope OpenSUSE is treating you better.

              • overload@sopuli.xyz
                3·
                5 days ago

                I see it’s just recently been announced about the beta. Great that they’re hearing up for release. I’m in support of what they’re doing I think I realised that I didn’t like Gnome (neither does System76 by the looks!).

                OpenSUSE TW with KDE is perfect for me. Not a sexy/flashy distro but it is the most robust rolling release I’ve seen, and maintained by a European company that has been working on it for decades.

                Particularly like the QC/staggered addition of packages and YAST.

                • deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                  2·
                  4 days ago

                  Love me some SUSE. People forget that it is one of the OG distributions out there. Been trying Linux from time to time but only switched completely from windows earlier this year. Been messing with Fedora and SUSE way back as a teenager. Unfortunately my experience with opensuse was laggy YouTube on a complete fresh install (AMD btw) so I just switched to cachyos which didn’t have any issues (sooo much better than Manjaro IMHO). Still love SUSE… And fedora. These two will always have a place in my tech heart.

                  Edit for typos from typing on glass.

                  • overload@sopuli.xyz
                    2·
                    4 days ago

                    Nice one, Fedora I’ve been keen to check out. it seems similar to SUSE albeit with a different package manager and no Yast. I respect a quality controlled rolling release.

                    How’s cachyOS? I’m very wary of the AUR/Arch generally. There must be so many unmaintained packages on there.

        • the_q@lemmy.zip
          2·
          5 days ago

          Uh yeah it’s context because Ubuntu and Pop are on the “beginner” side of there chart.

    • BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org
      25·
      6 days ago

      I’ve been using Linux since you created a boot floppy by using dd on 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.

      • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
        5·
        6 days ago

        I’ve been using Linux since you created a boot floppy by using dd on the kernel

        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.

        • BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org
          9·
          6 days ago

          You might have been using dd to 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.

      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
        1·
        5 days ago

        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.

    • RustyNova@lemmy.world
      8·
      6 days ago

      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)

      • Lena@gregtech.euEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        I don’t feel the need to switch. Ubuntu serves me well. And I prefer GNOME

        How’s the Wayland support in Linux mint?