I agree with Terry Here. I have been on Kubuntu for about 15 years, and support
Terry's positives, and haven't noticed his negatives. Maybe I don't play hard
enough. I have sorted out all my problems usually with the help of the LUG or
google.
My other play computer has Zorin on it, and it is pretty good too. I do try
some new ones when they come out. With Linux some distro's are solution
specific, such as Kali for security testing [ but not really for everyday use]
And I am sure that you will have noticed there are many people who have
suggestions on-line https://www.techradar.com/best/best-linux-distros
Peter
On 08/03/2025 07:25, Terry Coles wrote:
James,
On 07/03/2025 22:45, James Crowfoot wrote:
At some point in the future I am planning on switching from windows 11 to
linux but I am not sure what distro to go for.
I'm most familiar with debian, through raspberry pi os, but also either
mint or ubuntu are also on the table.
Does anybody have any thoughts on on thr pros and cons of these distros to
help me decide?
Back in the mists of time, (when Linux was a lad), I switched from using
my Amiga as my prime machine at home to Suse. It didn't work very well
because the sound system wasn't supported and was at that time an RPM
based system, when 'RPM' and 'hell' frequently appeared in the same
sentence.
I also tried Mandrake for a while, but then someone said that apt was a
much better packaging system, so I switched to Kubuntu. This was one of
the first releases of that distro, but despite a few hiccups along the
way, I've never looked back.
As far as I'm concerned, the benefits include: KDE based:
1. It looks a feels very much like Windows was back then, and I had to
use Windows at work.
2. For the most part, it has always worked well (but see below).
3. It has the packages that I like (but see below).
The disadvantages include:
1. The KDE team have a nasty habit of breaking the desktop, every time
a new Plasma version is released. This can be very annoying, and some
features that I loved in Plasma 2 (or maybe it was 3) have never returned.
2. Packages are dropped frequently enough to be annoying when they are
no longer maintained (fair enough really), but again I've never found
some features in their replacements.
3. Some bugs are rather ignored when reported in bugzilla or Launchpad
and then magically disappear in the next release.
So I have now been a Kubuntu user for around 20 years and am not likely
to change any time soon.
I hope this helps.
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