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Linux system manufacturer System76 introduced a beautiful looking Linux distribution called Pop!_OS. But is Pop OS worth an install? Read the Pop OS review and find out yourself.
More at : https://itsfoss.com/pop-os-linux-review/
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday January 15 2018, @09:51PM (10 children)
Masochist beginners?
That covers pretty much *any* linux beginner, though, so maybe they do have potential users!
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @01:16AM (4 children)
I had a look recently at Pop!OS. Installed it, fired it up and after a poke around, shut it down and removed it. Sorry, this distro is more likely to chase newcomers back into the clutches of Redmond or drive a long-time Linux user to tears (and installing something stronger). All the new pastel flat design is also an eyesore on top of mediocre performance and features that are lacking. I was expecting much more from System76. If I did buy one of their laptops (not readily available where I live, plus 30% import duty) the first thing on the agenda would be to install Debian (though the Gnome devs tricks are getting old too), or Mint.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @06:39AM (1 child)
So don't install gnome, it's not like the two are married anyhow.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday January 17 2018, @03:19AM
If you're not going to use GNOME you're better off with a distro that doesn't default to it. Such as Slackware.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @09:27PM (1 child)
> install Debian (though the Gnome devs tricks are getting old too), or Mint.
Devuan or AntiX may be alternatives, as Mint is on track to succumb to the Gnome devs tricks as well.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Wednesday January 17 2018, @03:59AM
Devuan is an alternative.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @02:55AM (4 children)
My 1st day using Linux, I discovered multiple workspaces|virtual desktops and loved that.
(I understand that Windoze finally got this capability.)
Being able to scroll a window without changing the focus was another thing I loved from the start.
The *layers* thing with the various windows, where -you- can decide what's on top and what's below without changing the focus is awesome.
Being able to roll up a window into the title bar (like a window shade) and just leave that little bit on screen without having to minimize the window comes in handy on occasion.
I still marvel at the way the middle-click-paste thing works:
Mark something and it goes into a buffer that can be copied with a middle-click.
This is in addition to the Ctrl-C|Ctrl-V thing that lesser OSes have.
I use the 2 in tandem all the time.
Linux is better than Windoze here.
(When that's not enough, there are clipboard stackers too.)
The only masochistic thing with me and Linux is that I'm mad at myself that I didn't switch to it earlier.
Sure, Linux was *different*; mostly it's been **better**.
The only thing I can think of that still bugs me from time to time is that I can't grab the -top- of a window and stretch it in -that- direction.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @09:33PM
> (I understand that Windoze finally got this capability.)
In a craptastic, Mouse driven, manner.
You can't easily switch between desktops using the keyboard, as doing so involve the windows/super key and finger contortions.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday January 17 2018, @03:17AM (2 children)
One thing I like about Linux is having the freedom to choose Window Manager. Or to choose not to use X at all. Virtual terminals are an incredibly useful feature.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @04:40AM (1 child)
the freedom to choose Window Manager
I see a contradiction between those 2 statements.
With M$'s junk, I got M$'s (single) choice.
Finding stuff that worked better for my use case (and being able to choose) was a big reason for switching to a FOSS OS.
Of course, there was also MICROS~1's let's-wait-and-try-to-paste-on-the-security-afterwards thing.
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(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday January 17 2018, @10:22AM
But you only quoted one statement so I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.
"With M$'s junk, I got M$'s (single) choice."
Yes, you're stuck with explorer.exe as your primary shell. Lightstep exists, but only in a permanently disadvantaged and marginalized space. CMD still exists, but you can only get to it through Explorer, and similiarly to how Debian assumes you prefer Gnome, Windows assumes Explorer.
But LINUX is not Debian, and linux doesn't assume you have Gnome. It doesn't assume you have X. This is a very good thing.
"Of course, there was also MICROS~1's let's-wait-and-try-to-paste-on-the-security-afterwards thing."
Eh, their approach is awful of course, but I wouldn't feel too smug about it. Lots of 'linux' software suffers from the exact same approach. Gnome is an obvious target but far from the only one.
Your typical 'linux' system (meaning X.org running on blobware drivers with SystemD and Gnome etc.) is only marginally more secure than Windows at this point, and that mostly because it's a more obscure target.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?