If you have gained some Linux skills after using Ubuntu for some time, you may try switching to these distributions to explore the world of Linux distributions further.
Ubuntu is one of the best Linux distributions for beginners. It's an excellent platform for people new to Linux. It is easy to install, has tons of free resources available along with a massive list of applications available for it. https://itsfoss.com/distribution-after-ubuntu/
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday March 24 2018, @01:38PM (6 children)
This is how I feel. Been using Lubuntu and that remains my goto distro, but I don't like systemd. So I'm still exploring.
Most recently, I've been trying PCLinuxOS. Some minor differences is that man wasn't installed by default, one vim setting, paste/nopaste, was the opposite of the default in Lubuntu, and ls puts quote marks around file names with spaces. Of course the window manager is a little different. PCLinuxOS simply doesn't have the depth of software packages available. Sure, can still download source code and install whatever you want that way, and I have. It's not as convenient, but on the other hand, you don't have to worry about the distro's package management system screwing it up. I locked Lubuntu to an older version of a meta package (mono, if you want to know) and it worked for a while but at some point, Lubuntu upgraded the package anyway which broke the software that depends on it.
Tried Gentoo, and yeah, too much time sunk into compiling. Was using Arch, but they moved to systemd.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday March 24 2018, @02:22PM (3 children)
Try Void? The install is basically painless, even compared to Arch, and the package manager XBPS looks and acts a lot like Pacman. I was using Arch for a long time too, and then tried Void on a friend's suggestion. It's awesome, almost like FreeBSD and Arch had a baby.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 25 2018, @07:56AM
while FreeBSD and Arch Linux fuck.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Sunday March 25 2018, @01:31PM
Never heard of Void before. I checked on Distrowatch and saw it's just outside the top 100. If it's free of systemd, maybe I will give it a shot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @09:29AM
while FreeBSD and Arch Linux fuck.
(Score: 2, Informative) by DECbot on Saturday March 24 2018, @02:47PM
If you like the debian feel, you can give Devuan a try. It's Debian without systemd and what I jumped to for my desktop machines after Xubuntu.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday March 25 2018, @03:36AM
After 20 years of poking at distros and finding them wanting as desktops... PCLinuxOS (Trinity and KDE) is the only one I've kept, and so far it's behaving itself, and hasn't annoyed me too much. Still not used for everyday but at least it doesn't give me hives, like Ubuntu, or fall over, like Mint.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.