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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/
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Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu?
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Appalbarry on Saturday March 24 2018, @04:43PM (2 children)
Honestly, this is a discussion that was old about ten years ago..... and yes, I couldn't care less about SystemD. And no, I neither read the Man pages, nor yell at other people to do the same. How very 1996. I don't need to out-distro other people to establish my manliness.
Although I tried installing various distros in the early days, usually giving up when X-Windows refused to work for me or my hardware, I did finally settle on Ubuntu after many years of DOS, Windows, and even Apple machines. It was the first distro that just installed and worked, at a time when I knew that I was a finished with Windows. When Ubuntu created the now dead Unity I jumped ship for Mint Cinnamon, which is still my go-to distro on my desktop.
What I've been enjoying on my Dell laptop though is POP!_OS, [system76.com] the Gnome based distro from the people who build the System 76 Linux PCs. It is, they say, designed from the ground up for people who just want to get work done, and I'd say they do a pretty good job of that. The best part is that the default workspace is entirely empty except for the titlebar across the top, and even that is minimal. I don't know whether it's a Gnome thing, or a POP thing, but I find that the environment strongly encourages me to do one thing at a time instead of bouncing around between apps.
Despite the love that some people have for big, complicated "roll your own" type installs, I like a distro that gives me a forehead install. If I can't stick a USB stick into a machine, reboot, and have a functioning system in fifteen minutes I'm not interested. I spent way too many years battling with hardware and software to make them work, or fiddling with jumpers and config files to tweak extra performance or stability. These days I just want something that works and stays out of my way.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 24 2018, @09:30PM
Perhaps things would have gone better if you had tried X Window (no hyphen; no s).
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 24 2018, @11:47PM
Looked at PopOs, sorry to say what I found was a big mess, not a distro.