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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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(Score: 4, Interesting) by julian on Saturday March 24 2018, @07:49PM (5 children)
It's not so much that it's all trash, but that only the trashiest distros have the resources to put in the polish and quality of life improvements that Microsoft and Apple offer. Linux is technically superior in many ways to what Apple and MS produce, until you get to the real world where software has to run on hardware.
Regardless of what you say about Windows 10 or macOS from a privacy and freedom point of view (and there's a lot to say), they're solid and reliable user interfaces, with some flaws that are mostly a matter of taste and personal preferences. You will always have drivers for your hardware. The GPU will work correctly and at full speed, will accelerate the desktop, there will be no tearing, there will be no stuttering or glitches. Your laptop will switch between the iGPU and discrete GPU on the fly without rebooting. Every switch and key will do what it was intended to do without hacks or manual remapping. The indicator LEDs will all display their state correctly.
Most of this is the fault of hardware makers, which has always been the problem with Linux usage in the real world. That's one of the reasons it's so successful on servers, and Android. Servers were already running a Unix-derived OS, so when a free/libre one came around the advantages were obvious and the transition fairly smooth. For Android, a giant company is available to throw money and developers at the problem of supporting new hardware.
I'm less and less interested in computing like it's 1999. The fact is, the best OS for my W530 Thinkpad is Windows 10. I hate that, but it's true. This isn't even a new computer, and brand new Linux distros from the big boys still can't get everything totally right.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 24 2018, @08:01PM (4 children)
"This new car is fantastic overall, with only some minor personal-preference flaws if you can overlook the fact that is has no functioning brake system at all."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by julian on Saturday March 24 2018, @09:57PM (3 children)
That's the opposite of what is going on here. Windows 10 is more complete, polished, functional, and supports more hardware fully than Linux. There are some philosophical and ethical concerns that aren't even on the radar for most people as legitimate issues. It's rather a case of asking people to drive a VW Beetle from the 1970s because it's entirely documented (not even a single integrated circuit!) and you can replace literally everything in it yourself and there's a thriving community of hobbyists who keep turning out replacement parts. No thanks, I want a 2018 VW Jetta even though it's running millions of lines of code I am not allowed to read.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 25 2018, @01:23AM (1 child)
Don't forget spying on you in more detail than ever before. Keep in mind poor hardware support is primarily due yo proprietary lock in.
Damn, you hit the clueless jackpot. The fact that Linux still gains traction in the face of overwhelming corporate pressure should be enough to convinc you. Oh! You conveniently leave out the many issues that new MS systems have, and the poor performance.
Did you even think this through???
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 25 2018, @05:33AM
Most people ain't got time for tinkering. They want something that Just "Works".
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday March 25 2018, @02:37PM
Sorry, you have that exactly backward. Windows supports no hardware. Or, more precisely, it supports no more hardware, and possibly less, than Unix-likes do. Windows supports CPU architectures, and that is just about all that it supports. Ditto most Unix-likes.
The proper way to state what you meant, would be, "More hardware manufacturers support Windows than support Linux."
Your original statement implies that Microsoft has put time, money, and resources into supporting virtually every piece of hardware in the world.
What really happened was, Microsoft enjoyed a monopoly for some years. Microsoft offered their Windows OS's to computer vendors, with exclusivity clauses. No one could afford to offer anything else, because they would have lost their Microsoft licensing. Because Windows enjoyed a monopoly, hardware vendors baked Windows support in.
Windows is losing it's monopoly, slowly, and hardware support for Unix-likes is improving steadily. Herr Bush did the computing world no favors, when his administration decided not to pursue monopoly suits against Microsoft.
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