Ubuntu MATE 18.04 is pretty nice so far. Support for 3 years on this one. Just released yesterday. Nice retro functional desktop and comes with some useful bundled software.
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Moved from Deepin to Antergos with the Deepin DE this weekend. Best of two worlds imo, the AUR repository (basically any software you could want is one button press away, like a huge app store that doesn't suck 
). Deepin feels like a better version of OS X too, really enjoying all the features, settings, gestures and such. The step from OS X is very small imo. We'll see if the rolling arch releases are too unstable, but so far my macbook is working 100% with it and made it more enjoyable to use than ever before. I'll evaluate it for a while, but right now I'm feeling I could go with this full-time instead of OS X, which in turn opens up a ton of hardware choices. 4k touchscreens with nvidia gpu's, TB3, USB A ports for legacy, SD card readers and such for much less than a macbook. I will give it some time to sink in but right now I feel that I could make the switch.
). Deepin feels like a better version of OS X too, really enjoying all the features, settings, gestures and such. The step from OS X is very small imo. We'll see if the rolling arch releases are too unstable, but so far my macbook is working 100% with it and made it more enjoyable to use than ever before. I'll evaluate it for a while, but right now I'm feeling I could go with this full-time instead of OS X, which in turn opens up a ton of hardware choices. 4k touchscreens with nvidia gpu's, TB3, USB A ports for legacy, SD card readers and such for much less than a macbook. I will give it some time to sink in but right now I feel that I could make the switch.
I've been using KDE Neon off an on in a VM at home and I think on Monday I'm going to replace my Windows 10 PC with a KDE Neon PC as my primary work computer. It'll be physically a new PC because I have to keep the Windows PC for certain applications and tasks that require it for my job.
But for the bulk of my work I don't need any particular OS.
KDE Neon is pretty well done on the GUI look and feel and with a lot of customization options. Here are a couple of good review videos.
But for the bulk of my work I don't need any particular OS.
KDE Neon is pretty well done on the GUI look and feel and with a lot of customization options. Here are a couple of good review videos.
I'm not big on it's current default looks, but the setup in the 1st video (I didn't watch the second) was rather nice.
Cool thing about it is that its highly customizable to taste. I guess you can have a crossover between KDE and Gnome DE's for some apps.
I've been playing with several distro's lately; ignore the Windows VM's. They're only on here if I absolutely need to use them - which is pretty much never.
He did a third review of it 2 months ago and its 50 minutes long. Pretty good overall.
Ha Ha... Yeah, I have most of those and several more. I've been a Linux user for MANY years. Much longer than I've been a Mac user. The last MS OS that I enjoyed using was DOS. I hated Win from the start, from there I went to OS/2 when it came out. I stayed with OS/2 until the end and moved to Linux. It was difficult to learn in those days. You had to compile everything by hand. It's almost as easy as any graphical environment around now days though. It still doesn't have the support and polish of macOS or Win, but it's bringing up the rear nicely.
I still prefer macOS over all others, but I still like to tinker and play with all of them.
I still prefer macOS over all others, but I still like to tinker and play with all of them.
I've played with Linux over the years now and then but never really used it for anything. I'm not a programmer type of person and having to compile things is a PITA to me. I once tried Gentoo and found that it was way over my head!
Like you said, some of the distro's today are nice and easy to use and I like that. I think that is helping drive the community to broaden its user base and get into the minds of more people.
Which of these is considered better? I can't decide which one to choose as my main Linux OS! Here are my choices, with screenshots to make things easier! Either Ubuntu of Linux Mint? If you have a preference, please let me know why!
I just use Ubuntu because it seems support is the deepest.
However, I have run into a weird bug in 18.04, where if I try to access a system preference setting, it will take literally a minute to load. In 17.10, the sys pref settings load in seconds. So I am on 17.10 for the time being, until this gets fixed.
However, I have run into a weird bug in 18.04, where if I try to access a system preference setting, it will take literally a minute to load. In 17.10, the sys pref settings load in seconds. So I am on 17.10 for the time being, until this gets fixed.
I think either one is a fine choice. If you're a typical or average computer user then the differences between them will probably be mostly about the look and feel of the OS, so choose the one that suits your fancy the best.
Either will most likely do everything you want them to do anyhow.
Either will most likely do everything you want them to do anyhow.
If you want something that feels like macOS, I think elementaryOS does a pretty good job.
I tend to switch between favouring Ubuntu or CentOS, although more and more I'm turning to FreeBSD.
I tend to switch between favouring Ubuntu or CentOS, although more and more I'm turning to FreeBSD.
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