Pop!_OS is a Linux distro designed by System76. It’s built on Ubuntu, but with some pretty great user experience improvements. More info here: https://pop.system76.com/

I used it awhile back and loved it, though not for very long. I was thinking recently of switching to it. I haven’t seen it mentioned here much, so I wanted to see if anyone here uses it regularly and what your thoughts on it are.

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I don't understand the appeal over Ubuntu. You get basically ubuntu with some tweaks that you have to hope are maintained, but with a smaller community to help you if those tweaks break.

    If I'm going to be making my life easy i'll choose something with support and a community. If i'm making my life hard I'll go with Arch because I know if it does break, there will be a post on the front page of arch.org explaining why it broke and how to fix it.

    • Pirate [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      But plz don't install Arch if this is your first time using Linux. Arch is a cutting edge distro

      • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Like I said it makes your life hard. If you have a spare computer, by all means DO install arch and by your fifth reinstall you'll understand linux very well.

        If you're committed to learning, its a great way to learn. If you just want a working machine, then install ubuntu.