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    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

    That's about once every 10 days. Are you okay, op?

    [–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago

    Linux is the family, you're just meeting different people at the different spots of the buffet

    [–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (4 children)

    I switched from Pop_OS! to KDE Neon because I wanted to try out the latest Plasma features. I was tired of GNOME's bloat and needing an extension/Tweaks for basic functionality.

    Then KDE broke screen sharing, bricked my install once by breaking LUKS disk encryption, and then it booted to a black screen on updating to the latest LTS.......

    So now I'm on Mint and all of my servers are on Debian because I want something that just works. Lol. No more distro hopping.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

    KDE bricked my install on my main desktop after updating to the latest LTS too. No idea how that happens. I'm on opensuse leap now.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

    Yeah I tried Tumbleweed, but I really don't like RPM-based distros. Mostly because I've been a Debian-based boi most of my life.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

    How did KDE break your LUKS..? I find that hard to imagine

    Also KDE Neon is a test distro (they don't call it that from what I remember) for those who want to try out newest KDE lol

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

    No idea. It could no longer unlock the LUKS encryption after rebooting from an upgrade. I had to work and just nuked it and started fresh. It happened on both my laptop and desktop after updating, so seems like a bad update.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    im a mint user too and every few months i start distrohopping but always land back in mint. all other distros always have something that doesn't work or is just irritating. but mint feels like home.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    If Mint ever supported KDE plasma 6.2 I'd consider switching back to Mint. I just can't stand how Cinnamon doesn't give a crap about multi display users and gives them a "There. Good enough. Fuck you." solution.

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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I use Debian as the daily and Mint on my server haha

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

    I question your life choices.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

    That’s… something.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

    Why do you need a DE for your server?

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

    Ah those days when I was all fired up and re-installed Linux at the drop of a CD-R.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

    This is my distrohopping log for anyone interested

    Linux Mint 20.1 Xfce 
    February 21, 2021 
    
    Zorin OS 16 Beta
    April 21, 2021 
    
    KDE neon 
    May 12, 2021
    
    Solus 4.3 Budgie
    August 13, 2021
    
    Debian 11+ KDE
    August 18, 2021
    
    Started Gentoo Experimentation
    April 27, 2024
    

    I'm still using Debian (now Debian 12) with the exception of Gentoo on my desktop PC that I rarely use

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Me:

    Mint -> was too outdated

    Majaro -> died

    Manjaro again -> died again

    OpenSuse TW

    Arch (new machine)

    EndeavourOS (had to reinstall after HW change and was too lazy for Arch again 😂)

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

    No Arch? Strange...

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

    Mind sharing your reasoning?

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

    Sticking to Endavour OS I think, but I said the same thing about Archlinux and Mint and Neon and Debian so who knows!

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    Anyone got advice for a Linux distro that will run good with 2 in 1 laptop (the touchscreen tablet ones) I tried an os and the keyboard was meh. Or alternatively, how I can set up an is to work best on a laptop of that kind.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

    Personally i am using pop os with Wayland enabled on my surface pro 3

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I run EndeavourOS on a Lenovo Yoga and it works great for the most part. Only thing really missing for me is programming thr buttons on the stylus, but it's too minor of an inconvenience to deal with IMO. Keyboard, track pad, and touch screen all work as intended.

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    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    I have Linux mint on my 2 in 1 laptop with touch screen, it’s been good.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    I literally was up until 5a this morning helping a friend try to search and distrohop because Mint, Ubuntu, and Fedora all had issues with returning to desktop mode after being put in tablet/slate mode. Keyboard and touchpad just never reenabled. It goes into tablet mode just fine, but refuses to come out. Tons of threads about disabling the keyboard and touchpad because they don't disable for users, almost none for enabling when put back into laptop form.

    It's their first experience with Linux and I'm super frustrated.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

    same here!

    X380 Yoga with Mint works like a charm

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    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    I don't know which distro is best, but you might want GNOME desktop for tablet. Its desktop control is ideally suited for touch and gesture methods on a tablet

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Gnome devs are UX design geniuses. They made a desktop environment that is highly suitable for both touch and desktop usage (Windows wasn't successful with that goal). It's also beginner-friendly without being cartoonish like Windows XP.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I first realized this when I tilted my HP laptop sideways to read something on the back and the GNOME DE flipped 90 degrees to match the new up orientation. flip it other side it redid orientation, tilt thev whole laptop back resets to normal Horizontal layout. Amazing planning.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

    I mean, Windows does that. The Windows that came installed on the Lenovo Flex I got has really good adaptive UI. If it's in tablet mode, the UI smoothly adjusts to be touch friendly and flipping works in any direction. That's why I'm trying to find Linux that can be this good.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    I've been using Pop Os on my Thinkpad X1 Yoga 3rd for about 2 month now. It's great but i have touchscreen problem with touchscreen not working after i left the laptop to sleep/standby

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    I can't wait to get my new laptop in November. I'm going to make my old one a Linux-only machine for all non-gaming purposes, and 100% going back to Mint.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    You can get a cheap Chromebook too, I got one in front of me! 140€, corebooted with MrChromebox coreboot, runs LUKS encrypted Fedora Kinoite just fine!

    Battery lasts 8h, but that thing has no storage and a pretty damn slow CPU

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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

    Been using arch with DWM for a decade, why would I want to try anything else?

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