wzl@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 12 days agoCan I get your opinion?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1728arrow-down112
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minus-squareLem Jukes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 days agoAs someone who’s in the process of moving to an almost fully Linux environment but only has experience using Ubuntu. Is there a lateral alternative or ‘step-up’ distro you would recommend I try given the downsides of Canonical/ubuntu?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 days agoMint is generally the suggested new go-to for newbies, as I understand it, because it’s probably the closest to Ubuntu but has snaps disabled. Debian if you’re going for something more pure, but they are a lot less current, albeit more stable due to that.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoSeconding the Mint suggestion. I started on Ubuntu ~15 years ago, nowadays I run Mint if I need a GUI, or Debian on anything headless
As someone who’s in the process of moving to an almost fully Linux environment but only has experience using Ubuntu. Is there a lateral alternative or ‘step-up’ distro you would recommend I try given the downsides of Canonical/ubuntu?
Mint is generally the suggested new go-to for newbies, as I understand it, because it’s probably the closest to Ubuntu but has snaps disabled.
Debian if you’re going for something more pure, but they are a lot less current, albeit more stable due to that.
Seconding the Mint suggestion. I started on Ubuntu ~15 years ago, nowadays I run Mint if I need a GUI, or Debian on anything headless