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    [–] ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    If you are a newby FOR GODS SAKE USE UBUNTU.

    As someone who only a couple of years ago made the jump to linux. I'd also recommend PopOS super easy to start with.

    [–] Crass_Spektakel@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    PopOS is a sure way of getting into ten times more problems than Ubuntu.

    Seriously, I know them all. Started with NetBSD in 1991, used pretty much everything.

    If your system isn't super weird then Ubuntu is the most relaxed experience you will ever have as a newby.

    (And yes, I am not using Ubuntu currently. But then, I hat 35 years of POSIX/Unix/Linux experience)

    [–] carl@upload.chat 2 points 7 months ago

    Until you use software that without up front notice Ubuntu decides to move from APT to Snap without a migration process in place for your settings or credentials. Like has happened with Telegram and with Chromium. And then stuff breaks in ways where you as a noobie would have no idea how to fix.

    This is exactly what happened with the Ubuntu setup on my parents' laptop and I've since moved everything over to Linux Mint for them so they don't have to deal with that anymore.

    [–] ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

    How?

    I actually had more issues with Ubuntu than popos. And the one audio issue I had, the system76 guys were fantastic.

    Ubuntu is filled with bloat these days, and your actually better off with straight Debian than Ubuntu. Not to mention as a whole Ubuntu has made some 'questionable' decisions in recent times