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F*ck Windows: move to Fedora or Ubuntu (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by spacehedgehog@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Today, lovely Windows 11 installed an update. And since then I don't have internet access because Microslop Wincrap 11 can somehow magically no longer connect to the DNS server - to any DNS server. No other device in my network has the same issue. I've been bugfixing for over an hour and haven't found a solution. setting the DNS manually, resetting the network adapter, flushed all DNS entries (I used the commandline tool on Windows!). nothing works.

I don't have ANY more patience with W11!

I already tried Linux. I'm using Ubuntu Server for hosting Nextcloud and Fedora just to play around.

Do you prefer Fedora or Ubuntu? I have an old Thinkpad...

(And no, I will not go down the rabbit hole of Arch ;-) At least not for now.)

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[–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not Ubuntu. Mint or Fedora.

You like Gnome (how everything looks in Ubuntu)? Use Fedroa Workstation, or use Mint and install Gnome yourself.

This is only my opinion. After all, this is your computer; do what you want.

[–] imecth@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

It's typically not a good idea to install a DE that is not supported by your distribution, Mint just repackages upstream gnome - is it ubuntu's vanilla gnome or debian's btw? Either way you're just ending up with an old ass GNOME package that's untested on your distro.

If you're interested in GNOME get a distro that ships it and supports it, which is pretty much all of them minus Mint.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. I'm in a phase between Ubuntu and mint but moving on with my change over. Ubuntu is trying to commercialize the platform. I can sniff that a mile away. Mint is basically the open source version of Ubuntu.

[–] skaffi@infosec.pub 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I like Ubuntu as little as the next guy, truly, but there are so many legitimate issues with Ubuntu/Canonical that we don't need to make up fake stuff on top. Both Mint and Ubuntu are completely open source, and in fact, Mint couldn't exist if Ubuntu was proprietary, seeing as how Mint is a derivative offshoot from an Ubuntu base.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 20 hours ago

Alright, let's touch on that subject:

https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/tutorial/attach-your-ubuntu-pro-subscription/

In Linux if I want a proprietary thing, I choose to do that. In Ubuntu however you may not get all the updates. Some updates are paid pro subscription. It's not really proprietary vs open source yet...but it's walking into the enshitification void.