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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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[–] RaftDespairPoise@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Tried Fedora, tried Ubuntu, tried Mint, tried Debian, tried flavors of Arch that don’t make the install process take an hour.

They all suck compared to openSUSE Tumbleweed. Rolling release with good hardware support out of the box and snapshots/easy rollback coupled with extensive testing before each release? It’s the winner for beginners, and it’s not even close.

The first time a user gets the itch to learn Linux and go deeper and borks their install, they will hate any distro without snapshotting.

The first time an immutable distro user needs to install OEM drivers, they will hate their distro.

I used to recommend Linux Mint, and I still would maybe to those I know will never ever open the console.

For everyone else, openSUSE Tumbleweed all day everyday and twice on Sunday.

[–] spacehedgehog@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Thanks, I'll keep openSUSE Tumbleweed in mind. I think I'm going to try this after two weeks of Mint