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After 9 Months on Mint I switched to Kubuntu and I'm loving it!! (piefed.social)
submitted 6 days ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev
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In February I switched to Mint after frustrations with Windows, Mint was nice but it always felt very rough around the edges from a UI perspective. I felt it was missing many bells and whistles.

I was looking to try a good KDE Linux and went for the latest Kubuntu and I love it.
The look and feel is so clean.

It's not without issues, I had to fight driver issues for a good while and my laptop speakers still don't work but my headset and speakers etc. immediately worked.

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[–] exupulosion@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago (4 children)

You could've just installed KDE on top of mint? Ain't that the freedom of linux?

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 16 points 6 days ago

I've heard this is quite a mess to maintain.

Ideally I want to find the best out of the box solution so that I can switch friends and family over to when I feel they and the software are ready

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 10 points 6 days ago

Woah, woah, woah... Are you trying to dissuade distro hopping?

[–] compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago

Yep, Mint with KDE is how I roll

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Yup. I use KDE on Debian. Works great.

[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

KDE is great but do give some "better" distros like Fedora, or EndeavourOS (basically Arch) a try. Canonical, the company in control of Ubuntu, is a little bit shady.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Thanks I'll give them a try, EndeavoursOS is next on my list.

I know it's dumb but I just really don't like the name Fedora so I've strayed away so far 😅 Names matter

[–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Nah Kubuntu is fine. Look up the reasons people don't like cononical to see if you personally care (I do but I'm weird) but sincerly kubuntu is chill.

If you're new I can't fully reccomend endeavor. Well made, great distro, but built for people who are ok with managing their system manually. If that's your vibe though great choice. Want something that looks like Kubuntu, is easier to manage, not cononical, with a rolling release model? OpenSuse tumbleweed with KDE plasma is chill.

Still though nothing wrong with sticking to Kubuntu.

~~now switching to Gentoo on the other hand will make you 2x hotter~~

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks solid advice.

I do care about why people don't like cononical, but it's a marathon not a sprint.

Every step in the right direction is a win.

I really want to find a nice distro that just works and that I can eventually switch friends and family onto.

It might not be the MOST ethical or best distro, but it's better than Microsoft and to me that's enough.

[–] Excel@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago

I’d recommend CachyOS over EndeavourOS

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 6 days ago

I would personally suggest looking into CachyOS or Manjaro.

[–] autumnal@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

KDE is fantastic. It’s such a polished and full-featured DE. I could see why some people prefer something simpler or different like a tiling WM but for me KDE feels comfortably familiar while having everything I need.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Which distro do you use KDE on? I'm on OpenSUSE, it's quite nice

[–] autumnal@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I use NixOS. It has some sharp edges but the advantages are worth it to me. I’ve never had better working Linux machines.

[–] Pumasuedeblue@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

I was Mint for years (Cinnamon was ahead of its time) but I'm on Kubuntu now and it's very slick. I switched because I wanted Wayland, but I'll be staying.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 7 points 6 days ago

Kububtu was also rough around the edges even until 22.04 LTS, but 24.04 LTS finally delivered a stable, far more customizable desktop than regular Ubuntu.

I’m eager to try 26.04 LTS next year.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 5 points 6 days ago

Glad you like it!