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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Seconded. Everyone shits on Ubuntu, but it's solid, well-supported, and is low-friction both for install and daily use.

It also has decent Nvidia support and Steam runs well on it, so (most) mainstream gaming is a real possibility here.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Ubuntu has also gotten a lot better and promising in recent years, too.

    Except Snap shenanigans. Snap always shenanigans. The Snap pushing is eternal… Though Entrop is right that it’s mostly just a power-user worry.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Though Entrop is right that it’s mostly just a power-user worry.

    Not entirely. I've had a few snaps become useless when it comes down to providing configuration data. How an individual snap integrates into the filesystem depends on the author/packaging, and quality varies. Ultimately, it's a PITA since the mapped filesystem paths are not in the stock/standard locations the product docs say they are. I chalk this up to packaging software that existed pre-Snap, or the original authors did not do the Snap packaging. It'll probably get better as the ecosystem matures, but right now, it's not a great experience unless the Snap-ed package can run as-is.

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