I installed Ubuntu 24.04 LTS about a year ago. Now that 26.04 is out, I was planning to upgrade, but instead I think I'm going to wipe and re-install from scratch. Does anyone have any tips or tweaks they recommend for new installs? Things like, do or don't encrypt the drive during the install process, make an administrator account separate from your regular user account? I already plan to install the Flatpak repo and the Gnome Software Center.

Thanks!

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[–] 4 points 5 months ago

I second this. Depending on what you do on your PC, there's probably a better distro with way better default setup, for example gaming distros like Bazzite, that has most of gaming-related stuff already built in. (Note, Bazzite is an atomic distro, which has a lot of caveats, it was just an example since I use it, it might not be the best for your workflow/what you want from the system.)

If you tell us what is your goal (i.e learn more about setting up linux, have a perfectly fine tuned os, or just have an out-of-the-box experience) and what you want to use your PC for (gaming, developemnt, cybersecurity...), we can point you to a direction.

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