Hey all, I’ve been thinking about making the jump from Windows to Linux as my daily-driver and I’ve been struggling on what distro to use.

On my laptop I’ve been using Fedora’s KDE Spin for a bit but I can’t say I really like KDE all that much. I took that Distrochooser test and 9/10 of the suggestions were all Ubuntu-based or Arch-based for some reason lol.

I would prefer a distro that “just works” but I’m not scared of having to troubleshoot or fix things. I guess I’m just looking to see what everyone else uses and what you all recommend. Thanks!

  • yianiris@kafeneio.social
    24·
    10 months ago

    How much does it pay to promote IBM products with convoluted software as that is really linux?

    Since I am financially strained I might consider, with a very heavy ethical objection counteracting my need for cash.

    The lawyers it takes to call this crap Open and Free System must have become millionaires by now.

    @MiddledAgedGuy @Canadian_Cabinet

    • MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org
      1·
      10 months ago

      I knew about Redhat’s recent bad behavior, I somehow missed that IBM owns Redhat. So TIL.

      I dropped Fedora in light of recent news but I’m not OP. They can decide for themselves on that. If OP or anyone is interested in learning more, a search for RHEL source paywall will get you there.

      • yianiris@kafeneio.social
        02·
        10 months ago

        It is not personal it is counter propaganda, linux = fedora = ubuntu = systemd = debian = mint …

        No real options there, just an alternative MSwin

        There is also the propaganda that says Linux is Plasma or Gnome …

        There is much much more that doesn’t get corporate promotion and people rarely ever hear about it.

        @MiddledAgedGuy