Great information on system76 etc. I have to say though that Ubuntu is to be avoided these days.

It seems as if it got too popular, the company behind it (Canonical) became infiltrated and they started systematically trying to flush this distribution down the toilet.

Did you hear about the old-old scandal where the Ubuntu "Start button" on your computer was sending search info to Amazon? Literally searching your own files and Amazon got the info. That was in maybe 2014 ballpark.

There are no natively installed packages now, they are all snap packages, which is a very non linux way of doing things, causing slow opening times and, somewhat debatebly, a nefarious package manager to run (snapd).

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, although even they have started Linux Mint Debian Edition (Based on Debian) because they can see the writing on the wall.

Linux Mint paired with KDE Plasma desktop environment (Installed separately) and preloaded with all multimedia codecs out of the box is a far superior product to Ubuntu. Mint uses open source flatpak to accomplish what snap does when required which is not much. They specifically remove snap functionality from their distro.

Linux Mint:- https://linuxmint.com/

KDE Plasma :- https://iteroni.com/watch?v=RMXViPlehAo

The customization possible on KDE plasma is unparalleled. Everything is malleable to your will. You can have a giant start button that fills the entire screen if you want. Maybe you want Mac windows with the poxy little traffic light buttons or maybe icons from off the side of an alien spacecraft. Nested, multiple panels on every screen edge? Completely change the workflow? No probs, right from the GUI.

Great information on system76 etc. I have to say though that Ubuntu is to be avoided these days.

It seems as if it got too popular, the company behind it (Canonical) became infiltrated and they started systematically trying to flush this distribution down the toilet.

Did you hear about the old-old scandal where the Ubuntu "Start button" on your computer was sending search info to Amazon? Literally searching your own files and Amazon got the info. That was in maybe 2014 ballpark.

There are no natively installed packages now, they are all snap packages, which is a very non linux way of doing things, causing slow opening times and, somewhat debatebly, a nefarious package manager to run (snapd).

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu although even they have started Linux Mint Debian Edition (Based on Debian) because they can see the writing on the wall.

Linux Mint paired with KDE Plasma desktop environment (Installed separately) and preloaded with all multimedia codecs out of the box is a far superior product to Ubuntu. Mint uses open source flatpak to accomplish what snap does when required which is not much. They specifically remove snap functionality from their distro.

Linux Mint:- https://linuxmint.com/

KDE Plasma :- https://iteroni.com/watch?v=RMXViPlehAo

The customization possible on KDE plasma is unparalleled. Everything is malleable to your will. You can have a giant start button that fills the entire screen if you want. Maybe you want Mac windows with the poxy little traffic light buttons or maybe icons from off the side of an alien spacecraft. Nested, multiple panels on every screen edge? Completely change the workflow? No probs, right from the GUI.

Great information on system76 etc. I have to say though that Ubuntu is to be avoided these days.

It seems as if it got too popular, the company behind it (Canonical) became infiltrated and they started systematically trying to flush this distribution down the toilet.

Did you hear about the old-old scandal where the Ubuntu "Start button" on your computer was sending search info to Amazon? Literally searching your own files and Amazon got the info. That was in maybe 2014 ballpark.

There are no natively installed packages now, they are all snap packages, which is a very non linux way of doing things, causing slow opening times and, somewhat debatebly, a nefarious package manager to run (snapd).

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu although even they have started Linux Mint Debian Edition (Based on Debian) because they can see the writing on the wall.

Linux Mint paired with KDE Plasma desktop environment (Installed separately) and preloaded with all multimedia codecs out of the box is a far superior product to Ubuntu. Mint uses open source flatpak to accomplish what snap does when required which is not much. They specifically remove snap functionality from their distro.

Linux Mint:- https://linuxmint.com/

KDE Plasma :- https://iteroni.com/watch?v=RMXViPlehAo

The customization possible on KDE plasma is unparalleled. Everything is malleable to your will. You can have a giant start button that fills the entire screen if you want. Maybe you want Mac windows with the poxy little traffic light buttons or maybe icons from off the side of an alien spacecraft. Nested, multiple panels on every screen edge? No probs, right from the GUI.

Great information on system76 etc. I have to say though that Ubuntu is to be avoided these days.

It seems as if it got too popular, the company behind it (Canonical) became infiltrated and they started systematically trying to flush this distribution down the toilet.

Did you hear about the old-old scandal where the Ubuntu "Start button" on your computer was sending info to Amazon? That was in maybe 2014 ballpark.

There are no natively installed packages now, they are all snap packages, which is a very non linux way of doing things, causing slow opening times and, somewhat debatebly, a nefarious package manager to run (snapd).

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu although even they have started Linux Mint Debian Edition (Based on Debian) because they can see the writing on the wall.

Linux Mint paired with KDE Plasma desktop environment (Installed separately) and preloaded with all multimedia codecs out of the box is a far superior product to Ubuntu. Mint uses open source flatpak to accomplish what snap does when required which is not much. They specifically remove snap functionality from their distro.

Linux Mint:- https://linuxmint.com/

KDE Plasma :- https://iteroni.com/watch?v=RMXViPlehAo

The customization possible on KDE plasma is unparalleled. Everything is malleable to your will. You can have a giant start button that fills the entire screen if you want. Maybe you want Mac windows with the poxy little traffic light buttons or maybe icons from off the side of an alien spacecraft. Nested, multiple panels on every screen edge? No probs, right from the GUI.

Great information on system76 etc. I have to say though that Ubuntu is to be avoided these days.

It seems as if it got too popular, the company behind it (Canonical) became infiltrated and they started systematically trying to flush this distribution down the toilet.

Did you hear about the old-old scandal where the Ubuntu "Start button" on your computer was sending info to Amazon? That was in maybe 2014 ballpark.

There are no natively installed packages now, they are all snap packages, which is a very non linux way of doing things, causing slow opening times and, somewhat debatebly, a nefarious package manager to run (snapd).

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu although even they have started Linux Mint Debian Edition (Based on Debian) because they can see the writing on the wall.

Linux Mint paired with KDE Plasma desktop environment (Installed separately) and preloaded with all multimedia codecs out of the box is a far superior product to Ubuntu. Mint uses open source flatpak to accomplish what snap does when required which is not much. They specifically remove snap functionality from their distro.

Linux Mint:- https://linuxmint.com/

KDE Plasma :- https://iteroni.com/watch?v=RMXViPlehAo

The customization possible on KDE plasma is unparalleled. Everything is malleable to your will. You can have a giant start button that fills the entire screen if you want.

Great information on system76 etc. I have to say though that Ubuntu is to be avoided these days.

It seems as if it got too popular, the company behind it (Canonical) became infiltrated and they started systematically trying to flush this distribution down the toilet.

Did you hear about the old-old scandal where the Ubuntu "Start button" on your computer was sending info to Amazon? That was in maybe 2014 ballpark.

There are no natively installed packages now, they are all snap packages, which is a very non linux way of doing things, causing slow opening times and, somewhat debatebly, a nefarious package manager to run (snapd).

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu although even they have started Linux Mint Debian Edition (Based on Debian) because they can see the writing on the wall.

Linux Mint paired with KDE Plasma desktop environment (Installed separately) and preloaded with all multimedia codecs out of the box is a far superior product to Ubuntu. Mint uses open source flatpak to accomplish what snap does when required which is not much. They specifically remove snap functionality from their distro.

Linux Mint:- https://linuxmint.com/

KDE Plasma :- https://iteroni.com/watch?v=RMXViPlehAo

The customization possible on KDE plasma is unparalleled. Everything is malleable to your will. You can have a giant start button that fills the entire screen if you want.

Great information although I have to say that Ubuntu is to be avoided these days.

It seems as if it got too popular, the company behind it (Canonical) became infiltrated and they started systematically trying to flush this distribution down the toilet.

Did you hear about the old-old scandal where the "Start button" on your computer was sending info to Amazon?

There are no natively installed packages now, they are all snap packages, which is a very non linux way of doing things, causing slow opening times and, somewhat debatably, a nefarious package manager to run (snapd).

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu although even they have started Linux Mint Debian Edition (Based on Debian) because they can see the writing on the wall.

Linux Mint paired with KDE Plasma desktop environment (Installed separately) an preloaded with all multimedia codecs out of the box is a far superior product than Ubuntu.

KDE Plasma :- https://iteroni.com/watch?v=RMXViPlehAo