Ubuntu’s popularity often makes it the default choice for new Linux users. But there are tons of other Linux operating systems that deserve your attention. As such, I’ve highlighted some Ubuntu alternatives so you can choose based on your needs and requirements—because conformity is boring.

    • Richard
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      145 months ago

      I am kind of afraid of the corporate influence on OpenSUSE. Same for the relationship between Ubuntu and Canonical

    • Possibly linux
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      75 months ago

      It is problematic in my experience. I think it comes down to Suse as a company lacking direction

      • @nelov@feddit.de
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        15 months ago

        Yeah exactly this. Not only lacking direction but the Upstream SUSE recently decided to move away from traditional desktop. Instead, they now offer ALP, which stands for adoptable linux platform. So OpenSuse has no real dekstop products to build of, and the community has to do much more work in order to produce a stable desktop distribution. I was a happy user for a almost 2 years, but in that time the community had discussion about many “small” things, many of which were about “principles”. This made ne very uncomfortable in using it, since it felt that every moment the “community” would decide something that would significantly change everything.

    • 2xsaiko
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      45 months ago

      openSuSE is cool. It was the first distro I installed way back around 2010 and still the one I would recommend to new people.

    • @Sina@beehaw.org
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      5 months ago

      There is a shill on YT called Linuxcast. (I like his content, but he is defo a Suse shill) Personally i’d rather fix some arch fuckups, then to not have the AUR. (or if I don’t have the AUR, then just use Debian)