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    IT'S HAPPENING (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Judge my choices.

    [–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

    Why? You're an Ubuntu user -- you're suffering enough as it is

    [–] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    I haven't settled in yet. I'll probably switch.

    [–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Not to worry, there's something to mock no matter what distro you choose πŸ₯°

    [–] mech@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Slackware. Go!

    [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

    No, my mom taught me we should respect the elderly.

    [–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

    Canonical gets shit canned by a lot of people, you can look up why but it's mainly unpopular snap (slow/forced upon ye) and Canonical being a shit. I mean I'd personally rank flatpak dead last under snap because of rancid permissions issues, but whatever.

    If you end up liking the Debian soul however, you got a lot of options :) Personally I only really care about the repo being well stocked and up to date whatever the distro.

    [–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    So far I ran into difficulty installing software because of missing dΓ©pendances but it didn't state what they were.

    [–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    My path was Fedora (dnf) to CachyOS (pacman) so I'll not be much help with Debian apt package manager shenanigans. Probably you can solve whatever that issue is with the Ubuntu "package name" (saying what it is specifically will help) followed by "missing dependencies" in a web search.

    Might only need to run the system update 1st:

    sudo apt update

    sudo apt upgrade

    Then try your problematic package again (or wait for a Debian wizard to chime in). Maybe your iso was outdated or something.

    [–] SilentObserver@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

    Distro hopping is a right of passage β€˜round these parts. 😁

    [–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

    if it works, don't feel the need to switch. whatever the nerds are insisting is best usually probably doesn't serve the more average person too well πŸ˜… ubuntu is as good as it gets for 99% of users, downvote me!

    [–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

    I judge your monitor setup favorably

    [–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    I am, but it has nothing to do with what distro you chose.

    [–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Me too, me too

    [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Do whatever you want, as long as you put your home directory in its own partition.

    [–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    But honestly, how much should I allocate for the Linux partition? Will software have to be there too or just the OS itself?

    Forgive me it's been a while.

    [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

    I usually do 60GB for OS and that's plenty. Gotta watch out for things like /var/cache though.