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Back when, after the world didn't end after Y2K got patched and saved it, I was getting tired of Windows and none of my Macs were up-to-date enough to handle my writing workload, I gave Caldera OpenLinux a shot. Ended up compiling everything myself and used that for two years. Had a copy of MetaFrame laying around from a completed project, so I installed it on Windows 2000, and served Office apps over the network so I could use Word in Linux. I've had something running Linux since.

GNOME on Fedora 39 with the Pop Shell extension installed. For me, perfection :)

Hi! Co-maintainer here, you can find the differences in the github repo: https://github.com/ublue-os/bluefin

I checked the github page you link and can find no differences listed, just three bullet points that appear to have be written by a PR team. You say an Ubuntu Desktop experience melded with Fedora Silverblue. Don't you mean GNOME? Ubuntu isn't a desktop environment, it's a Linux distro. GNOME is the desktop environment. That seems like an embarassing blunder in your copy when you claim to be building a distro for "serious" developers.

If it weren't open source, I'd think this was a scam. Weird choice.

On the matter of Ubuntu I think the issues with the OS need to be clarified. From the positive perspective, it is easy to use and just works. From the negative side, it's become more and more bespoke over time. The Snaps being proprietary and a lot of work in the terminal to activate functions enjoyed out-of-the-box by almost all other distros is very unfriendly. And, I would suggest there are numerous other distros that "just work" but without Ubuntu's baggage. Mint, Pop_OS!, and Fedora are all easy to install, setup, and use. Even KDE's Neon is dirt simple to install and use and offers a great KDE experience, if you like that.

That said, however, I believe that Mint is the best distro for new users, though Fedora and Pop are close behind.

To be more inclusive, I suggest changing "...fuckload..." to "...metric fucktonne..." 🤣

I don't need any of the advanced tools, I just want a cleaner interface for the tools that already exist. The only thing I'm able to do is make header pics for my posts. The 2.x UI is really, really old now. The time for a refresh was a few years back, but I do understand the limitations of a small team. Like others have said, I'll likely run both and migrate to 3.x when it's stable. Though, I do like the idea of non-destructive editing :)

Same. I have Fedora 38/39, depending on when I last booted a machine up for updates. Started on Caldera OpenLinux and compiled most everything back in the late 90's, then moved to Suse, then Ubuntu, then Mint because of Snaps, then Pop_OS!, and now Fedora because it's like @Secret300@sh.itjust.works says.

I was a Pop user since it first shipped until this year when I switched to Fedora. I still use the Pop Shell extension for GNOME as, IMO, it's the best tiling extension. Full stop. It's easy to install and use and is well organized. If you have Nvidia, choose the ISO with the drivers pre-installed. My switch to Fedora was predicated on the fact that I generally use enterprise laptops and 2in1 devices, which is one of Pop's blind spots when it comes to reliability. Fedora is just dead stable on whatever I put it on, whether its a Latitude 7200 2in1 i7 8th gen or a ThinkPad T400s Core 2 Duo.

I guess Fedora's an option, too 🤣

I'd say Pop_OS! which has a spin (version) with Nvidia drivers already installed. Below is a direct link. It's based on Debian, so it enjoys excellent app support. Linux Mint is also a good choice.

https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/35/pop-os_22.04_amd64_nvidia_35.iso

Oh yes! Thanks for reminding me. The ~ is a shortcut to the active users home folder? Thanks!

dd duplicates directories. It's a terminal app. Built into all Linux distros. For more details, do a man dd in a terminal session. Clonezilla is a distro that runs a live system from USB or DVD which lets you backup and restore entire systems. Both are powerful, but have a learning curve.

Definitely take your time and soak up more info from other sources :) I hope all of this turns out to be at least marginally helpful :D