I decided to check if #Linux gaming distros gave you an edge in terms of performance, compared to something #Ubuntu based, and of a specific gaming distro would perform better than another.
Since I had a @tuxedocomputers mini ITX desktop on hand to review, I decided to combine the two, so I checked whether gaming distros are better for gaming, with 4 game benchmarks I ran on the Atlas S:
Giving #OpenSuse Leap a try. Would like to go from my rather moody #ArchLinux to a more stable system. Feels like I learned everything I could in terms of usage, now I want something that needs less maintaining and gives me more time to do other things.
Given I do not trust US companies (not necessarily because of the company, but the legislation they have to follow) #Fedora or anything #Ubuntu was an absolute no-go. And #Debian just isn't modern enough, despite being dead-stable. 😉 #Linux
I know I can come across as a Very Cranky Kitten but if you'd like to learn how to navigate and install any Linux distro I would be perfectly happy to help you however I can! Letting me know your needs (gaming? art? writing? communication?), level of tech expertise and comfort (automatic updates? etc), needs and workflow, I can almost certainly help you choose and install something!
Also as much as I have unreciprocated beef with Canonical this would be a fantastic time for them to modernize and resurrect their "email/mail us and we'll send you a CD-ROM with Ubuntu" program they did ages ago with "email/mail/text us and we'll send you a USB stick"
@itsfoss What's wrong with #Ubuntu from #Canonical? Is it because of Snap in Ubuntu? I feel like Snap isn't really that bad, don't hate too much because of Snap in Ubuntu. Because there are still many superior aspects of Ubuntu and its variants. Ubuntu and other variants remain the best Linux for me 👍🏼 #Kubuntu#Lubuntu#UbuntuMATE#Xubuntu#UbuntuBudgie#UbuntuCinnamon
It's surprisingly difficult to find options for laptops shipping #Fedora or any other supported non-ChromeOS flavor of #Linux from the #Lenovo website.
@vwbusguy
I didn't find the option when buying recently and shortly after was told by #Lenovo support that they don't support #Linux.
This was a #Legion9 which I've had for about a month.
I'm dual booting #Ubuntu 24 and it is good enough. Good enough that I've not bothered looking for any drivers yet and loving the super fast development.
I find it somewhat annoying and concerning that an essential #security tool like #fail2ban is broken on #ubuntu#linux 24.04 #noble since the end of February and there still is no update in sight.
The efficiency boost is honestly mind blowing. And that is with so many keystrokes to wrap my head around. Absolutely worth the money and lets me work at least four times as fast as with the previous setups.
Would I have liked to keep on using Linux? Yes but at this point if one is doing more than just browsing the web and reading E-Mails it is very hard to recommend.
@WestphalDenn I just bought a #Lenovo#Legion9 and had the opposite experience.
I keep hearing people say things about #Linux v #Windows which aren't true, and in a recent discussion they turned out to be out of date opinions from someone not using it.
Obviously you were, but I take issue that it's only good for basic tasks. I do all sorts and it just gets better while Windows degrades and spys.
W11 cursor was jerky, sending all cicks home. Noticeably faster when I switched to #Ubuntu 24.
:ubuntu: Ubuntu | Snap Store got a facelift :stallman_thaenkin: 🛒
Inside Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: just open the App Center to install Snaps (+all other packages) from one spot.
◉New handy category sidebar
◉Featured Snaps highlighted
◉The search bar enhanced
◉Store in web enables Snaps on any Linux / browser / on phone too
◉Both free & open source / proprietary apps
◉There are ~8500 Snaps
We are working on a new tab for our Midori browser, with news, access to Astian Accounts, adblock statistics and much more, watch this video and find out what's coming for Midori.
Zainstalowałem sobie wczoraj na komputerze w biurze domowym #Ubuntu. Jak zwykle poszło gładko (poza tym że zapomniałem wyłączyć BitLockera przed rozpoczęciem instalacji i musiałem klucz odzyskać 🤪) ale najbardziej rozbawiło mnie to, że nieoficjalna "apka" MS Teams na Linuxa działa dużo lepiej niż prawilna na Windows.
(Tak, wiem że to tylko wrapper na www)
The #Ubuntu#Security Podcast is back in your ears! The team is back from Madrid and this week we bring you some of our plans for the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 release, plus we talk about Google’s kernelCTF project and Mozilla’s PDF.js sandbox when covering security updates for the Linux kernel, Firefox, Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, idna and more https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-228/