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@linuxxx Linux mint with the cinnamon desktop
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@incognito Damnit I was going to recommend that 😅. Maybe have a look at either indeed Ubuntu or ever considered Arch or Fedora?
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@linuxxx well if I manage to break mint multiple times I don't think arch would be a match made in heaven either...😅
But I could give fedora a try, why do you think it would fit me as an unexpected Linux lover? -
@incognito Because it's quite stable and just works, at least, for me.
It's not that much different from debian based stuff I gotta say, only the package manager was a little getting use to :) -
@ewpratten @hugh-mungus arch looks great, but I don't think I could keep it stable, I mean setup sure, but I think I will break things over time
Another dev on my team just got a new machine. Before he came in today I made two separate USB installers and ...
!rant
I often have the problem of messing up my Linux installation, it gets unstable or the desktop envoirment gets slow / unresponsive
I want to switch to Ubuntu (with budgie) for quite a while but I'm afraid I mess up my system again...
Any tips for an inexperienced Linux person? tips to keep your system healthy and stable, tings to avoid when installing (like adding unofficial ppa...)
Thank you in advance 💙
(also how do you deal with errors? Do you just search the internet and try it out? ((and yes, I did brick a few installations 'trying it out')) 😅)
rant
budgie desktop envoirment
linux
looking for tips
debian
ubuntu
switching once and for all