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Ubuntu 22.04: An Excellent Linux Distro

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  1. mtset
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    I'm putting this here because it's fairly big news for the largest consumer-facing Linux distribution. Once every two years, Canonical releases a new long-term support version of their flagship...

    I'm putting this here because it's fairly big news for the largest consumer-facing Linux distribution.

    Once every two years, Canonical releases a new long-term support version of their flagship desktop Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu. The most recent release is Ubuntu 22.04 (that is, 4th month 2022), codenamed Jammy Jellyfish. This review is a look at the desktop experience on the default installation with GNOME; it doesn't touch the command line at all, just gives an overview of the installation process and the desktop experience, as well as talking about some under-the-hood changes.

    22.04 will be supported, with software updates provided, until 2027, and it's a great option for anyone who is getting fed up with Microsoft's shenanigans, or any existing Linux on the desktop users.

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    0d_billie
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    The Gnome environment looks to have improved a lot since the last time i played with it (though i'm sure canonical have made a few tweaks of their own). I may well spin this up in a VM to have a...

    The Gnome environment looks to have improved a lot since the last time i played with it (though i'm sure canonical have made a few tweaks of their own). I may well spin this up in a VM to have a play around, although tbh i'm mostly married to my tiling set up, and can't see myself making the switch to this kind of environment.

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    JXM
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    When I've used Linux, I've always gravitated toward Ubuntu-based distros (a combination of knowing the way it works under the hood and the ease of Google-based problem solving). Currently I'm...

    When I've used Linux, I've always gravitated toward Ubuntu-based distros (a combination of knowing the way it works under the hood and the ease of Google-based problem solving). Currently I'm using Kubuntu.

    I'm glad they're moving to Wayland as the default compositor. Hopefully it will get better with fractional scaling over the next few iterations. And I'm really impressed with how polished Ubuntu has become. It makes almost everything as easy as possible. While it might be faster to dig into the command line for certain tasks, it's nice that so much can now be accomplished without that.

    And adding visual flair like changing the accent color is a good step toward making the OS more friendly and an excellent example of the kinds of features that I'm glad they're adding. It shows that they've moved to paying attention to small details because they've got all the major stuff nailed down.

    For a long time, Mac OS X was my favorite operating system. While I don't like the way it looks now, I think the menu bar paradigm is much better than the traditional Microsoft menu bar in the window one. Need to look for something in the menu? Just look at the top of the screen. You don't have to scan for the top of the current window to find it.

    I've tried Gnome out multiple times over the years but I just don't like it. It's close to the paradigm of OS X but just far enough removed that it throws me off. It has a top bar but explicitly doesn't put an application's menu there. It seems like a lot of wasted space to me. It just has buttons for Activities and Workspaces.

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    1. mtset
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      I completely agree. I moved back to KDE a while ago, and I absolutely love it. GNOME is much more friendly, but KDE reminds me of what I loved about Windows 7 - powerful, consistent, and just...

      I completely agree. I moved back to KDE a while ago, and I absolutely love it. GNOME is much more friendly, but KDE reminds me of what I loved about Windows 7 - powerful, consistent, and just trusts you without putting too much on your plate.

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