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Ubuntu 18.10 released

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    mrbig
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    I was all about Ubuntu in the early days, but I see no reason to use it anymore. If I want stability, I prefer something that is actually stable, like MX Linux (which I'm using). If I want...

    I was all about Ubuntu in the early days, but I see no reason to use it anymore. If I want stability, I prefer something that is actually stable, like MX Linux (which I'm using). If I want bleeding edge without broken stuff, I'll probably go for Fedora. I've had way too many problems with Ubuntu LTS before, let alone the regular ones. Linux Mint is vastly superior anyway.

    In any case, I'm happy Ubuntu exists.

    8 votes
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      1. cos
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        Solus is Evolve OS, it just got renamed.

        Relatedly, my go-to personal distro is Solus, which happens to use the Evolve OS package manager for... reasons.

        Solus is Evolve OS, it just got renamed.

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    2. spit-evil-olive-tips
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      I recently installed Mint on my gaming laptop (a used Thinkpad T440 with Nvidia graphics) and I was really impressed. My biggest quibble with Ubuntu the past few years has been the "50% Windows 10...

      I recently installed Mint on my gaming laptop (a used Thinkpad T440 with Nvidia graphics) and I was really impressed. My biggest quibble with Ubuntu the past few years has been the "50% Windows 10 ripoff, 50% OS X ripoff, 0% of the usability" GUI. Mint gets out of my way and gives me what I really want, which is a Windows XP-esque desktop with the stability of a modern Debian derivative.

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  2. demifiend
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    Am I the only one who associates "cosmic cuttlefish" (the 18.10 release's codename) with Cthulhu?

    Am I the only one who associates "cosmic cuttlefish" (the 18.10 release's codename) with Cthulhu?

    6 votes
  3. talklittle
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    Assuming this means primarily 3D games. Anyone know what kind of performance boost we're talking about on Raspberry Pi specifically?

    The Linux 4.18 kernel together with updates in Mesa and X.org significantly improve game performance. Graphics support expands to AMD VegaM in the latest Intel Kabylake-G CPUs, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, B+ and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845.

    Assuming this means primarily 3D games. Anyone know what kind of performance boost we're talking about on Raspberry Pi specifically?

    4 votes