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Timely but I dare ask: I need to rework my thinkpad, still in good shape but with an older ubuntu distro. Reasonably fluent linux user but not expert, primaril
by hgh 3y ago
Timely but I dare ask: I need to rework my thinkpad, still in good shape but with an older ubuntu distro. Reasonably fluent linux user but not expert, primarily dev workflows - what's the recommendation?
- preisschild 3y agoI can recommend Fedora Workstation for development
- hiyer 3y agoYou can continue to use Ubuntu (upgrade to 23.04) unless you have an aversion to snaps, in which case you can go with Linux Mint - https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_victoria_mate_whatsnew.php https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_victoria_mate_whatsnew.php
- kiwijamo 3y agoDebian works brilliantly on two ThinkPads. My old X1 Carbon and my current X390.
- lawn 3y agoI've never liked Ubuntu or Debian. Arch Linux is a great alternative. I use Void Linux mostly out of habit.
- monero-xmr 3y agoSystem76 and PopOS. It just works (hardware and peripherals), is based on Ubuntu, and is a solid build.
- izoow 3y agoI love my Kubuntu 22.04. Hands down the best Linux desktop experience I've ever had.
- jeswin 3y agoMy preferences over the years: - Before 30: many distros - Before 35: Mostly ubuntu, latest version (install after a couple of months of general availability) - After 35: ubuntu LTS versions (install after a couple of months of general availability). Since 16.04 I've been on LTS only; should have done that earlier.
- russnes 3y agounless you really need a very new version of a piece of software, the safest bet will always be the latest LTS version of Ubuntu. You could perhaps just upgrade your laptop OS with the software package GUI? Fun fact: You don't really need to install any of the "flavors" of Ubuntu to get the various desktop environments (KDE, GNOME, Cinnamon, etc.), you can just install them as a package! (`apt install kde-full`). You can switch between them when logging in.
- atemerev 3y agoFedora. Ubuntu is becoming worse as of lately.