Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#1

Post by mrpixel » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 5:39 PM UTC

I enjoyed switching from FreeBSD to Ubuntu 8.04 some time ago -- the FreeBSD went into the rack and I could do office work on a nice Gnome desktop environment.

Until now.

Gnome is broken and unsupported. Keyboard shortcuts don't work anymore. It's frustratingly slow to work with a mouse. I feel so babied around. There's no workflow anymore. I hate it. I so would love to ask them what kind of grass they're smoking... there's just no love anymore.

So, what's THE Linux distro developers might want to switch to?

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#2

Post by wr1472 » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 5:42 PM UTC

I've heard Linux Mint is a good alternative to Ubuntu not tried it personally though.

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#3

Post by ExpiredLink » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 5:42 PM UTC

XFCE http://digitizor.com/2011/08/04/linus-torvalds-ditches-gnome...

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#4

Post by mooism2 » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 5:46 PM UTC

ExpiredLink wrote: post #3

XFCE http://digitizor.com/2011/08/04/linus-torvalds-ditches-gnome...

But which distribution?

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#5

Post by smectos » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 5:53 PM UTC

mooism2 wrote: post #4

ExpiredLink wrote: post #3

XFCE http://digitizor.com/2011/08/04/linus-torvalds-ditches-gnome...

But which distribution?

Xubuntu ?

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#6

Post by dkersten » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 6:12 PM UTC

My Linux distro of choice is Arch. I know a lot of people who have switched to Arch and everyone seems to like it a lot.

If you don't want something quite as hands on as Arch, I've also been hearing good things about Mint.

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#7

Post by imaginationac » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 6:28 PM UTC

wr1472 wrote: post #2

I've heard Linux Mint is a good alternative to Ubuntu not tried it personally though.

I'm using Linux Mint at the moment. I chose it after upgrading Ubuntu to 12.04 when things became unstable. Linux Mint is pretty good so far. It's stable, and uses a mix of Gnome 3 and MATE for the desktop environment.

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#8

Post by aitoehigie » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 6:44 PM UTC

smectos wrote: post #5

mooism2 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But which distribution?

Xubuntu ?

I am running Xubuntu now on my laptop and I can tell you that it comes recommended for me. Its very light on system resources and extremely fast. I hate UNITY and not a fan of GNOME 3. Do try it out.

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#9

Post by adito » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 7:01 PM UTC

aitoehigie wrote: post #8

smectos wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Xubuntu ?

I am running Xubuntu now on my laptop and I can tell you that it comes recommended for me. Its very light on system resources and extremely fast. I hate UNITY and not a fan of GNOME 3. Do try it out.

Me too. It's fast, but not extremely fast actually.

Previously, I use arch linux and love it. But not recomended for beginners.

Re: Ask HN: Alternative to Ubuntu?

#10

Post by sheff » Sun, Apr 29, 2012, 7:34 PM UTC

I've had the same annoyances/issues when using recent base Ubuntu distros.

I really dislike alterations in user interfaces for what seems to be little end benefit, so looked around and found Xfce and LXDE which both have Ubuntu variants.

I've been running Lubuntu for a few weeks now and have been quite happy, and hopefully it will only change at a glacial pace.