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Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by skinkestek »

hsn915 wrote: post #17
johannes_ne wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried switching to Wayland?

How can people be having this kind of conversation while also claiming this is the state of the art or the gold standard in 2021? I've been running macos since 2012 and never had such issues. That's over 10 years ago. Of course, OS X is older than that, and as far as I can tell, it never had such issues.

On the other hand I still cannot configure CMD-tab to work like on Windows and most Linux desktop environments ln my brand new Mac.

Keyboard navigation (moving between or selecting words or lines of text) still seems somewhat hit or miss even though it is better than when I left Mac OS behind in 2012.

Of course this might not matter to you (and I even know some of you prefer the separation between "application switching" and "window switching") but for many of us these are way larger issues than having to fix a config file once.

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Post by alexgaribay »

Darmody wrote: post #28

I love Pop OS, sadly I had to replace it with Ubuntu on my main laptop with an Nvidia graphics card because of some random crashes where it would close my session and the screen would turn gray with no way to get back from that without rebooting. I've tried everything and I couldn't fix it. Now I'm on Ubuntu missing it every day.

Have you tried the installer that contains nvidia drivers already installed?

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by kvz »

Wrote a detailed post about my move from macOS to Ubuntu (https://kvz.io/tobuntu.html), and so many seemingly experienced users commented I should try Pop!OS.

Now some Ubuntu releases and issues and HN threads like these later, I’m ready to give it a go. Will be installing it this holiday

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by askvictor »

amatecha wrote: post #9

This is funny, I am literally in the middle of writing an ISO of this OS to a USB stick to try installing on my laptop. I've been trying to find a good linux distro for a "2-in-1" laptop that has a stylus (Surface, Yoga, etc.)... Pop!_OS came up as a strong contender in discussions/posts I could find online. Guess I'll find out shortly! :)

Same, am currently re-partitioning to install Pop (via Ventoy USB as was posted yesterday).

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by usr1106 »

I am still searching for a replacement of Ubuntu. snap store not being open source made was enough for me after nearly 10 years.

Well, not so much for myself. I can handle Arch and whatnot. I am a distro hopper, although a somewhat slow one. Used i3 for years and should probably go back (or to sway). But for family members and relatives whose machines I install and support. Is Pop OS a reasonable candidate for that? The main problem with Ubuntu these days is that I have to tell them sorry no Chromium. If a school's e-learning system does not work with Firefox (or the teacher believes so) that's a problem.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by zwarag »

usr1106 wrote: post #36

I am still searching for a replacement of Ubuntu. snap store not being open source made was enough for me after nearly 10 years. Well, not so much for myself. I can handle Arch and whatnot. I am a distro hopper, although a somewhat slow one. Used i3 for years and should probably go back (or to sway). But for family members and relatives whose machines I install and support. Is Pop OS a reasonable candidate for that?…

chromium can be installed through flathub (which is setup by pop os by default)

However, one thing that speaks against it for me as a replacement for Windows users, is that is uses Gnome. I personally love gnome, but I think it is not a good Windows replacement. But If your peers are fine with Gnome I think Pop_OS is a good candidate.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by Shared404 »

zwarag wrote: post #38
usr1106 wrote: post #36

I am still searching for a replacement of Ubuntu. snap store not being open source made was enough for me after nearly 10 years. Well, not so much for myself. I can handle Arch and whatnot. I am a distro hopper, although a somewhat slow one. Used i3 for years and should probably go back (or to sway). But for family members and relatives whose machines I install and support. Is Pop OS a reasonable candidate for that?…

chromium can be installed through flathub (which is setup by pop os by default) However, one thing that speaks against it for me as a replacement for Windows users, is that is uses Gnome. I personally love gnome, but I think it is not a good Windows replacement. But If your peers are fine with Gnome I think Pop_OS is a good candidate.

I've found that people who are the least advanced users tend to adapt faster - "Click here to open $BROWSER and here for $OFFICE" is generally all they need.

For people who somewhat know their OS it can be harder, but for all of vanilla GNOME's flaws, Pop's extentions make it excellent, and quite easy to use.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by michelledepeil »

usr1106 wrote: post #36

I am still searching for a replacement of Ubuntu. snap store not being open source made was enough for me after nearly 10 years. Well, not so much for myself. I can handle Arch and whatnot. I am a distro hopper, although a somewhat slow one. Used i3 for years and should probably go back (or to sway). But for family members and relatives whose machines I install and support. Is Pop OS a reasonable candidate for that?…

Linux mint might be a good candidate. The distro also took a stand against snap(-store), and chrome/chromium works fine afaik.
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