Ubuntu Mate 20.04
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To me Snap was a bad choice.
I used to run Gentoo but it started to lack in documentation maintenance and I became tired of spending so much time solving problems. Full disk encryption was a bit of a chore to setup on Gentoo and even then I was not sure I was doing it in a reliable way which required more testing. On Ubuntu it was just a few clicks.
Complete instructions: https://www.kevin-custer.com/blog/disabling-snaps-in-ubuntu-...
I don't think LXQt has reached the same maturity as LXDE just yet, but surely will eventually.
Left with the task of choosing a new daily OS, I played around with Lubuntu and LXQt, i3, XFCE, Mate and reviewed some others including the interesting NixOS.
Ended up choosing Ubuntu Mate because even though it's a heavyweight, I feel it has made a lot of right choices and works great. Even detects external monitors on plug/unplug.
If Pop!_OS was out already, I would have considered that, but so far Mate is really good.
I can already hear all the Windows/MacOS folks' giggles on this one!
I remember having it with vanilla Ubuntu when I started using Linux in 2008/9.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22963765
To be fair, as I've mentioned in another comment, I was not strictly talking about hotplugging alone. Detection of external displays hasn't been the issue, usability in some form or another has.
I think there are few specific pain points in linux that always get brought up. Other than that, desktop linux is truly great.
- Suspend/Hibernate on lid/close open. (Never had trouble with this on my hardware.)
- Detecting, handling, plug/unplug external monitors. (everyone seems to come up with their own way to handle this)
- Discrete graphics switching/drivers.
- Package management. (Too many different standards, and non-truly rolling release)
My biggest beef with most distros is that every time a project reaches maturity, the rug gets pulled from under it and a brand new X (heh) is the next goal.
I've experienced this twice. Ubuntu 10.10 was peak Ubuntu for me. And Lubuntu 18.04LTS was peak Lubuntu. Both times, everything changed for the next release.
There are reasons to start from scratch, and I'm not qualified enough to comment on the decisions made by these projects, but they killed the distro for me at those two times.
MacOS has been incredibly solid on that note.
Are you completely sure this is a strictly MATE feature? I had this feature in the past, where I think I was already on XFCE 18.04.
Also, I should have been more specific, I'm not just referring to monitor detection but also combining/switching between them without any issues in various use cases.
For a smaller embedded headless device, ssh in via terminal.
Good use of emoji
> the Ubuntu MATE 19.10 interim release is our most actively used interim release to date! :champagne:
> Recognising that we’re on to a good thing, :thumbsup: we’ve repeated this trick
> Thank you! Thank you all for getting out there and making a difference! :green_heart:
Annoying use of emoji
> That was a hugely successful :tada: initiative
> with developers to highlight :flashlight: where attention was needed.
edit: apparently hacker news strips out emojis
1. Can you read your sentence without reading the emoji text and it makes sense?
2. Can you read your sentence with the emoji text and it still makes sense (and it means the same thing, with emphasis added)?
If the answer to both questions is YES, then using the emoji is OK.
Frankly I thought it was hieroglyphics.
Well, after clicking through to the article... I'm sorry for doubting you. This text almost could have been mistaken for an emoji copypasta.
One reason I use it over say XCFE, is that it still has the Locations timezone/day/night map that is perfect for working across timezones. No one else seems to have it, and that is why I stay:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/312634/how-do-i-get-the-good...
It's my last GUIlty pleasure :)
I do have a thing for win2k era installers too.. even though I can't deny unattended package install ala linux (now chocolate and similar on windows) is amazing ofc.
In any case, it certainly isn't config-free but it should be an one time thing only and then you should be able to have tear-free video playback on Linux under Xorg just fine. It is really up to your video player to do it though. Personally i do not remember having issues with VLC using either AMD or Nvidia GPUs.
I wonder if this will actually work. It seems like, in version 18.04 of *buntu, there was a pretty major regression which required a reboot in order to turn on or off the dGPU and save power in Optimus laptops, when previously it only required a logout. Kind of a pain in the ass for my Dell XPS 15 9570 which seems to take a long time to reboot.