It seems to be common to go through the experience when you "switch" to pick something less jarring and then migrate further towards the Linux spectrum.
This project seems to be tailored to people who are just making the switch
I don't care about tiling window managers or a different terminal or ssh sessions.
TBH it looks like Windows 98 (I put a bar at the bottom with a "start" menu, some quick launch icons, window buttons, clock and tray icons). But it was pretty good, and lets me work efficiently.
As a Linux user since Slackware 1.1, this is why I love linux. Apple says Think Different, but it's all the same. Linux is what you want it to be.
Complete aside: I was wondering when Apple said this and apparently it has been over two decades (!)
I personally went with Linux Mint, because it doesn't try to push snaps and honestly the Cinnamon desktop is lovely and gets out of the way, a bit like XFCE but in some ways more polished: https://www.linuxmint.com/
It's nice that I don't even need custom scripts, it's pretty good out of the box. Of course, it's not like default Ubuntu would be unusable or anything like that, either, just personal preference.
That said, contrary to popular opinion, I actually liked Ubuntu a lot, back when it had the Unity desktop, it felt better to me than GNOME, but maybe that's just me. I guess there are projects like https://ubuntuunity.org/ out there still, but using something that's not popular nowadays seems like it might lead to issues down the road.
For servers, Ubuntu LTS is fine as is.
Ubuntu is good for people that don't have time to custom build and debug out-of-repo packages. And in many cases the signed boot-loader/kernel gets around some UFEI bios that block end user configuration.
Debian is usually the cleaner option, but Ubuntu after heavy modding is more user friendly (i.e. official support for drivers/hardware is more practical.)
Cheers =)
Then I was sick of it breaking and having to customise everything and went back to Ubuntu. I don't bother anymore with the rest and it's great!
Just as with every linux flavor, it depends. I've been on Ubuntu for close to 20 years, and I went from a very customized setup to mostly just the defaults. I have a simple setup script to install my favorite apps. Yeah, and mapping the CapsLock key. I always stick to LTS versions.
With the official caps2esc plugin! https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/plugins/caps2esc
I use the stock caps2esc config; capsock by itself is Escape, but press with another key and it's control. Many other options are possible and writing your own plugin is not hard if nothing else suits. Interception-tools is amazing.
Interception-tools is also one of the most interestingly unix like tools out there, using pipes to break apart & pipeline it's tasks. Incredible power, but also kind of dauntint to really understand! Thankfully you can just copy paste the configs in & it works fine. But archwiki is a good write-up if you want to go deeper on this epic tool. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/interception-tools
Setting up interception-tools as a systemd user service with a Nice=-10 is a good early lesson on improving your world with modern Linux tools. Highly highly highly recommend. I cannot work without.
Ubuntu is the distro that most likely works out of the box and is the most compatible with any software. The rest are just preferences.
Maybe this project can help people explore new configurations. However, I've found that each tweak costs time with each installation, needs regular updates, and some elements are not compatible. It is possible to enjoy the flexibility of Linux without trying to be a Picasso of the desktop experience.
Also, I tried it in a box, it crashed.
True, Arch with the CachyOS-repos is a great combo, or FreeBSD ;)
https://wiki.cachyos.org/cachyos_repositories/what_are_the_c...