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I also started on Ubuntu. They used to be pretty great, good device support and basically no hassle. But I am done af and not going back.
That's me as well, they did a lot to get newcomers in. It's just easy to poke fun at them these days.
It was the only one that didn't freeze when I plugged something into the USB port on my laptop when I started 20 years ago.
I've since moved to plain Debian because of canonical's decisions.
I used Ubuntu for over 10 years. I loved it. But Canonical does have a lot of baggage. Plus, I wanted to go to the source. So that's why I use Debian. I'd still advise a new user to go for Mint if they loved the Windows UI or Ubuntu if they hated it. If you use and love Mint, I don't think anyone would criticize you for continuing to use it. If you use and love Ubuntu, I'd say Debian is a very easy next step.
I used to be "Debian on the server, Ubuntu on the desktop" but recently I've spun up a few Debian boxes for desktop and I'm pleasantly surprised.
Kinda wish Valve would go for a full-out supported distro that stays in step with the Deck for Linux gamers (the old desktop SteamOS is kinda abandoned from what I can see), among with making the deck frontend a supported desktop manager. It would make sense for them to do so and rake in the game sales whilst providing a well-supported platform without the shit others are doing.
Check out Bazzite, it's basically that. I've been using it on my desktop for gaming and development for a month or so now and it's been great.
Thanks. I'll check into it but TBH I do really prefer .DEB based distros and that one seems to be Fedora based
Yeah I've got Debian on the server and on my laptop and I don't know why I'd want anything more user experience focussed. It just works for me.