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F*ck Windows: move to Fedora or Ubuntu (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by spacehedgehog@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Today, lovely Windows 11 installed an update. And since then I don't have internet access because Microslop Wincrap 11 can somehow magically no longer connect to the DNS server - to any DNS server. No other device in my network has the same issue. I've been bugfixing for over an hour and haven't found a solution. setting the DNS manually, resetting the network adapter, flushed all DNS entries (I used the commandline tool on Windows!). nothing works.

I don't have ANY more patience with W11!

I already tried Linux. I'm using Ubuntu Server for hosting Nextcloud and Fedora just to play around.

Do you prefer Fedora or Ubuntu? I have an old Thinkpad...

(And no, I will not go down the rabbit hole of Arch ;-) At least not for now.)

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I am a Debian man myself for servers. I don't want any Canonical bullshit to break mid LTS.

While I am still running win 10 I am undecided which desktop to switch to. CachyOS and Fedora are the front runners but man do I hate Gnome.

[–] gaiussabinus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I use cachyOS with kde plasma on wayland right now and would recommend.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Debian for everything.

[–] spacehedgehog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not a big fan of Gnome on Fedora either. Everything is just so big and needs so much space. CachyOS is a tad to new for my taste for using it as a daily driver.

[–] derbolle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

why not fedora KDE? it is a full edition now and a really smooth experience

[–] Blubber28@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seconding Fedora KDE. But if you're not a fan, you could also opt for many of the other supported desktops (cinnamon, XFCE, etc.)

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Cinnamon is the way to go if you have finicky peripherals like Razen keyboard/mouse or a Wacom tablet.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

CatchyOS being bleeding edge has actually alleviated a lot of my complaints with Ubuntu/Fedora. Sometimes I really want that brand new shiny thing. And so far I haven't had too many issues with Catchy breaking. Granted I only run it on my testing laptop not my main machine.

[–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Another vote for Fedora KDE. But I'll add get the atomic version (Kinoite).

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Debian is perfectly good on the desktop too

[–] sp6@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You don't have to use Gnome on Cachy or Fedora. Fedora has spins for nearly every DE, and Cachy also has an option for nearly every DE on install.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

CachyOS and Fedora are the front runners but man do I hate Gnome.

Plenty of good KDE distros out there. And it's often possible to install KDE on a Gnome-default system.

Don't know about CatchyOS or Fedora, but on Ubuntu, the command was sudo apt install KDE-full ... then just restart and it boots into KDE no problem.

(Yes, I know Kubuntu exists. But Kubuntu didn't support ZFS on root during install, while mainline Ubuntu did. So I suffered through using Gnome just long enough to open a terminal and type in that command, followed by reboot.)

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

CachyOS asks you which DE you want when installing. And even if it didn't, it's Arch, and you can have whichever DE you want on Arch. I don't know Fedora well, but I think it has variants with different DEs preinstalled.

[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I am running Fedora with KDE.