I’ve been using Linux on and off for about 15 years, but was never able to make the leap to using it full-time until PopOS. It’s been painless to use and does everything I need with only minor tweaks. Thank you System76! I can’t wait until the Cosmic DE is released.

(too bad about the name, though…)

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    1 year ago

    In my case it’s mostly that it works perfectly on laptops without any excessive power consumption or weird sleep-when-closed-lid problems. I still can’t get my fingerprint reader to work, but I can live with that. And it’s loaded with QoL stuff like the window tiling shortcut. But mainly, I just don’t have to fight with it, from installation to everyday use.

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      1 year ago

      How did you like Linux Mint (if you tried it)? I thought that was supposed to be the easy one.

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        It’s been years since I’ve tried Mint! I remember it working well, but found it too Windows-like. That may seem like a weird criticism since that’s its raison d’etre, but I didn’t want to switch from Windows to get something that doesn’t feel different enough to be an upgrade. Mint is what I’d go for if I were installing Linux on my parents’ computer.