PopOS is a great distro! It’s pretty stable, comes with easy full disk encryption and backup partition out of the box, and just works. I agree with the criticism of calling cosmic v1 already, but I disagree that it’s that bad. I daily drive it and rarely have issues, it’s missing some features I expect in a mature DE though.
It’s fast, it’s stable, it’s beginner friendly, and it’s a perfectly fine distro.
Really? All the linux vet YouTubers have run into countless really really bad bugs when using cosmic. I dont think its anywhere near stable. I have nothing against pop, my only issue is them shipping cosmic to early with no disclaimer or warning.
I don’t watch any “Linux vet YouTubers” so I have no clue what they may be experiencing and running into, but I’ve been running it daily since alpha, and it’s been rock solid. I’ve had a couple times where the Nvidia driver crashed that could have been caused by cosmic, but I didn’t verify. Though both times I was messing with OBS and a virtual second display.
I don’t like the file manager, the dock/panel are not as customizable as I wish, it’ll glitch after running updates sometimes but a restart of cosmic fixes that. I was never a fan of tiling windows but with cosmic I use it daily on some workspaces.
There aren’t a lot of applets yet, but I like these: package updater, privacy indicator, nitrate, minimon.
I wish I could have expanded ungrouped tabs in the app tray instead of a grouped icon, definitely my biggest annoyance. Otherwise I absolutely love cosmic. I’ve stopped using gnome after gnome shell, and it’s never won me back, kde always felt like a side project just to get it to look how I wanted. Cinnamon is my second choice if Cosmic isn’t available, but I really like Cosmic.
My wife is my barometer for how beginner friendly any tech is. She had zero issues adapting to popOS. She had many issues when I tried to force Slackware on her.
PopOS is a great distro! It’s pretty stable, comes with easy full disk encryption and backup partition out of the box, and just works. I agree with the criticism of calling cosmic v1 already, but I disagree that it’s that bad. I daily drive it and rarely have issues, it’s missing some features I expect in a mature DE though.
It’s fast, it’s stable, it’s beginner friendly, and it’s a perfectly fine distro.
Really? All the linux vet YouTubers have run into countless really really bad bugs when using cosmic. I dont think its anywhere near stable. I have nothing against pop, my only issue is them shipping cosmic to early with no disclaimer or warning.
I don’t watch any “Linux vet YouTubers” so I have no clue what they may be experiencing and running into, but I’ve been running it daily since alpha, and it’s been rock solid. I’ve had a couple times where the Nvidia driver crashed that could have been caused by cosmic, but I didn’t verify. Though both times I was messing with OBS and a virtual second display.
I don’t like the file manager, the dock/panel are not as customizable as I wish, it’ll glitch after running updates sometimes but a restart of cosmic fixes that. I was never a fan of tiling windows but with cosmic I use it daily on some workspaces.
There aren’t a lot of applets yet, but I like these: package updater, privacy indicator, nitrate, minimon.
I wish I could have expanded ungrouped tabs in the app tray instead of a grouped icon, definitely my biggest annoyance. Otherwise I absolutely love cosmic. I’ve stopped using gnome after gnome shell, and it’s never won me back, kde always felt like a side project just to get it to look how I wanted. Cinnamon is my second choice if Cosmic isn’t available, but I really like Cosmic.
My wife is my barometer for how beginner friendly any tech is. She had zero issues adapting to popOS. She had many issues when I tried to force Slackware on her.
Bro is trying to bait Linus for a third time
Linus (of tech tips) is a hopeless certified moron, there’s no Linux distro that’ll work for him.