Idk if it’s just me or if it’s because my PC is ancient, but it kind of feels like pop_os is kind of shit. I’m always having some issue or complaint or another with it. My laptop runs mint and I’ve had very few issues, but with pop it feels like I’m fighting the OS every step of the way, from install to daily usage.

Idk, kind of a venting question but w/e

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    2 months ago

    I don’t think there’s any distro that’s perfect on every machine.

    I have an ancient desktop I sometimes piddle around with. I’m talking twenty years old at least, and it could be more. Most distros work okay on it, but mint, even older versions of it, don’t do as well as plain debian or manjaro. My mom’s old box that I also screw around with (heh) is great on ubuntu, and mint, but not on others.

    So it isn’t just you, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the distro being bad in general.

    • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      fair enough. I didn’t like the layout very much, but I stuck with it because I heard it’s better for gaming than mint. starting to regret that decision

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, it is usually better at gaming. Same with bazzite. But older machines can be so damn finicky that it’s rolling the dice if it isn’t something known to work on the same or similar hardware.

        Good thing is that it’s relatively easy to switch back. A pain that it’s necessary, but easy enough

  • Sixty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    81·
    2 months ago

    System76 left a really bad taste in my mouth.

    I can’t speak to Cosmic, but their existing system updater tool/app store was a crash prone pile of garbage that never got fixed for years. That’s right, the tool they shipped with was known broken open issue on github for YEARS. I know they were working on a replacement at a glacial pace that’s probably out by now, but I gave up waiting.

    Then one day I updated and the latest linux kernel just didn’t work on my S76 branded laptop. Didn’t for MONTHS.

    Maybe they’ve improved since, but I’m never giving them money again or using their software.

    I view them as incompetent.

  • Scratch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    I had a lot of trouble trying to mount a second hdd, so I just jumped ship the the most SteamOS looking distro at the time, Bazzite.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    I had issues with Pop!OS as well, and after switching to Kubuntu, performance is much better.

    It was likely due to the Gnome extensions I was using but without them, Pop!OS just felt really unfriendly to me. I like to be able to tweak everything, its one of the reasons why I switched to Linux in the first place and Pop!os just feels way too locked down compared to KDE. Like you mentioned, it kinda felt like I was fighting it at times, especially trying to change the file manager. What a fucking headache, never got that to work either.

    Aside from that, Pop is a decent distro, and I think cosmic is going to make it a lot better because Gnome is really the biggest sore spot IMO.

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I’ve not used it personally, but I would say it’s the second most commonly recommended behind Mint for a first/easy-to-use distro, at least in what I’ve read. So I would say it’s unlikely that it’s just flat out bad. I have dabbled in Mint a little though and enjoyed it, so if that’s working for you I would say just stick with it and avoid the headache with Pop unless you’re really determined to figure out why it isn’t working and fixing it.

  • yesman@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    There are over a hundred distros, There is no reason to keep using one if you don’t like it. Use a VM to avoid multiple re-installs and be picky. You’ve got that luxury. Nobody is going to tell you how best to use your computer, unless you install MacOS or Windows.