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- | ====== Notes ====== | ||
- | * The following list contains various distros (and Windows), along with what I like and don't like about them | ||
- | * This is my experiences below; YMMV | ||
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- | ====== Fedora Workstation ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Secure (SELinux, up-to-date packages) | ||
- | * GNOME | ||
- | * Anaconda (installer allows me to set software RAID0 easily with GUI and allows for root/boot XFS filesystem) | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * SELinux is annoying on servers | ||
- | * KeePassXC takes a few seconds longer to open a database file | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * Works nicely | ||
- | * Primary OS | ||
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- | ====== openSUSE Tumbleweed ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Rolling | ||
- | * GNOME | ||
- | * Installer (allows for root/boot XFS filesystem) | ||
- | * AppArmor isn't annoying | ||
- | * Wine packages (standard, staging, standard with nine, staging with nine) | ||
- | * Yast is nice for configuring the network on servers | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * Keybase is awkward to install ((it's either use the officially-supported command-line version, or use the official repo without proper signing)) | ||
- | * PackageKit is super annoying (it doesn' | ||
- | * Repo priority and vendor changes is strange, and feels like a bit of blind trust when it comes to using any of the Packman repos | ||
- | * GNOME comes with a lot of unnecessary software | ||
- | * LLVM version (as of 2018/12/05) is still 6.0.1 | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * TODO | ||
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- | ====== Ubuntu ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Good package selection | ||
- | * Plenty of repos (PPAs) | ||
- | * Bleeding-edge graphics stack available (oibaf or padokaPPA) | ||
- | * Different kernel options available (xanmod, liquorix, official mainline packages) | ||
- | * Minimal Install option | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * None | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * TODO | ||
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- | ====== Xubuntu ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Lightweight | ||
- | * Color schemes are nice | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * Bad HiDPI support | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * Meh | ||
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- | ====== Ubuntu MATE ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Lightweight | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * Default color scheme is meh (could just change it, but whatever) | ||
- | * The panels have varying degrees of problems when switching the compositor (Compiz causes weird stuff) | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * Meh | ||
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- | ====== Arch Linux ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Rolling (enough anyway) | ||
- | * Can use F2FS | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * Behind openSUSE TW with some packages (took em forever to get GNOME 3.24 and other popular software, which is weird for a distro highly praised for being rolling) | ||
- | * Installations are tedious (I reinstall frequently; doing everything manually "The Arch Way" is hassle) | ||
- | * Mandatory access controls are a PITA to install and maintain if using the NVIDIA proprietary driver (not a problem on other distros) | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * Arch is a ton of hassle with no real benefits over openSUSE TW | ||
- | * Not worth using | ||
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- | ====== Solus ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Rolling (mostly) | ||
- | * Lightweight (Budgie does the opposite of what GNOME does for compositing) | ||
- | * Incredibly fast start and shutdown | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * Xorg took forever to upgrade to 1.19 (they claimed problems with 1.19, but every other mainstream distro used it just fine for months) | ||
- | * Keybase isn't installable (no package for it, and compiling it is out of the question) | ||
- | * Wine isn't Staging (they claim Staging is problematic; | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * It's usable, but package update periods are unreliable, and overall packaging policies are awkward | ||
- | * Not worth using | ||
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- | ====== Windows ====== | ||
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- | ===== Good ===== | ||
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- | * Good graphics support (namely with Optimus) | ||
- | * Good for BIOS modding | ||
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- | ===== Bad ===== | ||
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- | * Microsoft spyware | ||
- | * Windows Update (can't disable automatic updates without breaking WU) | ||
- | * Deep settings are cryptic and require a lot of research on registry keys | ||
- | * 3rd-party software needs to be manually updated with user-intervention | ||
- | * Drivers also need to be manually updated (WU will download ancient years-old drivers if I allow it to handle drivers by itself) | ||
- | * Intel SST drivers (Audio Controller and OED) are a total pain to get right | ||
- | * Initial set-up takes a long time | ||
- | * Windows 7 is a mess with updates and basically unusable without babysitting each individual update | ||
- | * Little-to-no official documentation on various services and scheduled tasks; disabling some may work fine, or may cause random issues down the road | ||
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- | ===== Conclusions ===== | ||
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- | * Terrible OS; only bearable for quick gaming sessions and iTunes |