I have a very huge on/off relationship with using Ubuntu, and I hope this smooths out now that Unity is not going to be a thing.
It just always feels very ... bloated to me lately, and I find myself doing the same thing I do with Windows on a clean install: removing a bunch of programs.
I've also come to dislike how Debian-based things act in general.
Arch was good until they removed the installer. Manjaro has been okay. Antergos wouldn't boot. Won't touch RHEL/Fedora for personal reasons.
@SinaCutie @lubuntu don't worry, i won't hunt you down ;)
@SinaCutie @lubuntu what about MATE or Kubuntu? i admit KDE comes with lots of features that most people will never use, but the footprint is much lighter than the old days. also much of the KDE suite is usable with just a few small depends rather than the whole of KDE. LXQt is coming soon, too for that same reason.
@wxl All of my experiences with KDE have been negative, given how much it gobbles up the GPU, even as recently as three months ago.
As far as desktops go, I think that Cinnamon has hit the sweet spot for me, but I don't like trying to finagle it to work outside of Mint.
@SinaCutie if your only complaint about KDE is GPU usage, i suspect that may be related to some old bug depending on where you got it from. you might want to double check https://neon.kde.org/
@wxl I was using whatever was the latest in Kubuntu, as well as Mageia and other KDE-first distros.
@SinaCutie bummer. Kubuntu tracks upstream very closely, better than most flavors, so i'm a little surprised. if you do file a bug (or find a relevant one), let me know and i'll push it forwards.
@SinaCutie
What don't you like about debian-based stuff?
@SinaCutie This is something that I fought with for a while. It's also why I ended up in the KDE sphere. Things feel more transparent w.r.t dev cycles and vision.
@jackyalcine Is there any specific distro you use with KDE?
@jackyalcine You would think that with the history I have with Ubuntu and its community, I'd be less reluctant to try it out again. 😆
@SinaCutie Lol I don't blame you. It does feel like it come with a lot of bloat - trying to be "user friendly".
@SinaCutie imo a trimmed down build - asking what you might want and THEN installing that would be so much better
@jackyalcine This is what I used to love using ubuntu-minimal for, then ubuntu-server. At least for the latter, it now comes with adverts for their enterprise service. :/
@SinaCutie It's def gross, I think that's part of their cloud-init suite
@jackyalcine Yep, I think it is.
To be honest; Ubuntu needs to chill with the default packages. Ask first then add. Most people don't know what Rhythmn Box is.
@jackyalcine There was a time when it would ask you via GUI what kind of user you are, and if you wanted to edit their preconfigured package suites. I remember doing this via CLI as well as their installer GUI.
@SinaCutie don't forget all the nice flavors of Ubuntu, including the nice, light @lubuntu ;)