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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 866117">Ubuntu is a great distro. It&#039;s been around for a while and has a large user base. So when it comes to troubleshooting and finding programs Ubuntu is setup pretty well in that regard.Linux mint is one of my favorite distros, but I haven&#039;t used it in a while. I really like the KDE desktop, but I have recently come around to liking the Gnome desktop, which is what Ubuntu uses. What I didn&#039;t know about Gnome is that it is really being developed to be a keyboard based UI. The mouse still works fine, but it really starts to shine when you get use to the keyboard commands. There are a few YouTube videos out there that you can watch that highlight this. TBH once I learned this, I was like wow this is very different than what I am use to, but man it is nice.Keep running Ubuntu and see what you like/dislike. That&#039;s the beautiful part of Linux,&nbsp; you can easily try a bunch of different distros until you find the one you like. If you want a more Windows UI experience KDE is great, so you can give something like Kubuntu a try (which is Ubuntu but with the KDE desktop essentially). Recently I have run across Pop OS, which is a fairly new distro. It&#039;s based of Ubuntu, has the Gnome desktop and everything, but with a little more polish and fine tuning. One thing to note is that weather you use Mint, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or PopOS, they are all based of Dabian, so any program you find for any of those distros can be easily used on each one. Similarly, if there is an issue you are trying to fix, you can use the same fix on each one (more, or less, may vary in some cases) as well.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 866117"] Ubuntu is a great distro. It's been around for a while and has a large user base. So when it comes to troubleshooting and finding programs Ubuntu is setup pretty well in that regard. Linux mint is one of my favorite distros, but I haven't used it in a while. I really like the KDE desktop, but I have recently come around to liking the Gnome desktop, which is what Ubuntu uses. What I didn't know about Gnome is that it is really being developed to be a keyboard based UI. The mouse still works fine, but it really starts to shine when you get use to the keyboard commands. There are a few YouTube videos out there that you can watch that highlight this. TBH once I learned this, I was like wow this is very different than what I am use to, but man it is nice. Keep running Ubuntu and see what you like/dislike. That's the beautiful part of Linux, you can easily try a bunch of different distros until you find the one you like. If you want a more Windows UI experience KDE is great, so you can give something like Kubuntu a try (which is Ubuntu but with the KDE desktop essentially). Recently I have run across Pop OS, which is a fairly new distro. It's based of Ubuntu, has the Gnome desktop and everything, but with a little more polish and fine tuning. One thing to note is that weather you use Mint, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or PopOS, they are all based of Dabian, so any program you find for any of those distros can be easily used on each one. Similarly, if there is an issue you are trying to fix, you can use the same fix on each one (more, or less, may vary in some cases) as well.(y) [/QUOTE]

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