Is Ubuntu the best Linux??

[@biutifo1201]

wherever I started my linux journey, always come back to ubuntu from time to time.

[@bertnijhof5413]

I started in IT in 1969 :) In the nineties I got used to Windows, I loved Windows for Workgroups 3.11. In 2005 I installed Ubuntu 5.04 on a spare Pentium II and I was impressed, but stayed on Windows XP. In 2008 I bought a new laptop with Windows Vista and a HDD with a throughput of a lousy 45 MB/s. I started dual booting Vista and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS :) In my last year before retirement I used Ubuntu 10.04 LTS as my main OS and for work I installed good old Windows XP Home in a VM using Sun's Virtualbox. I still use Ubuntu, Virtualbox and that Windows XP VM, installed and activated in 03- 2010. After my retirement I only used Ubuntu of course with a lot of Virtualbox VMs. I'm a collector now, I have all Windows releases between 1987 and 2023 and all Ubuntu LTS releases (6.06 to 22.04) plus the first one 4.10 and my first one 5.04. For years I keep an eye on ~6 other Linux distros (currently: Zorin; Mint; Fedora; Manjaro; OpenSUSE and Debian) and on most Ubuntu flavors, including 23.10. I'm very interested in immutable OSes, so I installed Vanilla OS VM and dumped it again. I'm not interested in solutions, which uses 2 images of the OS, one to run and the other to update. This week I installed the prototype of the snap based Ubuntu Core 22.04 in 2 VM's, one in a virt-manager/KVM and the other in Virtualbox. Both have issues, virt-manager has issues with shared folders and Virtualbox of course with installing the Guest Additions :) I'm that interested, because in 1976+ we designed an immutable Air Traffic Control system including an immutable kernel. It was used in projects till the end of the Philips 16-bits mini-computer series around 1990. All program code was read only and all data was initialized dynamically in the r/w pages. Kernel; development-process and all applications were in one hand, which made such a design possible. The reason for this design were the high reliability requirements of those systems, remember SW errors are more frequent than HW errors.

[@MB-tz7by]

totally agree. just distrohopped a bunch, and now landed on Ubuntu. It just works/it's the most polished distro IMO for most people, like you said.

[@lindsay1971]

Ubuntu is the only distro I could have ever justified to our company director when switching the whole business to Linux. "Best for most people" has its weight.

[@kbaeve]

I'd go Mint - easiest transition from Windows. Just as good as Ubuntu and without the confusion of a third package format which no one wanted in the first place

[@lindsay1971]

@@kbaeve respectfully disagree. Keeping in mind that "users" don't even know what a package manager is, and even though it's popular to say Linux Mint is like windows, it's really not, it looks like something from the early 2000's. We tend to live in a bubble as Linux users, far removed from what non tech minded people actually care about. A pretty UI and that's about it.

[@kbaeve]

@@lindsay1971 Well my grandparents at 85 could easily jump to Mint because cinnamon is very UI reminiscent of windows 10.

[@lindsay1971]

@@kbaeve have them send in their CVs, they would make much easier employees to onboard onto our systems than I have right now.

[@sto3359]

For commercial usage in desktop/laptop format it is hands down the better option.

[@esra_erimez]

I started out on Ubuntu, used Manjaro for several years and am back to Ubuntu

[@chucklebeats]

Ubuntu is great because it gets as close to mainstream as it gets. It (often) just works.

[@Adityarm.08]

I agree, Ubuntu is best desktop distribution for most users imho. It's beautiful, gets the job done without much effort.

[@basilcat3111]

Yes, its the best linux. It is not affected by patent issues, and most important of all, even though people say this is not true, they have contributed more than red hat itself in terms of user-friendliness. Also, they contributed to flatpak and gnome. And i'm not lying.

[@SleepyRulu]

I think its the best linux in my opinion

[@Talvish]

Is it better that Pop os?

[@al-assili-sounds]

@@Talvish pop os is more customized for the system76 devices, while ubuntu is more universal.

[@Talvish]

@@al-assili-sounds Ok. I'm installing Ubuntu today

[@Talvish]

I also love how Ubuntu is compatible with new hardware and software

[@al-assili-sounds]

@Talvish true, but it applies to popos too, but pop os has some extensions and hardware kernel only for system76 laptops and workstation but still able to run Ubuntu on it.

[@Gorio-h3u]

You had me at Ubuntu is the girl you want to marry vs those other ones you fooled around with lol

[@ArniesTech]

It is. The numbers prove it. The happy enterprise clients prove it. The masses of big developers who port their software to Snaps prove it. Ubuntu is by far the alpha animal in the Linux Zoo. Whether we ethics/philosophy enthusiasts like it or not. That said, being German, I simply love OpenSUSE. But yeah, Ubuntu is the deal when it comes to Linux.

[@Woolong-ql1jh]

Truth

[@madfinntech]

My first Linux was Red Hat, the version they had in 1999 or 2000, I can't remember exactly. I tried Debian and Suse. Then I used Mandrake/Mandriva for a while. I tried Ubuntu and pretty much it's always been Ubuntu ever since. Especially when Red Hat stopped being free; I never liked Fedora branding. I tried it recently though, and it's the next best thing after Ubuntu. I also ran on one of my old laptops to the ground using Mint. I'm running OpenSuse for the first time on a virtual machine at the moment, and it seems to be fine, too. But if I had to run Linux instead of Windows for some weird reason on my main desktop, it would be Ubuntu.

[@rodrigoromo28]

I don´t know, but I've been distro hoping for a month now, I installed Arch, Manjaro, Archcraft, Arco Linux, Fedora, Ultramarine, RisiOS, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Kubuntu, Ubuntu... but at least for my need and my machine, the best one has been DEBIAN, pure good old debian, with gnome, but i am using debian Sid, it is very good, fast, and even stable inspite i'm using sid, it's amasing.

[@tomgrissom5677]

I bought a new laptop with 64GB SSD and 4GB Ram...was surprised Windows 11 was gobbling up so much space it was unusable...put Linux on it and it only took up about 13GB...

[@act.13.41]

I have never run Ubuntu. I started with SuSE before Novell bought it and just never checked it out. I did run Arch for quite a few years, because "rolling release." I came back after Tumbleweed settled in and I just feel at home. I understand "stable" and for my desktop needs and wants, I prefer rolling, but a few days ago I did install Tuxedo in a VM, because it is a hybrid and I have to say that I am impressed with it. I don't think I would switch to it full time, but having a pretty fresh and up to date Kubuntu based system that can still have tested reliability is quite intriguing.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

ubuntu is sincerely the best. its not a hassle for most users

[@jgaming2069]

I started on Ubuntu tried a bunch of different distros n ended back on Ubuntu 😐😂

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

I tried mostly every flavor of Linux. Arch, Fedora, Redhat, Debian, Mint, Suse,.... and guess what? From the worst list I always select not the most worst. So only Ubuntu. So far, I prefer Ubuntu 16, but... out of support now, so 22.

[@kassioalvesfarias8877]

I often recommend Ubuntu and its flavors to someone that wants to try Linux, that being said, while Ubuntu may be a good wife, Debian for me is the ultimate wife, she can be stable as fk or can go a little crazy with the testing or devel branch.

[@walter_lesaulnier]

With OSes, I've never understood considering one as being "better" than another. I see them as just different. I'm excluding bug filled hacked together distros. Each OS has strengths and weaknesses. And there is NO reason to limit oneself to just one distro or Windows, Mac, etc.

[@kbaeve]

Used to like Ubuntu in the early days, but def struggle more to keep their ground these days. Fedora is more up to date, and no nonsense theming, and Debian is just a better choice for stability - and even more relevant now with the updated 12. I don't really see where Ubuntu fit nowadays

[@basilcat3111]

Fedora? With Red Hat's recent moves openSUSE is better. I'm glad i picked the latter a year ago. Ubuntu is still used widely on the desktop. Just because people don't talk about it doesn't mean its not relevant.

[@Chalisque]

Ubuntu is my main distro. I have Fedora on one machine. I did try Rocky, but after the sombrero rojo saga, I'm done with RHEL and RHEL rebuilds. So I have a spare Thinkpad to put a different distro on. Either Debian or Nixos depending on how brave I am.

I guess a lot of people didn't choose Ubuntu because of the haters. If you post something related to Ubuntu you will definitely got a response "Don't use Ubuntu, it's a shit"...

[@KentsTechWorld]

lol true

[@bsdslacker]

Ubuntu's pretty good still, I got a Gazelle Sys76 and a Dell for work running Ubuntu and it's good, not perfect but very usable. Fedora 38 raised my eyebrows, could become really good.

[@HikmetDemirci-l9y]

I love Ubuntu but the 24 is a bit janky on virtualbox so for no rocking debian until a it stabilizes and being optimized further.

[@Muriz26]

I use Ubuntu to do routing on the Server side. Ubuntu has all the versions that you need.

[@michaeldemers2716]

I really suggest the Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB in the Vilros keyboard/touchpad hub with an 8bitdo N30 wireless mouse. Berryboot Retro Pi and Berryboot Lakka are a must besides running your favorite Linux Operating Systems. So many options it's really wild. You will need a Wired Controller for best results on the game stuff though I prefer one with Rumble.

[@michaeldemers2716]

I am thinking of getting the Orange Pi 800. I would like to use it with the Epilogue GB Operator running Manjaro possibly. The Ubuntu and Debian OS's seem more complicated to set up plus I think I like Manjaro's Desktop. I may just skip all the Linux on the Orange Pi 800 and run Android. I have already paid for multiple Emulators on that like My Boy!, My Old Boy! and Classic Boy Lite. IDK??? Raspberry Pi 400 was cool with Berryboot Operating Systems so you could run multiple Operating Systems off from one SD Card. That way you didn't need to pick favorites.

[@VektrumSimulacrum]

Kent made a linux video! Quick, get cha pitch forks and torches! 🤪🙃

[@stevejohnson1321]

I stick with Kubuntu as it just keeps on working. I now have a system with enough resources, KDE works well with power management and desktop effects.

[@plebisMaximus]

I personally don't like Ubuntu, it feels slow to me, I'm more of a Debian or Void guy, but if someone asked me to help them get started on Linux, I'd tell them to use Ubuntu. Just the community alone is enough of a reason, there isn't a lot of issues you can't solve quickly on Ubuntu, regardless of your level of knowledge.

[@JoshuaT902]

I decided to go back to Ubuntu after trying other distrobutions and decided to use distrobox to use any packages and applications that is more updated on other distros. I have vscode and intellij to auto open my distrobox archbased dev environment instead of ubuntu packages but still use ubuntu for the host system.

[@davidturcotte831]

Ubuntu is a great Linux. But, "the best" is subjective. NixOS is the best for me.

[@jimmyneutron129]

I tried to look at NixOS their documentation seems bad

[@pr0p3r99]

@@jimmyneutron129 Yeah, it's really regrettable. I think NixOS would see magnitudes more adoption if they made documentation a high priority. NixOS could eat huge chunks of the enterprise Linux if it was more straightforward to create a systematized education for NixOS sysadmin. If NixOS had better documentation, then Pop might've been a spin off of NixOS instead of Ubuntu. NixOS is optimal for that kind of mass production of specialized software for a specific hardware configuration. Right now, SimulaOne (a Linux Apple Vision competitor) is actually based in NixOS because they need to be able to have that fine control of how the niche software is installed on their custom hardware. NixOS is king in certain use-cases, but it's held back by being both alien and difficult to find learning materials for.

[@jimw7916]

The FACT is ................... MXlinux is a superb distro for hundreds of reasons ......including having a pile of the best tools on linux. Whats wrong with also being " a great tool" ?

[@KentsTechWorld]

then why is it not the most used distro ;) must be for a reason :D

[@jimw7916]

@@KentsTechWorld because they have NOT used it! .....if they used it they would NEVER give it up! ....its that good!

[@kenneencail]

Its the best for the mass majority. There is no “best” just best for which situation.

[@pluto124]

You are correct.

[@Destide]

No longer brown so no, definitely my favourite server distro.

[@OpenSingularity]

Do you think that what you talked about will change after Debian starts supporting proprietary code?

[@basilcat3111]

The installer for debian is a mess. Plus, from a non-tech savvy user's point of view, you have to know that you have to jump into the command line to upgrade to a new release, whereas Ubuntu and Fedora don't require that.

[@ThePandaGuitar]

I've been using Linux for 18 years, Ubuntu is the best Linux hands down. Nothing else comes close out of the box in polish and ease of use. Ubuntu is responsible for on-boarding the majority of users to Linux.

[@cheezy2455]

the question is flawed so the anwser is No. because its not always the best option for every situation. example older hardware , or ARM hardware or server use there are tons of instances to think of that ubunto is not the best version . I have a old Imac and run linux mint mate since version 13 because i do not get support from apple witch is fine for my kitchen PC.

[@KentsTechWorld]

you are taking a generalised question and making it in to a specific one. That logic is massively flawed, and meant to push a narrative and/or opinion. And if you running mint you running Ubuntu ;) it's just Ubuntu with another desktop, a few extra programs, that you can get on ubuntu also, and a few taken away, then you can do with ubuntu also :P

[@ashwellxolisile1054]

From my experience , a big yes …. Of coz after you uninstall snaps

[@TrustJesusToday]

Ubuntu Budgie 23.04 and LMDE5 Cinnamon are excellent distros.

[@m-vendor]

It's terms of laptop hardware compitability Ubuntu for sure the best.

[@ColdSteel-oi3um]

Ubuntu seems like it has manual dependency management. Some of the apps don't work. MX-Linux has a wider variety of software, and everything just works.

[@robertsretrogaming]

Nobody that I am aware of is "forcing flatpak" down anyone's throat. Snaps are being forced by Canonical in order to place a paywall on enterprise customers and they simply don't add any value. Canonical seems to have deliberately broken apt-mirror, again giving the appearance of adding value without actually doing so. (I had another example to put here, and I just can't come up with it at the moment. Aging...it's great.) I will happily pay for software that adds value and I just don't find that in Canonical's offerings. Forcing enterprise users into the "pay us" box just because they want additional revenue has really turned me off. You want more money? Add value. Add features that aid the enterprise administrators. If we're comparing geek cred, I started with Red Hat Linux and Slackware back in around 1996. I used Ubuntu from whatever version was the first big release that made a splash in whatever year that was. 2004? 2005? I am now actively migrating all business and enterprise systems I work with to Debian, and I am in the process of migrating home servers and desktops to Debian as well, even though Canonical's antics don't really affect desktop users (yet).

[@KentsTechWorld]

elementary, pop_os, fedora, min etc

[@Supervideo1491]

It's definitely the best gateway to Linux!

[@m.heyatzadeh]

I really like what Ubuntu has done to Linux to make it more user friendly even though I have some complaints about snap and the way they force it, I gotta appreciate their contribution to Linux. Although I prefer Fedora workstation when it comes to laptop environment.

[@vAstronomia]

Hooray I use Ubuntu "The best linux"

[@ThisIsSparta-k2m]

My biggest gripe with Ubuntu and snaps is not the snap store, but that they basically changed how apt works for some packages. When I do apt install I expect certain things to happen, one of them definitely not being a snap package installed. It's... Quite something. I also despise the way snaps works with the file system bloat, but hey I can ignore that and as a power user I can definitely get around the snaps and remove them fully. Why should I bother though, when there are so many other well working distros. Also, I started with Slackware with a Linux kernel pre 1.0 so I disagree on Ubuntu being a gateway heh.

[@Kwales66]

No it isn't. I started on ubuntu but now on mint . I personally don't like snaps.

[@KentsTechWorld]

mint is ubuntu so you say ubuntu then lmao

[@Kwales66]

@@KentsTechWorld no I dislike snaps that isall63

[@ninetysixvoid]

​@@Kwales66sudo apt purge snap

[@tonywise198]

Best distro is purely subjective, I reckon.

[@webflyer035]

I believe debian 12 is the best linux for 2023

[@johnyferreira8733]

Very subjective topic despite given reasons

[@AntonN3RD]

I think Ubuntu is the best as far as getting new people to use linux. It's a very solid distro.

[@rodrigeznonames7353]

When you are done with all the side bitches you end up with Ubuntu.. For a wife you need something stable.. Dude there is no better way to put it honestly.. lol

[@ocram2m]

Why there is the need of talking about of the best distro out there? There are a lot o distros and they are the best for their users and their maintainers at least. Why talking about distros for beginners and distros for advanced users? These talks confuses inexperienced people who wants to try Linux. We'd thank all distros because all of them make linux an huge thing. If Ubuntu is not for you don't install it on your pc. If you don't like ubuntu or redhat try to explain to managers to install arch, debian or other distros instead of ubuntu as production servers and listen to their responses. If you don't like Debian try to ask where people starts learning linux. If you don't like arch try to ask why a lot of people want a rolling release in their pc. If you don't like alpine try to ask to a dev ops admin which linux base he is using for building dockers... These talks are silly. It seems that linux is not a tool for doing stuf. It seems that linux is the gaol itself. Anyway i've appreciated ubuntu's defense. There are good reasons why it is wildly addopted out there (as server and desktop os).

[@KentsTechWorld]

It make someone feel like they made a better choice, or are smarter, their choices are the right one and so on. people get to overly attached to way to many things and to protect that thing, they become over protected towards it. so the best this or that, is just "I like this more than that" :)

[@GambiaTech]

definitely not the best. really nothing is the best distro. its your opinion. mines is Arch but many people could say Fedora or Ubuntu, Maybe Debian but its your choice!

[@jimmyneutron129]

what he meant was the best for *most users*

[@GambiaTech]

@@jimmyneutron129 i can get what hes saying. but isnt what im saying true. when your ready to explore linux?

[@fernandobernardo6324]

Ignoring Mint, Fedora and a lot more distros.

[@KentsTechWorld]

nope not at all, not even close. aka you have no clue ;)

[@UbuntuPersonNoMint]

Mint needs Ubuntu as crutch so it isn't better

[@fernandobernardo6324]

@@UbuntuPersonNoMint Ubuntu needs Debian as crutch so it isn't better

[@UbuntuPersonNoMint]

@@fernandobernardo6324 Ubuntu can survive without debian, its big enough now and when they improve and go all snap how will debian come into the picture? Mint needs Ubuntu to have a good out of the box experience. You think they bring good compatibility to the table? And yet they can't have the same in LMDE? Tell the mint devs to stick to lmde so you can prove that they don't need Ubuntu

[@Patrick-rd5vh]

🤣🤣🤣 NO, it's not (it used to be)

[@KentsTechWorld]

Really insightful comment.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

still the most used distro. app devs will care about ubuntu when porting their apps than anyother crap you thinking is best lol

[@lance_rosal]

There's no such thing as the "best Linux" they all exists for a certain reason. Ubuntu isn't bad as what these big-name Linux youtubers are saying. But, In terms of ease of use, I'd say that it's next to Linux mint and still would recommend it to new users.

[@mccock3154]

mint is overrated and looks like crap.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

ive been saying this for ages. @@mccock3154

[@menzokruizinga]

Yes and no the lts versions are almost always Stable Nun lts has always has major problems i used Ubuntu 23.04 wow is it Bad it is compleet trash

[@cvsr1980]

It was. WAS, WAS, WAS. Past tense.

[@Aoitori365]

google chrome -_-

[@johngreene6783]

No, Ubuntu is not the best. It really appears that they are slowly making their way to a Microsoft model. In the near future, people will regret using this OS

[@jimmyneutron129]

what do you mean by "Microsoft model"?

[@KentsTechWorld]

he mean business model that every pro profit business follow, red hat, suse etc. so he is just talking nonsense :D

[@MichaelTavares]

No

[@BigAndTall666]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@echelon8941]

yes !

[@vit.c.195]

The best Linux it's way to get ANY Linux you want. Ubuntu? Don not give me a shit...