Ubuntu 24.04 Flavours: Kubuntu, Budgie, MATE, Cinnamon & More

[@benderbg]

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[@ExplainingComputers]

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[@Deathrape2001]

​@@ExplainingComputers iWant 2 C U do 'fetish' videos. U have a thing 4 'French Maids' or something yes? iCan imagine the scenes & sounds pretty funny = all the 'contrast' of yor 'high brow' chat style combined with 'dirty talk' LOL

[@pdacore]

Mint Cinnamon guy for manyl years here but I've done my share of distro hopping so a couple of points. 1) In Mate I always change the environment from traditional Mate to Redmond. I've always found having both a top and bottom bar to be a waste of space (especially wit today's focus on widescreens). Redmond converts the desktop to your traditional bottom bar only. 2) I agree that XFCE's category section in the menu is annoying. Luckily you can fix it easily by right clicking on the menu button, going into the menu properties and ticking the box that says something like "Place categories next to search". Not intuitive but easy if you know about it. Have a great Sunday!

[@benejix]

Positive to note.

[@PJRye]

I'm still running 22.04, but changed from the standard desktop to Cinnamon for just the reasons you stated. It was easy - just install using Synaptic. It's great to be able to try another desktop without disrupting anything else in your workflow.

[@config2000]

Regardless of the sheer number of Linux distros to choose from (which may seem overwhelming) the important thing is the absolute free choice it gives to us end users. That's something the big corps don't really want us to have.

[@esra_erimez]

I've been using Kubuntu since I was a child, my dad gave it to me on a used laptop. But, I'm watching this on KDE Neon for that Plasma 6.1 goodness.

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@zephyfoxy]

I have Kubuntu on my desktop, and KDE Neon on my laptop and a micro computer used as a media station. KDE Plasma is such a nice DE

[@MrRyuken555]

KDE is my fav desktop environment, but running it on EndevourOS (Arch based) very stable and you get the latest packages. Lots of tools are built in to update etc if you don't want to use Pacman etc.

[@LordWillyGee]

WOW, Dad really love you! And I hope you went to college using Linux OS Laptop. I to find Linux OS and LibreOffice was far better than MS Office. Now with all difference version Student or College there is a Linux OS for you!

[@jc_listening]

Fantastic video this week, congrats!

[@D9ID9I]

The ways to escape Copilot madness.

[@BigOrangeMan]

"Happy nation, livin' in a happy nation" rocking in win10

[@Kw1161]

Just remember “Big Brother and Uncle Bill Gates “ are watching YOU 😮!

[@mikespangler98]

Escape Copilot as well as Apple Intelligence.

[@courtneymertz4596]

Some people may hate snap packages, but I’d rather have those any day over Copilot.

[@johndavid3598]

Total "Recall"

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

Unity reminds me of using Ubuntu back in the day and MATE even more so since that is how Ubuntu used to look like before Unity. It’s nice that we still can use these looks without having to run old unsupported Ubuntu.

[@ahmad-murery]

The Edubuntu is the flavor I wish I had when I was a kid although I didn't have a computer back then. Thanks Chris!

[@WalterW]

I think I’ll build a Edubuntu station for my children. I think they’ll love it

[@WildVoltorb]

i don't think my kid would care

[@RWLN508D]

you should force them to use gentoo

[@user-ks1oh2wx6o]

@@RWLN508D "I don't care if you have homework get back to compiling the kernel!"

[@l0gic23]

They will. Well, at least mine do

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

Aww, that would be nice!

[@jaffarbh]

A word of caution to the developers among us. Most applications at this point are only supported on versions 20.04 or 22.04, so while the latest flavours look awesome, it will take a little while for the world to catch up. However, for typical desktop and creative work, it's highly recommended to use one of the the flavours mentioned. Fantastic work Chris.

[@ExplainingComputers]

A very important point.

[@Deathrape2001]

That's obscene. Meanwhile Every version of Windows can run anything from an earlier generation, pretty much, with minimal 'compatibility layer' tools like 'DOS Box' or whatever (no need 4 a virtual machine or rebooting). iRun 64 bit Windows 10 within an Oracle Virtual Box Portable Virtual Machine on 32 bit Windows XP (can even run it from a USB stick! =) so iCan access 'the latest greatest' software the fools who wrote it didn't bother 2 make compatible with a real OS like Window $ex Pee (XP =) Everthing other than the extra 'compatibility layer' in everything after XP is absolute krap, with a few exceptions like 1) Vertical sync for the desktop (to avoid horizontal tearing in web browser video playback), 2) APO (Audio Processor Object) support for 'global' sound mixer output plugins (like parametric EQ =) 3) GPT support for large hard drives (beyond 2 terabytes). DX10+ might B improtant 2 U if U R 'gamer' but I have no intereste in games whatsoever, pretty much. I'm more a fan of enhancing videos, & music =D

[@ProjectPhysX]

I love Kubuntu with the excellent KDE desktop. Super simple installation, very minimal RAM usage at 700MB, and the Kate text editor is just fantastic for programming.

[@guilherme5094]

That's a fact!! Kate is awesome!

[@AbdusSalam-cb6yj]

In my opinion, XFCE is the best of all. Highly customizable, stable, looks polished and capable. It takes up around 700-800 MB of RAM. So, decent. It just works,

[@rursus8354]

I agree.

[@Thirsty_Fox]

Xfce is pretty much perfect. I get that some people want things to keep changing to feel "modern" (usually at the expense of usability), but Xfce just does everything so well.

[@Starchface]

Indeed! I have been a fan of XFCE for longer than many viewers have been alive, I suspect. I really don't see anything missing from XFCE that is important. The implementation as shown in Xubuntu is not well set up, but it's a matter of 5 minutes to make it nice.

[@tdata545]

THANK YOU, nothing more annoying than trying to dip your toe in linux, you go to a distro page and it just inundates you with a dozen subsets. It's nice to see this laid out in this manner so I can pick which one I like from an aesthetics perspective.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

One of the things I'm liking about Linux is the variety. I'm not stuck using one distro, and if they make a new one that has more or better features, I can simply switch to it with no problems. I'm really glad I jumped off the spyware bandwagon.

[@LMacNeill]

Wow! I had no idea Ubuntu had so many different "flavours." Decisions, decisions... I'm going to have some serious choices to make when I switch to Linux next October when Windows 10 reaches EOL.

[@ilaripori6148]

Just go with default Ubuntu :D

[@generaltony9930]

Me also gonna switch

[@redgator12]

Funnily enough, I loved Unity on 14.04 when I first started using Linux. Now that I'm a Linux Mint user, I've configured my panels to look and behave like Unity on both Cinnamon and XFCE. Best of both worlds.

[@brcosmin]

You’d be one of the few that can save the reputation of Snapdragon X Elite reviews these days, hope you’re interested in reviewing one and you get one in your hands.

[@Smittron]

I've got Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu running on different computers. Kubuntu is the overall winner for me.

[@Diggy22]

My current daily driver is an HP Stream 14 that I installed Lubuntu on. I needed a lightweight distro that would still leave enough space on a 64 GB eMMC SSD, and after trying Debian on it for a few weeks, I switched over to Lubuntu. Everything runs so smoothly on there. Typing and emailing documents, editing photos, streaming, browsing. And this is a laptop that goes for $200 at Walmart that can barely handle Windows 10, yet with Lubuntu, it handles as well as hardware two or three times its cost.

[@dougr.8653]

Xubuntu is my favourite flavour from Ubuntu community. I used it on a very nice rig I had years ago. I am not a big fan of Unity environment. Nowadays I have Mint cinnamon and it just works. BTW, no snaps too 😜. For a more professional Linux, OpenSuse never disappoints me.

[@jasonhawkins4528]

You definately do the best videos. I have just linked a person from a windows channel who wanted to see about different flavours of linux to your channel and said "these videos are very informative"

[@salvino6699]

Lubuntu Is great, installed on a old pc

[@sezwo5774]

Caught my attention for possible installation on a Pentium4 machine. Thanks for sharing your good experience.

[@salvino6699]

Pentium 4 ? The only os i managed to install on a 20 year old pc with 1 GB of ram was Q4 os .

[@sezwo5774]

@@salvino6699 I have high hopes for a Pentium4 3.2 ghz with 4gb RAM running Windows xp currently.

[@ricardog2165]

Check out Antix, a nice lightweight distro

[@apollosix]

Mate was a fork of Gnome 2 the first desktop many of us oldies used on Linux. Its like comfort food.

[@LostInThe0zone]

After your recent video touting 24.04, I finally have upgraded to said version. I went through 3 separate upgrades to get there, and thus learned painful lessons in snap. There have been three separate applications that wouldn't upgrade properly via snap. I had to learn how to force none snap application installation. Really not what I expected.

[@Apollolabsphoto]

I have to agree even though I'm not coming back to Ubuntu, the mate version has so much charm, and if you go to desktop layouts it has osx and windows themes that look nicer than the real thing, even though I've moved onto Manjaro and ultramarine now

[@NatesRandomVideo]

Nice summary. I’m a raw Debian guy myself since the late 90s, no Ubuntu, but the overview of all of these desktops is worthwhile. Does miss out on all of the tiling window managers but that isn’t newbie friendly. Ha. Cheers.

[@SuperFredAZ]

Ubuntu looks pretty good. I think it's good enough to be one's only OS. Thanks for enlightening us.

[@Colin_Ames]

A great overview of all the flavours. I have to say that while some software programs might please me more than others, I don’t believe I have ever let out a gentle, contented sigh when booting into one 😊.

[@michaelwright2986]

I have. After trying to sort out a Windows 11 problem and going back to Cinnamon. Though perhaps it's more a little "hff" of relief.

[@Colin_Ames]

@@michaelwright2986 😀

[@johncundiff7075]

Hello Mr. Barnatt!! I'm home today and at least for a week, back to my usual routine of watching your videos on Sunday Morning!!! I'm still a "Mint Cinnamon" guy, but I do love today's video!! Sorry I've not been able to comment as much as work had me on the road!! Love your work Sir!! Will continue to watch!!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for watching. :)

[@cinccave5459]

I just switched from Windows 10 to Cinnamon 2 days ago. Still in the learning phase but am very happy with the change.

[@linuxastro]

Greetings, sir. Another excellent video. I've been using Xubuntu on my desktops for many years now and MATE on my remotes on telescopes running INDI telescope equipment drivers. I must admit that I've not been calling it "Mah-Teh" all this time. That said, I'll probably continue calling it "Mate" as in, "G'day, Mate!"

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@BADtvgg]

This is my 2nd years of using Lubuntu, I love it so much.. Only go back to windows when I need to do some office work and printing.

[@patpopov]

In Xfce you can right click on the menu button and go to 'Properties > Appearance > Position categories on left'. 19:20

[@PeterHonig.]

My favorite distro by far, is Kubuntu KDE Plasma. I especially like the System Settings app due to its consistency, ease of navigation, grouping of all things configurable into a single app, and its ability to configure just about every little detail of the system. I also really like the configurability of the Application Launcher, that has the same sort of detailed approach as in the System Settings. My second favorite is Linux Mint for its Windows-like simplicity, which is why I have it installed in our office business computer. As for other distros, I was not previously aware of Ubuntu Studio; very interesting. Thanks for the info!

[@musicalneptunian]

I have been running Ubuntu Studio since 2019. It's an excellent distro for pro audio.

[@PS_Tube]

Sunday greetings, Monsieur. With a new Sunday arrives a new informative video. This time with LTS release, Ubuntu Cinnamon is quite an addition. PS: As for Ubuntu Unity, the Unity desktop is revived and developed by a teenage developer from India, who revived unity flavor unofficially when he was just 12 years old.

[@antoniiocaluso1071]

young Indian "techies" will soon be "eating everyone's lunch" in many Industries. good for 'em & buona fortuna~ :-)))

[@MichelMorinMontreal]

The perfect presentation for those wondering why there are so many different Linux desktops... We're not used to a certain diversity with Microsoft and Apple, so it's true that this may seem redundant... With this exercise, we understand the role of some (lighter systems) and the importance of others... Congratulations and thanks!

[@bramfran4326]

Beautiful video, now that is some style overload! 💅 Ubuntu Kylin looks good, I didn't know about it, I will give it a try.

[@AMDRADEONRUBY]

Nice a new Ubuntu relates video Christopher you're the best for that keep going man we need you.

[@loudtrexx]

Ah another linux video! I find these videos about Operating systems so entertaining and interesting! I seriously hope linux comes more mainstream desktop os since many people are scared of linux because of the terminal not realizing you can just look up a command on the web if really necessary Thank you chris once again for the video and see you next time!❤

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@snarfusmaximus]

I use Linux Mint as my daily driver but am extremely impressed with Ubuntu Studio. I set up a small personal recording studio around a 10 year old i7-based HP all-in-one computer a neighbour threw out on their nature strip for hard rubbish. A RAM upgrade and SSD install later, Ubuntu Studio works extremely well on it and Ardour is an amazing multitrack audio recorder.

[@samaitcheson7057]

What a wonderfully informative video! I've never got on well with Ubuntu as it's felt to me that it lacks configurability. My preference has been Linux Mint Cinnamon but a recent inability to get sound working using Mint on one of my mini PCs meant I used Ubuntu on it while I was putting together a new Windows 11 desktop build. If I'd had seen this video I'd have gone for Kubuntu. It looks really clean and configurable. I've used Lubuntu for a while in a virtual machine to run Kodi on my Windows PC and it works really well with a limited hardware VM.

[@andymcgarty3099]

Great video. Long term Kubuntu user and no plans to change.

[@sinisterpisces]

Awesome video. I had "figure out the differences between the versions of Ubuntu and pick one" on my list, and you just saved me hours of research and trial and error. Just from watching your video, I immediately vibed with Budgie, so I think I'll give that one a try in a VM. :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good luck with Budgie. Has a really nice feel to it. :)

[@ditzydoo4378]

I love your content and with the latest debacles on the part of both MS and Adobe I foresee an even greater migration to GIMP, DaVinci and Linux such as these.

[@nddulac]

Way back when you did your Ryzen 3 2200G build videos, I was inspired to build a similar rig. I wanted to put linux on it for use in my research lab. I ended up using Ubuntu-mate (not the LTS version) because it had a new enough kernel that it actually supported the 2200G graphics out of the box. We've come a long way . . .

[@ExplainingComputers]

We've come a long way indeed. :) How time flies.

[@jonathanleach3914]

Excellent to see the different distros although I think the variety may well be confusing for many. Thanks for the film; looks a lot of work to research and record

[@MotownBatman]

I've LOVED Lubuntu on Old Junk It Served Me Well since 2k11-ish

[@CyborgZeta]

Xubuntu was the first flavor of Ubuntu that I fell in love when I first started using Linux; it still has my favorite implementation of Xfce OOTB. That said, I'm a dedicated user of Kubuntu these days. Kubuntu has, in my opinion, a good implementation of Plasma with the benefits of Ubuntu.

[@1shARyn3]

Most favorite - Unity. 2nd most - Mate. 3rd - Budgie. Most productive - Gnome

[@Deathrape2001]

Unity = Wastes tons of space with gigantic clumsy 'touch screen' popup krap Mate = Pointless extra bar on bottom = adding ridiculous time wasting extra amounts of mouse travel 2 hit extra features. Budgie = Dumb space wasting mouse-time burning distracting screen burning useless extra row of 'mac krap' icons on bottom, otherwise similar 2 LXDE (doesnt extra space menus =) Gnome = 2 spread out = stupid, wasting space & time hitting elements, & can't even change the mouse cursor = ROFL!! Really it's between Budgie (if can get rid of the 'mac row' on bottom) & LXDE & KDE Plasma (if can 'compact' it more & highlight 'categories' in start menu in a more obvious E Z way instead of confusing tiny arrows on right.

[@jeffsmith6659]

Thank you for clearly showing the differences, like snap in Ubuntu. Your presentations are excellent. Thanks again!

[@breddyqqwwwwsszssx]

lool

[@Jonathannew-cp7fj]

Great video as always... As a die hard mint user myself was very intrigued with the budgie flavour (hint for a deeper dive 😂😂)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, I may well take a closer look at Budgie.

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Very informative. I remember starting out 40 years ago with unix on DEC VAXs, then as the market changed dos and windows took over. In my personal life I like macOS, but I have a few older PC laptops that are were happily running Ubuntu then I switched to Zorin 17. Thanks as always.

[@juanroldan4379]

I just love using Linux. Ubuntu was the first distro I tried. I used it for years.

[@exodor6426]

Thank you for this video, i've been considering Ubuntu and in particular Kubuntu as an alternative once windows 10 drops support. Having these short "reviews" by you, who I consider a trusted source, helps ease a possible transition. I don't know if you've done it, but a future video tip (and one I would appreciate) as windows 10 approaches its end could be about some hand picked assorted Linux distributions their characteristics. I'm sure a lot of people will begin searching for it, and your concise clear explanations can help many confused and anxious people. 😊

[@henryschilling1120]

Great, now another hand full of distro’s to pick from. I’m with you though, studio looks really good. Thanks once again.

[@zephyfoxy]

Heeeyyy Kubuntu, that's what I've been using as a daily for a while now. KDE Plasma has been my favorite DE for a couple years now, it feels the most cozy and comfortable, very "at home" feeling. On a more serious note tho I'm really glad this video was made, I have a handful of friends who want to make the leap from Windows to Linux, and a video showing different desktop environments and how they look and feel is very helpful for people still making that decision.

[@thebusinessfirm9862]

Brilliant video, mate. I use Ubuntu Gnome and Mac to do all my computing work. The Budgie desktop looks nice too.

[@mrmaestro04]

Very happy to see Edubuntu back

[@tedoyle61]

Great video. Thanks for going over the different flavors!!

[@biffzinker7994]

Interesting coincidence Chris had a video for Ubuntu when yesterday I installed it on a third SSD.

[@VeryUsMumblings]

Ubuntu Mate is the only one I'd pick, but I haven't tried that in a while. Xfce is great, but don't judge it by Xubuntu. It's configured much better in MXLinux. Budgie is one I may revisit. I prefer Cinnamon as my favourite, but I use it on Mint, btw! Another Great video by the Sunday Morning Master! 👍

[@handorunottoabeiraborru]

My favorite is definitely stock Ubuntu 24.04!

[@nnasab]

Excellent review of all of this desktop softwares. That educational is great for kids. It would have been nice if they run on raspberry pi 4 or 5. So I could make some systems for the kids in my area and give it as birthday present.

[@saidbakr]

I am a Kubuntuian 😂 exactly I stick to the LTS release till the next upgrade to my PC i.e buying new one, increase the RAM, adding or replacing new disk, etc. Right now I still at 22.04 that I had upgraded it from 20.04.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

I haven't used Ubuntu for about 15 years and I might give one of these flavours a run out

[@StaceyAyodele]

KDE is my favorite desktop. I run Feren OS though. It's like Kubuntu but without the snaps. It's what Linux Mint before they abandoned having a KDE flavor. Loving it so far.

[@perrymcclusky4695]

Definitely there are a couple of those I’d like to try out. Looking forward to your next video!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings Perry! :)

[@perrymcclusky4695]

Always wonderful to be greeted by you! :)

[@-Cypher-33]

No conocia Ubuntu Kylin, esta buenisimo, gracias por la informacion! Excelente canal y contenido.

[@acerforge3882]

Thanks for another informative review. It prompted me to try Edubuntu on a small Lenovo test box and I hope it will be of interest to the younger generations of my extended family. Whether they get beyond the games remains to be seen!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good luck with it!

[@joelyoungcbi]

Thank you for pronouncing Ubuntu correctly.

[@JLajos]

And Mate!

[@burdebc1]

I haven't really heard of the UKUI desktop before so I decided to download Ubuntu Kylin. The look of it reminds me a lot of the Deepin desktop.

[@frankfriedlos3721]

A bit off-topic perhaps, but possibly worth mentioning that regardless of flavour, Ubuntu can now be upgraded to Ubuntu Pro free of charge for personal private use meaning LTS is extended to 10 years. That means my 22.04 MATE is now supported to 2032. Under those circumstances I don't think I can be bothered to upgrade or swap flavours anymore. Delete the bottom panel, install and populate Plank and it's a very slick OS.

[@ernies8828]

How does this work with installing Steam and playing games? I have a 1080 Ti MSI Nvidia graphics card from 2017 and video card driver from 2017. I want to avoid A.I. like the plague. That's also why I won't upgrade to Windows 11, especially 23H2 and above. Do you have a tutorial for installing and setting up Ubuntu LTS like Windows GUI, and with Steam, which also allows me to install a driver from 2017?

[@James-l5s7k]

Why would you pay for this?

[@Big-Chungus21]

@@ernies8828Ubuntu, Mint, and POP OS are all great for playing games. I think KDE might be the best desktop environment for that though, so maybe go for Kubuntu. Quite a lot of games run really well on Proton nowadays. I also want to avoid AI but unfortunately have to use Windows for Adobe software.

[@zetrel]

@@James-l5s7k Ubuntu Pro is free up to 5 computers.

[@jpmyers6950]

Great job Chris. Love that flavors offers soo many choices. With the new Debian Bookworm going to the source makes more sense to me. Can't beat Debian Mint, it's my go-to on my N100 rig, no fan, silent.

[@Z0M8I3D]

Ubuntu Studio looks like a great one to boot off usb so you can escape to work but still have your fav linux running bare-metal.

[@kboussa]

I love ubuntu Mate, runs incredibly well on my 2009 mac. Thanks for this useful video.

[@peterbeer8657]

It's good that I get reminded of Linux so that I'll finally do the switching some time. Tasty flavors!

[@dabunnisher29]

This Edubuntu looks great for my 6 year old Son. Thank you so much. Another great video as usual.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Very much so.

[@Kw1161]

Thanks Chris for another awesome and informative video on the different Ubuntu flavors! It has been close to ten years since my 1st Ubuntu installation on my old AMD K7 back when the blazing fast speeds were rated in MHZ…😊! Now waiting for the quantum SBC Ubuntu flavor, by then should be able to create your own flavor to suit your needs without reporting to the big computer companies…as long as the computer doesn’t try to program you..😂! Have a great day and week!

[@kjoh42]

After many years distro-hopping, I finally landed on Pop_OS. As a maker I wanted a linux that I didn't have to fight every step of the way, including dev work, serial ports, arduino, SMB, printing, package management, etc etc. I hope you will have a look at it, especially with a new desktop manager coming soon. Best regards.

[@mbernardi1961]

I too use Pop!_OS s my daily Linux driver. Apart from the official flavours, there are all the other Ubuntu derived distros too.

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

This Ubuntu Studio flavour looks worth investigating for when I convert two of my Windows 10 machines to Linux. It looks like a lot of what I'll need will be built in. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

[@KomradeMikhail]

Why would anybody switch from Mint Cinnamon, to Ubuntu Cinnamon ?... Mint spent so much effort removing the snap plague. In fact, just switch from regular Mint over to LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition), to get rid of all the last vestiges of ubuntu.

[@LordWillyGee]

I like Mint OS, it works great & LibreOffice done everything's I needed! Mint & Window 7/MS Office 2010 student, Dual HHD/Dual boot, Blue Ray DVD/movie/TV? This Laptop forever got me through College, and more!

[@MeinDeutschkurs]

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No! It’s Mr. Scissors, 7 times, as an output in basic, never interrupted by Phil Screwdriver! 🤩🤩🤩 Sounds like an animated story! When do we see it? 🎉🎉

[@musicalneptunian]

Stanley the Knife is sad. He is forgotten? 😥

[@MeinDeutschkurs]

@@musicalneptunian no, css was set to “display: none”. 😂

[@Deathrape2001]

He maybe names objects & plants feeling lonely surrounded by machines ??

[@samsowden]

MATE is good old Gnome 2, of course it's soothing!

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@Stuartnobi]

When windows 12 releases, I’m still gonna download Ubuntu on my new gaming pc with dual boot of windows, Mac, Linux, & android.

[@ArefinKarim]

Among all the flavours, Kubuntu is best suited for me.

[@andic6676]

Linux Mint Debian Edition isn't bad... enjoying using it so far. It's my daily driver now... running on a laptop I can do most things and draw less than 10w from the mains.

[@dougr.8653]

Yes, it is. I use it on my daily basis and I have nothing to complain about. If you want something a little more challenging I recommend OpenSuse. Both are excellent distributions.

[@matthewtrow5698]

Nice summary! I have to say, after trying numerous distributions and the many different ways various DE's are configured, I've found Mint and Cinnamon to be rather good indeed. It's still on 21.3 though. Looking forward to 24.x I guess some distros put so much work into customisation and configuration of a DE, you never quite know what you are going to get, even if the exact same DE is used. But this is why Mint actually shines - Cinnamon is their baby. Damn fine too!

[@howiecourt3445]

I've been using Linux for 20 plus years now and have bounced all over the place but I always come back to Ubuntu MATE. For the past five years nothing I have tried has even been able to pry me from it.

[@John14vs6_]

Linux mint is my go to Distro when I introduce anyone to the world of Linux

[@Justin-Case-2.0]

I had to smile a little bit when you praised Lubuntu for having the smallest iso-file with "only" 3.3GB. I once choose Lubuntu, cause it was the only flavour at that time that still would fit onto a burnable CD (

[@ExplainingComputers]

It is indeed frightening how large a "small" ISO has become. :)

[@crom29a]

Thanks for this video and for introducing me to Ubuntu Studio. I'll take a look. 👍

[@rxmas7234]

Another great video! I'm in the middle of backing up my WIN data so I can make the switch to linux. I was planning on going to Mint but in the past I really liked Kubuntu. Now I don't know which to use :)

[@rogermac358]

Greetings, Christopher. I recently installed Ubuntu Budgie on a 15 year old desktop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 6gb of ram. Even with the rather dated hardware, the distro runs quite well, and makes for a very good spare workshop desktop for web surfing and streaming. I have run live ISO files of most of the available Ubuntu flavors, and find Ubuntu MATE and Xubuntu to also be quite nice on old hardware.

[@kamkamkamkamkamkamkamkam]

12:27 it's because of the green theme, I feel the same way about Manjaro KDE's theme 😌

[@itsthesa]

This one is Amazing Video. Thank you very much!!

[@alanthornton3530]

Thanks Chris for a really interesting video, I can tell you’ve put a lot of hard work into producing this! Cinnamon Mint is still my No 1 distro, I’d like to give Ubuntu Cinnamon a whirl plus, kubuntu & xubuntu, I ran the last two as virtual machines in ‘Virtualbox’ & quite enjoyed messing about with them! Due to the security issues that they pose can you disable snap packages in any of the Ubuntu flavours? :)

[@andrina118]

Very informative! I didn't know about some of the flavours. I don't know why their xfce implementation is like that. I use xfce with Debian 12 and the menu has the categories on the left. As I roll over them the apps appear for each section. I was away from x86 Linux for a while as I had a Chromebook. My experience on a £99 refurb ThinkPad has been stellar. Everything "just works" and it's beaten the Chromebook hands down in every area (apart from the obvious Google integration, but that's not the advantage it once was)

[@FritzPinguin]

For me, it will always be KDE. I have used it since the first Version, in those days on a Sun SparcStation. Now I am on Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Desktop) and Kubuntu 24.04 (Notebook).

[@WildkatPhoto]

Sunday Morning Flavorful EC

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@robert112uk]

I am using Ubuntu Mate and am very happy with it.

[@Wobble2007]

Man Ubuntu Studio is pretty incredible, I'm sold on that now, will have to make a build dedicated for that, along with some decent Synth & MIDI hardware, perhaps a Dreamblaster & Ubuntu Studio on a decent Ryzen mini PC or Intel NUC is the way to go.

[@HaraldEngels]

The special thing is that Ubuntu Studio has a real-time Linux kernel for reducing lag and delay.

[@Wobble2007]

@@HaraldEngels That is really good to hear if that is the case then, I am surprised I mixed it because I have been looking for a low latency X64 OS for ages, as only legacy Windows can be considered low latency, so if Ubuntu Studio OS with Proton could be amazing depending on how low latency it actually is, could be perfect for running decompiled games.