What is /g/s favourite flavor of Ubuntu and why?
>inb4 Gentoo
>>54360916
I was always partial to the kubuntu And xubuntu distros.
But then I grew into arch.
>>54360916
Kubuntu
KDE is sexy
>>54360916
Ubuntu Gnome, Mate, or Xubuntu
all are great and it just comes down to preferences
>but muh Unity!
use Mate with compiz from the mate-tweak-tool, which comes default
>Gnome is disgusting!
he says as he openly prefers KDE
>xfce is outdated!
then use Mate
Plain old Ubuntu. Unity is great.
>>54360916
Unity, not even joking.
I just uninstall Amazon and disable online search in Unity Tweak Tool and it's all set.
I've been thinking of installing Kubuntu, is it a good beginner distro?
Mint, because I'm new.
>>54360966
What about all those scopse and dash plugins
Which one would you recommend for a complete newfag to Linux?
>>54360916
GNOME, because you can install Cinnamon after without issues
>>54360995
KDE will never be a good beginner DE. Prefer GNOME3 or Cinnamon.
So, what's the difference between installing Ubuntu GNOME and just installing Gnome on normal Ubuntu? Besides convinience, of course.
>>54361285
Le amazon botnet
>>54361246
why?
It has easy to understand settings, it has more features that you probably need, so finding a way to do X is a lot easier than on any other DE.
And the search is better than on any other DE.
What a beginner is might be harder to define, most people used windows before, and while windows is a mess to learn, you rarely hear about people who couldn't figure out how to use that.
Xubuntu with plank dock
>>54360916
Gentoo
>>54360916
Xubuntu
>>54361234
What is Cinnamon?
MATE. Delete the top taskbar. Add the window selector tool to the bottom bar. Set bottom bar to auto-hide. Set theme to standard MATE but using MATE dark version icons and window buttons. Change wallpaper. There. Ricing is all done.
>>54361507
The default DE for Linux Mint. Actually a very comfy and easy to use DE. I used to use Linux Mint but have since moved to MATE. No regrets. Plus I don't have to deal with Mint using an old kernel, and having security updates turned off by default in the update manager.
>>54360916
Regular.
>>54361229
Regular
>>54361511
Pics?
>>54360916
Sadly I hate every single one of them OOTB. Just get netinstall iso and get/configure what you need.
>>54360916
Xubuntu,because minimalism and because XFCE runs much better than Unity.
>>54360916
>Mint
:^)
>>54360916
Current using Lubuntu. Works like a charm. But I have recently tried out xfce and it looks a bit better.
>>54361348
>KDE
>easy to understand settings
Are you joking?
>>54361885
>using the smiley with a carat nose
Ubuntu unity really, i just got used to HUD too much to change DE.
everybody who runs 16.04, humour me.
cd /home/
ls -l
post results.
>muh secure linux
>>54360961
isn't compiz dead [spoiler]and a piece of shit[/spoiler] ?
>>54360916
Ubuntu GNOME.
>>54362755
Check out compiz-reloaded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_OTHYCenHk
>>54362755
no, compiz works great in Ubuntu Mate. It's the only compositing WM that runs smoothly on my intel graphics. otherwise I use compton in addition to a shitty wm
>>54360916
Mint is good, it has polished MATE alongside what Ubuntu lacks.
>>54361511
MATE
>open mate-tweak-tool
>select cupertino preset
>select marco-compton
>install arc theme, paper icons
done and a thousand times easier
or, if you're on a real computer or a new laptop, use gnome with arc-theme and paper icons
>>54360916
Ubuntu/Gnome.
Might be Gnome 2 cant remember which is which.
>>54362792
call me when they get 3.20
>>54361234
Why not just install Debian testing/Ubuntu server and cinnamon? It's going to pull the dependencies either way.
>>54360916
mini.iso
smaller than a default arch install.
>>54360916
Used to use Arch, found Fedora to be stupid comfy and stuck
>>54360916
arch, because i can turn it into whatever i want & i'm not incompetent
>>54360916
Unity Gentoo
Xubuntu
>>54363926
thinking you can't on ubuntu?if you really knew how you would know that you could. also minimal install exists if you feel the need.this is why i could neve rlurk the arch community. good distro sure. but more of a fuckaround distro full of douchebags.nobody using that shit for work or servers
As someone who didnt really use linux outside of crunch and mint for a short time i like xubuntu quite a lot.
>>54360961
Why even install xubuntu if ur gonna use mate?
i switched from elementary OS to mint, and holy shit i love it so much.
im a linux noob though, so mint is perfect for me
>>54360916
Debian
Install Gentoo
>>54365246
you must have missed what I was saying; I was stating that all three distros are great and those are the responses to popular criticisms of the three which still involve recommending one or more of the three
