Hello fellow linuxers

I am kinda confused as to why certain Linux distros are mentioned in in every others post while others seems to get litten attention or are being bashed at worst. People advertise for Mint because it’s so easy to use, while I personally miss it’s benefits over Ubuntu.

Personally I used KDE Neo for some time and switched to Fedora 42 a few weeks ago. It has all the same tools as basically every other distros. What is missed is not necessary or available. I can also seamlessly manage my proxmox server through ssh and fish and take up minor programming tasks on python or arduino.

Am I missing something important, or just seeing a loud minority with very specific requir?

  • Nima@leminal.spaceEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    usually mint is focused on because it’s a simple enough ui for those new to linux. it doesn’t mean other distros are forgotten. it’s usually just for those not familiar with linux or coming from a different OS.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      3 days ago

      Mint also doesn’t install snap when you want to install an apt package, nor put Amazon ads in your search box. GNOME is also just a horrid experience for someone who’s transitioning from Windows.

    • Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      31·
      3 days ago

      But that’s kind of my point. I don’t understand/know where the simplicity comes in. My experience from Fedora and Ubuntu is: Install is straightforward and almost identical between both distros Login Done

      To me, mint is a bloated Ubuntu (no offense for those who appreciate it)

      • imecth@fedia.io
        7·
        3 days ago

        Fedora doesn’t enable non free repositories by default, and that’s a big deal for new users. Telling someone they need to run commands in the terminal to get their nvidia drivers, or even get youtube working is a problem.

        • grinka@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          12 hours ago

          Fedora have “Enable 3rd party repositories” button in post-installation user setup which enables NVIDIA, Steam, Google Chrome and Flathub repositories. Then all of these can be installed from KDE Discover or GNOME Software, no need for terminal

        • Willdrick@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          They do for some time now, at least on both workstation and silverblue you get prompted on the first boot and a reminder after a while on gnome-software

          • imecth@fedia.io
            2·
            1 day ago

            I’ve installed fedora thrice last year, and each time, I’ve had to enable rpm fusion in the terminal and download ffmpeg to get youtube to work. This is something that can’t be fixed afaik, because it’s a copyright issue.