Update: I chose mint. I can trust Mint to update the backend.

I’m about to switch back to Debian.Any reason I don’t know of that Elementary OS would be a bad idea? I know Debian. I don’t know the nuances of Arch or red hat.

I found my final missing FOSS video editor that finally gets me off Windows. I’ve been having issues with indexing on windows, and they keep turning on that fucking reminder to sign into One drive even after I destroy it with a registry change.

  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
    321·
    8 months ago

    ElementaryOS is a great system, if you need something that behaves and looks a bit like MacOS. It’s based on Ubuntu LTS versions, so should be good for a few years at a time.

      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        8 months ago

        Because for the most part you can achieve everything these packaged distro offer without the middle man, which means greater trust in the system, faster turnaround on package updates, easier time finding help, etc.

  • macniel@feddit.de
    16·
    8 months ago

    There really aren’t any reasons not to use Elementary OS. Sure it’s highly opinionated but that also means that it’s super cohesive and has superb user experience.

    It has a Live Session so check it out if you like it and then simply install it.

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      8 months ago

      Oh it’s my go to Linux distro. I wanted to know if there were any reasons not to use it and for better alternatives or opinions that could sway me to a different distro.

      • macniel@feddit.de
        1·
        8 months ago

        I would switch to eOS if there would be a word processor or a WYMIWYG editor that follows it’s guidelines. Because I damn love the cohesive look and feel.

      • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
        15·
        8 months ago

        Just used it the other day to put together a birthday slideshow/video compilation for my wife. I couldn’t get resolve to run, and I was in a hurry because my organisation skills are severely lacking. Kdenlive was perfectly serviceable, easy to understand, and I got a really acceptably decent end product with absolutely no previous experience. Definitely be using it again when my wife forgets this year’s gift and I can reuse all the photos I got off her friends 🙃

  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
    11·
    8 months ago

    its basically ubuntu LTS with probably the best DE

    but its base is really old and they take their time to upgrade it. and there is no inplace upgrade method, you have to reinstall every time.

  • warmaster@lemmy.world
    11·
    8 months ago

    Packages are older than debian, older than ubuntu, and it isn’t more stable than debian or easier than Ubuntu. I honestly don’t see the point to that distro. If you want the look, there are ways to do that with any other distro.

  • powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    10·
    8 months ago

    in my personal experience of using it, it doesn’t feel very polished in most places + strange bugs like being unable to install certain packages. doesn’t have the comforts of a distro like Pop OS or Mint (i.e. automatic timeshift setup on first time boot, checking for missing dependencies for other packages). that’s just my personal opinion on it.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    122·
    8 months ago

    I would suggest pop os instead. I can’t remember all the specifics but when I used elementary, they ended up changing a lot of stuff in an upgrade that didn’t float my boat.

    What I do remember is that there is no system tray and the creators are philosophically very against having one (despite that still being a somewhat common design pattern that apps rely on), theming support got janky with the upgrade, and Nvidia support was not great.

    Of course, Nvidia on Linux has a lot of issues all around but at the time I had one of those cards and pop os worked mostly fine despite that. I’m still on pop os due to what I perceived as a bad direction that elementary took back then. That was around 2021 iirc.

    On the plus side, pop os is wonderful! It’s like Ubuntu minus all the bad parts and plus a lot of good ones. It feels very fast and I don’t really recall the last time I felt like I was fighting against it as a distro.

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.eeOP
      3·
      8 months ago

      See, you kinda painted my mindset of why I made this post. Sometimes I felt like I was playing with eOS more than I was just using my computer apps. I was fighting to make sure they worked all the time.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 months ago

        Yeah I felt that way too sometimes. I’ve been using pop os for a couple years now and I’m quite happy with it

        • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.eeOP
          1·
          8 months ago

          Yea seems to be a big go to for some. I’ll be using my distro with an 1135g7 and 32gb ram. So anything I use shouldnt chug. I’m just concerned about performance on integrated graphics for proton purposes.

  • Altomes@lemm.ee
    8·
    8 months ago

    I used it for years and loved it but after a while the reinstall for every upgrade sucked and I ditched it and went to GNOME Fedora. I mean honestly Debian with GNOME is probably good enough but if you really wanted to you could install the pantheon desktop environment

  • leopold@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
    7·
    8 months ago

    ElementaryOS has nothing to do with Red Hat or Arch. It’s Ubuntu LTS with a custom macOS-like desktop environment called Pantheon. Being based on Ubuntu LTS means packages only get updated every two years, so they can be a bit old. Debian has the same problem, tho. If you like macOS, you might want to use it. Otherwise, you might not. Worth noting that Pantheon is available on distros other than ElementaryOS (but not Debian).

  • boaratio@lemmy.world
    61·
    8 months ago

    I’ve been an elementary OS user for something like 7 years. And I’ve been running Linux as my only OS since 1999. Previously I had been running Ubuntu since warty warthog, but switched to elementary when Ubuntu introduced their horrible unity desktop.

    elementary is a great Linux distribution, and is a great user experience. The ONLY 2 negatives that I can think of are that it lags other distros because it’s based on Ubuntu LTS releases, and it has no upgrade mechanism so you have to wipe and reinstall with each release.

    I use it for work, gaming, and all my various side projects and haven’t had any issues with any of those. Give it a go and see if it feels right for you.

  • f00f/eris@startrek.websiteEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    Last time I used Elementary OS, it was great if you were only using the official apps, with insane degrees of polish, but things like LibreOffice were surprisingly hard to configure the way I wanted. That was a while ago, though.

    • lodronsi@beehaw.org
      2·
      8 months ago

      This was my experience about a year or two ago. I was really impressed with how polished it was in ecosystem. Using Firefox, Typora, Plex and a bunch of other things that solved my user needs better don’t quite fit in right. When the update came that required me to wipe my system, I switched to Mint. I’m happy where I am now, but don’t believe Elementary was a bad thing - just clearly wasn’t aligned with what I needed.

  • edric@lemm.ee
    4·
    8 months ago

    Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t new major version upgrades of eOS require full re-installations?

  • 7uWqKj@lemmy.world
    3·
    8 months ago

    Used it a couple of years ago. Stunningly beautiful but buggy as hell. Got frustrated and switched to PopOS. Today I’d use Mint, or just plain Debian.