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7.8 from 210 review(s)
Version: 23.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-04
Votes: 2
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Ubuntu is still the best Linux desktop. Unlike Debian stable, it is reasonably up-to-date (even the LTS version gets new kernels, new point releases for the desktop environment, etc.) while being stable, has enormous third-party support behind it, ships with nonfree/patent encumbered software (hi Fedora/OpenSuse), the default Gnome desktop is faster than upstream due to the triple buffering patches, the built-in extensions are sensible and enhance the experience.
People ramble on about snaps, but they are way better than they used to be. I recommend installing flatpak and getting most desktop apps from flathub, but keep whatever snaps are preinstalled (except maybe replace the snap-store with gnome-software), and occasionally install those apps as snaps which are officially supported (eg. spotify, vscode).
The snap version of firefox is actually probably the best version of firefox on linux. It now supports basically everything while also always up-to-date and stays out of your way.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-02
Votes: 0
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Trying 23.04 on a relatively lower end Mini PC with a N5095 Celeron 8Gb RAM and SSD. I found the latest Ubuntu to be a decent release. Like others I like the new installer which if nothing else adds a bit of needed modern look to what has become a stale looking installer. But its an installer so how often do you really see it? Performance wise I found everything has sped up a tick or so. Just feels snappier even on this weaker quad Celeron. I don't much care for Firefox anymore, but the Snap version launches better and is improved. Overall, navigating the OS just feels like things are getting polished up.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-30
Votes: 1
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Gnome, in my opinion is the most polished Linux desktop environment but it is the least customizable and that is my major gripe with it. For instance, toggling between dark and light theme does not change the Gnome shell theme, which should be a given. I mean what's the point of a changing the theme if it does not change the shell theme out of the box. That is what Ubuntu gives. And that's what made me try it after years and years of staying away from it. And boy! was I pleasantly surprised. Ubuntu's take on Gnome is just amazing. It is exactly what vanilla Gnome should have been.
Solid, stable, reliable, install once and forget, just use the system, with some basic customization options, these are some of the most important strengths of Ubuntu LTS.
For anyone looking to be productive on a Linux system, I highly recommend Ubuntu LTS.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-05-07
Votes: 33
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Currently, Ubuntu is an underrated distro in the Linux world.
Yes, they made a lot of questionable decisions (or mistakes, depends on how you want to look at it). From Unity, Snaps, Mir, and more.
But since 22.04 i've been noticing a constant increase in performance and a great out of the box user experience. Snaps and the changes behind the scenes in Gnome aren't the best ways of accomplishing those goals, but in practice they give a good experience.
Canonical is investing in making their desktop better, look at the blog posts they release regarding improvements to Firefox and Steam's snaps. They are also receiving feedback to improve them, and they do some clever things with Snaps that are a great for new users (things like update pop-ups, automatic theme downloads) are annoying to more advanced users, but they help new users.
Ubuntu gives a much better Gnome implementation than many, with accent colors, helpful extensions, sensible defaults (tap to click enabled for example) and in occasion they don't fear in holding back packages to avoid problems. Ubuntu 22.04 held back anything with libadwaita/gtk4, that give a lot of problems (in my case, making 22.10 unusable).
23.04 is a great release, it isn't the greatest in terms of features, but it more than compensates the user with a stable, problem free (can depend on your hardware) experience.
The new installer is a lot nicer to use, especially in disk partitioning world (i remember the first time i used Ubiquity, the disk partitioning was confusing).
Overall, 23.04, for not being the focus of Ubuntu (LTS rule), is a very reliable release that is unlikely to disappoint.
You also get all the codecs with a button on install, and Ubuntu is smart enough to figure out drivers (or give the user a friendly way to install them)
This sounds like we are in 2014 or something, but bad decision-making mainly from Fedora and OpenSUSE brought back all the hardware/driver/codec issues from the past. Requiring complicated setup for most users.
Ubuntu kept the drivers! Even Debian is changing their old rules to allow proprietary drivers on installation.
And if you dislike Snaps, just don't use them (or find a distro that suits you better)! Im not a fan, but i like having a backup option for flatpaks, its already saved me when Dolphin's flatpak stopped recognizing my controller.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-05
Votes: 3
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Ubuntu is still one of the best in the Linux world.
It is stable, it is the base of most of the other distributions.
In general, the major distributions are really works of excellent computer engineering. A great job that in the not too distant future, will make most understand that Windows is not that important.
The lInux world still has a long way to go in program compatibility between Windows and Linux, and as this progress allows for the possibility of maximum compatibility, the monopoly power of Windows will begin to be lost.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-04-29
Votes: 0
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Works, but it seems each update is more annoying to use. Little things like making it difficult to select a uniform color background. Desktop also seems very slow though VNC relative to 18.04. The way I need to use it, VNC is required since I need to attach to the same session from multiple computers.
Its visually nice, but I need it as a tool, not a toy
Now that I have it installed and working, I'm not going to configure a different distro, but I'll use something else in the future.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-29
Votes: 3
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Another six months, another minor release.
The biggest surprise here is that the new installer is a big improvement on the old and very impressive for a "v1". Unexpectedly, it performs far better - there are no more annoying momentary pauses when typing on my system - and it certainly looks better.
Once installed 23.04 is another "steady as it goes" release. There is not much change apart from the various improvements in GNOME 44, but some that are worth noting is that GNOME's device security panel is now available (Privacy > Device Security), not that it is particularly meaningful here as all hardware security, starting with Secure Boot, is switched off anyway, and there are massive improvements in accessibility (where the Accessibility option has been rearranged and, in particular, screen zoom greatly enhanced). I also note that the Ubuntu font, which hadn't changed for about 12 years, has been updated to support more Unicode character sets and also, by default, has thinner strokes.
As usual, the big thing with a minor release is that everything is upgraded (kernel 6.2, python 3.11, LibreOffice 7.5 and so on).
GNOME has progressively become less resource-hungry and faster, and I am amazed to note that GNOME Shell only uses 220MB of RAM on my system. I remember when it used several times that.
The only slight oddity is that Transmission is v3.00, not the new and far superior v4. There is no indication why v4 is held back. It would also be useful if the excellent (GNOME) Extension Manager were included by default; at the moment there is no means of managing extensions out of the box as not even the (inferior) GNOME Extensions is installed.
Overall, recommended. I would not upgrade from a LTS but an upgrade from 22.10, or a new install of 23.04, is a no-brainer.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-23
Votes: 8
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Installed 23.04 a few day's ago on my laptop (Ryzen 5, 16 gigs of ram).
Did my fair share of distrohopping in recent years to learn about Debian, Arch en Fedora based distro's.
This is the first distro that does it all right out of the box, no Wi-Fi issues or lagging and even WireGuard (VPN) is plug&play now in Gnome 44.
It's easy to set the look & feel on your desktop as you please. And there are tons of software and help available on-line if you need.
I am very happy with this edition of Ubuntu.
Pro's
- Rock solid and excellent hardware support
- Easy installer
- Modern look and feel
Con's
- Had to change Firefox from Snap to .deb as some extensions would not connect.
- No troubleshooting yet ... everything just works... it's boring ;-)
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-23
Votes: 2
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Ubuntu is very good, with better performance with Kernel 6.2 and Gnome 44, improvements in general, positive productivity in games, not being very fond of snapd, could come with Flatpak too.Maybe it will get more audience in the opensource world. But Ubuntu will get more audience with this version.He is very agile, fast, in games he has improved a lot.Since it's only a few days old and there are updates to come, it could improve even more. From what I've seen in day-to-day use, other interfaces should be very good too and I'll test it to see.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-20
Votes: 26
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Ubuntu is still the best all-round Linux distro. Full stop. It is rock solid, it is nicely themed tweaked to make GNOME even more functional and to make it look even more beautiful. Ubuntu keeps finding the sweet spot between FOSS and its openness to proprietary software and drivers. People who are totally immersed in the Linux world don't realize how spoiled we are these days with excellent distros like Fedora, Pop_OS, Endeavour OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro, etc. But the criticism that Ubuntu gets is just unfair. Not only is it the base distribution to a lot of these popular spin offs, but it also still is reliable in a way that other distros often aren't. This version in particular gets a 10/10 from me because of the perceived focus that is being put on the Ubuntu Desktop again by Canonical, by really refining it, perfecting the Ubuntu font family, creating new core apps like the new installer and optimizing functionality by means of the dock (now with counters on the icons), colour theming (ahead of Adwaita!). Soon we'll get tiling in Ubuntu ... Things are looking up for Ubuntu.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-20
Votes: 0
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A mess, it just keeps on getting worse and worse.
A ram hog with the 'bonus' of disc hog as well with that snap trash that uses 1 gb to install the most basic app. About 1 gb (or even more!) for each app you install, in a time in which even g00gle has a new feature for android to compress unused apps to save disk space because disk space is a need. But hey, the ubuntu team must know something that no one else knows, right? Or maybe not...
And, fun fact, I remember ubuntu years ago having way more options of customization than it has now. Again, all against the market expectations.
Sometimes I wonder why the timeline of ubuntu's decay starts about the same time their 'relationship of love' with micro$oft started...
Stay away from ubuntu. And as well stay away from gnome and snaps. You're welcome.
If you want to use debs like I do go to debian or its derivates that are not ubuntu.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-03-12
Votes: 8
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I moved away from Arch Linux after 5 years because I was tired of AUR packages.
Tried Ubuntu again and after removing SNAP related things and changing the LVM size of the swap volume, the system is pretty fast, rock solid and it just works.
I like the way to add apt sources of e.g. docker, vs-code, brave, insomnia, because they just got updated in my weekly routines.
I am using Gnome, because the wayland integration works pretty good with a dual monitor setup.
Rating 8/10 due to the enforcement to use SNAP. Else it would be 10.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-03-11
Votes: 5
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I like the new 22.04.2 version, it looks much faster and polished than the base version, the kernel is updated, Gnome looks more optimized, and it's working great overall. The cons are more focused on the Canonical's side, like the Snaps and some annoying decisions. But I think Ubuntu is still a solid distro, I like the UI, the general look and feel are good, the way the system works, it's everything out of the box, just install it and start working, or you can do your own little tweaks to make it switch better you. Some will disagree but I think it's better than Mint. Mint is a bit more light but looks boring.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-03-04
Votes: 2
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For years, I Ran Ubuntu exclusively!
But, since all the Snap and other changes, it is more like MicroSoft Windoz mentality, than linux.
It got to where I fought with the updates constantly.
I spent more time working and jacking on it, than I did using it!
I hate how when you do lsblk, you get all the mounted snaps instead of just the mounted partitions.
Ubuntu is the only Linux that does that, and I never got used to it.
So I started Distro hopping again.
I've settled on Manjaro Gnome Minimum distro load.
It is complete, and you can add anything to it, that you want.
Oh yea, you can add things without using or jacking with Snap, & Snapd.
Now with Manjaro Gnome, I'm using my computer again, and not trying to fix it all the time.
Another thing I like about Manjaro, is it being a rolling OS.
Not having to load new versions.
Just Update it and forget it.
Canonical, You took a great OS, and made Windows out of it.
Go back to regular Linux with the apps on the repository, and put snap in the trash bin!
Good luck to all,
Terry
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-03-02
Votes: 0
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I don't like Ubuntu. But at the sime time, I don't feel like I should put 1, simply because this distribution is the "bridge" to the Linux world for a lot of users.
Things I don't like about Ubuntu is:
- removal of flatpak support: seems like they want to "close" their system to snap only, which lead to;
- too much snap pushing: for example, you can't install "normal" Firefox from terminal, because this will install Firefox-snap, and you can't disable this behaviour;
- apt going crazy sometimes, risking to destroy the system. To be honest, this is a problem of Debian non-stable branches, and Ubuntu just only inherited this.
I've started with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS back in early 2018, and it was great, I really liked it, so, though I switched to another distro (not important which, but not an Ubuntu-based), I continued to follow the developments. And I feel like, sadly, it's getting worse at every release
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-02-24
Votes: 1
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Keeps getting worse... go with a spin off instead. Something with the whole snap system removed and blocked.
Not only are snaps slow, they are intermittent as far as auto updating. Sometimes to have to use (sudo snap refresh) to get them to update.
It was also announced that flatpak support will not be included out of the box starting with 23.04 coming up shortly. Sounds like a Microsoft type move to me. You can however remove/block snaps and install flatpak yourself. But for newer users not familiar with this it could lead to a negative Linux experience.
My experience with snaps have been mixed just like their ability to auto update. I have not had any issues with flatpaks.
As far as the rest of the system, Ubuntu is NOT a rock solid experience. The only way it's "rock solid" is if you don't use it. GNOME has its own set of issues which is why I run with Kubuntu.
All in all if you want to use actual Ubuntu and not some spin off, you can put time and effort in to make it worthy and have it run a lot smoother. If you are new, I highly recommend using a distribution based off Ubuntu that has put he time and effort in to make it worthy and mostly worry free...
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-20
Votes: 0
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I love Ubuntu, but I wish they would integrate Gnome Extensions so I would not need to mess with Firefox or Chrome to update to the latest extensions. The Interface should just be Gnome unmodified and offer a tool for making any desired changes as their unique benefit. A switcher allowing you to go to Mint, Cinnamon, ... perhaps a Windows 10 clone under wine for those whom go between. I am no Linux expert by any measure, but have been a Ubuntu user for many many years and while I have tried others, I end up returning.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-17
Votes: 0
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This is my daily use OS.
This was my introduction to Linux all those years back now.
I trust it and I can find my way around on it.
I use other Linux distros on my other machines in dual boot environments. Mint, MX, Manjaro, Antix.
Its not perfect in anyway in my opinion for what thats worth but it works.
I do how ever have one sudo input I have to use after some updates but it fixes what ever the conflict is with the software centre. (sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-software)
if there was a permanent fix for this I would give the trusty OS a 10.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-11
Votes: 9
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Honestly, I still don't get why Ubuntu gets all the hate, I have been distro hopping for a while now Ubuntu was the one I avoided because of user reviews and it ended up being the best one so far after trying it:
I tried:
1. POP-os: I feel the UI is hideous, it looks like a child designed it, but apart from that it's stable and has all the necessary drivers and codecs. it's all setup for you.
2. Manjaro: The one I try to love but keeps breaking my heart because it's a rolling release it just breaks all the time, even if I don't install any updates either I restart and I can't boot up my machine anymore or something weird happens. Manjaro is far from being a stable distro for daily use.
3. Fedora: Also the same as Manjaro, Fedora is cleaner, lighter and barebones. So-called bleeding edge comes at a price as well, something is likely to break, also far from being a stable distro for daily use.
4. Linux Mint: Linux mint is awesome, I would say this is good for people who are coming from windows, I just wish they had a gnome version though.
5. And finally Ubuntu: My best experience so far, it's stable, everything just works, and it's widely supported, although it takes up a lot of resources apart from that I haven't really had any issues with it unless I intentionally broke it.
I am a developer and I want something that will sustain me and last for at least 2 years. But in the end it all depends on preferences right??
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-08
Votes: 3
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Despite of:
- the GUI is not really friendly for users who work with tens to hundreds of application windows.
- Wayland problem for VNC reverse connection.
- limited hardware support compared to MS Windows.
Ubuntu is still the best Linux distro because:
- a great ecosystem.
- best application and hardware driver support compared to all distro.
- PXE boot solution is quite simple.
- live boot DVD is very useful, easy to install, recovery, repair or test the system.
- stable software repository.
- consistent user experience.
Suggest this for new users!
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-02-07
Votes: 0
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Ubuntu comes nearly first in terms of package support, or via PPA sites, so it is always my distro type of choice. My rating is for Ubuntu official.
Not really a review of Ubuntu facilities per say, but for those with an older machine or limited RAM there is a relatively small (512MiB iso) and fast XFCE-based unofficial variant of Ubuntu 22.04 release available via the puppy linux forum named KLU-jam, which has been tailored such that it can be installed alongside other distros in a 'frugal' install with save on demand save persistence capability. It isn't Puppy though - it is actually built using a cut-down official Ubuntu 22.04 root filesystem under the hood. A slightly larger KLU-jamFE 611MiB iso that includes a non-snap PPA fetched Firefox is available for download at same place.
However if you want to try say Gnome with Wayland you'd likely be better with official Ubuntu if you have the greater resources and speed provided by a recent modern machine.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-02-06
Votes: 0
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I recently made the switch from Windows to Ubuntu, eager to experience the benefits, which I experienced in the past. However, I have encountered some unexpected challenges along the way. I have experienced bugs in everyday tasks such as screenshotting, using keyboard shortcuts, and connecting to Bluetooth devices such as mice and headsets. Additionally, my experience with the Integrated Development Environment, Pycharm, has also been problematic. While I have had positive experiences with Ubuntu in the past, I must admit that this time around, Windows has outdone the platform in regard to my development needs. Probably will try PopOS or LinuxMint in the future, if I have time.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-01-23
Votes: 0
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After updating from 22.04 to 22.10 I'm left with no working sound. Since this is kind of a deal-breaker there's no need to look at the OS in more detail than that. The OS is pretty much useless to me now.
No one has any idea how to fix this either, so there's no hope of resolving it. Every year that I've tried Ubuntu it's been the same thing. There's always some major functionality that's just half-implemented and doesn't work. Yet they always insist on shipping it. At least Ubuntu is consistently emphasizing its own irrelevance every year, which no doubt makes the competition happy. Don't ask me why...
On a positive note the screen isn't tearing like crazy when rotated anymore, thanks to Wayland. I'm undecided on whether that's something that deserves praise in 2023 though.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-01-22
Votes: 0
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Been using Ubuntu since version 9. Love the idea and it's full functionality, in particular for those, like me, trying to love away from Microsoft products. Thank you!
Issues I've noticed which are annoying: in using a scanner, when connecting via USB there is always an issue. Of course those who like to help are fully invested as computer geeks, and take most solutions over the top with line code etc.. One of my scanners runs via SCSI card and never has an issue connecting or working. Let's get around this "permissions' issue in the USB world so that any connection will work.
I'm becoming more and more hesitant about updates as you are always opening yourself up to problems when doing so. If everything works, then why get yourself into a corner with some issue which no longer works. I wish upgrades/upgrading were/was more reliable.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-01-20
Votes: 0
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the "recommended" Nvidia driver does not work at all, non of games see it. Until recently proprietary driver was ok but no Canonical had to ruin it with ne updte. Anything recommended and "snap" is incompatible with debian therefore often feezes and shows multiple errors in terminal while running.
If you want a stable OS, Ubuntu is not your friend. Switch to Debian or MX_Linux instead. Every software, even software store itself, is held up by threads of silk and one installation ruins all of them. That is because they are not stable and Canonical decides to update constantly even though there are problems of stability. You can ignoe updating, sure, at every startup "system update" will haunt the user untiluser surrender to it and ends up having unable to use the ususal programs he was able to use. Even the store itself is buggy, freezes, shows errors and so on.
The official canonical steam can not run prton, that is right. You have to install steam from the website and then you see that it is uncompatible with UBUNTU!!! Yep that is right, the program that works on every single OS without flaw fails on ubuntu and after a few updates fails to startup.
Ubuntu was good, it is the OS of when I was first getting into Linux. But I wish nostalgia was a salvaging factor, but for me notalgia is nothing. And enoguh with this "snaps will improve" false hope, snap app manager is only getting worse over time and ubuntu software is a huge frankestein monster of apt, flatpak and snap apparently with bunch of random software from internet added in. Even manjaro has better choice of apps.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-15
Votes: 1
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I recently moved from Void Linux and Arch Linux because I had some minor problems with them, like my laptop not going to sleep, or sporadically waking up; none of the is occurs with Ubuntu.
Ubuntu just works and I'm now at the point where I want stability and Ubuntu gives that. Everything just works from touchpad gestures, auto-connecting Bluetooth headphones, pre-compiled Emacs with Native Compilation enabled.
I also had bugs on other Desktop Environments when it came to Java applications like JOSM and keyboard inputs, but on Ubuntu for some reason I don't come across such issues.
I also don't mind snaps and I appreciate that they are confined to what files and locations they can access.
Ubuntu also comes with Pipewire and Wayland by default. Pipewire being default means I never have a problem with audio channels or connecting my Bluetooth headphones.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-02
Votes: 50
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I am not a developer, nor a technical programmer, nor a free software radical in general. But what I am clear about is that I don't want to use Windows at home anymore. And here comes Ubuntu, for the last 14 years I have not used anything else, and I have always enjoyed my computers, with better or worse versions, but at least enjoying a quality operating system, with an immense and friendly community.
Yes, there are the snaps, but they will improve over time, just like the flatpak, and anything that makes it easy for me is welcome.
Gnome has its things too, but each version seems to want to make it better and easier, and for what I currently use my computers, it works for me. Elegant, modern and useful. (If you want to suffer, try Windows 11, people really pay for it).
All my music, work files (Excels, Word...), video games, photos, videos, work without any problem, at the first touch. It's what I need.
It may seem overzealous, but when I've had problems, I've always been able to fix them, and though I've tried other distros, Ubuntu was the first for me, and will always be the only one.
Enough pain I endure using Windows at work. Let me enjoy my Ubuntu, and keep making it bigger and better. Thank you for all these years of freedom and happiness.
(yep, i used a translator, sorry for that)
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-01-01
Votes: 1
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This was a very nice distro until it became slow and sloppy, crashing every time.
Firefox and Chrome browsers freeze and crash frequently.
Libre Office Writer and WPS word are slow to non-responsive, crashing frequently.
VLC media performs so poorly, lagging and freezing. Searching for apps on the the Ubuntu store was a pain in the neck, but is even worse now.
Generally dissatisfied with the distro's performance in recent times.
Will it get better with time, or worse? Should we hop on to some other distro?
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-28
Votes: 2
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I'm not a person who has a lot of work with computers. I was someone who used a mini PC + giant screen. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 with the advice of a friend because the MiniPC is getting old. I really liked the interface, I had no idea what it was doing, like in windows, there was a lot of nonsense. I really liked its simplicity.
I bought a new minipc and a new laptop the other day. Operating systems were win11. I got so used to it that I deleted win11 and installed Ubuntu 22.10. I am quite satisfied, the feature of changing my working environment by swiping 3 fingers is extremely useful for me.
When I looked at other Distros, I didn't upload them because I didn't like their visuals. Maybe I'll try it in the future, but for now Ubuntu is the best for me.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-26
Votes: 1
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Great system. Despite the snap packages (I'm not a hater). snap in iOT feels great, but in the desktop version it is worse than flatpak. The system has changed. Pipeware, Wayland etc... Lots of great improvements. Unlike arch and rpm distributions, ubuntu has never broken for me, although I specifically loaded it with stress tests. Great job on distribution. I advise!
If it's hard to get used to Gnome. I recommend Kubuntu or Ubuntu Mate. Of all the spins, in my opinion, they seemed the best, I was especially surprised by Ubuntu Mate and 6 pre-installed display options. It's really cool!
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-26
Votes: 0
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After replacing snap with flatpak and setting up Wayland as default Display Server I can say it runs smoother than ever and all the applications open fast. The dock at the left of the screen is very practical. In comparison to GNOME default behavior, having a dock available all the time make open applications more intuitive and faster. Mutter windows manager also help a lot. Even with snap and X11 it is my opinion that a rating below 8.0 did not reflect this distro's usability. Replacing Firefox with a Chromium based browser like Brave is advisable.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-22
Votes: 0
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I tried Ubuntu 22.04 and it was an ok experience but I ended up installing Mint because I didn't understood GNOME really well and I wanted something more familiar
I loved Mint 21 but I decided that I wanted something more modern, also Mint's lack of Wayland and Pipewire got me really dissapointed so when 22.10 came out I decided to give Ubuntu a second try and honestly it has been amazing, specially if you have an AMD GPU to have a good experience with Wayland and newly introduced Pipewire which is miles better than Pulseaudio
I don't care too much about snaps, I did minimal install and Firefox was slow at first and then it was pretty much the same as it always has been, the rest of my apps are in flatpak so I installed flatpak so I didn't lose any of my data and config, overall the system is responsive and polished most of the time (and very polished for a Linux distro overall)
My only complain is something that Mint also suffers, slow transfer speeds through USB for whatever reason, it does starts really quick and then slowly goes down, however in Mint this was all the time while on Ubuntu this happend only the first couple of times and then everything was normal (maybe because of snaps? who knows)
But overall IMO this is the best Ubuntu release in the last couple of years, it feels modern and on par with Fedora for the most part, all it remains is to polish snaps a little bit more and that's all, or at least give you the option between snaps and flatpak, but honestly for me at least snaps work and work fine so no complains
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-11-30
Votes: 0
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Its Ubuntu which isn't a bad thing for the beginner Linux user. Its dummy proof with Unintended security updates, Snap packages and mostly uneventful experience. Feels a little poky on a G6400 Pentium with 8Gb RAM and 256 ssd. I actually felt Fedora 37 felt way more responsive than any other distro I have tried. I guess Ubuntu is really nothing negative, but also nothing that inspires either. It's just become the go to install for a newbie or someone who doesn't want to tinker. Its sets the bar for stability but doesn't really wow in any way.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 3
Date: 2022-11-24
Votes: 3
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Honestly, I wonder why Ubuntu-based distributions don't break like Ubuntu itself. Either problems with repositories, or with GPG keys. It doesn’t boot after the update, and it’s still rare of course, but the GRUB bootloader crashes. Some kind of horror. And it's okay if the hardware was old or I was clumsy, but on other distributions, including debian-based, everything is fine. In short - I'm disappointed, and I started to learn linux from Ubuntu. At the time, this really pushed me away from linux. Now I understand why they say: don't start learning linux with Ubuntu. Better start with Linux Mint or Fedora.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 5
Date: 2022-11-24
Votes: 2
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"Ubuntu" is the distribution that made me discover Linux 20 years ago unfortunately for me I find "Snap" and its derivatives not practical at all because for me always full of slowness and bugs.
However on my 11 year old pc which has a 3.1 ghz processor + 6 gb ram + a 2 gb graphics card the other current distributions based on Arch work for me much better while those based on Debian are way too slow...
It's sad because the interface of "Ubuntu" is modern and one of the most beautiful but this version 22.10 also consumes as much as Win$$ in memory for me: 1.2 gb of ram out of 6 gb of available ram.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-11-22
Votes: 0
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I was running Ubuntu Mate 20.04. Fine. Then we had a power outage and it crashed my Momsy's machine, one street over from me.
The forced use of snapd really threw a wrench in the installation of Ubuntu Mate 22.04, and it is taking 2 days so far with me checking over there twice a day. I HATE this forced use of snapd, because it just goes rogue and is not controllable in any way I know of. I am now downloading Linuxmint Mate as well as Debian. I hope the light and very comfortable Mate desktop that 93 year old Momsy is used to and that keeps our 6 to 10 year old boxes running nicely without snags installs OK on Debian. Reason being, that Debian is the mother seed that other distros are based on, so I can get away from corporate BS.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-21
Votes: 0
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Best Ubuntu release for years. GTK4 with Wayland made Gnome much snappier and lighter. I don't know why there is so much hate on GTK4 - it destroys GTK3 for me. Ubuntu takes only about 700-800 MB of RAM on boot. It allmost same as XFCE and Mate, but here you have beautiful modern desktop with Wayland which is super fast even on integrated graphics. (tripple buffering did the job too)
I am amazed how good Ubuntu and GNOME became. Much better and snappier than KDE for me
Keep calm and use Ubuntu (you can remove snaps!)
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-11-21
Votes: 2
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So frustrating, even after all this time the simple things can't seem to be accomplished.
The automatic partitioning version of the installation should allow you to pick the storage medium you want to install to.
When using the manual partitioner during the installation, when creating an ext4 file system the install hangs.
It's like the simple things keep dragging Linux versions backwards. I know each distro has it's nuances but still, this is an absolute basic component of an install...if it can even get that far.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-11-16
Votes: 4
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They have literally ruined this distro. Ubuntu once was the reference for the Linux community, not anymore.
It runs sloppy, slow and crashes frequently, not to mention very long freezes. I blame Snap packages for this but it is quite saddening what this distro has become. It is logical that most people have moved to other distros, like the Arch-based ones.
What a shame, Ubuntu.
PS: Did I mention your privacy is compromised if you use this distro? By using Ubuntu you just accept to be part of a product and we are people, not products.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-10
Votes: 0
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Ubuntu, as always very stable. Excellent progress Ubuntu with Gnome 43. Now it makes sense to use Gnome Files (nautilus), because now it has high-level file system features.
For years I wanted to have Ubuntu, but the Files system level was very limited, so I turned to other options.
Anyway, as I always say, the level of Linux distributions, at least the ones I've tried, continue to show impressive progress. I have tested some of the best known, such as Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kde Neon, Linux Mint, Manjaro with Plasma, Arco Linux with Plasma, Mx Linux, among others, and I cannot say anything else that they are all works of high level computer engineering.
I only have words of encouragement and gratitude for all those who directly or indirectly participate in this world of the free system.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-09
Votes: 0
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For me, the best all-terrain distribution there is, simple, fast and stable... One thing or another, but it is because the range of PCs is very large and cannot cover all the hardware... I am a user between basic and intermediate and ubuntu offers me everything I need... Honestly I have tried other "light" ones that make my fans sound... This one that is "heavy" because of gnome and others... It is so light, fast and fluid. Thank you Ubuntu... i know will continue to improve over the years... i use nvidia
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-06
Votes: 2
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It is very difficult to write a review because this version is absolutely top. It is beautiful and it seems like Ubuntu knows exactly what I want as if everything is personal to me. I'm especially happy that my Dell docking station now works well with multiple display screens. With version 20.04, that was hopeless. Mistakes or other "serious" things may come up, but so far it's all great and wonderful. According to my opinion is Ubuntu the best Linux distro.. I have been using version 20.04 LTS for a number of years but I have now switched directly to this new version. The last few months I have also been using Windows 11. A great operating system with this version, but privacy is still difficult to manage. Unfortunately, it is a very present operating system. It does not radiate tranquility. Ubuntu does, I do my job and can concentrate better on what I have to do. Conclusion: Ubuntu is quiet, protective, beautiful, fast, clear, self-working and, well experience it yourself.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-03
Votes: 4
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Good Release. High polished Desktop Experience as usual. Wonderful Gnome 43 DE. Firefox Snap Version is awesome. Very Stable, very professional overall experience. I highly can recommend this Company and this Linux OS for everyone, who is looking for a Windows Desktop alternative, from Professionals to Professionals who needed a good support over a decade, like Redhat but with more modern and flexible. FunFact: The Flatpak Experience is awesome as well. Everything is uptodate.
Thank you Debian and Canonical.
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Version: 22.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-10-27
Votes: 14
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I reviewed 22.04.1 before and decided to go to 22.10. The update in place actually worked - the only issues (expected) were that one of the four extensions I used was disabled (incompatible with GNOME 43) and two PPAs were disabled; Ubuntu does not replace "jammy" with "kinetic" in the PPA locations and leaves those for a manual edit, which is a good decision as, as it turned out, one of the PPA repositories had not been updated.
After that ... it is steady as it goes. GNOME 43 certainly has improvements - the toggles in the Start Menu are a huge time-saver given that I have to swap between wifi settings, and the extra white space in Nautilus is an improvement (surprisingly) as it is easier to make non-continuous selections - but the big improvement is switching to Pipewire. At last I do not get bizarre random "pops" when playing audio!
The great white whale, Firefox performance, is tamed; Canonical have posted three blog posts on what they have done to improve the Firefox snap - all are interesting reads - and they are still going, with a fourth post promised. Now opening Firefox, after the first run where the profile is set up or, if it exists in ~/.mozilla, is copied into ~/snaps, is as fast as any other distribution I am aware of. And updates are generally the same day or the next day as Mozilla releases, which is a huge improvement on the "where's Firefox?" laments of the past.
The big win with Ubuntu is that it has a commercial ... not exactly behemoth, but decent-sized company, behind it. That means that things get fixed - I remember 22.04 to 22.04.1 had two UI-related fixes which directly improved the way I used my machine, and 22.10 will no doubt be similar. And the Windows model of waiting month on month for fixes to be bundled up and released comes off as old-fashioned, and risky, when there is a steady stream of security updates in Ubuntu - on average one every other day.
In the last three or four releases Canonical has really got its act together regarding the desktop. That shows in that 22.10 is actually quite a small update over 22.04.1; although there are real improvements in GNOME 43 and the switch to Pipewire and there is "newer everything" - a couple of peripherals here are clearly better supported with the 5.19.x kernel - it is reassuring that everything is not being thrown over every six months.
After a couple of bad experiences with rolling releases, which required extensive fixes, I am content with Ubuntu as my daily driver. I never give 10 unless there is something really spectacular, but 9 is deserved.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-10-17
Votes: 1
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Other day I decided to install Ubuntu 22.04lts on a G6400 Pentium desktop I had sort of in limbo because it ran Windows 10 Ok, but it used a lot of RAM and resources. My thoughts on Ubuntu are mixed, on one hand I think it uses much less resources than Windows 10. But unfortunately, it does not translate into a snappier experience.
Opening some apps sort of lag, I seem to wait far too much for a modern OS that basically should be more responsive than it is. Still disappointed that hardware acceleration in browsers is not what it is in Windows or Mac OS or even Chrome OS. When I tried watching an Amazon Prime video, I was prompted that it was limited to video quality on this platform. Same thing happened to YouTube video's which neither was happening with Windows. It's especially frustrating when all the video decoding in mostly run through a dual core CPU that maxes out all threads just playing a video. That alone made me rethink Ubuntu and Linux as an option. But if you have the right hardware, I guess that Ubuntu is the best option to try.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-10-11
Votes: 2
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I tried several distributions and came back to Ubuntu. It's a proven system that allows you to work seamlessly. I was a little apprehensive about snap, but completely unnecessarily. Firefox works very well and quickly. The support you can find online is also a big advantage. I have read a lot about bugs in this version, but I have not come across any. I would recommend this system to anyone who wants to try Linux.
Pros:
- Long support of the LTS version. You install and use.
- Community support.
- Based on Debian.
Cons:
- Only snaps can be installed from the "Software" application. You have to install the "Gnome software".
- Problem with AppImage (one library is missing).
- Not a uniform version of Gnome.
Wypróbowałem kilka dystrybucji i wróciłem do Ubuntu. To sprawdzony system, który pozwala pracować bezproblemowo. Trochę obawiałem się snapów, jednak zupełnie niepotrzebnie. Firefox działa bardzo dobrze i szybko. Dużą zaletą jest też wsparcie jakie można znaleźć w internecie. Dużo czytałem o błędach w tej wersji, ale na nie nie natrafiłem. Polecam ten system każdemu, kto chce spróbować Linuksa.
Zalety:
- Długie wsparcie wersji LTS. Instalujesz i używasz.
- Wsparcie społeczności.
- Oparty na Debianie.
Minusy:
- Z aplikacji "Oprogramowanie" można instalować tylko snapy. Trzeba zainstalować"Oprogramowanie Gnome".
- Problem z AppImage (brakuje jednej biblioteki).
- Nie jednolita wersja Gnome.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-09-17
Votes: 13
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Ubuntu certainly is a top distribution that dosen't deserve all that bad press it gets.
They made snaps incredibly fast, to the point that firefox boots in 10 seconds on a 11-year-old laptop with a slow HDD drive.
They are driving a lot of the improvements in Gnome since they adopted it, including triple buffering, up-to-date extensions that most people use/need and accent colors (that are STILL not a thing on vanilla Gnome).
Snaps can be hit or miss and Flatpaks are better designed for desktop use (snaps are exceptional to server/terminal use), but having a distribution that updates frequently but has a frozen code base and that has little to no issues (go fix grub on arch or have a fedora update break something) is very valuable.
I have to say, 22.04 is a very problematic release with very bad bugs for the LTS on multiple desktop environments (software properties not working under KDE/LXQT, gnome-software not being able to remove packages for months, snap store failing for users that have it on other languages and likely more.)
Even then, Ubuntu already fixed the gui store related issues and made my laptop run gnome smoothly without ANY stutter on both Xorg and Wayland, highly recommended.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-12
Votes: 1
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I must say that Ubuntu has improved a lot in the recent years, when I was a kid I dreamed of having Ubuntu and so far I haven't been disappointing as an adult
This release of Ubuntu is amazing, so far no problems after deciding to reinstall Ubuntu on my previous PC, everything is intuitive and smooth while still being less than half the system resources of Windows 10, my only problem only happens if you have the system in any other language aside from English (in my case Spanish) which is that the Ubuntu Software Store (or Snap store) just doesn't open and will never open for some reason unless you change the system language to English, but for me which I'm not that new I fixed it by just not using the Snap Store and instead just use GNOME software
People complain a lot about snaps and so far I haven't had any problems with them, only the first couple of times they take a while to start but after that everything is mostly at a normal speed at least on my PC, if you REALLY don't like snaps you should do a minimal install so the only Snap you have is Firefox, the only complain about this method is that you would have to install GNOME software manually thru terminal or synaptic and then install flatpaks, but honestly this sounds convoluted but it doesn't take that much time
Say whatever you want about Ubuntu, but in the overall world of Linux it is still the most popular distro and still a more polished experience compared to many distros I have tried, I will still recommend Ubuntu to anyone
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-08
Votes: 2
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My daily driver for years. Never had a big problem. Just works. Actually snaps are awesome.
I use it every day on my personal computer and it works great. As I said the snaps work correctly and fast, do not pay attention to people who criticize snap, it is endorsed by Canonical so it is obvious that sustainability is assured. Highly recommended for students, developers or home users. Of course, if you do not like that your distribution is supported by a large company I do not recommend Ubuntu (Canonical), Fedora (Red Hat), or OpenSuse (Suse). Just use an independent distribution and stop being bothered by the decisions of the companies that distribute the operating system.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-08-31
Votes: 4
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Ubuntu is good and stable mostly, as stable as any other distro I have tried. Of course I still feel Snaps are not the way to go and Firefox especially seems awfully slow to load even in 22.04. But then again Ubuntu Software app is consistently slow to load as well.
Its as if the who desktop development is sort of just on cruise control now because their is no incentive to really rush to improve anything. Yeah like others I would like a option to bypass Snaps as the default such as with Firefox. It's still not as good as a .deb package. Just because its easier, doesn't always mean its better. Firefox used to be the best experience on Linux or at least one of the better ones. Now I think Firefox seems worse these days, and its a shame to see that happen.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-08-29
Votes: 0
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Ubuntu is a very good distro. It's really fast, stable, has great software availability and all that. I just think there's one thing holding it back, and those are Snap packages. Don't get me wrong, Snaps are not that bad themselves, it's just Canonical's decisions to try to "force" the user into adopting them that bother me. There's no deny that they are inferior in quality to native .deb packages. I think there are two things the Ubuntu folks should do the user's experience when using this distribution:
1) bring Firefox back a .deb package by default (yes, I know this was actually Mozilla's decision and this Snap has been improved, but it's still much inferior to the native package);
2) give the user the option to install his programs as .deb in the Ubuntu Software center (of course, if you are an intermediate to advanced user, you can install all your software thorugh APT, but new users who don't know their way around the terminal end up unknowingly installing Snaps through the Snap Store).
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-27
Votes: 0
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I have come full circle back to Ubuntu.
So far, I am actually finding myself more productive with it than other distributions.
Everything seems to work great out of the box, and snaps are really fast with the latest 22.04.1 to the point where I dont hate them anymore.
For the moment I remain on Xorg and this is due to no VRR support in Mutter for Wayland yet - as I do a ton of gaming with proton/steam.
COME ON GNOME/Ubuntu. Its been 2 years!!!
Otherwise, have had no issues thus far. Good job Canonical.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-22
Votes: 0
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In my short time on Ubuntu I must say that I was impressed how well everything worked, I don't mind snaps that much because while it's true that they are slow at first after a couple of uses they become well, snappy, overall I would recommend Ubuntu despite what people may think of it, it is a polished OS and their hardware compatibility is top notch
The only problems I did encounter were once when I tried to unplug a USB stick and for some reason the whole operation was taking a unusual amount of time and I ended up just removing the stick without unmounting because I think the file manager freeze or something, but otherwise no problems so far
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-08-21
Votes: 1
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Ubuntu is a great Linux disstribution , especially for Linux begginers and newcomers. Featuring the GNOME Desktop Environment , you will feel comfortable with the look and feel of it. Snap packages are known to be bad but they are not really. If you don't like snaps you can simply remove snapd. As you learn more about GNU/Linux you will start looking at other distributions feauturing other DEs and package managers and you will start feeling tired of Ubuntu. But I think without Ubuntu's popularity and ease of use GNU/Linux would never be so popular as it is today. Plus most of us started with Ubuntu and will never forget about it.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-17
Votes: 6
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This is a review of a clean install of 22.04.1.
The huge improvement in this point upgrade is snap performance. Canonical has certainly been listening to complaints, based on ongoing blog entries, and they have made a number of changes with more to follow. In fact, opening the snapped Firefox has sped up to such an extent it is actually faster to open than a non-snap install on a similar machine (OpenSUSE) and nearly as fast as on Windows 11, which is always the benchmark. I note that Thunderbird will also become a snap and, based on this improvement, that will not be a source of trepidation (upgrade to version 102, presumably).
That fixes my major issue with 22.04 - that the default Web browser was hobbled.
Looking at the change log, there is a mass of changes including about 20 application version upgrades. The only two which directly impact me, it seems, is "Fix hang when using two monitors with different zoom settings" which led me to stop using desktop icons with 22.04, and "Fixes file chooser getting bigger each time it opens", which eventually led to controls appearing off screen. These are indeed fixed.
I can now recommend 22.04.1 after my lukewarm review of 22.04. Nobody else puts the polish into GNOME that Canonical does.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-08-16
Votes: 2
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The upgrade from 20.04 went quite smoothly, however, several apps didn't work after the upgrade. Some of the apps that were installed on 20.04 didn't show up as installed through the 22.04 Software center, so Synaptic was the only option to be able to uninstall and reinstall newer Snap versions instead. This is the reason why I normally make a full backup my Home folder of my hard drive, and then proceed to make a complete clean install with new versions. In my view, system internal upgrades are never as reliable as complete clean installs. There are always some residuals left from the older version that may cause problems or incompatibility issues.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-13
Votes: 0
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Despite crticisms, i still like ubuntu.
It feels ready for desktop use, something that other distros such as arch don't have.
Snaps may be annyoing but they're getting better every day.
For instance, the firefox snap used to take an eternity to launch. Now it takes about 5 to 7 seconds to launch.
Despite what has happened with snaps, i still like ubuntu as much as i like other distros (except windows fx 11, even windows is better than that.)
So, would i recommend ubuntu? Yes, but if you love free software a lot, i'd recommend fedora more.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-08-11
Votes: 0
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Outstanding KDE Plasma integration. This version has been meeting all of my needs. We are currently on kernel 5.15 and it is running smoothly. Although not a rolling distro, we do get the option of upgrading after the 4th minor update to the LTS distro. I have been using KDE since 16.04, so I have been through several upgrades without any significant issues. I have access to all the apps/programs I could ever use. With the backing of Canonical, I feel the rug is firmly set in place and will not be pulled from under me by dropping support for KDE as another Ubuntu-derived distro did. My only issue is with SNAP. It is very cumbersome and slow. Plus, there are restrictions on access to my desktop and the drives attached. I have tried many SNAPs (and Flatpacks, AppImage) and they all fall sort of expectations.
I have tried many distros, but Kubuntu is the only one for my PCs and Laptops.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-07-20
Votes: 4
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its a good starting Distro. But i hate the snap apps which are slow. I had to remove snaps and install Flatpak but at that point in time I thought why would I want a Distro with native snap when I can get Fedora or Pop OS with native flatpak or Appimg.
The kernel are two gen older than fedora and pop.
Ubuntu is good but there are better ones out there. Pop Os is the better Ubuntu with many many features included. I think Unbutu is good for server operation and not desktop operations.
I would still give it 6 our of 10 for overall design and customised Gnome
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-07-08
Votes: 10
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Pros: newer kernel, finally
Cons: snaps, numerous quirks and instabilities that I don't have with other distros. Not newbie-friendly, especially with all the undocumented idiosyncrasies. Want to install optifine for minecraft? Won't work. (Not that it can't, but what naive user is going to know to add a symlink for the ~/.minecraft directory that every installer expects to find to the obfuscated, ever-changing .minecraft directory buried in the ~/snap directory tree to get the OF installer to run to a successful completion?) Even Ubuntu's own "Ubuntu Software" installer occasionally locks up. The last straw was installing 2204LTS in the hopes of cleaning up some of the lingering issues. Unfortunately if anything there's even more issues on 2204. (Or at least new and different ones.) Firefox as a snap?? WTF? I started my Ubuntu experiment with 2004LTS but I've had enough. With the release of and "upgrade" to 2204 I've moved back/on to Manjaro. I don't see myself coming back to Ubuntu after this experience. I know Linux can be better than this.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-02
Votes: 1
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Amazing OS, Great Re-Entry Back Into Linux As I Have Been Gone For 6 Months. GNOME Works Amazingly And The OS Is Very Stable And Works With All Of My Programs. It Runs ROBLOX Better Than Windows, It Is Way Faster Than Windows, And Is Generally A Very Good OS To Use. I Don't Like Snaps But Flatpaks And Appimages Work Great, This Will Be My OS Of Choice For A Little While Till Something Else Catches My Eye But Even Then The Program Compatability Is FAR Better On Ubuntu Than Other OS's Even Though Fedora May Look And Feel A Bit Better. A Real 10/10 Top Notch Distribution From Canonical.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-06-26
Votes: 2
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Ubuntu has long become my Linux distro-of-choice. I like it's LTS release cycle which give me a stable enviroment to work on, while still getting crucial updates (like kernel ones) every few months. The app availability is excellent, it looks beautiful and I like it's slightly costumized interface which keeps GNOME's simplicity while making productivity-improving changes.
It would be a 10/10 if it wasn't for Canonical trying to force snaps on it's users. It's not a huge deal since you can still use the APT repositories, but I think they kinda crossed the line by shipping Firefox as a snap.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-16
Votes: 0
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Always a top notch distribution.
Easy to install and to keep up to date.
The software selection is wide. The snaps are good, you might not like to have firefox in a snap, but you get rid of it and install it from apt if you prefer.
The deskptop experirence with gnome is also pretty standard and fine, and if you dont like gnome, there are many other options like kde, xfce, lxqt, budgie etc.
E.g. for virtual machines when I need a light graphics I use Lubuntu with lxqt, an excellent experience out of the box.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-15
Votes: 2
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Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish is probably ok, but it keeps dropping wifi. From researching online, this seems to be a problem with the Linux 15.5 kernel. All the buntus with this kernel keep dropping wifi signal. This also happens with Manjaro and all the other Buntu deratives with this kernel that I tried. For me, the solution of downloading a different kernel doesn't work. Kind-of hard to download a different kernel when the wifi doesn't work. This also prevents updating after initial installation. 20.04 works fine. Will have to wait for this to be corrected before I can try any 22.04 buntus.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 3
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 3
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How can they call this a LTS version because I have experienced nothing but problems and instability? I have had to reinstall the OS three times since 22.04 was released. All kinds of instability and quirks. I had these problems with both the GNOME/Unity and KDE version. It is so bad at this point I have completely abandoned it because it is too unstable and causing problems. I need a stable distro where I do not have to worry about it not working for some reason each day. I did not have any of these problems with 20.04 or even 18.04. The only reason why I gave it any stars is because they did some nice UI and appearance tweaks. I DO NOT recommend this OS. Conversely, I found KDE Neon and Pop!_OS to be more stable. Guessing it might be because their team of developers have corrected some of the problems with Ubuntu's code.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 0
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Loved ubuntu till 22.04 made me move away.. unstable .. plenty of memory leaks .. poor resource management .. a beta maybe .. but surely this should not have been an LTS version a total bummer .. the aesthetics are nice but what is under the hood is not functioning like it should .. requires a bit of work .. but for now am moving away from this distro .. a disaster waiting to happen .. the only thing .. missing is .. a blue screen of death .. to take us to the unreliable windows era!!!!!!!!!!
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-06-03
Votes: 1
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Compared to Ubuntu 20 it got a newer kernel and in general newer versions of the software. Also it deals with nvidia drivers installations much more easy than other versions. So far, so good..
Unfortunately Ubuntu 22 has one huge blunder: the Snap repository. I guess snap is another "Unity" failure from Canonical. Several app like browsers are available only as "snap" builds from official repository and the "deb" packages redirect to snap installer. Firefox and Chromium are available only as snap-apps.
Snap has some advantages like increased security(sandboxing) and autoupdate on the other hand the apps are resource hogs and the performance is lower compared to "non-snap" versions. If you think Chrome takes a lot of resources wait until you run it as snap-application.
I had to remove snap, the snap applications and block the snap packages. After that I added the applications as "deb" apps from external repositories. If Ubuntu continues down the "snap" road I'll have to find another distribution.
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Version: 18.04
Rating: 5
Date: 2022-06-03
Votes: 1
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I've used Ubuntu several times over several years, and it makes me like Debian better each time. Most recent install was 18.04.
Disclaimer: everything below is about the desktop version, not the server version. I have not tried Ubuntu Core or IoT.
Nice things about Ubuntu:
* Ease of use: Ubuntu was the first distro I used and it just made sense.
* Performance: Ubuntu, out of the box, is better tuned for performance than its parent distro Debian.
* The default Yaru theme looks great.
* The Ubuntu team strives to get the latest kernel and software to its users.
* Most Linux software is compatible with Ubuntu. (This is also true of many others, so it doesn't increase the score.)
Why I don't recommend Ubuntu:
* Unstable. I have had Ubuntu crash more times than any other distro I've used, including Arch, Fedora, and Void. By "crash" I mean hang without accepting keyboard input, black screen on boot, and so on. Especially on older computers.
* Buggy. Every operating system has bugs, but Ubuntu screams "SORRY, UBUNTU HAD AN INTERNAL ERROR" after every boot on every non-LTS version I've used. Usually the error/failure is minor, but the fact that a message pops up every time a program exits without returning zero is quite annoying.
* Choice of desktop environment. Multiple people have complained to me about the Ubuntu environment: the side dock wouldn't move, it looked ugly, and (for me at least) it would hang on computers with older graphics cards. GNOME is an upgrade from Unity, but the Ubuntu developers still insist on the sticky left-hand dock. Ubuntu 18.04 defaulted to Wayland, which was really not ready and tended to freeze inexplicably on some computers. Newer versions have switched back to Xorg, fortunately. Still, GNOME is not my favorite.
* Version upgrades (i.e. 17.10 to 18.04, 20.04 to 20.10, etc.) tend to cause problems. In fact, if you install an Ubuntu distro on the Raspberry Pi, the system warns you that Ubuntu is not designed to be version-upgraded.
* Security: In the effort to make Ubuntu easy to use, the Ubuntu team has disabled many security features in Linux. Ubuntu finds your printer immediately, but this means lots of firewall ports are open. In Ubuntu, you can mount internal and external drives without root access, but that means trojans can too.
* "Easy": In the attempt to make their distro easy to use, Ubuntu developers have added metapackages and tools to do lots of things. The result of this is that each task requires a different tool, and if you use the wrong one, you can break your system. If you are accustomed to the command line, you will find Ubuntu harder to use than simpler distros.
* Not minimal: Dependencies for packages that would be optional in some distros are mandatory on Ubuntu, so the system tends to use more disk space, more RAM, and (when you upgrade) more bandwidth.
I recommend other Ubuntu flavors/flavours such as Xubuntu or Kubuntu. They have been more reliable than plain Ubuntu in my experience.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-21
Votes: 0
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ubuntu 22.04
linux 5.15 GNOME 42
pros:
- it became boring in features, cause it feels like 20.04. Nothing really changed between editions from user point of view, which is good, cause Ubuntu is familiar.
- Wayland session finally works well in 22.04, which wasn't the case in 20.04.
- Accent colors are awesome, for both light and dark theme. UI is very nice. Yaru theme is wonderful, and Gnome 42 changes bring freshness to Ubuntu look and feel.... I configured Ubuntu to be dark + dark green(Viridian) and it is awesome. So those who like Ubuntu but don't like it's traditional 'orange' can switch to 10 new colors
- Gnome 42 adds 'Power saver' widget to the system tray, which is awesome for laptops. I can switch to 'Power saver' from 'Balanced' when I use my laptop on a trip and it helps to extend battery life for about 1h on my laptop. This setting is now 1 click away, in 20.04 it was hidden in settings and wasn't persistent. Now it stays the same after reboot.
- I like snaps, cause they are secure by default, and cause they update themselves automatically, so I don't need to worry about updating firefox or any other snap app. I think that ubuntu should switch more apps like thunderbird to snap, cause it makes sense. Also snaps catalog of proprietary apps is fantastic: you can install slack, discord, IntelliJ, skype, vscode and anything you like from there.
- Ubuntu is stable as always, and is doing great work for GNOME to be usable by general public, they implemented triple buffering in GNOME (cause nobody cared upstream for 10 years for this feature)
as in past ubuntu implemented double buffering when in ubuntu 18 they switched to gnome (yes in 8 years of gnome nobody cared for this) also in past ubuntu implemented fractionaly scaling in gnome (cause nobody in upstream cares for users) thats my point here.
So as always Ubuntu makes GNOME usable for general human beings public, not just geeks.
- kernel is 5.15 LTS, which is good, but anyone could install latest 5.17 OEM, and as soon as 5.18 will be ready as always it will appear in the repo.
cons:
- all snap apps need to be repackaged to use faster archive formats, so that they would start faster. and overall optimizations are needed so that they will start faster. Now you need to wait ~ 3 seconds for firefox to start (yes it is a big app but still).
- ubuntu should have try to fully use GNOME 42, cause in 5 years and LTS .1 .2 .3 is more then enough time to optimize GNOME 42 even if upstream developers are 'unfriendly' (would use a more pejorative word here) and always break things...
- some cool modes like 'night light' mode should appear in first startup wizard, alongside geolocation, cause 'night light' mode is a cool feature about which more people should know.
- also 'power saver' should appear in first startup wizard on laptops, cause again it is a cool feature.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 3
Date: 2022-05-20
Votes: 1
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I have been using Ubuntu since Hardy Heron (2008). It was an enjoyable trip until Canonical began to stuff their distribution with unnecessary packages and services. Ubuntu advantage/popularity packages, cloud services are installed and enabled by default. The bloat only got worse when SNAPs were introduced. More and more applications are being converted to rely on SNAPs which despite of glamorous claims brings more and more noticeable disk/memory/CPU overhead.
After installing 22.04 and experiencing it for a month I am switching half of my environment to Arch to see how that plays out. With Arch it feels like I am in control again.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-14
Votes: 3
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Ubuntu is a solid, stable, usable OS.
PROS:
- FOSS; Fairly good looking, Fairly Stable, Long Support commitment.
- Installs proprietary drivers during installation.
- Detects Graphic Tablets and adds a menu to Settings where its buttons can be configured. (No other distro I used gave me this option by default).
- Unicode characters ( ∞, ∜, ￡, π, ∴, ∈, ±, ≅, ∑ ) are just one Super key press away.
(Many distros don't let us search unicode characters via default launchers)
(Yes compose key-combos work on all distros but it is a rarity that beginners will know these)
- Steam installs and runs well.
- Live USB writer is available no need to search and install "BaLeNaEtChEr'S AppImage".
- Alternate Desktop environments available but 'MATE' is the only modern looking one.
- Packages for 'apt install ' can be searched using "packages[dot]ubuntu[dot]com" which contains more proprietary packages than "packages[dot]debian[dot]org" or "packages[dot]fedoraproject[dot]org".
CONS:
- Locked into Snap installs
- Not customizable enough
- Linux used to be fun but now we are stuck with GNOME (Most distros use gnome as DE)
- No Clock, Weather, Image Editor apps are installed by default.
- The error message "The application Passwords and Keys has closed unexpectedly" will keep popping up without any perceivable reason.
Many complain about forcing of snap packages by Canonical through apt, in my experience 'sudo apt get ' doesn't install snap packages. Snap is not as bad as people hating it make it seem, for me flatpaks are more resource hungry. I have a low end PC with 4GB RAM and an old i3 processor with old 500GB HDD, snap packages take longer to load but don't hang while working but on the other hand flatpaks tend to be bigger and hang a lot for me. Yes DEBs are better and forced lock-ins are against the FOSS ethos but it is what Canonical thinks will get people trying out snaps, I think they will listen to the users by the time they release Ubuntu 26.04.
People complain about lack of customization and I agree, but this OS is best for Students, Teachers & beginners in general who are not power-users and just want to get everyday things like making notes, document editing, online-learning, coding etc be done quickly.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-11
Votes: 0
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Downloaded latest LTS, great to see positive changes, it is stable enough to use as a daily driver, BUT:
Used Ubuntu and loved it, but now it is not possible to use apps like flameshot, means it is not possible to make a simple screenshot and annotate it, which makes Ubuntu useless for me and I simply cannot use it for my work. Built-in tool is good, but there's no options to put an arrow or some basic stuff to that image.
Please extend functionality in this area and this nice distributive will be usable again. I am sure that many people make screenshots every day to help others make better things.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-05-05
Votes: 2
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The upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 went smoothly, but I am still frustrated with this release. Most of my frustration comes from the changes in the Gnome desktop environment. I have been using Gnome for over 20 years, and most of that time has been with Ubuntu. I have always been a fan of both. As of this release, my frustration has been so great that after doing my best to contend with the lack of consistency in themes and the further restriction of the ability to customize, not to mention the random freezes apparently brought on by the Gnome desktop, I have switched to KDE. I installed it on the same machine without re-loading the OS, and it runs like a breeze (pun intended). No random freezes, very consistent user experience, and all the programs that I have tested so far work perfectly. It's been a long time since I have used KDE, but they seem to be headed in the right direction, unlike Gnome ( at least the Ubuntu version of it anyway).
I am still having to run everything in an Xorg session. When will Wayland be ready for prime time on Ubuntu? I also agree with some of the other reviews that Snaps add no discernible value, as far as the user experience goes. The performance hit outweighs any other advantages.
I am still an Ubuntu LTS fan and will continue using it for now, but as far as the out of the box user experience of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, this version is a major FAIL.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2022-05-04
Votes: 3
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No Pipewire installed and used by default!
No IWD installed and used by default!
Many Snap packages that bring automatic and forced upgrades that I hate in general!
But now even more on my mobile internet with limited traffic.
Firefox now opens very slow.
apt-get is hijacked to install Snap packages even though it's clear that I don't want that and the distro just doesn't care about my wishes.
Gnome 3 has many shortcomings and weird decisions.
Other desktop environments would've been better as default.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-05-04
Votes: 1
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"Ubuntu" which I know since version 6 is the distribution which made me discover the world of Linux a long time ago...I had not tried "Ubuntu" for a long time usually I prefer "Manjaro" which is for me one of the best Linux distribution.
I admit that I am amazed pleasantly surprised by this "Ubuntu 22.04" certain peripherals such as printers and bluetooth headsets (after fitting) are now installed automatically no need to search and spend long hours installing drivers gaming does not work badly and at least as good as the other distros...the interface with all these customizations and these colors is even more beautiful than before.
I haven't had any unexpected errors or major problems as was often the case before, however this "Ubuntu" which works quite well on my 12-year-old pc is still as resource-intensive as Windows.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-03
Votes: 12
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This is an excellent release with a smooth, elegant and user-friendly modification of the stock Gnome experience.
Against popular opinion, I commend Canonical for driving innovation through Snaps. In the past the company received a lot of criticism for abandoning their own projects. In this case they are putting their money where their mouth is. Instead of just bowing down to the opinion of Youtubers they don´t just drop everything and stick to Flatpak which is also a corporate driven technology. Having alternatives to me is always a good thing.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-30
Votes: 4
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Smooth experience, stability and multiple software choices that work mostly great. I would like a few more options for the dock though. For people complaining about snaps just sudo install preload and they get faster. Flatpaks work nicely too so the user can have any option he prefers. Not sure about gaming stuff, I don’t play games, people nowadays prefer arch based distros but for work and if someone wants stability and fresh software without risks and headaches, Ubuntu 22.04 + gnome + wayland, is the way to get the job done.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-04-30
Votes: 0
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UBUNTU IS BACK INTO THE GAME, BABY! The new version, 22.04, is awesome and just works! Graphic jobs? Some music creation, maybe? Gaming? You name it, Ubuntu does.
Out of the box hardware compatibility is great. The altered GNOME DE is, in my opinion, much cleaner and enjoyable to use.
Have one of those badly behaved optimus laptops like me? No problemo, Ubuntu can handle it. The installer will install the drivers any leave everything ready for the user to actually work in his computer.
There is, however, one problem: SNAPS. Gosh, give up on them already, Canonical!
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-28
Votes: 6
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Finally they polished Ubuntu Desktop 22,04 with latest GNOME 42 properly,with some personal adjustments like removing snaps and replacing them with flatpaks everything works fine,much more polish compared to previous releases.
Pros.
1.Detects hardware and Installs NVIDIA Drivers OOTB
2.Polished GNOME 42 experience with proper extensions.
3.Good overall look and feel.
4.Installation is easy and does not get borked.
5.Gaming has improved.
Cons:
1.Firefox comes as a snap package and starts slow.
1.Snaps in general.
Overall a nice distro for beginners and enthusiasts.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-04-27
Votes: 0
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Smooth. Great looking. Fast. Very happy with 22.04, but I changed a couple of thing. I removed Firefox snap and I installed Firefox from the Firefox site, as Fiorefox is not in the Ubuntu repos. But Firefox Original works great. And my main browsrr is Opera snap. Really, Ubuntu 22.04 is one of the best distros i ever used. First time I use opera as main browser and wow...Impressive. The only thing I hope is for the LTS to stay stable over a longer period of time. My 22.04 uses 1400 MB idle, and I have seen worse. 1600 to 1900 for Gnome has been seen before.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-27
Votes: 5
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Smooth experience, stability and multiple software choices that work mostly great. I would like a few more options for the dock though. For people complaining about snaps just sudo install preload and they get faster. Flatpaks work nicely too so the user can have any option he prefers. Not sure about gaming stuff, I don’t play games, people nowadays prefer arch based distros but for work and if someone wants stability and fresh software without risks and headaches, Ubuntu 22.04 + gnome + wayland, is the way to get the job done.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-04-26
Votes: 4
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Just installed the latest 22.04 LTS release. What a huge disappointment. Starting with enormous 3.4 GB ISO size. I chose the minimal install because even after the minimal install, I had to remove hundreds of packages. Why not make a separate minimal GUI ISO of around 1 GB? Debian and many other distros supply netinstall ISO, minimal or base ISO, which saves time and bandwidth during download and the hassle of removing unwanted software. Gnome 3.38 is another disappointment: almost 1 GB RAM usage on boot and very limited customization options without "Gnome Tweak". LXDE, Xfce and MATE have much more customization options, look great and use much less RAM. One of the worst things Ubuntu did is replacing some popular software install options with snap, which will turn many former Ubuntu users to look into other distros that don't force the user to use snap. Snap is very slow, takes too much disk space, doesn't accept desktop themes and has questionable security, just like the third party repositories. Firefox, Chromium and even Gnome 3.38 ship as snap and even apt install from the terminal installs snap version instead of the standard .deb package. After completely removing snap, snap-store, Gnome 3.38, Firefox-snap, GDM3, blocking snap from reinstalling ever again and installing "slim" login manager and lxde-core, the system becomes more user friendly, but still uses 342 MB RAM on boot as opposed to only 179 MB on Devuan system with LXDE. Ubuntu is no longer the same as before. After 18.04 LTS it became a bloat and as of 22.04 with snap by default, completely unacceptable. Ubuntu becomes M$ Windows-like - full of bloat, taking away the freedom of choice between apt and snap, telemetry reporting to the developers, etc. None of the Ubuntu based distros like Mint or Zorin force snap on users. The snap support is disabled by default in Linux Mint. The apt package manager is prevented from using and installing snap packages. Flatpak or AppImage are better than snap, but the traditional .deb packages are even better. Lubuntu 18.04 with LXDE was a great distro, but then they switched to LXQt, which is not very good DE at all. I think that for Linux beginners Q4OS, Mint, Zorin OS and PCLinuxOS are better choices than Ubuntu including all the flavors (KDE, MATE, Xfce). For more experienced Linux users Debian, Devuan, Star, AntiX, etc. are the excellent distros.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-04-26
Votes: 1
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The appearance, smoothness and general behaviour of 22.04 are great. All sorts of inconsistencies and plain errors in appearance and theming are fixed, and the big changes in GNOME 42, particularly the horizontal workspace, have been well integrated with the "Ubuntu specials" such as the permanent vertical dock.
But ... Ubuntu really needs a blitz on snaps to update the masses of old application versions currently supported. Generally, if I pick a particular application, the snap is lagging well behind the flatpak or the PPA version. The problem appears to be less severe with server-specific applications but GUI-centred applications are badly affected. So I have a mixture of snaps, flatpaks and two PPAs.
Unlike others I do not have any philosophical objections about Firefox being a snap, but I certainly have objections about its performance - even after the first run it is clearly slower to start than on Mint (non-snap), say. Canonical has acknowledged the issue, but it needs a quick fix as Firefox, from now, is going to be by far the most-used snap. However, snaps are very easily ignorable as only two are forced by default (Firefox and the Software Centre).
An insoluble problem when upgrading from 20.04 to 22.04 is that ZFS encryption was introduced between the two. So my ext4 encrypted system remains so; I would have to rebuild to upgrade to ZFS encrypted. (Presumably un-encrypt, convert and re-encrypt was considered too risky to implement). That said, the actual upgrade was flawless - absolutely perfect. The only issues were deliberately disabled PPAs (Ubuntu correctly did not rewrite them to point to 22.04 rather than 20.04) and GNOME extensions which had become out-of-date and were blocked; I used the excellent Extension Manager (no need any more for browser extensions and chrome-gnome-shell) to replace them with the GNOME 42-compatible versions.
This is the best Ubuntu for many versions, but I knock 2 off because of the snap issues and another 1 because the Software Centre, although improved from previous bug-ridden instances, is still weak. (The only good application of that type, in my opinion, is Discovery; perhaps its design could be stolen).
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-04-25
Votes: 1
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Easy to install, great hardware support, fast, east-to-use desktop experience.
But it ends there. Later, you discover that many up-and-coming pieces of software aren't packaged at all, neither as Snaps nor in the Debian/Ubuntu package repositories. Some others are, but the version available is several _years_ old... Really?
I'm talking about mainstream things like Node.js. If you install via apt, then you get version 12. The current version is 18. If you install via snap, you get version 16 (by default, 17 also available), but 18 is nowhere to be seen, and the 16.x version is 2 months out of date, lacking a security patch.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-24
Votes: 4
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Stable, easy to install and maintain, huge support and repositories, comes with a complete software selection.
What else do you need?!
The out-of-the-box desktop experience is pretty horrible imho, which may be the only deal-breaker for beginners that may not be willing to tweak around and to install extensions. But once you set it properly I would say it's the best DE you can get at all.
Of course it's not the most lightweight distro and you're not going to get super-fast software updates but if you don't have specific needs just play it safe and go with Ubuntu LTS.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 5
Date: 2022-04-23
Votes: 1
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2204 is the LTS base of the Ubuntu family for the next 3 years. Most of the derivative systems are using this base code. This Canonical conservatism will be avoided. PPA, X.org, proper Flatpak (not crippled), and not crippled Synaptic Package manager, to avoid the beginning hassles of the three package containers.
As usual, Mint Cinnamon might be preferable, when it becomes available on the Ubuntu 2204 LTS base.
Improvements here will be available onto the seventeen Linux systems based on this Ubuntu-LTS-base. All 17 will be released soon: Mint, Zorin, Neon, Lite, etc. They will find most of the ethnic languages have finally been removed, especially from the LibreOffice programs. Ubuntu flagships the Gnome-3 operating system, which has many non-English coders. These non-English fonts are included, but luckily not so damaging as the previous LibreOffice fonts.
Defaults to Wayland display manager, in the flagship Gnome version. However, this adds a backup application that cannot work with Wayland, demanding X.org. This error should not be repeated in the 17+ derivative versions which follow.
The included official repositories ("Ubuntu Software") are very limited. A weakened version of Nemo, called "Files" is deeply installed. However, among its shortcomings are a lack of compact display mode. It should not be removed, since this will damage the Gnome version. As the default file manager, is one big reason to avoid the Gnome version.
As usual for Gnome 3, the top task bar is extremely inflexible and weak. The items in it are weak and inflexible in most ways, compared to most other task bar alternatives. No display of timing "seconds"; hours and minutes only. This prevents showing the operating system crashing. No weather, no schedules, no other valuable information.
Firefox is installed as a Snap container, but will have some incompatibilities with themes in the overall desktop. It may be better to install as a direct DEB file, instead of in an isolated "container" such as Snap, Flatpak or AppImage. Avoiding "containers" also allows easy, automated updates, via Ubuntu's PPA. Troubled to add SYNAPTIC, which then allows installing GKRELLM and other applications. The only Linux system (and Windows) that uses GKRELLM properly is PCLOS.
The inbuilt Snap package manager allows easy installation of DISCOVER, GDMAP, DOLPHIN, Flatpak, and hence the Flatpak applications. Flatpak has vastly more applications than Snap and AppImage, but many DEB applications are not in these three container repositories: GKRELLM, Opera perhaps, but not Vivaldi, Slimjet. FreeFileSync is normally available in some Flatpak repositories, but not yet in these Ubuntu core systems. The Linux derivative systems should have improvements.
Hardware: Dell Inspiron 7500 2n1 Silver, i7-1065G7, 16 GB DDR4, Kingston NVMe PCIe SSD 2000 GB NV1 M.2 2280. Multi-booting Ubuntu 2204, which auto-grub customizes the additional operating systems: PCLOS, Robo Cinnamon, Mint Cinnamon and another Windows menu system. All Linux systems are Ext-4, and reliably read-write to the motherboard's Linux operating systems. All non-Linux partitions are Microsoft NTFS-compressed. The Windows menu system offers Windows Tiny10, and two versions of Windows 10 Professional (x64) Version 21H2 (build 19044.1645).
USB-connected external drives: Samsung Portable SSD T3 SCSI Disk Device (2000.40 GB), and Seagate Expansion Desk SCSI Disk Device (3.5 inch, 7200 RPM) (14000.51 GB). External monitor is DELL P2217H, 21.7", in portrait mode. Further hardware additions to be added: 4k monitor, printers, networks.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-23
Votes: 6
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To my astonishment, it's living up to the hype. The polish and improvements of the Gnome 42 desktop with Wayland (on AMD) are immediately appealing to the eyes. I had previously spoken on how Fedora 35 with Gnome 41/Wayland was the first Linux release to have significantly smoother visuals and frametiming with the default desktop. Everything extremely solid and sensibly integrated for the desktop user. I'm happy to see that these Gnome improvements can now shine on Ubuntu. Just moving the windows around the desktop feels smoother. All in all it performs and behaves like a polished product should, from the getgo.
Aside from the dock and a few extra options, Gnome actually feels quite vanilla. Shoutout to Canonical for showing respect to the Gnome team by honoring their vision. It's hard for me to believe that the "totem Distro" Ubuntu with a rocky history is making a comeback, I never thought I'd see the day.
Jammy Jellyfish is a magnificent long-term-support desktop Linux distribution, one that I am already happy to call this PC's retirement home. See ya in 2027!
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-22
Votes: 0
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Es indudable que Ubuntu es la distro más popular. En el caso del Ubuntu 20.04 LTS no tengo dudas que estamos ante la mejor versión de su historia. Es pulida, absolutamente estable y tiene todo lo que un usuario puede necesitar. Solamente le encuentro un defecto que es que las aplicaciones no-Snap no se pueden instalar o ejecutar. Como ejemplo se puede citar a Popsicle y Balena-Etcher.
Pese a todo, debe ser valorado el progreso y el trabajo realizado por Canonical con respecto a sus versiones anteriores. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS es un serio contendiente para cualquier sistema operativo. Su instalación, configuración, agilidad y estabilidad merece la más alta calificación: 10 puntos.
There is no doubt that Ubuntu is the most popular distro. In the case of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, I have no doubt that this is the best version in its history. It is polished, absolutely stable and has everything a user could need. The only flaw I find is that non-Snap applications cannot be installed or run. Examples include Popsicle and Balena-Etcher.
Despite everything, the progress and work done by Canonical with respect to its previous versions should be valued. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is a serious contender for any operating system. Its installation, configuration, agility and stability deserve the highest rating: 10 points.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-21
Votes: 130
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The ultimate desktop Linux has returned. And this time it's better than ever, especially if you are a gamer.
Ubuntu 22.04 with GNOME 42 is the first ever Linux distribution in my experience to fully support AMD Freesync, out of the box. Something I once thought impossible on Linux, even tinkering around it would just never work. Now the framerate and refresh rate fluctuate together as fluid as water.
As a Linux gamer who records and uploads gameplay footage using OBS, this is massive to me. I'm making the full switch from Arch to Ubuntu as my home and never looking back.
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Version: snapshot
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-15
Votes: 16
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I had stopped using Ubuntu after version 16, installed 22.04, and I think it's one of the best Canonical builds. I installed it on my old Compaq6000 PRO, duo-core 3Ghz, 8 GRAM (no Efi). Installation was fast despite the message "No EFI partition detected...", It installed multiboot with Windows and two other distros. Installing programs, via store, synapitc, terminal and .deb was also perfect. Everything working well. And the System is running much lighter than previous versions. I will update as soon as the stable version comes out, and I intend to keep Ubuntu 22.04 on my computer. Congratulations to the Developers of Canonical, despite being Beta, this version looks great. I recommend everyone to try version 22.04. Thanks.
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Version: snapshot
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-13
Votes: 13
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Another descend LTS Release from Canonical on the horizon. Many many improvements under the hood incoming. The latest and greatest Gnome 42 is included with nice Tweaks like Accent colors and TripleBuffering. It runs already very stable.
Snap can easily replaced with Flatpak if you want to. The Yaru Theme is awesome. Nice and clean and good for the eyes. Very good Operating System. Without this operating system, half of the other Leecher distros would not exist. Big thanks to Canonical. Awesome Work!
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-12
Votes: 6
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It just works without any issues(at least for me), is well-polished and fast....what else do you need
Have tried other distros and ubuntu 'derivatives' like kubuntu,linux mint,pop os but always come back to Ubuntu
Looking forward to the release of version 22.04 after trying out the beta and finding it super smooth and stable
I don't get why people hate on this distro so much but I guess only those who have had issues with Ubuntu are more vocal, and many people who are satisfied don't complain on the internet
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-04-05
Votes: 3
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Ubuntu was my favorite Linux system for 8 years. I have had Ubuntu on one of my computers at all times since 2012. I removed it last month. The 20.04 version has never worked properly. I installed it several times trying several different checks and partitions. It seems to be a big problem all over the place. Anyhow, after trying 21.04, 21.10, and 22.04, I went looking for something else. I, also, didn't like when Unity disappeared. Gnome isn't my favorite.
This was marketed as the operating system that just works. Well, it used to and it worked very well. I loved it right up until 20.04. I am not quite sure what I am going to install. I have downloaded a few iso images. I'm not quite sure what I am looking for as my other computer is the one I experiment with. My Ubuntu computer has always just been my Ubuntu computer..
I will find something, I am sure.
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Version: snapshot
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-04-03
Votes: 4
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22.04 is a very big improvement over even 21.10.
Ubuntu is all about the theming; GNOME 42 has removed inconsistencies and Canonical has added small but telling improvements. Light and dark modes are simply near-white and near-black - no mixtures - and most colour has been taken out of the user interface. The exceptions are the highlight colour, which has ten presets, and some "think before pressing this" buttons, which are red. The highlight colour subtly percolates everything. Folder icons, the selected field and selected text highlights, radio buttons, checkboxes and sliders use it. Some old inconsistencies, such as the different appearance of right mouse button menus depending where you clicked, have gone, and the desktop icon settings have been merged into Settings: I am seeing no more failed desktop thumbnails. Also, the top right menu now has the power chooser (performance, balanced, power saver) up front.
The appearance is excellent, further accentuated by changes in GNOME 42 (in the overview, there is more space for icons and less space for desktop thumbnails; the drop-down calendar and notifications has much less wasted space) and looks unified.
The big improvement outside physical appearance is user interface (perceived) speed and smoothness. Triple buffering of the screen display, as a look at the Wikipedia entry for it explains, really does make general use feel better.
On the GNOME 42 applications, the big changes are in Nautilus, which greatly benefits from the speed improvements and has improved how archives are handled, and Ubuntu Software, which actually appears to work at the cost of having no configurable options - the bug-ridden "software centre" has been a drag on Ubuntu for a long time. (It can only manipulate snaps; the inability to even see apt installations is, apparently, a bug which will be fixed before go-live).
There is a lot behind the scenes still to explore, but Canonical has done some impressive work in making GNOME look and feel good without ruining its simplicity. I just realised that there is no blur and almost no transparency used, and animations can even be turned off (Settings > Accessibility > Enable Animations).
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Version: snapshot
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-02
Votes: 8
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ubuntu 22.04 beta
22.04 is all about artwork, it is very nice.
Gnome 42 with gtk 4.0 has very nice modern look.
new design is mostly about having a lot of rounded corners in places where square corners were
Yaru themes are wonderful :)
Light/Dark theme with 10 accent colors
(orange, bark, sage, olive, viridian, prussian green, blue, purple, magenta, red)
The default is obviously "white + orange" or "black + orange"
but I choose to use dark theme + green("viridian") (like in Ubuntu MATE or Linux Mint) which is IMHO niiice
also another story is very good UI performance, they(canonical) implemented "triple buffering",
so again Ubuntu is Gnome for human beings, like always,
they again polished Gnome for daily usage :)
also another thing related to performance is that Gnome 42 added "Power Mode" to system tray settings,
which is very cool, cause it now one click away
in past you had to go to "settings">"Power" in order to set power mode,
which was very unpleasant,
also the setting was lost after restart,
now it is one click away, and it is persistent after restart,
when you use laptop somewhere in the field, you can easily switch to power saving mode,
then switch again to "balanced" or 'performance"
IT IS AWESOME.
Overall, Ubuntu 22.04 BETA is fantastic, it is staaaaable,
so I think release will be very good too.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-03-29
Votes: 9
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Solid Windows Desktop replacement
Pros:
* My default Desktop environment (testing Void as a replacement)
* My favorite Debian distro
* Very good apt package manager
* Modern look and feel
* LTS are stable and well supported
* Good beginners distro
* Good distro for non technical users
* Huge online support
* Have used 16.04 LTS for years, 20.04 LTS feels as stable as 16.04 LTS
Cons:
* systemd is a source of difficult to debug issues and a large security attack surface
* Non Rolling Release distro
* Some existing defects are not fixed for years (GEdit)
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-03-05
Votes: 0
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I have problem with the last command at first installation.
grub-install /dev/sda1 does not work and fail . ( use all the hdd).
Firefox crashes randomly.
i try to set grub , by running grub-install /dev/sdX from another oS - ubuntu 20.04 from another disk on same computer.
also software center at first does not show nothing . refreshing after 2 - 3 minutes , and then shows all available programs .
i don't find a program for burning iso's and i make an installation of bracero by self
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-03-01
Votes: 11
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Ubuntu overall has been an incredibly buggy OS and as a first time GNOME user the DE is severely lacking in features and consistently stifles my productivity.
Firefox crashes randomly, OBS causes applications to become sluggish regardless of its output settings, windows have strange black borders around them when capturing them via Pipewire/OBS, the software store at times would simply be a blank window with no ability to interact with it whatsoever, and I have experienced full system lockups when playing certain games that required a hard reset. Baseline RAM usage is extremely high.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-02-15
Votes: 1
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20.04 is by far the most stable and polished distribution for normal customers. Large companies like Valve (Steam) and other game publishers ONLY support Ubuntu LTS. Nothing else. Most programs from the Canonical repository work without problems. GNOME as a DE is well polished and super stable and can be greatly improved thanks to extensions. Less is more. Even if other distributions with GNOME 41, you are not behind. GNOME 3.36 is now very mature and extremely reliable. For almost any program you want to use, there are PPAs or you can download a DEB manually.
If you need help with anything, you can find someone quickly. It's worth checking out ask.ubuntu.com first then. If you don't like snap, you can easily remove it completely from your system and replace the snap-store with gnome-software, which can also handle flatpaks.
Graphics card drivers like those from Nvidia are up to date and are thoroughly tested by Canonical before they are released. You wait longer for the drivers, but then you can be sure that it runs.
For productive users, it is called Ubuntu LTS, Linux Mint or MX Linux. In short: DEBIAN. Also with new hardware, test before whether all works. Don't get confused, because of old kernel, old drivers or desktop environment. If it works, it will work for the next 10 years, you will have a great time.
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-02-15
Votes: 0
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A Very good option for beginners, clear, practical, and generally easy but it clearly suffers for Canonical whimsical nature; software made by them to fight anothers idea is making life more dificult for everybody; upstart for example died a death by apathy with the adoption of SystemD while Mir was reinvented into something almost unrelated to survive; and Snaps are the biggest problem; slow start, fscking with the home folder, excesive compression, boot-time activated daemon, almost no user control, poor integration and hypocritical propietary backend make using them more a chore than a advantage and the insistence on snapping the web wrobsers that in native dpkg-based ELF are slow and complex even slower
But the setup tool is very clear in porviding explanations and helping the user, the inclusion of propietary codecs makes multimedia easy, and the community being so big is helpful and quick to respond even then i wish than Canonical fixed Snap and sticked with dpkg and APT for the time being
I would recommend this distro as a landing ground but if you interest are more technical you could easily finding searching more advances distros.
Also removing Snap is weirdly fun to me
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Latest Reviews
Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-04
Votes: 2
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Ubuntu is still the best Linux desktop. Unlike Debian stable, it is reasonably up-to-date (even the LTS version gets new kernels, new point releases for the desktop environment, etc.) while being stable, has enormous third-party support behind it, ships with nonfree/patent encumbered software (hi Fedora/OpenSuse), the default Gnome desktop is faster than upstream due to the triple buffering patches, the built-in extensions are sensible and enhance the experience.
People ramble on about snaps, but they are way better than they used to be. I recommend installing flatpak and getting most desktop apps from flathub, but keep whatever snaps are preinstalled (except maybe replace the snap-store with gnome-software), and occasionally install those apps as snaps which are officially supported (eg. spotify, vscode).
The snap version of firefox is actually probably the best version of firefox on linux. It now supports basically everything while also always up-to-date and stays out of your way.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-02
Votes: 0
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Trying 23.04 on a relatively lower end Mini PC with a N5095 Celeron 8Gb RAM and SSD. I found the latest Ubuntu to be a decent release. Like others I like the new installer which if nothing else adds a bit of needed modern look to what has become a stale looking installer. But its an installer so how often do you really see it? Performance wise I found everything has sped up a tick or so. Just feels snappier even on this weaker quad Celeron. I don't much care for Firefox anymore, but the Snap version launches better and is improved. Overall, navigating the OS just feels like things are getting polished up.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-30
Votes: 1
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Gnome, in my opinion is the most polished Linux desktop environment but it is the least customizable and that is my major gripe with it. For instance, toggling between dark and light theme does not change the Gnome shell theme, which should be a given. I mean what's the point of a changing the theme if it does not change the shell theme out of the box. That is what Ubuntu gives. And that's what made me try it after years and years of staying away from it. And boy! was I pleasantly surprised. Ubuntu's take on Gnome is just amazing. It is exactly what vanilla Gnome should have been.
Solid, stable, reliable, install once and forget, just use the system, with some basic customization options, these are some of the most important strengths of Ubuntu LTS.
For anyone looking to be productive on a Linux system, I highly recommend Ubuntu LTS.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-05-07
Votes: 33
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Currently, Ubuntu is an underrated distro in the Linux world.
Yes, they made a lot of questionable decisions (or mistakes, depends on how you want to look at it). From Unity, Snaps, Mir, and more.
But since 22.04 i've been noticing a constant increase in performance and a great out of the box user experience. Snaps and the changes behind the scenes in Gnome aren't the best ways of accomplishing those goals, but in practice they give a good experience.
Canonical is investing in making their desktop better, look at the blog posts they release regarding improvements to Firefox and Steam's snaps. They are also receiving feedback to improve them, and they do some clever things with Snaps that are a great for new users (things like update pop-ups, automatic theme downloads) are annoying to more advanced users, but they help new users.
Ubuntu gives a much better Gnome implementation than many, with accent colors, helpful extensions, sensible defaults (tap to click enabled for example) and in occasion they don't fear in holding back packages to avoid problems. Ubuntu 22.04 held back anything with libadwaita/gtk4, that give a lot of problems (in my case, making 22.10 unusable).
23.04 is a great release, it isn't the greatest in terms of features, but it more than compensates the user with a stable, problem free (can depend on your hardware) experience.
The new installer is a lot nicer to use, especially in disk partitioning world (i remember the first time i used Ubiquity, the disk partitioning was confusing).
Overall, 23.04, for not being the focus of Ubuntu (LTS rule), is a very reliable release that is unlikely to disappoint.
You also get all the codecs with a button on install, and Ubuntu is smart enough to figure out drivers (or give the user a friendly way to install them)
This sounds like we are in 2014 or something, but bad decision-making mainly from Fedora and OpenSUSE brought back all the hardware/driver/codec issues from the past. Requiring complicated setup for most users.
Ubuntu kept the drivers! Even Debian is changing their old rules to allow proprietary drivers on installation.
And if you dislike Snaps, just don't use them (or find a distro that suits you better)! Im not a fan, but i like having a backup option for flatpaks, its already saved me when Dolphin's flatpak stopped recognizing my controller.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-05
Votes: 3
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Ubuntu is still one of the best in the Linux world.
It is stable, it is the base of most of the other distributions.
In general, the major distributions are really works of excellent computer engineering. A great job that in the not too distant future, will make most understand that Windows is not that important.
The lInux world still has a long way to go in program compatibility between Windows and Linux, and as this progress allows for the possibility of maximum compatibility, the monopoly power of Windows will begin to be lost.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-29
Votes: 3
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Another six months, another minor release.
The biggest surprise here is that the new installer is a big improvement on the old and very impressive for a "v1". Unexpectedly, it performs far better - there are no more annoying momentary pauses when typing on my system - and it certainly looks better.
Once installed 23.04 is another "steady as it goes" release. There is not much change apart from the various improvements in GNOME 44, but some that are worth noting is that GNOME's device security panel is now available (Privacy > Device Security), not that it is particularly meaningful here as all hardware security, starting with Secure Boot, is switched off anyway, and there are massive improvements in accessibility (where the Accessibility option has been rearranged and, in particular, screen zoom greatly enhanced). I also note that the Ubuntu font, which hadn't changed for about 12 years, has been updated to support more Unicode character sets and also, by default, has thinner strokes.
As usual, the big thing with a minor release is that everything is upgraded (kernel 6.2, python 3.11, LibreOffice 7.5 and so on).
GNOME has progressively become less resource-hungry and faster, and I am amazed to note that GNOME Shell only uses 220MB of RAM on my system. I remember when it used several times that.
The only slight oddity is that Transmission is v3.00, not the new and far superior v4. There is no indication why v4 is held back. It would also be useful if the excellent (GNOME) Extension Manager were included by default; at the moment there is no means of managing extensions out of the box as not even the (inferior) GNOME Extensions is installed.
Overall, recommended. I would not upgrade from a LTS but an upgrade from 22.10, or a new install of 23.04, is a no-brainer.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-04-29
Votes: 0
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Works, but it seems each update is more annoying to use. Little things like making it difficult to select a uniform color background. Desktop also seems very slow though VNC relative to 18.04. The way I need to use it, VNC is required since I need to attach to the same session from multiple computers.
Its visually nice, but I need it as a tool, not a toy
Now that I have it installed and working, I'm not going to configure a different distro, but I'll use something else in the future.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-23
Votes: 2
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Ubuntu is very good, with better performance with Kernel 6.2 and Gnome 44, improvements in general, positive productivity in games, not being very fond of snapd, could come with Flatpak too.Maybe it will get more audience in the opensource world. But Ubuntu will get more audience with this version.He is very agile, fast, in games he has improved a lot.Since it's only a few days old and there are updates to come, it could improve even more. From what I've seen in day-to-day use, other interfaces should be very good too and I'll test it to see.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-23
Votes: 8
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Installed 23.04 a few day's ago on my laptop (Ryzen 5, 16 gigs of ram).
Did my fair share of distrohopping in recent years to learn about Debian, Arch en Fedora based distro's.
This is the first distro that does it all right out of the box, no Wi-Fi issues or lagging and even WireGuard (VPN) is plug&play now in Gnome 44.
It's easy to set the look & feel on your desktop as you please. And there are tons of software and help available on-line if you need.
I am very happy with this edition of Ubuntu.
Pro's
- Rock solid and excellent hardware support
- Easy installer
- Modern look and feel
Con's
- Had to change Firefox from Snap to .deb as some extensions would not connect.
- No troubleshooting yet ... everything just works... it's boring ;-)
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-20
Votes: 0
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A mess, it just keeps on getting worse and worse.
A ram hog with the 'bonus' of disc hog as well with that snap trash that uses 1 gb to install the most basic app. About 1 gb (or even more!) for each app you install, in a time in which even g00gle has a new feature for android to compress unused apps to save disk space because disk space is a need. But hey, the ubuntu team must know something that no one else knows, right? Or maybe not...
And, fun fact, I remember ubuntu years ago having way more options of customization than it has now. Again, all against the market expectations.
Sometimes I wonder why the timeline of ubuntu's decay starts about the same time their 'relationship of love' with micro$oft started...
Stay away from ubuntu. And as well stay away from gnome and snaps. You're welcome.
If you want to use debs like I do go to debian or its derivates that are not ubuntu.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-20
Votes: 26
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Ubuntu is still the best all-round Linux distro. Full stop. It is rock solid, it is nicely themed tweaked to make GNOME even more functional and to make it look even more beautiful. Ubuntu keeps finding the sweet spot between FOSS and its openness to proprietary software and drivers. People who are totally immersed in the Linux world don't realize how spoiled we are these days with excellent distros like Fedora, Pop_OS, Endeavour OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro, etc. But the criticism that Ubuntu gets is just unfair. Not only is it the base distribution to a lot of these popular spin offs, but it also still is reliable in a way that other distros often aren't. This version in particular gets a 10/10 from me because of the perceived focus that is being put on the Ubuntu Desktop again by Canonical, by really refining it, perfecting the Ubuntu font family, creating new core apps like the new installer and optimizing functionality by means of the dock (now with counters on the icons), colour theming (ahead of Adwaita!). Soon we'll get tiling in Ubuntu ... Things are looking up for Ubuntu.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-03-12
Votes: 8
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I moved away from Arch Linux after 5 years because I was tired of AUR packages.
Tried Ubuntu again and after removing SNAP related things and changing the LVM size of the swap volume, the system is pretty fast, rock solid and it just works.
I like the way to add apt sources of e.g. docker, vs-code, brave, insomnia, because they just got updated in my weekly routines.
I am using Gnome, because the wayland integration works pretty good with a dual monitor setup.
Rating 8/10 due to the enforcement to use SNAP. Else it would be 10.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-03-11
Votes: 5
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I like the new 22.04.2 version, it looks much faster and polished than the base version, the kernel is updated, Gnome looks more optimized, and it's working great overall. The cons are more focused on the Canonical's side, like the Snaps and some annoying decisions. But I think Ubuntu is still a solid distro, I like the UI, the general look and feel are good, the way the system works, it's everything out of the box, just install it and start working, or you can do your own little tweaks to make it switch better you. Some will disagree but I think it's better than Mint. Mint is a bit more light but looks boring.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-03-04
Votes: 2
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For years, I Ran Ubuntu exclusively!
But, since all the Snap and other changes, it is more like MicroSoft Windoz mentality, than linux.
It got to where I fought with the updates constantly.
I spent more time working and jacking on it, than I did using it!
I hate how when you do lsblk, you get all the mounted snaps instead of just the mounted partitions.
Ubuntu is the only Linux that does that, and I never got used to it.
So I started Distro hopping again.
I've settled on Manjaro Gnome Minimum distro load.
It is complete, and you can add anything to it, that you want.
Oh yea, you can add things without using or jacking with Snap, & Snapd.
Now with Manjaro Gnome, I'm using my computer again, and not trying to fix it all the time.
Another thing I like about Manjaro, is it being a rolling OS.
Not having to load new versions.
Just Update it and forget it.
Canonical, You took a great OS, and made Windows out of it.
Go back to regular Linux with the apps on the repository, and put snap in the trash bin!
Good luck to all,
Terry
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-03-02
Votes: 0
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I don't like Ubuntu. But at the sime time, I don't feel like I should put 1, simply because this distribution is the "bridge" to the Linux world for a lot of users.
Things I don't like about Ubuntu is:
- removal of flatpak support: seems like they want to "close" their system to snap only, which lead to;
- too much snap pushing: for example, you can't install "normal" Firefox from terminal, because this will install Firefox-snap, and you can't disable this behaviour;
- apt going crazy sometimes, risking to destroy the system. To be honest, this is a problem of Debian non-stable branches, and Ubuntu just only inherited this.
I've started with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS back in early 2018, and it was great, I really liked it, so, though I switched to another distro (not important which, but not an Ubuntu-based), I continued to follow the developments. And I feel like, sadly, it's getting worse at every release
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-02-24
Votes: 1
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Keeps getting worse... go with a spin off instead. Something with the whole snap system removed and blocked.
Not only are snaps slow, they are intermittent as far as auto updating. Sometimes to have to use (sudo snap refresh) to get them to update.
It was also announced that flatpak support will not be included out of the box starting with 23.04 coming up shortly. Sounds like a Microsoft type move to me. You can however remove/block snaps and install flatpak yourself. But for newer users not familiar with this it could lead to a negative Linux experience.
My experience with snaps have been mixed just like their ability to auto update. I have not had any issues with flatpaks.
As far as the rest of the system, Ubuntu is NOT a rock solid experience. The only way it's "rock solid" is if you don't use it. GNOME has its own set of issues which is why I run with Kubuntu.
All in all if you want to use actual Ubuntu and not some spin off, you can put time and effort in to make it worthy and have it run a lot smoother. If you are new, I highly recommend using a distribution based off Ubuntu that has put he time and effort in to make it worthy and mostly worry free...
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-20
Votes: 0
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I love Ubuntu, but I wish they would integrate Gnome Extensions so I would not need to mess with Firefox or Chrome to update to the latest extensions. The Interface should just be Gnome unmodified and offer a tool for making any desired changes as their unique benefit. A switcher allowing you to go to Mint, Cinnamon, ... perhaps a Windows 10 clone under wine for those whom go between. I am no Linux expert by any measure, but have been a Ubuntu user for many many years and while I have tried others, I end up returning.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-17
Votes: 0
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This is my daily use OS.
This was my introduction to Linux all those years back now.
I trust it and I can find my way around on it.
I use other Linux distros on my other machines in dual boot environments. Mint, MX, Manjaro, Antix.
Its not perfect in anyway in my opinion for what thats worth but it works.
I do how ever have one sudo input I have to use after some updates but it fixes what ever the conflict is with the software centre. (sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-software)
if there was a permanent fix for this I would give the trusty OS a 10.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-02-11
Votes: 9
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Honestly, I still don't get why Ubuntu gets all the hate, I have been distro hopping for a while now Ubuntu was the one I avoided because of user reviews and it ended up being the best one so far after trying it:
I tried:
1. POP-os: I feel the UI is hideous, it looks like a child designed it, but apart from that it's stable and has all the necessary drivers and codecs. it's all setup for you.
2. Manjaro: The one I try to love but keeps breaking my heart because it's a rolling release it just breaks all the time, even if I don't install any updates either I restart and I can't boot up my machine anymore or something weird happens. Manjaro is far from being a stable distro for daily use.
3. Fedora: Also the same as Manjaro, Fedora is cleaner, lighter and barebones. So-called bleeding edge comes at a price as well, something is likely to break, also far from being a stable distro for daily use.
4. Linux Mint: Linux mint is awesome, I would say this is good for people who are coming from windows, I just wish they had a gnome version though.
5. And finally Ubuntu: My best experience so far, it's stable, everything just works, and it's widely supported, although it takes up a lot of resources apart from that I haven't really had any issues with it unless I intentionally broke it.
I am a developer and I want something that will sustain me and last for at least 2 years. But in the end it all depends on preferences right??
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-08
Votes: 3
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Despite of:
- the GUI is not really friendly for users who work with tens to hundreds of application windows.
- Wayland problem for VNC reverse connection.
- limited hardware support compared to MS Windows.
Ubuntu is still the best Linux distro because:
- a great ecosystem.
- best application and hardware driver support compared to all distro.
- PXE boot solution is quite simple.
- live boot DVD is very useful, easy to install, recovery, repair or test the system.
- stable software repository.
- consistent user experience.
Suggest this for new users!
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-02-07
Votes: 0
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Ubuntu comes nearly first in terms of package support, or via PPA sites, so it is always my distro type of choice. My rating is for Ubuntu official.
Not really a review of Ubuntu facilities per say, but for those with an older machine or limited RAM there is a relatively small (512MiB iso) and fast XFCE-based unofficial variant of Ubuntu 22.04 release available via the puppy linux forum named KLU-jam, which has been tailored such that it can be installed alongside other distros in a 'frugal' install with save on demand save persistence capability. It isn't Puppy though - it is actually built using a cut-down official Ubuntu 22.04 root filesystem under the hood. A slightly larger KLU-jamFE 611MiB iso that includes a non-snap PPA fetched Firefox is available for download at same place.
However if you want to try say Gnome with Wayland you'd likely be better with official Ubuntu if you have the greater resources and speed provided by a recent modern machine.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-02-06
Votes: 0
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I recently made the switch from Windows to Ubuntu, eager to experience the benefits, which I experienced in the past. However, I have encountered some unexpected challenges along the way. I have experienced bugs in everyday tasks such as screenshotting, using keyboard shortcuts, and connecting to Bluetooth devices such as mice and headsets. Additionally, my experience with the Integrated Development Environment, Pycharm, has also been problematic. While I have had positive experiences with Ubuntu in the past, I must admit that this time around, Windows has outdone the platform in regard to my development needs. Probably will try PopOS or LinuxMint in the future, if I have time.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-01-23
Votes: 0
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After updating from 22.04 to 22.10 I'm left with no working sound. Since this is kind of a deal-breaker there's no need to look at the OS in more detail than that. The OS is pretty much useless to me now.
No one has any idea how to fix this either, so there's no hope of resolving it. Every year that I've tried Ubuntu it's been the same thing. There's always some major functionality that's just half-implemented and doesn't work. Yet they always insist on shipping it. At least Ubuntu is consistently emphasizing its own irrelevance every year, which no doubt makes the competition happy. Don't ask me why...
On a positive note the screen isn't tearing like crazy when rotated anymore, thanks to Wayland. I'm undecided on whether that's something that deserves praise in 2023 though.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-01-22
Votes: 0
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Been using Ubuntu since version 9. Love the idea and it's full functionality, in particular for those, like me, trying to love away from Microsoft products. Thank you!
Issues I've noticed which are annoying: in using a scanner, when connecting via USB there is always an issue. Of course those who like to help are fully invested as computer geeks, and take most solutions over the top with line code etc.. One of my scanners runs via SCSI card and never has an issue connecting or working. Let's get around this "permissions' issue in the USB world so that any connection will work.
I'm becoming more and more hesitant about updates as you are always opening yourself up to problems when doing so. If everything works, then why get yourself into a corner with some issue which no longer works. I wish upgrades/upgrading were/was more reliable.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-01-20
Votes: 0
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the "recommended" Nvidia driver does not work at all, non of games see it. Until recently proprietary driver was ok but no Canonical had to ruin it with ne updte. Anything recommended and "snap" is incompatible with debian therefore often feezes and shows multiple errors in terminal while running.
If you want a stable OS, Ubuntu is not your friend. Switch to Debian or MX_Linux instead. Every software, even software store itself, is held up by threads of silk and one installation ruins all of them. That is because they are not stable and Canonical decides to update constantly even though there are problems of stability. You can ignoe updating, sure, at every startup "system update" will haunt the user untiluser surrender to it and ends up having unable to use the ususal programs he was able to use. Even the store itself is buggy, freezes, shows errors and so on.
The official canonical steam can not run prton, that is right. You have to install steam from the website and then you see that it is uncompatible with UBUNTU!!! Yep that is right, the program that works on every single OS without flaw fails on ubuntu and after a few updates fails to startup.
Ubuntu was good, it is the OS of when I was first getting into Linux. But I wish nostalgia was a salvaging factor, but for me notalgia is nothing. And enoguh with this "snaps will improve" false hope, snap app manager is only getting worse over time and ubuntu software is a huge frankestein monster of apt, flatpak and snap apparently with bunch of random software from internet added in. Even manjaro has better choice of apps.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-15
Votes: 1
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I recently moved from Void Linux and Arch Linux because I had some minor problems with them, like my laptop not going to sleep, or sporadically waking up; none of the is occurs with Ubuntu.
Ubuntu just works and I'm now at the point where I want stability and Ubuntu gives that. Everything just works from touchpad gestures, auto-connecting Bluetooth headphones, pre-compiled Emacs with Native Compilation enabled.
I also had bugs on other Desktop Environments when it came to Java applications like JOSM and keyboard inputs, but on Ubuntu for some reason I don't come across such issues.
I also don't mind snaps and I appreciate that they are confined to what files and locations they can access.
Ubuntu also comes with Pipewire and Wayland by default. Pipewire being default means I never have a problem with audio channels or connecting my Bluetooth headphones.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-02
Votes: 50
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I am not a developer, nor a technical programmer, nor a free software radical in general. But what I am clear about is that I don't want to use Windows at home anymore. And here comes Ubuntu, for the last 14 years I have not used anything else, and I have always enjoyed my computers, with better or worse versions, but at least enjoying a quality operating system, with an immense and friendly community.
Yes, there are the snaps, but they will improve over time, just like the flatpak, and anything that makes it easy for me is welcome.
Gnome has its things too, but each version seems to want to make it better and easier, and for what I currently use my computers, it works for me. Elegant, modern and useful. (If you want to suffer, try Windows 11, people really pay for it).
All my music, work files (Excels, Word...), video games, photos, videos, work without any problem, at the first touch. It's what I need.
It may seem overzealous, but when I've had problems, I've always been able to fix them, and though I've tried other distros, Ubuntu was the first for me, and will always be the only one.
Enough pain I endure using Windows at work. Let me enjoy my Ubuntu, and keep making it bigger and better. Thank you for all these years of freedom and happiness.
(yep, i used a translator, sorry for that)
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-01-01
Votes: 1
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This was a very nice distro until it became slow and sloppy, crashing every time.
Firefox and Chrome browsers freeze and crash frequently.
Libre Office Writer and WPS word are slow to non-responsive, crashing frequently.
VLC media performs so poorly, lagging and freezing. Searching for apps on the the Ubuntu store was a pain in the neck, but is even worse now.
Generally dissatisfied with the distro's performance in recent times.
Will it get better with time, or worse? Should we hop on to some other distro?
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-28
Votes: 2
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I'm not a person who has a lot of work with computers. I was someone who used a mini PC + giant screen. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 with the advice of a friend because the MiniPC is getting old. I really liked the interface, I had no idea what it was doing, like in windows, there was a lot of nonsense. I really liked its simplicity.
I bought a new minipc and a new laptop the other day. Operating systems were win11. I got so used to it that I deleted win11 and installed Ubuntu 22.10. I am quite satisfied, the feature of changing my working environment by swiping 3 fingers is extremely useful for me.
When I looked at other Distros, I didn't upload them because I didn't like their visuals. Maybe I'll try it in the future, but for now Ubuntu is the best for me.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-26
Votes: 0
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After replacing snap with flatpak and setting up Wayland as default Display Server I can say it runs smoother than ever and all the applications open fast. The dock at the left of the screen is very practical. In comparison to GNOME default behavior, having a dock available all the time make open applications more intuitive and faster. Mutter windows manager also help a lot. Even with snap and X11 it is my opinion that a rating below 8.0 did not reflect this distro's usability. Replacing Firefox with a Chromium based browser like Brave is advisable.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-26
Votes: 1
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Great system. Despite the snap packages (I'm not a hater). snap in iOT feels great, but in the desktop version it is worse than flatpak. The system has changed. Pipeware, Wayland etc... Lots of great improvements. Unlike arch and rpm distributions, ubuntu has never broken for me, although I specifically loaded it with stress tests. Great job on distribution. I advise!
If it's hard to get used to Gnome. I recommend Kubuntu or Ubuntu Mate. Of all the spins, in my opinion, they seemed the best, I was especially surprised by Ubuntu Mate and 6 pre-installed display options. It's really cool!
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-22
Votes: 0
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I tried Ubuntu 22.04 and it was an ok experience but I ended up installing Mint because I didn't understood GNOME really well and I wanted something more familiar
I loved Mint 21 but I decided that I wanted something more modern, also Mint's lack of Wayland and Pipewire got me really dissapointed so when 22.10 came out I decided to give Ubuntu a second try and honestly it has been amazing, specially if you have an AMD GPU to have a good experience with Wayland and newly introduced Pipewire which is miles better than Pulseaudio
I don't care too much about snaps, I did minimal install and Firefox was slow at first and then it was pretty much the same as it always has been, the rest of my apps are in flatpak so I installed flatpak so I didn't lose any of my data and config, overall the system is responsive and polished most of the time (and very polished for a Linux distro overall)
My only complain is something that Mint also suffers, slow transfer speeds through USB for whatever reason, it does starts really quick and then slowly goes down, however in Mint this was all the time while on Ubuntu this happend only the first couple of times and then everything was normal (maybe because of snaps? who knows)
But overall IMO this is the best Ubuntu release in the last couple of years, it feels modern and on par with Fedora for the most part, all it remains is to polish snaps a little bit more and that's all, or at least give you the option between snaps and flatpak, but honestly for me at least snaps work and work fine so no complains
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-11-30
Votes: 0
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Its Ubuntu which isn't a bad thing for the beginner Linux user. Its dummy proof with Unintended security updates, Snap packages and mostly uneventful experience. Feels a little poky on a G6400 Pentium with 8Gb RAM and 256 ssd. I actually felt Fedora 37 felt way more responsive than any other distro I have tried. I guess Ubuntu is really nothing negative, but also nothing that inspires either. It's just become the go to install for a newbie or someone who doesn't want to tinker. Its sets the bar for stability but doesn't really wow in any way.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 5
Date: 2022-11-24
Votes: 2
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"Ubuntu" is the distribution that made me discover Linux 20 years ago unfortunately for me I find "Snap" and its derivatives not practical at all because for me always full of slowness and bugs.
However on my 11 year old pc which has a 3.1 ghz processor + 6 gb ram + a 2 gb graphics card the other current distributions based on Arch work for me much better while those based on Debian are way too slow...
It's sad because the interface of "Ubuntu" is modern and one of the most beautiful but this version 22.10 also consumes as much as Win$$ in memory for me: 1.2 gb of ram out of 6 gb of available ram.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 3
Date: 2022-11-24
Votes: 3
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Honestly, I wonder why Ubuntu-based distributions don't break like Ubuntu itself. Either problems with repositories, or with GPG keys. It doesn’t boot after the update, and it’s still rare of course, but the GRUB bootloader crashes. Some kind of horror. And it's okay if the hardware was old or I was clumsy, but on other distributions, including debian-based, everything is fine. In short - I'm disappointed, and I started to learn linux from Ubuntu. At the time, this really pushed me away from linux. Now I understand why they say: don't start learning linux with Ubuntu. Better start with Linux Mint or Fedora.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-11-22
Votes: 0
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I was running Ubuntu Mate 20.04. Fine. Then we had a power outage and it crashed my Momsy's machine, one street over from me.
The forced use of snapd really threw a wrench in the installation of Ubuntu Mate 22.04, and it is taking 2 days so far with me checking over there twice a day. I HATE this forced use of snapd, because it just goes rogue and is not controllable in any way I know of. I am now downloading Linuxmint Mate as well as Debian. I hope the light and very comfortable Mate desktop that 93 year old Momsy is used to and that keeps our 6 to 10 year old boxes running nicely without snags installs OK on Debian. Reason being, that Debian is the mother seed that other distros are based on, so I can get away from corporate BS.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-11-21
Votes: 2
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So frustrating, even after all this time the simple things can't seem to be accomplished.
The automatic partitioning version of the installation should allow you to pick the storage medium you want to install to.
When using the manual partitioner during the installation, when creating an ext4 file system the install hangs.
It's like the simple things keep dragging Linux versions backwards. I know each distro has it's nuances but still, this is an absolute basic component of an install...if it can even get that far.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-21
Votes: 0
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Best Ubuntu release for years. GTK4 with Wayland made Gnome much snappier and lighter. I don't know why there is so much hate on GTK4 - it destroys GTK3 for me. Ubuntu takes only about 700-800 MB of RAM on boot. It allmost same as XFCE and Mate, but here you have beautiful modern desktop with Wayland which is super fast even on integrated graphics. (tripple buffering did the job too)
I am amazed how good Ubuntu and GNOME became. Much better and snappier than KDE for me
Keep calm and use Ubuntu (you can remove snaps!)
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-11-16
Votes: 4
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They have literally ruined this distro. Ubuntu once was the reference for the Linux community, not anymore.
It runs sloppy, slow and crashes frequently, not to mention very long freezes. I blame Snap packages for this but it is quite saddening what this distro has become. It is logical that most people have moved to other distros, like the Arch-based ones.
What a shame, Ubuntu.
PS: Did I mention your privacy is compromised if you use this distro? By using Ubuntu you just accept to be part of a product and we are people, not products.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-10
Votes: 0
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Ubuntu, as always very stable. Excellent progress Ubuntu with Gnome 43. Now it makes sense to use Gnome Files (nautilus), because now it has high-level file system features.
For years I wanted to have Ubuntu, but the Files system level was very limited, so I turned to other options.
Anyway, as I always say, the level of Linux distributions, at least the ones I've tried, continue to show impressive progress. I have tested some of the best known, such as Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kde Neon, Linux Mint, Manjaro with Plasma, Arco Linux with Plasma, Mx Linux, among others, and I cannot say anything else that they are all works of high level computer engineering.
I only have words of encouragement and gratitude for all those who directly or indirectly participate in this world of the free system.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-09
Votes: 0
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For me, the best all-terrain distribution there is, simple, fast and stable... One thing or another, but it is because the range of PCs is very large and cannot cover all the hardware... I am a user between basic and intermediate and ubuntu offers me everything I need... Honestly I have tried other "light" ones that make my fans sound... This one that is "heavy" because of gnome and others... It is so light, fast and fluid. Thank you Ubuntu... i know will continue to improve over the years... i use nvidia
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-06
Votes: 2
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It is very difficult to write a review because this version is absolutely top. It is beautiful and it seems like Ubuntu knows exactly what I want as if everything is personal to me. I'm especially happy that my Dell docking station now works well with multiple display screens. With version 20.04, that was hopeless. Mistakes or other "serious" things may come up, but so far it's all great and wonderful. According to my opinion is Ubuntu the best Linux distro.. I have been using version 20.04 LTS for a number of years but I have now switched directly to this new version. The last few months I have also been using Windows 11. A great operating system with this version, but privacy is still difficult to manage. Unfortunately, it is a very present operating system. It does not radiate tranquility. Ubuntu does, I do my job and can concentrate better on what I have to do. Conclusion: Ubuntu is quiet, protective, beautiful, fast, clear, self-working and, well experience it yourself.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-03
Votes: 4
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Good Release. High polished Desktop Experience as usual. Wonderful Gnome 43 DE. Firefox Snap Version is awesome. Very Stable, very professional overall experience. I highly can recommend this Company and this Linux OS for everyone, who is looking for a Windows Desktop alternative, from Professionals to Professionals who needed a good support over a decade, like Redhat but with more modern and flexible. FunFact: The Flatpak Experience is awesome as well. Everything is uptodate.
Thank you Debian and Canonical.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-10-27
Votes: 14
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I reviewed 22.04.1 before and decided to go to 22.10. The update in place actually worked - the only issues (expected) were that one of the four extensions I used was disabled (incompatible with GNOME 43) and two PPAs were disabled; Ubuntu does not replace "jammy" with "kinetic" in the PPA locations and leaves those for a manual edit, which is a good decision as, as it turned out, one of the PPA repositories had not been updated.
After that ... it is steady as it goes. GNOME 43 certainly has improvements - the toggles in the Start Menu are a huge time-saver given that I have to swap between wifi settings, and the extra white space in Nautilus is an improvement (surprisingly) as it is easier to make non-continuous selections - but the big improvement is switching to Pipewire. At last I do not get bizarre random "pops" when playing audio!
The great white whale, Firefox performance, is tamed; Canonical have posted three blog posts on what they have done to improve the Firefox snap - all are interesting reads - and they are still going, with a fourth post promised. Now opening Firefox, after the first run where the profile is set up or, if it exists in ~/.mozilla, is copied into ~/snaps, is as fast as any other distribution I am aware of. And updates are generally the same day or the next day as Mozilla releases, which is a huge improvement on the "where's Firefox?" laments of the past.
The big win with Ubuntu is that it has a commercial ... not exactly behemoth, but decent-sized company, behind it. That means that things get fixed - I remember 22.04 to 22.04.1 had two UI-related fixes which directly improved the way I used my machine, and 22.10 will no doubt be similar. And the Windows model of waiting month on month for fixes to be bundled up and released comes off as old-fashioned, and risky, when there is a steady stream of security updates in Ubuntu - on average one every other day.
In the last three or four releases Canonical has really got its act together regarding the desktop. That shows in that 22.10 is actually quite a small update over 22.04.1; although there are real improvements in GNOME 43 and the switch to Pipewire and there is "newer everything" - a couple of peripherals here are clearly better supported with the 5.19.x kernel - it is reassuring that everything is not being thrown over every six months.
After a couple of bad experiences with rolling releases, which required extensive fixes, I am content with Ubuntu as my daily driver. I never give 10 unless there is something really spectacular, but 9 is deserved.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-10-17
Votes: 1
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Other day I decided to install Ubuntu 22.04lts on a G6400 Pentium desktop I had sort of in limbo because it ran Windows 10 Ok, but it used a lot of RAM and resources. My thoughts on Ubuntu are mixed, on one hand I think it uses much less resources than Windows 10. But unfortunately, it does not translate into a snappier experience.
Opening some apps sort of lag, I seem to wait far too much for a modern OS that basically should be more responsive than it is. Still disappointed that hardware acceleration in browsers is not what it is in Windows or Mac OS or even Chrome OS. When I tried watching an Amazon Prime video, I was prompted that it was limited to video quality on this platform. Same thing happened to YouTube video's which neither was happening with Windows. It's especially frustrating when all the video decoding in mostly run through a dual core CPU that maxes out all threads just playing a video. That alone made me rethink Ubuntu and Linux as an option. But if you have the right hardware, I guess that Ubuntu is the best option to try.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-10-11
Votes: 2
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I tried several distributions and came back to Ubuntu. It's a proven system that allows you to work seamlessly. I was a little apprehensive about snap, but completely unnecessarily. Firefox works very well and quickly. The support you can find online is also a big advantage. I have read a lot about bugs in this version, but I have not come across any. I would recommend this system to anyone who wants to try Linux.
Pros:
- Long support of the LTS version. You install and use.
- Community support.
- Based on Debian.
Cons:
- Only snaps can be installed from the "Software" application. You have to install the "Gnome software".
- Problem with AppImage (one library is missing).
- Not a uniform version of Gnome.
Wypróbowałem kilka dystrybucji i wróciłem do Ubuntu. To sprawdzony system, który pozwala pracować bezproblemowo. Trochę obawiałem się snapów, jednak zupełnie niepotrzebnie. Firefox działa bardzo dobrze i szybko. Dużą zaletą jest też wsparcie jakie można znaleźć w internecie. Dużo czytałem o błędach w tej wersji, ale na nie nie natrafiłem. Polecam ten system każdemu, kto chce spróbować Linuksa.
Zalety:
- Długie wsparcie wersji LTS. Instalujesz i używasz.
- Wsparcie społeczności.
- Oparty na Debianie.
Minusy:
- Z aplikacji "Oprogramowanie" można instalować tylko snapy. Trzeba zainstalować"Oprogramowanie Gnome".
- Problem z AppImage (brakuje jednej biblioteki).
- Nie jednolita wersja Gnome.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-09-17
Votes: 13
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Ubuntu certainly is a top distribution that dosen't deserve all that bad press it gets.
They made snaps incredibly fast, to the point that firefox boots in 10 seconds on a 11-year-old laptop with a slow HDD drive.
They are driving a lot of the improvements in Gnome since they adopted it, including triple buffering, up-to-date extensions that most people use/need and accent colors (that are STILL not a thing on vanilla Gnome).
Snaps can be hit or miss and Flatpaks are better designed for desktop use (snaps are exceptional to server/terminal use), but having a distribution that updates frequently but has a frozen code base and that has little to no issues (go fix grub on arch or have a fedora update break something) is very valuable.
I have to say, 22.04 is a very problematic release with very bad bugs for the LTS on multiple desktop environments (software properties not working under KDE/LXQT, gnome-software not being able to remove packages for months, snap store failing for users that have it on other languages and likely more.)
Even then, Ubuntu already fixed the gui store related issues and made my laptop run gnome smoothly without ANY stutter on both Xorg and Wayland, highly recommended.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-12
Votes: 1
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I must say that Ubuntu has improved a lot in the recent years, when I was a kid I dreamed of having Ubuntu and so far I haven't been disappointing as an adult
This release of Ubuntu is amazing, so far no problems after deciding to reinstall Ubuntu on my previous PC, everything is intuitive and smooth while still being less than half the system resources of Windows 10, my only problem only happens if you have the system in any other language aside from English (in my case Spanish) which is that the Ubuntu Software Store (or Snap store) just doesn't open and will never open for some reason unless you change the system language to English, but for me which I'm not that new I fixed it by just not using the Snap Store and instead just use GNOME software
People complain a lot about snaps and so far I haven't had any problems with them, only the first couple of times they take a while to start but after that everything is mostly at a normal speed at least on my PC, if you REALLY don't like snaps you should do a minimal install so the only Snap you have is Firefox, the only complain about this method is that you would have to install GNOME software manually thru terminal or synaptic and then install flatpaks, but honestly this sounds convoluted but it doesn't take that much time
Say whatever you want about Ubuntu, but in the overall world of Linux it is still the most popular distro and still a more polished experience compared to many distros I have tried, I will still recommend Ubuntu to anyone
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-08
Votes: 2
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My daily driver for years. Never had a big problem. Just works. Actually snaps are awesome.
I use it every day on my personal computer and it works great. As I said the snaps work correctly and fast, do not pay attention to people who criticize snap, it is endorsed by Canonical so it is obvious that sustainability is assured. Highly recommended for students, developers or home users. Of course, if you do not like that your distribution is supported by a large company I do not recommend Ubuntu (Canonical), Fedora (Red Hat), or OpenSuse (Suse). Just use an independent distribution and stop being bothered by the decisions of the companies that distribute the operating system.
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Project: Ubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-08-31
Votes: 4
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Ubuntu is good and stable mostly, as stable as any other distro I have tried. Of course I still feel Snaps are not the way to go and Firefox especially seems awfully slow to load even in 22.04. But then again Ubuntu Software app is consistently slow to load as well.
Its as if the who desktop development is sort of just on cruise control now because their is no incentive to really rush to improve anything. Yeah like others I would like a option to bypass Snaps as the default such as with Firefox. It's still not as good as a .deb package. Just because its easier, doesn't always mean its better. Firefox used to be the best experience on Linux or at least one of the better ones. Now I think Firefox seems worse these days, and its a shame to see that happen.
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