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I have only used mint,pop,and nobara on my pc,I tried vanilla but didnt like it, Is there any good ubuntu based distro thats easy to use? I can use the terminal fine,I also want gnome 44

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[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd say Linux Mint or Pop OS.

Otherwise, as other comments say, you can try Debian.

[–] MyMulligan@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

Pop or Mint are fantastic. They are my go to.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] help@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm bearish on Elementary. Their recent-ish drama where the founders split up doesn't seem good for long-term stability:

https://lunduke.substack.com/p/elementary-os-is-imploding

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh I didn't know this was happening, sorry to hear that :-/. (I had elementary back in 2016/17)

[–] Turtle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yikes. Was this ever resolved? That was from march last year.

[–] help@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The founders don't like each other on a personal level, and I haven't heard about any updates since then, so until there's new life breathed onto the project somehow, I'm assuming that it's on the back burner at best.