I seem to be content with Kubuntu now, 23.10 on my main machine and laptop, and Kubuntu 22.04 LTS on my "old" pc which I use as a media streaming box hooked up to my TV.
Hey Jack, I'm too lazy to Google it... I am not an Ubuntu type of guy, I prefer the rolling releases. So the question is as follows: If I were to install this on real HW, would I be able to upgrade when the new LTS comes out. I mean like no reinstalling... Thanks! P.S. Great content!
Yes, just run a distro upgrade 'sudo apt dist upgrade'. Unless you have some seriously special use-case software needs, it should be no problem at all. Ubuntu is based on Debian, and thus does system updates and release upgrades almost identically. If you prefer a true rolling release model, then you would be wiser to use a distribution such as Arch Linux, or derivatives thereof such as EndeavorOS.
Hi Mislav, good to hear from you! :) In addition to terminalvelocity's comment, An upgrade button should appear in the Software centre Updates tab window when the new one is released. Alternatively, in the console, "sudo do-release-upgrade -c" should do the trick as well. 👍
Hi Jack, I tried Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.10 on 2 different systems. The latest was on a Dell 3020 with an I7-13700, it would constantly crash cinnamon so I would have to restart the desktop. I stared using Ubuntu in 2005 so I am no rookie Linux user just could get it to work, bye the way love your reviews.
If you want the real Cinnamon experience, I strongly recommend you Linux Mint Debian Edition for an Ubuntu-free Linux Mint experience. The only crash I ever had was entirely my fault.
There's nothing like the original when it comes to the aesthetics for sure. I daily drove Mint for a few months and loved it overall, but had issues with some of the outdated software which couldn't be resolved via flatpaks or snaps. So personally I just like things to be more up to date. Since Mint is based on Ubuntu anyway, Ubuntu23.10 seems like a nice alternative even compared to Edge. In my personal experience, I've had more stability issues with running older lts repos than the more edgy Arch, Fedora, OpenSuse-Tumbleweed, lol. But everyone has different combos of hardware which makes all this so subjective. Now if we were talking servers instead of desktops though, then for me a Debian stable would be a very smart choice in many cases.
Nautilus is made for Gnome. Nemo is made for Cinnamon. Dolphin is made for KDE. Thunar is independent, XFCE uses it by default. PCManFM is independent, LXDE uses it by default. The last two have the least amount of dependencies and are lightest while still being feature-rich and "just work" with pretty much any setup. There are a few other FM's as well as terminal based, but those mentioned here are the most common. I personally use PCManFM with my minimalist SwayFX Wayland tiling window manager setup. All are good choices, but go with what works best for your use-case and needs.
@@terminalvelocity4858 thanks, i use Dolphin and Nautilus, do you perhaps know which file manager supports samba shares as if a local drive without need to use mount as CIFS share from commandline? Dolphin and Nautilus cannot unless mounted from commandline with the mount command ( and the unmounting from commandline too) SMB Fuse only shows filenames and info, but oe cannot play a video file from nautilus or dolphin samba share unless with terminal commandline mounted as CIFS. Nautilus and Dolphin currently behave as if a samba share is like ftp, the whole file must be downloaded to local first.
I really like the Ubuntu aesthetic on Cinnamon.
I seem to be content with Kubuntu now, 23.10 on my main machine and laptop, and Kubuntu 22.04 LTS on my "old" pc which I use as a media streaming box hooked up to my TV.
Great video! Personally, I would recommend Linux Mint Debian (LMDE) over Canonical's Corporate Ubuntu though.
I switched to LMDE 4 because I did not want to be in Canonical ecosystem anymore. I still wonder why LMDE is not the flag distro.
Hey Jack, I'm too lazy to Google it... I am not an Ubuntu type of guy, I prefer the rolling releases. So the question is as follows: If I were to install this on real HW, would I be able to upgrade when the new LTS comes out. I mean like no reinstalling... Thanks! P.S. Great content!
Yes, just run a distro upgrade 'sudo apt dist upgrade'. Unless you have some seriously special use-case software needs, it should be no problem at all. Ubuntu is based on Debian, and thus does system updates and release upgrades almost identically. If you prefer a true rolling release model, then you would be wiser to use a distribution such as Arch Linux, or derivatives thereof such as EndeavorOS.
@@terminalvelocity4858 Thanks man, I actually run Endeavour KDE. You have actually answered my question perfectly. Thanks again!
Hi Mislav, good to hear from you! :) In addition to terminalvelocity's comment, An upgrade button should appear in the Software centre Updates tab window when the new one is released. Alternatively, in the console, "sudo do-release-upgrade -c" should do the trick as well. 👍
Hi Jack, I tried Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.10 on 2 different systems. The latest was on a Dell 3020 with an I7-13700, it would constantly crash cinnamon so I would have to restart the desktop. I stared using Ubuntu in 2005 so I am no rookie Linux user just could get it to work, bye the way love your reviews.
If you want the real Cinnamon experience, I strongly recommend you Linux Mint Debian Edition for an Ubuntu-free Linux Mint experience. The only crash I ever had was entirely my fault.
or run Linux Mint as LMDE is not their core product@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115
Hey Jack, dont you think its better to have the mint instead if going by cinnamon? Since mint developed cinnamon
There's nothing like the original when it comes to the aesthetics for sure. I daily drove Mint for a few months and loved it overall, but had issues with some of the outdated software which couldn't be resolved via flatpaks or snaps. So personally I just like things to be more up to date. Since Mint is based on Ubuntu anyway, Ubuntu23.10 seems like a nice alternative even compared to Edge.
In my personal experience, I've had more stability issues with running older lts repos than the more edgy Arch, Fedora, OpenSuse-Tumbleweed, lol.
But everyone has different combos of hardware which makes all this so subjective. Now if we were talking servers instead of desktops though, then for me a Debian stable would be a very smart choice in many cases.
Nautilus or Dolphin filemanager or other?
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@@ZensG_ new for me 🙋♂️🤷
Nemo
Nautilus is made for Gnome. Nemo is made for Cinnamon. Dolphin is made for KDE. Thunar is independent, XFCE uses it by default. PCManFM is independent, LXDE uses it by default. The last two have the least amount of dependencies and are lightest while still being feature-rich and "just work" with pretty much any setup. There are a few other FM's as well as terminal based, but those mentioned here are the most common. I personally use PCManFM with my minimalist SwayFX Wayland tiling window manager setup. All are good choices, but go with what works best for your use-case and needs.
@@terminalvelocity4858 thanks, i use Dolphin and Nautilus, do you perhaps know which file manager supports samba shares as if a local drive without need to use mount as CIFS share from commandline? Dolphin and Nautilus cannot unless mounted from commandline with the mount command ( and the unmounting from commandline too) SMB Fuse only shows filenames and info, but oe cannot play a video file from nautilus or dolphin samba share unless with terminal commandline mounted as CIFS. Nautilus and Dolphin currently behave as if a samba share is like ftp, the whole file must be downloaded to local first.
I don't like the theme. It's much to dark and not consistent because Firefox was light themed as was the updater.
I think the default theming could be better too. 👍