Operating Systems

3799 readers

1 users here now

All things operating system related, from Windows to Mac to Linux distros and the more obscure.

Subcommunity of Technology.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

My first day using Pop OS (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I recently decided to reinstall linux mint 21.3 Cinnamon to clean any extra packages I installed over time so I didnt have to manually look for and uninstall packages that I no longer use. Though when I tried to run lutris it would no longer run so instead of trying to get it to work I thought I would try pop os. First thing I noticed when installing Pop OS was the different layout. I was use to the linux mint layout since I went from windows to Mint. I never used Mac so this layout might seem normal for mac users. So far I have reinstalled Lutris and got lord of the rings the battle for middle earth 2 to run. This is part2 of my first post from a few months ago. 1 month of Linux Mint and some thoughts.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I've been using Pop for a few years. I purchased a System76 laptop and decided to give it a spin since it was already installed. There's a lot of I like about, and overall appreciate System76's effort. It's very stable, works flawlessly with Lutris, and the Pop store is a refreshing take on package management. Ive continued using it since at this point I'm just settled in on my OS and don't want to bother setting anything else up lol.

That said, I'm still a much bigger fan of KDE over gnome and gnome derivatives. Pop lacks a lot of UI customization I'd really like to have. There's also only two themes,( and im not particularly interested in learning how to replace is manually).

I am looking forward to trying out their next iteration of the Cosmic DE though. The previews look awesome and it would be a big step forward for Pop.