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LPBBEAR

(676 posts)
10. I didn't view the entire review
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 03:32 AM
Sunday

It wasn't worth the time. I've used both versions of Pop!OS, the newest one and the older one. I didn't find it suited my needs. I recognized it as an honest attempt by System76 to provide a alternative in house Linux version for their hardware offering. I initially used it as gaming system in the first go-around which it worked pretty well as. After a period of using the system with only Pop!OS I downloaded KDE Plasma and used that desktop environment instead of Pop!OS. I later wiped that system and switched it to Nobara which is a Linux distribution focused on gaming. I later tried the newer recently released version of Pop!OS on a test hard drive.

I guess my "review" of the system(s) wouldn't be negative. It actually worked pretty well and I recognize it as an honest effort by System76 but....its in a early period of its development and not as mature and feature complete as KDE Plasma or newer versions of Gnome. I have no doubt they will get there given the obvious talent being displayed with what they have created so far.

"The other day on another forum when I pointed out that all Linux users are beta testers, nobody disagreed."

Thats a ironic pathetic statement given that Windows, which is apparently your focus, has been around for decades and still crashes and trashes its users. How long will Windows users be "beta testers" do you thing before its perfect. (snark snark)

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