PoliticallyIncorrect to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-24 months agoI need a distro that can work right out the box without too much hassle to configure it, which one would you recommend?message-square204fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareI need a distro that can work right out the box without too much hassle to configure it, which one would you recommend?PoliticallyIncorrect to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-24 months agomessage-square204fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@iopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•4 months agoI got annoyed with snaps, I can’t recommend it because removing snaps is that opposite of not having to mess with it out of the box
minus-squareroadkilllinkfedilink3•4 months agoThen don’t remove snaps and you don’t have to mess with anything out of the box.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoThen you are stuck with snaps. I at least want to use apt
minus-squarecooljacob204linkfedilink3•4 months agoA person new to Linux would probably not even care or notice it.
minus-square@iopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months agoIt’s a proprietary component run on only Ubuntu servers. Someone switching to Linux surely has REASONS to use Linux, like supporting open source
minus-square@giacomo@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•4 months agoThis doesn’t make sense to me. I have Ubuntu installed on a machine and have never even touched snaps. I did not have to do anything out of the box to not use snaps.
minus-square@iopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months agoI installed Firefox and it installed the snap version. Then I had to do a bunch of pinning and other stupid steps to make it NOT do that
minus-squarepalordrolaplinkfedilink1•4 months agoLinux Mint is basically Ubuntu without snaps. Flatpak is available for that sort of thing where necessary.
minus-square@iopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months agoThat’s why I upvoted Mint, it’s an excellent choice as a first Linux. My mom used it without much Linux knowledge
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I got annoyed with snaps, I can’t recommend it because removing snaps is that opposite of not having to mess with it out of the box
Then don’t remove snaps and you don’t have to mess with anything out of the box.
Then you are stuck with snaps. I at least want to use apt
A person new to Linux would probably not even care or notice it.
It’s a proprietary component run on only Ubuntu servers. Someone switching to Linux surely has REASONS to use Linux, like supporting open source
This doesn’t make sense to me. I have Ubuntu installed on a machine and have never even touched snaps. I did not have to do anything out of the box to not use snaps.
I installed Firefox and it installed the snap version. Then I had to do a bunch of pinning and other stupid steps to make it NOT do that
Linux Mint is basically Ubuntu without snaps. Flatpak is available for that sort of thing where necessary.
That’s why I upvoted Mint, it’s an excellent choice as a first Linux. My mom used it without much Linux knowledge