silly question: ElementaryOS, Pop!OS, or Ubuntu LTS 20.04?
by lleb from LinuxQuestions.org on (#52VQN)
I will be home this weekend and will be moving my workstation (AMD CPU with Nvidia GPU, exact specs can be posted later, but they are both new within the last year or so, I think the GPU is either a 1060 or 1070) from Fedora to one of the above distros.
1. Must fully support F@H https://foldingathome.org/
2. Must fully support Nvidia drivers, I have 2x 32in 2k monitors I would love to run them off of DP instead of HDMI.
3. Would be nice if the Citrix client worked for work, else I will continue using the Chrome addin.
4. Easy support for Steam would be nice
I have already moved my old laptop (7-8yr old) to first Ubuntu LTS 18.04, and last weekend updated to 20.04 LTS. I do have full support for F@H on the laptop. It is to old to run Steam and it does not have a Nvidia GPU.
I have installed ElementaryOS and Pop!OS in VirtualBox on the laptop to play around with them.
ElemenataryOS has a great GUI. It has the support of Ubuntu repos as needed. It has a bad rap due to their desire to charge for "support." I am not as interested in philosophical debates as I am with performance and doing what I need.
Pop!OS installed easier than any other distro I've played with in years. Full encryption as a default, also has a fork with Nvidia drivers built into the install ISO. Not sure on the support for other facets I require.
Ubuntu LTS (18.04 and 20.04) Little bit of a fight to get F@H and the Citrix Chrome addin working under 20.04, but they are working.
For Ubuntu is there a way to use the area on the left as part of the desktop. In other words when I maximized an application I would like to cover the icon on the "favorites" column on the left of the desktop. How is that done in Ubuntu. That is the default in Fedora and Pop!OS. Elementary has it at the bottom of the screen just like OSx GUI that it emulates.
Thank you for the debate and feedback. One more note, I have been using Fedora since roughly 2011, just time for a change. Done fighting it for support that is found easier with Ubuntu. My IT days are reducing to a point of more of a user, than an administrator that I used to be. Just not keeping up with IT like I used to thanks to my new career path.
Please keep it clean, this is just for feedback, not a pissing contest. Please respect others opinions and keep in mind that everyone has their opinion and let it be that.
Thank you.
1. Must fully support F@H https://foldingathome.org/
2. Must fully support Nvidia drivers, I have 2x 32in 2k monitors I would love to run them off of DP instead of HDMI.
3. Would be nice if the Citrix client worked for work, else I will continue using the Chrome addin.
4. Easy support for Steam would be nice
I have already moved my old laptop (7-8yr old) to first Ubuntu LTS 18.04, and last weekend updated to 20.04 LTS. I do have full support for F@H on the laptop. It is to old to run Steam and it does not have a Nvidia GPU.
I have installed ElementaryOS and Pop!OS in VirtualBox on the laptop to play around with them.
ElemenataryOS has a great GUI. It has the support of Ubuntu repos as needed. It has a bad rap due to their desire to charge for "support." I am not as interested in philosophical debates as I am with performance and doing what I need.
Pop!OS installed easier than any other distro I've played with in years. Full encryption as a default, also has a fork with Nvidia drivers built into the install ISO. Not sure on the support for other facets I require.
Ubuntu LTS (18.04 and 20.04) Little bit of a fight to get F@H and the Citrix Chrome addin working under 20.04, but they are working.
For Ubuntu is there a way to use the area on the left as part of the desktop. In other words when I maximized an application I would like to cover the icon on the "favorites" column on the left of the desktop. How is that done in Ubuntu. That is the default in Fedora and Pop!OS. Elementary has it at the bottom of the screen just like OSx GUI that it emulates.
Thank you for the debate and feedback. One more note, I have been using Fedora since roughly 2011, just time for a change. Done fighting it for support that is found easier with Ubuntu. My IT days are reducing to a point of more of a user, than an administrator that I used to be. Just not keeping up with IT like I used to thanks to my new career path.
Please keep it clean, this is just for feedback, not a pissing contest. Please respect others opinions and keep in mind that everyone has their opinion and let it be that.
Thank you.