Linux

Ubuntu gnome. Wanted to install a gnome add on (hibernation button), searched how to do it and learned there's a section in the gui store but couldn't find it. Searched for that and turns out they removed the add ons section from the store in the latest version and I need to use a browser. Tried to install it from a browser and it still didn't work. Tried the other browser and failed again. Searching for that discovered that the pre-installed browsers are snap packages and can't interact with anything else 🤦

Instantly switched to kubuntu. It had the hibernation button out of the box

After using Arch based distros for more than a year when I use any Debian/Ubuntu based distro it really feels like they aren't for me, at least when it comes to daily driving. I still have a laptop with PopOS that I use for school, stable distro is a better option in my oppinion for that usecase because I use it twice a week (unless it's summer or winter in which case I don't use it at all).

Not too ick someone's yum, and this ventures outside of Linux.

I dislike the BSDs. Great for getting pf, and not being a homogeneous shop, but just different enough to be difficult outside of one specific use case.

Gentoo was similar. It may be different now, but a pain on the Xbox.

Mint was too dumbed down and ugly.

Ubuntu is useful, but likely harmful with it's constant pushes to commercialize everything.

Redhat is needed for work, but the commercialization drives worse quality. Documentation seems purposely bad to drive training courses.

(Yes, I like Debian.)

tails

Puppy Linux
AntiX

Void linux.

I used arch for a couple years, then crux for over 10 years, so I though Void would be a great distro when the systemd drama occured. Tried that, and noped the hell out of it...

• creating/maintaining packages is a pain
• the dev team was awful with newcomers
• system couldn't handle more than a couple weeks without updates
• it's an arch wannabe that doesn't admit it, making it a worse alternative

MicroOS. I didn't switch from losedows to still have my PC restart on me while I was working. Also, it kinda broke and was annoying to configure, and had way too little documentation.

Ubuntu. The whole interface paradigm puts me off.

PopOS!

It's supposed to be good for gaming, but a lot of its packages (including the video drivers) are outdated af because it's based on Ubuntu, so you may have to wait months for a mesa patch that makes a game playable while on Arch I can just install mesa-git and play.

I also don't like the Gnome interface and the fact that it casually encourages installing proprietary software, but that's not relevant given its target audience.

Yeah, I get it, it's a distro for novices so obviously it won't go all freetard on you for installing nvidia drivers, but the fact that it's so outdated is absolutely inexcusable and can drive users away because games that are marked as playable on steam may not even launch.