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Arch
That is a fucking awful suggestion for someone who just switched from windows lol. And I say that as someone who uses Arch (btw) as a daily driver
Arch is great for power users and hobbyists, but I can't think of a quicker way to turn a casual user off Linux lol. Ubuntu wouldn't necessarily have been my first choice either, but it's a perfectly serviceable windows replacement
Ubuntu is great, the average user doesn't care about the snaps controversy
Honestly I use Ubuntu as a server OS knowing full well there are better OS's simply because there's so much documentation out there for Ubuntu that if I have an issue I'm struggling to solve, someone else already has. Which is what people who are swapping OS's need more than anyone.
Ive been using Ubuntu for years, people have been bitching about it, but its stable and easy to use and thats all i want from my pc
And if you're going to offer someone to switch to something over the snap controversy anyways, maybe recommend Mint or a similar distribution (Mint is basically Ubuntu without snap)
Hahaha it is. I use u until because I enjoy the ease of use of windows and I like how it handles
I guess it wasn’t too apparent but ‘twas a little joke… why does everyone get so heated so quickly 😭 I just thought it was funny to say “Arch” to a Ubuntu user because of the stereotypical “I use arch btw” behavior of arch users And yes I agree, arch is great for power users and hobbyists and not for the casual. I’d figure, Ubuntu is usually a first choice for casuals, they look up Arch, and just say “ok I’ll stick with Ubuntu this is too complicated for me” I use Arch btw