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Ubuntu is a popular Linux operating system for PC / mobile devices, etc.

Developed by Canonical & based on Debian (another older Linux OS) which is known for it's rock solid stability.

Ubuntu is trusted everywhere computing by professionals and common users alike.

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Ubuntu 24 really feels like a mature OS 💪 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by SuccesfullDork341@leminal.space to c/ubuntu@lemmy.ml

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I've used multiple linux distro's in the early 2000's but found myself going back to macOS for the last 15 years.

Recently my macbook pro crashed and I decided to ditch big tech and bought a refurbished Lenovo X1 Carbon gen 8 (i5, 16 GB ram, 256 GB disk) for 300 euros (without VAT) & installed Ubuntu 24 LTS

I must say I am so surprised with how polished the OS feels, the fingerprint reader, the screenshots, emojis, the battery life of my Bluetooth headphones, hibernating correctly, pluging in a printer that just works ... its in the little things ...

It has really become something that I can hand over to my mom now and be confident that she will not bump into one issue after the other. Hats of to all devs involved that made this happen!

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Politely I will have to disagree.

I use a X1 gen 10 and I come across numerous little issues that I have to work around. Most egregious is the broken webcam after the 6.14 kernel update. But also multiple monitor scaling issues, flickering, sleep issues. I wouldn't be confident giving this laptop or OS to my mother.

[–] SuccesfullDork341@leminal.space 2 points 2 days ago

The webcam and mic worked out of the box, there might be something to say about about using older hardware for more stability. I was actually hoping that because my laptop is from 2020 it would have less issues and it seems to be the case ...