Thread 106956878

Two questions:

>1)
I want to use LTS but not until 26.04. Until then I want to use 'rolling', 25.10. The reason is I have a laptop and want to use smart charging (cap at 80%). LTS won't have this feature until 26.04, but it's already in 25.x.
So, is it possible to use 25.10 until 26.04, and then when I get there to 'change lanes' and hop over to the LTS lane from the 6-monthly lane?

>2)
I see a lot of people advocating for clean installs every major version, no matter the distro. I don't want to do that, I want to install once and then smoothly upgrade from version to version. Which Ubuntu lane is the best for that? I.e. which lane has the safest most reliable in-place upgrades, the least likely to bork itself in the process;
6-monthly (26.04 -> 26.10 -> 27.04 -> 27.10 -> 28.04 etc)?
Or LTS (26.04 -> 28.04 -> 30.04 etc)?

>>106956878 (OP)
It's been 20+ years since I borked a Linux install by doing a version upgrade, and that was probably Red Hat. I only use Ubuntu LTS so I can't answer your other questions.

>>106956878 (OP)
literally one google search, you can do this on seemingly any linux env with simple commands and you might even be able to enable this at bios-level.

is this your first time?

>>106956878 (OP)
Use LTS, don't be retarded.

>>106956878 (OP)
Yes.

No. That's only needed for garbage like
Fedora. Use the LTS lane, I have several machines that were upgraded over years and it just works.

i remember going from 21.10 to 22.04 lts on ubuntu mate. not sure how i did it but it is possible, i remember there being a guide on their forum. im sure it is still there. to be honest i do not see much benefit in using the lts version on a laptop, because late in its support cycle the packages are ancient.

>>106956878 (OP)
welcome to the greatest tech decision of your life

>>106956878 (OP)
big moment in your life anon.

>>106956878 (OP)
See you back on Windows tomorrow.

>>106957147
>>106957246
Yeah, a massive waste of time unless all you do happens inside a web browser.

>>106957561
switching from windows to any other OS is not a waste of time

>>106956878 (OP)
Open a thread when you're fed up with linux and crawl back to windows, be honest

Yes, install 25.10 and then around april upgrade to 26.04, is easy to do it.
Then, if you like your "it just werks" LTS setup, just upgrade every two years.
Compared to Windows, updates are not painful nor tedious, specially with non-rolling distros.

>>106956878 (OP)
>I have a laptop and want to use smart charging (cap at 80%)
Obviously no one else in this thread uses Linux, since this feature has existed for years with tlp.
Ubuntu isn't bad, I've been using it since 2016 when I skipped over, but the newer releases are starting to become a pain in the ass. You should do the rolling release for now and use the first LTS version available and stick with it, once you get used to the command line and have extra packages installed you won't want to keep doing version upgrades as often.

>>106957959
This. One other thing I would add - don't upgrade the LTS release until you need to, such as when you can't run new software on it anymore. Consider activating the Pro subscription if you end up using it past 5 years.

>>106956981
>That's only needed for garbage like Fedora.
In place upgrades have worked on Fedora for years.

>>106956878 (OP)
You can limit max battery charge to 80% on any distro using the terminal or even the file manager, you just modify one text file in `sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_stop_threshold` and write the number 80 on it. Save the file and that's it.
I successfully upgraded through major releases with no issues though

>>106957622
The only people who use windows are those too poor for a Mac, too stupid for Linux and those unfortunate enough to be forced to by their place of work.

You are an excellent specimen for scenario 2. You came to a thread discussing something you don't like only to complain about it, you are by all means stupid.

>>106960452
There should be tbfh a 120 page manual for all things linux that one could go to for answers and pre-requisite before installing Linux OS. That's how I would compare Linux pre-req to Mac and Winblows. Only useful thing is if you are using high end graphics Nvidia cards with AI generative content on W11 that could be a boon to stick with W11. Otherwise yeah, LinuxOS operated with AMD power for AI might be lacking beyond basics. Decent enough if you are just looking to goon with AI or ask it for tech help.

>>106960452
Gamers are kind if a big deal though
Everyone else uses phones they also make computers cheaper

>>106960519
They are already using Linux if they are using Android. Its just Google's OS type for Linux.

>>106960452
>murrican take

>>106956878 (OP)
>decided on Ubuntu
I know it's a rather cliche to go "shit distro use xyz instead lol" but Ubuntu has genuinely gotten shit. FEDora is what I'd go for.
>Which Ubuntu lane is the best for that? I.e. which lane has the safest most reliable in-place upgrades, the least likely to bork itself in the process
Probably LTS.

>>106956878 (OP)
brother, LTS is only essential for servers. I will always use the last current version.

>>106956878 (OP)
Good choice Anon. Ubuntu is good. You can even disable snaps if you want and just run deb packages and flatpak.

1. Yes

2. Yes. Use 25.10 for now and just upgrade to 26.04 when it's time

>>106956878 (OP)
>>I want to use LTS but not until 26.04. Until then I want to use 'rolling', 25.10. The reason is I have a laptop and want to use smart charging (cap at 80%). LTS won't have this feature until 26.04, but it's already in 25.x.
pretty sure you can do this on 24.04 LTS just not though the stock GUI. there's a CLI program you can use and a gnome extension that does the same thing.
>So, is it possible to use 25.10 until 26.04, and then when I get there to 'change lanes' and hop over to the LTS lane from the 6-monthly lane?
yes you can always change to the new normal/new LTS version. and it will usually work unless you fucked around with a lot of stuff
>>106956878 (OP)
>I see a lot of people advocating for clean installs every major version, no matter the distro. I don't want to do that, I want to install once and then smoothly upgrade from version to version. Which Ubuntu lane is the best for that? I.e. which lane has the safest most reliable in-place upgrades, the least likely to bork itself in the process;
just use the normal ubuntu versions released every half year they are very safe and reliable if you dont fuck around too much with the system files which could break things.

if you truly want a 'set it and forget it' get an immutable/atomic system. like fedora silverblue or bluefin. you basically cant accidentally break it , your system files are read-only and updates are done only when you restart (last version of your system is always saved so you can always roll back).

>>>106956878 (OP)
Stop right there. Use Mint or Xubuntu instead of default Ubuntu
1) Yes you can upgrade, but you should split partitions away anyway, specially /home, because if you fuck up the base install you can get a fresh install and just slap your old home on top of it and shit just works
2) Make your life easier and stick to LTS

>>106956878 (OP)
My best advice, use Arch Linux.
There is no GUI to install but it's easy.
Has *the best* resources to learn.
It just works.
It's the OS that Steam is pouring resources into making things just work even more.
Always up-to-date, just run a command every once in a while to get even more up-to-date stuff: no "version 2025.05, 2026.10, LTS, beta, edge, bullshit", no need to "upgrade to another version".

>>106961799
>>106962316
seething updooters who don't understand that not everyone wants to be an updooter

>>106962332
ubuntu is 'UPDOOTER' too
if you want zero maintenance get bluefin

>>106962392
Gay ass branding
Use Vanilla OS instead

>>106962418
honestly never tried it ill check it out

>>106962332
>seething updooters who don't understand that not everyone wants to be an updooter
Sure, it's worse to run `yay` whenever you feel like it, than it is to have your OS breathing down your neck telling you "There is a newer version of your distribution available" and "55 critical security updates are required", later needing to REINSTALL because you're on 2024.05 and it's not supported anymore, or running `apt dist-upgrade` and risk ruining everything so much that reinstalling is recommended.

I am seething.

>>106962945
>"There is a newer version of your distribution available" and "55 critical security updates are required", later needing to REINSTALL because you're on 2024.05 and it's not supported anymore, or running `apt dist-upgrade` and risk ruining everything so much
OP here, this was my 2nd question. If I never want to reinstall, just keep upgrading, does 6-monthly upgrade versions more smoothly than LTS? It's only 6 months of changes each leap vs 2 years of changes. So are the 6 month jumps are less risky in terms of borking the whole OS?

>>106956878 (OP)
>using the pedophile os

>>106963049
Look at this answer: https://askubuntu.com/a/1473045

You could do ALL THAT, and at *their* pace and timing.

Or; use Arch Linux or whatever other good rolling release distro is out there, and update whenever you feel like it, and you're good to go.

Couldn't be an easier choice.

>>106960519
I mainly use my desktop for gaming (i do everything else on a laptop or just my phone) and gaming has been surprisingly decent with linux too. The new Battlefield is pretty much the only thing that i kinda want to play but can’t run. I switched from win11 about 4 months ago.

>>106963049
both the normal ubuntu versions and the LTS versions upgrade perfectly fine,stable and risk-free if you use ubuntu in the 'intended' ways (use software from ubuntu, dont modify system files in ways which might break things). the people who advocate clean installs are usually the type to fuck around with/modify their system files in ways most users dont need to so they sometimes break their entire system.

assuming you have the disk space and are using windows right now literally go install ubuntu, you can try it out from the USB stick without installing and after that can install it alongside windows its a perfectly fine choice. in fact it has the biggest install base and almost everything made to work on linux is tested on ubuntu first or has an ubuntu version and there's a good reason for that.

>>106956878 (OP)
>is it possible to use 25.10 until 26.04, and then when I get there to 'change lanes' and hop over to the LTS lane from the 6-monthly lane?
Yes. The do-release-upgrade tool does this automatically, IIRC.

>Which Ubuntu lane is the best for that?
LTS, obviously. Ubuntu is a stable distro and the LTS versions are their real product. The other releases are essentially beta versions of the next LTS.

>>106963159
Wrong pic

>>106962945
>your OS breathing down your neck telling you "There is a newer version of your distribution available"
That's entirely your own mental illness that you're trying to project on me. Yes, there is a newer version of my operating system out there. No, I do not care, because my current version does everything I need it to do, receives security patches and because I'm not mentally ill.

>>106956938
>with simple commands
this is why everyone hate linux btw

>>106963049
The dependencies and whatnot are gonna change over time regardless and you're gonna have to resolve them at some point. The question is would you rather only deal with it at set intervals once every 2-3 years or every 6 months or just whenever you happen to install any new software or system updates.

AlmaLinux will give you 3 years in-between versions. Ubuntu LTS will give you 2 years. OpenSUSE Leap is something like 12-18 months. Fedora - 6 months. And of course there's rolling release distros like Gentoo, Arch and Tumbleweed, where there's just one supported version and it's the latest.

>>106956878 (OP)
Ubuntu's pretty good, don't forget to install flatpak and flathub.
As for your questions:
1) Yes, you can switch to only upgrading to LTS on the Software & Updates program (software-properties-gtk)
2) I've only had breakages when installing .deb packages and repositories from third parties and even then, most won't cause any harm, if you wanna be extra safe just uninstall them before doing a distro upgrade.

>>106963261
The new battlefield looks cool but there’s no fucking way I’m letting it modify my bios and install kernel level spyware just to run. That’s cattle behavior

>>106962945
a dist upgrade has never caused me problems, but even so, I always take a full disk backup before attempting any big changes to my OS, so even if it does get fucked up, I can just roll it back and try a different solution

Back to Windows yet, anon?

>>106956878 (OP)
Ubuntu sucks, use Mint or poop os or literally anything else

>>106964764
>ubuntu sucks so use ubuntu instead
what

I use Ubuntu on all my computers, zero issues. I found in benchmarking my performance on Ubuntu was better than on cachyOS or nobara, im sure that’s just me though. I personally prefer the workflow of Ubuntu compared to other DEs, and stock gnome is actual fucking garbage (seriously, no system tray). I don’t generally recommend the LTS release because it tends to be outdated, the point releases are perfectly stable other than the occasional oddity, like gamescope breaking on 25.04.

>>106964764
Ubuntu rocks

>>106956878 (OP)
Ubuntu is really, really bad my dude. It's like they looked at smartphone OS's and were like "yeah, that's what people want".

>>106956878 (OP)
i might first distro was fedora

i went from fedora to ubuntu and from ubuntu to linux mint

my first linux distro was fedora in 2017

i went from fedora to ubuntu and from ubuntu to linux mint

you know you have mastered linux when you can use it for months without breaking it

i beat simpsons hit and run on ubuntu

fedora being bloated(uses like 3GB of ram out of the box) is what made me switch to ubuntu

i switched from ubuntu to linux mint because ubuntu LTS was freezing
i learned later that it was a ram issue and not ubuntu issue
i just stayed with linux mint instead of going back to ubuntu

>>106966614
I am kinda new to linux (4 years), and the only point when I outright broke it was when I tried arch linux as my first distro. After a week iwd shat itself and I couldn't fix it. After than that arch-based distros especially are smooth sailing, and issues present themselves very rarely. Sometimes kde gets kinda buggy but there is usually an upgrade that fixes it in the next few days

>>106956878 (OP)
Here is a secret
/boot 2gb
/boot/efi 500Mb
/ 60-120gb luks2
Non os partition for the rest also luks 2
You can swap out the os at will and not worry about that shit. Total freedom.

>>106956938
>is this your first time?
>"Done with Windows, ready to switch to Linux"
literally basic reading comprehension, anon.

>>106956878 (OP)
get ready to beta test tranny software

>>106962143
>and a gnome extension that does the same thing.
there's a gnome extension solely for limiting thinkpad batteries. there's an extension for limiting the CPU though.

>>106966614
just dont touch system files and you're golden
also i think on fedora/ubuntu installing another DE sometimes breaks one/both but you can just uninstall. also i have a wierd dependency issue on my fedora that a package i cant update but also cant remove because of some wierd conflict/others depending on it

mint is great for this since the initial setup window has you configure timeshift so you can always roll back changes
>>106966561
i distrohopped for a month last year and landed on fedora kde on my desktop. now recently i tried fedora atomic on my laptop (including rebasing to cosmic/kinoite/sericea/silverblue) and i love it ill probably switch to fedora atomic on my desktop once fedora 43 officially launches
>>106966791
silverblue with nothing open takes 1.7GB ram on my laptop. you shouldnt be picking distros based on idle ram

>>106968498
never managed to break Ubuntu by installing other DEs, but Fedora genuinely does not boot the Wayland GNOME session anymore after I installed an X11 DE. no wonder GDM went back to X11 kek

>>106968797
in the atomic version im switching between fedora 43/42 and i3/gnome/kde/cosmic with no issue
can you actually have ubuntu/xubuntu side by side? on the same system? i remember i somehow fucked it up where one of the DEs wouldnt launch and would just display some terminal error instead

>>106956878 (OP)
just so you all know, jews monitor everything, especially how you plan to avoid their tricks
so you should fully expect for everything you plan to use to be heavily tampered with in the future
jews will never stop meddling

People get the wrong idea about the non-LTS releases. It's not "beta" software, they are full releases with the same quality/QA as the LTS release. They just have a shorter life cycle.
The LTS releases are there for people who don't want massive changes every 6 months.
Anyone with modern hardware in a home environment should just use the latest release so they have the best support. You said so in the OP that charge limits aren't in the current LTS.

As for upgrading, I've never had an issue upgrading through every version since 18.04. Just follow the standard rule of thumb with all software, wait a week or two after the update comes out before upgrading.

>>106968826
>atomic
I find that shit hellish for development so I stay far the fuck away from it
>can you actually have ubuntu/xubuntu side by side?
if you mean something like installing xfce after installing regular Ubuntu then yeah, absolutely, I've had 24.04 and 25.04 installs with several DEs that never gave me issues. Fedora 42 was legitimately the first time a distro ever broke from me doing that.

>>106962945
dist-upgrade is an apt function and doesn't move you between Ubuntu versions. You're thinking of do-release-upgrade

>>106968844
i wouldnt say it's hell its like 1 extra step to use a container with nonatmomic fedora or just layer all the packages you need on top of the base image. its a tiny hassle you pay in exchange for having a very simple and clean way to move between system images (fedora versions/different DEs/bazzite bluefin and all the ublue distros)

fedora cured my distrohopping (atleast for the past year or so) and now fedora-atomic is curing my breaking-my-install-anxiety

>>106957561
Everything I do happens inside a terminal, except posting shit on your face which happens in Tor Browser.

>>106966749
I beat my meat on omarchy

>>106956878 (OP)
0. I reject Ubuntu for political reasons, but for a Windows refugee Ubuntu is perfect. Don't listen to misdirection to other distros, unless you want to try Mint. Both are based on Debian.
1. AFAIK, you can't switch lanes. So prepare for an upgrate when 26.04 LTS comes out. Take it as a learning opportunity. Find out what you want, and then cleanly install it on 26.04.
2. LTS. I've never had a problem with Ubuntu upgrades.

If you have the time, study the terminal until you get comfortable with it. It's not that you can't do most of what you want in GUI, but you can do more in the terminal. Get a local LLM and ask it questions. Learn how to write bash scripts which will help customize your Linux experience. A couple years of casual learning will pay off, and you'll learn a lot about how your computer works (if you don't know already). Then you'll realize why the Linux/BSD experience is superior.
Good luck!

>>106969074
>You can't switch lanes
There are no "lanes". There's a series of releases and you can choose to either stay on LTS and only upgrade to another LTS version, or you can upgrade through every version.
If OP installs 25.10 today, he can upgrade to 26.04 then in the settings change it so that he doesn't get recommended the 26.10 upgrade.

There are some limitations though. People running 24.04 can't upgrade directly to 25.10.

>>106956878 (OP)
Linux doesn’t bork itself anymore on lts, don’t know about non lts


Biggest danger of bork is the first install, if that’s comfy u should be good

>>106957959
>Yes, install 25.10
the window tiling is pissing my off
any way to address that? gnome extensions havent added support for 25.10 yet

>>106957518
>jeet post

>>106964519
Oh yeah, i’m with you there, was never ever going to install it anyway. Just wanted to use it as an example of a new game that doesn’t work.

>>106968844
you're supposed to use containers for development on mutable distros too so you might just be completely retarded

>>106956878 (OP)
Switching to Linux is the best decision you have ever made anon. After you install you only need to do some minor steps such as compiling drivers (ensure you have the right version of the compiler first), get the sound to work (just go to github and find someone that posted drivers for it, and the compiler), get the ethernet card to work, and ensure you are not getting flooded by kernel or sys logs (careful with those as they can grow to fill Gbs in a matter of minutes). But after you get the right drivers for your mouse compiled you are golden.
I advise you to get to enjoy doing troubleshoot of your OS every now and then since this is the biggest fun of using Linux.

>>106970979
This isn't 2005 anymore. I installed Ubuntu last month and I've no issues with anything besides the in game mic not working in phasmophobia (because it uses Cortana). Would recommend over bloated winshit spyware any day.

I find it really creepy how many linux groomers crawl out to congratulate someone to "switching". I bet troons do that when they con a confused child into believing they can switch genders (pro tip: you cannot).

>>106956878 (OP)
this isn't reddit or stack overflow. go ask chatgpt your retarded questions, faggot.

>>106971055
The difference is with linux, you can always change your mind when you arent feeling it. Sometimes too many times

@106971055
Low effort shitpost. Awful bait.

>>106964251
>muh I need a button pls
grow up retard and learn how computers work

Is Fedora with gnome more stable and reliable than with KDE? Installed F41 couple of months ago on a new pc and the bluetooth was fucked

>>106971553
I dunno, sorry anon

ii want to have bazzite in my next full amd (7800x3d/9070xt) build bros , is it recommended (ive watched multiple videos on youtube about bazzite gaming , is it recomennded ?

>>106956878 (OP)
>Which Ubuntu lane is the best for that?
LTS. I've been on my LTS installation since 2018 I think

>>106964251
doing oddly specific software changes to your computer with a single string of text is why people hate linux? hmm.

>>106967011
I had used linux a bunch of times before deciding to fully leave windows. Someone entirely new to linux would ask OPs question, faggot.

>>106968944
>>106970921
if you need immutable guardrails shit to not break your system, you might be the retard

>>106972055
so you're projecting then, I see lmao

>>106972069
you're unemployed and underage, have fun using arch or gentoo or whatever

>>106972055
>doing oddly specific software changes to your computer with a single string of text is why people hate linux?

Yes retard, because there's no way of knowing said magical command without googling. Do you need to Google to do basic shit on Windows? 99% of the time the answer is no. How is someone gonna know shit like: "chmod +x my_script.sh" without prior knowledge?

>>106971055
>using an os is the same as cutting off your cock
you're unironically more mentally ill than people who cut off their own cocks.

>>106956878 (OP)
>I see a lot of people advocating for clean installs every major version, no matter the distro. I don't want to do that, I want to install once and then smoothly upgrade from version to version. Which Ubuntu lane is the best for that?
On Ubuntu? None of them. In 99.99% of cases Ubuntu is installed from scratch rather than upgraded.

I regret every single moment of my life that I have spent configuring or learning a piece of software.

the more I grow up the more I realize that Linux (or any software that requires configuration and effort to learn) is a total waste of time.

if I could go back in time and convince my younger self to not look at computers as anything more than a game console I would.

you will gain nothing from configuring your software, there is nothing at the end of that road other than regret and misery. you will be no more efficient than a boomer pointing and clicking a mouse on an old windows laptop.

you will have nothing to show, nothing that others care about at least, including your future self. your future self will look at you with as much disgust as any normal person would today. he will never forgive you for wasting that precious time.

if this was 10 years ago I might have told you to just invest that time learning how to actually code and make use of existing libraries and platforms. but today the only thing I can tell you is to turn off that laptop and go pickup a real hobby. go touch some grass, learn how to draw, or play an instrument, or whatever.

if you use your computer too much that you have to think about saving milliseconds with your shortcuts then you should reevaluate your life. you should never have to sit in front of a computer for that long.

>>106972648
>Touch grass
Midwit meme. Disregard this anon. Disregard grass. Switch to Linux. When you go outside, close your eyes and bask in the light of the Sun.

>>106972743
>When you go outside, close your eyes and bask in the light of the Sun.
Fairwit meme. Disregard this point. Disregard the sun. If you go outside, close your eyes and bask in the glow of the moon.

>>106956878 (OP)
>decided on Ubuntu
Don't. It's funded by Microsoft.
If you have to go for a big corpo distro, get Fedora.

>>106956878 (OP)
>Done with Windows, ready to switch to Linux
see you in a week

>>106956878 (OP)
>So, is it possible to use 25.10 until 26.04, and then when I get there to 'change lanes' and hop over to the LTS lane from the 6-monthly lane?
Yes, you can continuously upgrade ubuntu through every version available, although it's not recommended since it's not really well implemented, the best thing you can do is to use 25.10 until 26 releases and do a clean install, and then stay on the 26.04 version until 28.04.
>I want to install once and then smoothly upgrade from version to version
I'd recommend debian or lmde without extra repos to achieve this, I installed lmde in my parents' laptop like 6 years ago and it continuously kept itself updated since then after enabling automatic updates.
If you want an up to date OS that can be continuously upgraded through versions, I'd recommend fedora with gnome, it's probably the best distro for that purpose and a tad more stable than ubuntu, or at least less retarded error prone than it from my personal experience.

>ubuntu
>click-action behaviour still not changed to minimize as default setting

retarded devs

I'm stuck between Ubuntu/Gnome versions.

22 doesn't have working thumbnail pickers

24 and 25 removed a folder's Open with... VS Code option, and takes 3 more clicks. I do this enough for it to be annoying.

25.10 doesn't work with tiling shell and the default tiling is frustrating to use.

25.10 doesn't work well with wine (because of no x11?)

I might actually return to 22.

And I don't want to fuck around with different DEs because I'll find a bunch of other devils that are likely worse.

>>106956878 (OP)
>Done with Windows, ready to switch to Linux
In that case, Kubuntu will most likely be a better choice. As always:
- never use Kmail
- avoid Akonadi

Linux Mint is the top recommended distro for a reason
>Ubuntu
it's not 2018 guys

>>106956878 (OP)
>decided on Ubuntu
It was over before you even begun.

>>106970979
>the copes we tell ourselves to stay in our lane with our sub-standard computing experience

>>106956878 (OP)
You can use whichever release you want to.

Having a / partition and a /home partition makes it easy to scrub it at any time with anything you want while preserving all your personal files and config files.

If you want safest most reliable releases use LTS.

>bork
Good reddit boy, who is a good reddit boy?
(That's why you should use ZFS to undo anything you don't like).

>>106976414
This desu. Even though I think Mint is gay and retarded they still set out to make the most "How do we make linux easy for Windows converts?" distro. But it still has systemd so you are still a loser anyway.

>>106971567
It's about equal to or slightly worse than CachyOS. I haven't used the bazzite package manager / software center but I think you'd really enjoy CachyOS. It specifies your packages depending on your CPU architecture and gives you insane kernel customization options and makes it quite easy too.

>>106956878 (OP)
>decided on Ubuntu
my condolences

>>106976523
>it still has systemd
don't give a shit, if Ubuntu uses it then Linux uses it, I'm not a FOSS developer, it makes no difference and I could give a shit about the GNU philosophy because it just doesn't matter

>>106976598
OK then, don't come crying to /g/urus when systemd backdoor gets activated and free software contributors have to sift through almost 2 million lines of code to find out what went wrong.

>>106971567
https://yearofthelinuxdesktop.net/#os
lgtm

ubuntu is a great experience nowadays. everything works out of the box, their gnome plugins are nice, interface is nice, low ram usage not a lot of bloatware, doesn't break on update

linux mint is a psyop to get people to dislike linux IMO. I couldn't even open an appimage when I tried using it without tinkering. ubuntu requires 0 tinkering

ubuntu 16.04

>>106956878 (OP)
There is supposed to be third-party software that can do the limited charging, but I haven't been able to get it to work and do not remember what it was. I think it is ksill issue on my end, or maybe it is garbage software?
I just keep an eye on charging during use and manage the charge level myself. Battery life with Ubuntu 24.10 on my Latitude 7490 is pretty great, lasts many hours. For me, it is just casual/portable use, my main machine runs W11 & i7-12700k + RTX3060, though I will use my Latitude as a second screen for my main rig, too.

>>106972648
>skill issues: the anonymous poster
How horrid. Clearly you are only here to shitpost and contribute nothing.