That’s not inherently bad. With Flatpak, you can pull your applications from any server, without any verification that the software hasn’t been tampered with. At least with Snap there is some control over that, no?

Also, I can’t tell you how many times flatpaks failed to download due to server errors. This hasn’t hasn’t happened with Snaps yet.

For the record, I do prefer Flatpaks over Snaps for its ease of use, access controls, and control over when I update my software. This is something I have found difficult with Snaps.

It means they paid money or provided a service free of charge or with a significant rebate in exchange for advertisement. It’s probably no more than that.

Bottles is the way. You can set up bottles (Wine prefixes, or environments) with predefined libraries and Proton for games. You simply run the installer through the GUI or add a shortcut to the executable.

You’re welcome! :)

Mint, or any other flavor of Ubuntu, don’t come with the third party driver installer GUI application. You have to read documentation and go through command line to install the correct driver.

Yes.

No I think they mean the Docker Desktop application. The commercial GUI to docker.

Ubuntu. It has great Nvidia driver support. Everything works practically out of the box.

Just an anecdote, I would LOVE for ffmpeg to have a GUI.

Kubuntu would run just fine on that machine.

I thought it was a new window manager lol

I’m pretty excited about this.

It is a holocaust, essentially.

Trying to save people from a holocaust is not stupidity.

Vive le Québec !!!

Snaps aren’t as bad as people make them out to be. The only problem in Kubuntu is thflathead. Independent app to manage Snap security and access like flatseal. There is one, but you gotta install so much dependencies that you almost end up with the whole Gnome desktop. Otherwise it’s a great solution for use in Ubuntu Core for example.

I do prefer Flatpaks though.

Personally I prefer Kubuntu.

I find Mint’s or Cinnamon’s look and feel a little too outdated. Reminds me too much of Gnome 2.

And Gnome changed their whole desktop paradigm since Gnome 3. I find Gnome 4 more suitable for a tablet. I feel too constrained and limited by it on a desktop PC. It’s awesome on my Surface Pro tablet though!

KDE Plasma kept the classic desktop paradigm like Windows, with a fresh modern look and tons of customizations. (Though I try to limit those as much as possible) You can configure it to your liking and add tons of really practical shortcuts. Its applications are also very powerful. Much more so than Gnome’s I find, which are more minimalistic.

Yeah I was asking myself the same question. But it looks like they’ve started doing an Ubuntu Core setup for the Steam Deck.

I think PopOS was made especially for the System76 hardware, no? While it can still work on other hardware, System76 hardware is the one it was meant for.

Honestly, Ubuntu is great. It’s not bleeding edge where you can encounter yet unfixed bugs or other problems, and it’s not old enough that you can run into problems where the software is so old it doesn’t support the latest gaming stuff. It has great support from the community, it’s widespread, and comes with tons of quality of life things like tools to install 3rd party drivers, like graphical drivers for NVidia. Why change?

Oohh this is something I’d love to have as well.

It’s been so long since I installed mine that I forget.

I remember there being an option to download and install additional drivers during the installation. Otherwise, it’s a very simple process. As you can see here:

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-24-04

On Ubuntu there’s literally an application for additional drivers. On Kubuntu, I think you have to used the command line because Canonical only prioritizes their Gnome desktop. Kubuntu is a community-driven flavour. However, once you know which driver is recommended, you can use the graĥical software installer to install it.