Popos opinions?

Ice Tea · 21 Oct 2019 at 09:58

I thought it was just a reskin with a stupid name but apparently they are doing their own tweeks such as a full Systemd boot instead of Grub.

Steveocee · 21 Oct 2019 at 10:35

Used it briefly at my old work place. Works well, is focused on giving a usable OS that you add on what you need to work. I wouldn't say it has a lot (if anything) to make it stand out from the crowd of other Debian variants but it's a viable alternative to Ubuntu.

I guess using it depends on your issue with what they are "fixing"? Are they fixing things for a specific need that will benefit you or changing things #because.

Bluecube · 21 Oct 2019 at 14:28

I tried Pop OS briefly. Emphasis on briefly. It’s a clean OS and works well but I had a hard time finding and installing the apps I wanted. I also wasn’t keen on the menu system. I imagine it’d work very well on a small laptop screen though. I ended up going back to Mint.

wiiija · 21 Oct 2019 at 19:49

I loved when I using it, top notch stability and looks great as a bonus (they all can but this saves faffing about), I'm actually on Windows at the moment but wont hesitate to use it when I switch back. Just try it as a live usb and make your own mind up is my advice

With Gnome I like to use dash-to-panel tweak to give a more conventional taskbar setup, including autohide.

opethdisciple · 21 Oct 2019 at 21:13

Didn't like at all what they have done with 1910 PopOs.

Ubuntu is much better.

wiiija · 21 Oct 2019 at 21:45

Have yet to try the 1910 version, what have they done? @opethdisciple

opethdisciple · 22 Oct 2019 at 09:18

wiiija said:
Have yet to try the 1910 version, what have they done? @opethdisciple

The icon set is horrible. Step back.

Ice Tea · 22 Oct 2019 at 10:09

I just didn't realize how serious this was as a project and dismissed it for the last couple of years as a gimmick.

Apparently they are throwing a lot of time and money at this such as hiring a ex-intel engineer to optimise their code , i wasn't going to bother distro hopping any more but i might give it a go.

emu · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:27

been distro hopping all year and finally settle on zorin os

alexakasloth · 24 Oct 2019 at 17:13

I've kept it on my ThinkPad as it works well, is quite clean and easy to use but I have yet to try 19.10.

Ice Tea · 24 Oct 2019 at 23:40

Had a quick play on Gnome-Boxes and the standard colours look horrid and amateurish in my opinion , i need to set it up on real hardware and try to look past the colour theme.

Hades · 26 Oct 2019 at 11:38

I like Pop although I don't use it myself. I haven't seen 19.10 but I thought earlier versions were very good. It depends whether you like Gnome or not. But it is backed by a company rather than a community so I would imagine that they have an incentive to fix issues.

Ice Tea · 27 Oct 2019 at 09:44

I'm one of those odd people that likes Gnome with dash to panel.

opethdisciple · 27 Oct 2019 at 10:33

I like Gnome.