Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

ziq wrote

I use KDE Neon and opt out of the non-free drivers/codecs. It's the best distro as far as I'm concerned.

5

dele_ted OP wrote

I just finished installing and setting up KDE Neon. I got a really good first impression, there's not much proprietary software (only some drivers here and there, and they can be replaced), everything is super slick and good-looking, generally it just feels like a solid OS. Thanks for your recommendation comrade!

2

ziq wrote

The new release is about to come out with tons of improvements too. Great time to hitch a ride.

Did you click the button to install third party proprietary software? I didn't and never had any problems with my NUC, it only needs open source drivers.

2

dele_ted OP wrote

I actually did, since i didn't have the energy at the moment to manage tons and tons of driver issues without WiFi. I'm thinking I'll get rid of the proprietary drivers one by one, and then install new drivers as soon as i bump into issues. Seems like a better solution than getting bombarded with broken WiFi, broken bluetooth, broken trackpad, broken audio, broken graphics and so on as soon as everything is installed.

2

ziq wrote (edited )

I guess I'm lucky my computer supports everything out of the box without third party packages.

2

dele_ted OP wrote

That sounds like a dream come true, mine always gives me a goddamned headache when it comes to drivers (that is, if i opt out of "automagic" driver solutions such as WinUpdate).

2

ziq wrote

That's why I stay away from laptops.

2