On 29/01/2024 10:48, Mark Rogers wrote:
I've been using Linux for a long time. I started out playing with RedHat around 25y ago but having been burnt by some RPM dependency issues that horribly broke a server (and not just once) I have been on Ubuntu since around 2005 and therefore far more comfortable with .deb/Apt.
That's exactly why I left SuSE about 24 years ago! Dependencies in rpms... I now run Ubuntu on my servers, having got there via Gentoo. I loved Gentoo, but the sheer time involved in managing multiple servers dragged me under in the end.
For a desktop, which by your mention of Unity it seems you're looking for, I can't recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon enough. I've been using it as my daily driver for more than 10 years now, and it just keeps getting better.
It used to be Ubuntu-based, but they too have had it with the direction it's taking, and - I'm pretty sure this is the case - they are switching to a Debian back-end. They also totally rewrote Gnome 3, and they got fed up with that too.
In 3 flavours (Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce) I highly recommend you give it a go. I prefer Cinnamon by a mile, BTW.
Cheers, Laurie.