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I just got done making this switch myself. I used Ubuntu derivatives for pretty much ever since I started using Linux in 2016. I sometimes used Arch but always found myself going back to Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, or some other Ubuntu flavor.

Lately though Canonical has made a lot of choices that I personally dislike. A few weeks ago I remember hearing about how they were planning on putting non-removeable packages into their distros and official flavors, so I decided to jump ship. Mint and Pop!_OS, while not official Ubuntu flavors, still take quite a bit from the distro IIRC. Arch can be a mess sometimes if you are not careful with your setup, and Manjaro has a slew of problems on their own, so I decided to try something new.

Fedora has been interesting. It feels very basic. I used to avoid flatpak quite a bit because I disliked its sandboxing, but lately I have been warming up to it. It is probably going to be my main distro if I don't try setting up Arch again



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