Maybr an unpopular opinon, but tweaks to GNOME are table stakes, I don't think anyone is going to notice a change in bootloader, and Pipewire had tons of issues with audio popping in Flatpak apps like Discord when i last tried it. A new desktop in Rust is interesting, and I like the idea of a corporately-supported Linux desktop, but Pop! is fundamentally 95% like any other Ubuntu remix. It has a long way to go and doesnt solve any of the fundamental problems with Linux desktops, namely hardware and software support. I don't really get why people are so excited.
I recently installed Pop and did the upgrade a couple of days ago. The biggest change I noticed was the move to Pipewire. I have an external DAC on that laptop and it didn't work properly after the initial reboot.
It's working now though and I am not entirely sure why - there was nothing obvious in the logs. Otherwise, it seems pretty good (using the Nvidia version).
One thing that is bugging me a bit is that the much vaunted gaming compatibility doesn't seem to work very well on my hardware. Not that I use it for games but it would be nice not to have to drop back to Windows to play Cyberpunk 2077.
Obsnold|3 years ago
So far I am very happy. I think if you want something like Ubuntu but not Ubuntu then Pop is a good choice.
subjectsigma|3 years ago
RosanaAnaDana|3 years ago
smackeyacky|3 years ago
It's working now though and I am not entirely sure why - there was nothing obvious in the logs. Otherwise, it seems pretty good (using the Nvidia version).
One thing that is bugging me a bit is that the much vaunted gaming compatibility doesn't seem to work very well on my hardware. Not that I use it for games but it would be nice not to have to drop back to Windows to play Cyberpunk 2077.