I am currently running Xubuntu on all my systems but there are so many things that feel rather unstable/buggy - I am sure it is not all Xubuntus/Xfce’s fault, but my knowledge is limited so I just attribute it to that.
Therefore, I am currently considering switching to Fedora. I feel like it is time trying out a new desktop (KDE) and a more up to date kernel. I am not entirely sure what I am hoping from this post, but maybe a “yea, it is worth it” would ease my mind a bit.
Also, I am a bit unsure how to easily move between them (programs and data).
To name a few of the bugs I encountered in the past:
- When connecting screens, quite often the created profile is ignored, screens get disabled, overlapped, … By applying the profile multiple times eventually you can overcome this issue
- Dell specific: Webcam does not work, system sometimes freezes after closing the laptop lid even if sleep mode is deactivated
- Certain shortcuts are bugged (WIN+Left works, WIN+Right doesn’t. When you reset WIN+Right, it works until the next restart)
None of these are stability problems.
You can spin the wheel and hope it works better on a different distro.
You can investigate the problems and try to fix them.
Or you can ignore it and live with it. (my favorite)
Trust me I’ve spent time on each issue mentioned but at some point, I started to live with them. I consider switching my dual boot to single boot atm though so that could be a time where a switch fits
One of the scary things about Linux is that if you actually care a lot that a thing works you might quickly end up becoming one of the most knowledgeable people on that thing and before you notice you are the person responsible for something barely working.