![]() Now, we wouldn’t recommend going all out on the Pro version, since most of the paid features can be added by using extensions. All in all, Zorin has great documentation and posts for beginners to get started, and more importantly, it is completely free and open-source.īesides, Zorin OS also has a Pro version that costs $40, and for that price, you get more desktop layout customizations, preloaded apps such as GIMP and Blender, and the ability to share your mouse and keyboard across computers. There’s also a Lite version that can run on weaker hardware. Zorin is Ubuntu-based but looks/feels quite unlike Ubuntu both in terms of looks and functionality. Also, the overall bloatware on EndeavourOS is less compared to Manjaro, which makes it one of the cleanest Arch-based distros out there.įrequent Arch updates might break the system or introduce bugsĬalamares installer makes it easy to install Unlike Manjaro, in which new packages from Arch take at least three weeks to make it to the system, updates to EndeavourOS arrive at the same time as pure Arch Linux. If all you need is a great rolling distribution, you cannot go wrong with EndeavourOS. Besides, EndeavourOS has a great community and is a stellar alternative to Manjaro, or even Arch, for that matter. EndeavourOS does not have “flavors,” instead it prompts and asks you to select the desktop environment of your choice in Calamares during the installation. Overall, it’s a great Linux distro for beginners because everything just works out of the box.Ĭould be a little too basic for advanced usersįor starters, it comes with a customized Calamares installer, which makes installation easy. And well, it has been successful in doing the same. ![]() Unlike Ubuntu, Linux Mint drops support for Snaps and embraces Flatpaks with open arms, and lately, the OS is doing its best to discern itself from Ubuntu. ![]() And for those who don’t like Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce are two other officially supported flavors of Linux Mint.Ĭinnamon is popular because it uses far fewer system resources than GNOME, meaning it’s easier to run Linux Mint on old hardware with ease – like other lightweight Linux distros we recommend. A new version of Mint is released every six months, and it’s usually very stable with occasional bugs. ![]() The GNOME Software app store received some interesting changes too, such as a new option in Preferences to only show open-source and free apps (disabled by default), as well as the ability to automatically remove unused Flatpak runtimes to save disk space.Linux Mint also caters to users who hold system stability of utmost importance. For example, it’s now (finally) possible to add a WireGuard VPN from the Network panel, you can easily share a Wi-Fi connection to a mobile device using QR codes on the Wi-Fi panel, and it’s a lot easier to choose a location from the Date & Time panel.įurthermore, the About page now (finally) shows the kernel version of your distribution, and the Accessibility and Sound panels have a new design that will be adapted to other Settings panels in future GNOME releases. Many interesting changes are implemented in the Settings app. Background apps can be closed via the new feature, which lets you check whether apps are running or not. In addition, as you can see in the third screenshot above, there’s a new feature in Quick Settings called Background Apps, which appears whenever apps are running in the background without a visible window. For example, each button now has a description to easily see their status and the Bluetooth button now has a submenu so you can more easily and quickly connect or disconnect peripherals. The Quick Settings feature introduced in GNOME 43 has been enhanced and I believe you’ll love the new changes. While it will look pretty much the same as previous releases in the GNOME 40 series, the upcoming GNOME 44 release brings lots of smaller improvements here and there to make your GNOME desktop experience more enjoyable and hopefully more productive. GNOME 44 is slated for release next week on March 22nd and it will be the default desktop environment of Fedora Linux 38, which launches in late April or early May 2023, as well as Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster), which is expected to hit the streets on April 20th. ![]() It’s that time of the year when a new major release of the GNOME desktop environment is about to hit the software repositories of some of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions, so I decided to take a look at GNOME 44 on the upcoming Fedora Linux 38 operating system. ![]()
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