Idk if it’s just me or if it’s because my PC is ancient, but it kind of feels like pop_os is kind of shit. I’m always having some issue or complaint or another with it. My laptop runs mint and I’ve had very few issues, but with pop it feels like I’m fighting the OS every step of the way, from install to daily usage.

Idk, kind of a venting question but w/e

  • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    11 days ago

    It could be both you and your PC.

    Depending on your specs, the OS could be poorly configured for your setup.

    As for the Distro itself, I’ve tried it but the default UI didn’t work for me. If I remember correctly, it was Gnome based at the time and I kept fighting its opinions on how I should be working.

    Solved the problem by nuking the install and installing NixOS with the KDE6 desktop.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      They are moving (moved?) to a new DE they’re building, Cosmic. I’ve heard good things, seems like a Gnome-like desktop but maybe without the attitude of Gnome.

  • the_q@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I’ve used Pop for a couple years now and rarely have issues. What specifically are you dealing with?

    • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 days ago

      well right now, pop os boots into a black screen with a blinking terminal entry underscore, except I can’t actually type any inputs. going into recovery mode and running sudo fsck doesn’t do anything to fix it, or even return any useful info about what might be wrong.

      edit: or at least, I think it isnt. I don’t really know how to use the tool

          • the_q@lemm.eeEnglish
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            10 days ago

            It might just be easier to backup your home folder and reinstall.

      • notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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        11 days ago

        Do you gave an nvidia graphics card? The only problem I’ve had since I installed Pop OS is their shity driver installer crapped out somehow and I gad to recover my system by blacklisting amd graphics driver, uninstall nvidia driver and reinstall. It wad not for the feint of heart.

        • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldOP
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          10 days ago

          Yes, and as a matter of fact it is a drivers issue. Trying to update to nvidia 570 results in the display going dark and never coming back. Doing it through the terminal with system76’s recommended drivers, it fails to install 570, seems like a file didn’t download or unpack correctly or something. Not quite sure how to fix it

          • notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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            10 days ago

            Try these steps:

            $ sudo apt-get purge nvidia* # remove current installed nvidia software including drivers
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices # verify it sees your graphics card
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall # install drivers automatically
$ sudo reboot

            This is everything I ended up doing which eventually fixed it for me:

            # Update repo
sudo apt update

# Remove amdgpu drivers
sudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
sudo apt purge libdrm-amdgpu*
sudo apt purge libdrm-amdgpu1

# Blacklist the amdgpu driver since we are using nvidia only
echo "blacklist amdgpu" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

# Remove nvidia driver and install from system76 repo
sudo apt purge *nvidia*
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:system76-dev/stable
sudo apt install -y system76-driver-nvidia
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo reboot
  • Scratch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I had a lot of trouble trying to mount a second hdd, so I just jumped ship the the most SteamOS looking distro at the time, Bazzite.

  • sanderium@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Not really asking a question. I would move to another distro, you do not need internet people confirming what you already think/want.

  • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I left pop a couple of years ago after they delayed further major updates while they worked on Cosmic. It left a bad taste in my mouth, and shortly after that Plasma 6 was released (which of course caused me to not even care about Cosmic).

    For my purposes, Bazzite is perfect, but I’ve heard that CachyOS and PikaOS are decent as well.

    • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 days ago

      I like Pika but it’s mostly personal preference in my case, I’ve got a completely unsupportable and probably counterproductive addiction to apt. I agree with your assessment.

  • Sixty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 days ago

    System76 left a really bad taste in my mouth.

    I can’t speak to Cosmic, but their existing system updater tool/app store was a crash prone pile of garbage that never got fixed for years. That’s right, the tool they shipped with was known broken open issue on github for YEARS. I know they were working on a replacement at a glacial pace that’s probably out by now, but I gave up waiting.

    Then one day I updated and the latest linux kernel just didn’t work on my S76 branded laptop. Didn’t for MONTHS.

    Maybe they’ve improved since, but I’m never giving them money again or using their software.

    I view them as incompetent.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I had issues with Pop!OS as well, and after switching to Kubuntu, performance is much better.

    It was likely due to the Gnome extensions I was using but without them, Pop!OS just felt really unfriendly to me. I like to be able to tweak everything, its one of the reasons why I switched to Linux in the first place and Pop!os just feels way too locked down compared to KDE. Like you mentioned, it kinda felt like I was fighting it at times, especially trying to change the file manager. What a fucking headache, never got that to work either.

    Aside from that, Pop is a decent distro, and I think cosmic is going to make it a lot better because Gnome is really the biggest sore spot IMO.

    • timroerstroem@feddit.dk
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      11 days ago

      To be fair, if being able to tweak everything makes you happy (and I get that), Gnome is probably a horrible choice of DE in the first place.

      • Bluefruit@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Very true. I thought Pop!OS would be easier for me to use and get things to work and in some ways it was, steam didn’t give me grief like Fedora’s KDE spin did.

  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    There are over a hundred distros, There is no reason to keep using one if you don’t like it. Use a VM to avoid multiple re-installs and be picky. You’ve got that luxury. Nobody is going to tell you how best to use your computer, unless you install MacOS or Windows.

  • Toes♀@ani.social
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    10 days ago

    Pop is currently on a rather old branch of Ubuntu that’s near its end of life. And their team seems to be years behind on updating it.

    It’s not a great choice for gaming if you’re looking for modern hardware (and driver) support.

    It’s probably an issue with loading the newer module. You could troubleshoot this each time you update the driver. But I would suggest using a modern distro such as mint since you’re familiar with it already.

    Alternatively you could look at rolling back to a stable Nvidia driver.