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)
  • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zipEnglish
    4·
    21 hours ago

    Folks may not like me saying this but some of this may be pretty common across linux distros, at least in my experience, though much of this feels like it may be desktop environment specific. May also be impacted by your specific hardware setup. It feels like technical folks kinda just don’t notice small polish issues or jank at times 😅

    Your best bet would be to throw fedora or other options on a flash drive and try them out. You should be able to see if many/all of these issues exist on another distro/desktop without installing :)

    Best of luck, I hope you find an option thats more suitable to you :)

    • VoxAliorum@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Cheers! I agree that stuff like the webcam is likely a dell Linux issue with little impact from xfce. Remains to be seen. Trying a boot usb first makes a lot of sense.