Pop! is a complete distribution. After installation and reboot, it is possible to get going without any further configuration. The defaults are, indeed, sane defaults.
Pop! offers a heavily modified GNOME called COSMIC, including desktop icons, a dock with a lot of configuration allowed and a tabbed Show Applications. Show Applications, in particular, is far superior to GNOME's offering as it is less quirky - for example, applications are sorted alphabetically without having to install an extension to do so.
The big new feature of Pop! is automatic window tiling. It is switched off by default but, once switched on and used for a bit, it is sensational. There is nothing like it in Windows/MacOS and nothing as easy to set up or use in Linux. In fact, the whole way of managing the screen is so intuitive and obvious once used it it is surprising that there are so few attempts at tiling and those that exist are not the mainstream flavours of distributions.
There are a number of other thoughtful features, such as firmware updates built in, a recovery partition built in, USB flashing built in (Popsicle) and an app store (Pop! Shop) which is less clumsy than most and supports DEB files and flatpaks.
I note some reviews about "old" and "unmaintained". Well, Pop! is based on Ubuntu LTS 22.04, which is supported until 2027. It uses GNOME 42 but, really, the differences between that and the current version, 47, are mostly cosmetic, particularly in what feels like the endless shuffling around of options in the file manager (Nautilus). If required newer versions of GNOME apps can be installed via flatpak.
More concerning is that the kernel is old and in between LTS versions (6.9.3; the LTSs are 6.6.x and 6.12.x). However, with three commands I switched to the xanmod kernel, which is currently at 6.12.13.
The "old" is because Pop! took a very radical step in developing its own desktop environment, COSMIC, rather than put up with GNOME's often arbitrary and increasing constraints on what modifications could be made to vanilla GNOME. By definition that takes a long time; it is certain that version 1 of "new COSMIC" will be good but not as feature-rich as "old COSMIC" as reviewed here, but the alpha releases are very promising.
The rating is tricky. I give 8 because Pop! has clearly done all it can with GNOME and produced a remarkably effective take, with the automatic window tiling worth the price of admission on its own, but there will be a step to get over between "old COSMIC" and "new COSMIC".
Practically unmaintained and unusable in its current state. The only hope for Pop!_OS users is that system76 may drop 24.04 within their lifetimes and fix so so many of the issues with this 3-year-old distro release which is just running off of old buggy software with no patches. Stayed on it for 3 years and had to swap to something more maintained because it was getting harder and harder to use it as my daily driver. Hopefully 24.04 will release with COSMIC being usable out of the box within a reasonable amount of time and progress on it is looking promising but system76 ditching their community to go work on an entirely new DE without even bothering to still update what people were stuck on was a horrible choice.
Une tres bonne distribution Linux sous enviironnement Gnome pour mon Mac Mini 2012 ( 16 GB Ram ).
Je l'utilise sur un disque Externe OWC en USB 3. La distribution est tres stable et fluide dans son usage.
Merci au developeurs pour cette distribution tres agreable.
Un grand merci.
Philippe
A very good Linux distribution under the Gnome environment for my Mac Mini 2012 ( 16 GB Ram ).
I'm using it on an external OWC USB 3 drive. The distribution is very stable and smooth to use.
Thanks to the developers for this very pleasant distro.
Many thanks.
Philippe
Using Pop_OS for a year now
Desktop - AMD 7800X3D / NVIDIA 4070
setup works pretty good, and no regrets for quiting windows.
Still, I will give another try to MINT soon (let's first wait for COSMIC release).
Indeed, I find too much graphical / dispay issues using Wine (GEProton), and I miss creating files in folder with a right-click....
that said, system is stable, fast and easy to set-up. Image with Nvidia driver is a plus (even if some would disagree on that).
It gives choice, when possible, to install deb or flatpak versions of apps (nextcloud client, steam, etc)
this will remain my OS, unless Mint convince me again.
1. This is the best compromise between, Gnome, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma and a tiling window manager.
2. Although it seems to use a lot of system memory, the performance is always fast.
3. It is a joy to use on the Ubuntu base or on Fedora.
Cons: -
1. The file manager still needs to be finished, it is slow to find samba shares.
2. The firmware section in system settings needs to be finished.
Other than that I really like it and have been using Cosmic since Alpha 1, give it a try it is worth it.
For the problems with the file manager just install Nemo and you will be just fine.
If you want online accounts, install gnome-online-accounts-gtk it works well, but you will need Nemo if you want to access your Gdrive.
Plus Nemo or Nautilus can mount samba shares and they will then show up in the Cosmic File Manager.
Tried some linux back in 2006, as media server and player at home office. But was stuck on MacOS. In 2022, my MacBookPro started to be outdated and got a Windows laptop from one of my jobs I consulted for. Decided to make the the IT guy/CEO mad and install some linux on the laptop. Tried many good ones, but landed on PopOS 22.04, that fitted my needs absolutely best. It's so stable and simplest to use. Have also the new 24.04 Alpha 4 on a spare computer, just to try put. Feels very promising and suprislingy fast on a old i3 with only 4gB RAM.
Have not tried Pop OS is a while and was surprised to see it was still at 22.04 LTS. Not that I crave cutting edge Linux releases but I do find it sort of behind the times for even a LTS distro. Maybe its why I have seen Pop OS sort of fall in downloads. I think with so much happening in hardware I do want a OS to keep up with a more recent kernel and improvements. I especially find it strange since System 76 hardware offers a choice between Pop OS and Ubuntu which is now on 24.04. Still, I still find PopOS acceptable and stable dispite the lag in updating. But I am not sure about sticking with it when so many other distro's are updating faster.
I've been using some version of Pop!_OS for at least eight years and have found it to be reliable. I'm running it on a System76 Gazelle laptop that has an Intel Core i7-11800H 2.3 GHz processor, 16 Gbytes of memory, 1Tbyte SSD and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile graphics processor. The system and OS have been trouble free. Pop!_OS is my daily driver and I use it for everything. For example I use it with: OBS Studio for recording onscreen videos, Shotcut for video editing, Brave for web browsing, Betterbird for getting and writing emails, Lazarus/Free Pascal for RAD GUI development, GCC for coding console applications, GIMP for image editing, etc. I quit using MS-Windows over twelve years ago and I don't miss anything about Win-Doze. I keep one laptop, that currently has MS-Windows 10 on it, for cross development work (using Lazarus/Free Pascal) that I do for a charity organization that requires Windows compatible applications. I was a Win-Doze user since the 3.0 days and it took me a long time of trying Linux distros to finally bite the bullet and switch, mainly because it's taken Linux and its assorted applications many years to mature into something that's reliable and powerful enough to supplant Win-Doze. It has achieved that capability and capacity. I vote "YES" for Pop!_OS and I say goodbye Win-Doze I don't miss you one damned bit.
Using Pop!_OS since months. Working good on high resolution monitors under Wayland, very smooth. Has a good App store, but of curse you can install software via apt or from .deb files or via flatpak files directly. I like the menu of Pop!_OS which does not cover the whole display as it does the GNOME Menu and does not need 2 mouse clicks to open it as in default GNOME. I love the integration of the weather app and calender app into the date/time panel widget, so when you click on the date widget on the panel, you see the weather and all your apointments in calendar without having to open the calender app and weather app. The system apps like calendar, contacts have good nextcloud integration. If you don't like the default theme and icons as I do, it's not that difficult to change them, I just followed some guidelines on youtube and could install nice icons and change the theme of menu and the panel. Also what I love about Pop!_OS that it is made for multiple monitor usage, so if you open a program on the monitor B it will be minimized to the menu on the monitor B. If the mous coursor is currently on the monitor A and I hit the "super" key, the menu opens itself on the monitor A. So there are some very good designed and thougtfull concepts on Pop!_OS which I could not see on other distros. All the software I use no matter if e-mail client or music player are the newest versions, the kernel is also always updated reguralry. Pop!_OS became my daily driver system, and I am using it sinse months after trying different distros like zorin os (which is very good), mint, ubuntu, fedora, debian. For me Pop!_OS offers the best experience. I just needed an OS for office work, emails, movie streaming services, listening to high resolution music files, having regularly videocalls, programming, virtual box, reading eBooks, printing and scanning documents, youtube, online shopping on multi monitor system setup - and for that Pop!_OS works just fine.
As the continue to polish this, it will be become one of the best. There is really not much to complain about for an alpha release. I've used full released M$ windows versions that were much worse. Pop is really easy to use in general and i suspect most people beginner or advanced can really enjoy it. I plan to make it my daily driver when its fully ready and for an alpha its pretty close already. It also works well as a gamer distro. I have tried most distros for gaming stability and mint seems to be the most solid. ( drauger is not quite ready from my perspective but getting closer. It is difficult to install and behaves differently almost every time during install.
I installed and tested pop os 24.04 on my laptop with 4 GB ram, i5 3rd generation processor, 128 GB ssd, 1 GB amd ati radeon graphics card. The result is PERFECT!!! I was very surprised to see such a great performance on such an old laptop! If the alpha version is like this, it is very difficult to guess how great the stable version will be. pop os will write its name in gold letters in history as a distribution that represents the beginning of the golden ages of the linux world! Greetings from Türkiye.
Several version behind Ubuntu and still sporting Gnome 42, while they're busy rewriting their DE in Rust. Packages are extremely outdated as well, hard to find anything new. For example VLC is hardly usable here. Even Debian is newer than this.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, except maybe to someone who just uses internet and basic stuff. But even then there's much better choices offering rock-stable system with new packages and hands free maintenance - like Universal Blue distros.
I ditched Windows ten months ago and been running Pop with zero problems, except for outdated stuff when I had to use distrobox, but I don't feel like this is getting updated anytime soon. Currently in a process of switching to something else, probably Tumbleweed or Bluefin.
If you insist on going with Pop, it'll serve you well, but so will other distros with newer packages. No point in installing this now.
Basic, modern and functional right out of the box.
Plenty of modification options are possible, but the distribution should be usable straight out of the box for a newcomer. I like POP_OS as it provides what a nominal user like me needs. Windows tiling is a very user friendly feature I found here. The combination of window tiling feature with multiple workspaces makes my daily tasks with the OS very seamless and less cultured experience.
Without editing or mapping configuration files, keyboard shortcut keys for keyboard backlighting and screen brightness works. Unlike some other distros, there is no need to update the sudoers file in order to add the current user as root. This is a deal breaker for newcomers, but can figure it out with little research. POP OS wins since it grants sudo privileges to the user that was created during the installation process. Overall, this distribution is excellent right out of the box; very little to no modification is required to make it functional. I liked it.
My experience using Pop OS was very enjoyable, both for the Intel / AMD processor version and the ARM version.
Installation is quite easy and smooth. The OS also runs well even though it takes up quite a lot of memory, but runs quite fast and stable.
I haven't encountered any serious problems while using this OS. I also used the ARM version of Pop OS on a Raspberry pi single board computer, and it ran quite fast, stable and without problems. very satisfactory. Can't wait for the next upgrade, considering that Pop OS 22.04 is quite old.
Hardware : iMac 27 Inch, Late 2015
I am a basic level user, tested almost all main Debian distros, familiar with terminal, no issues there.
Earlier I was working with Ubuntu unity 22.04 and 24.04 on this machine.
I had issues with connecting Bluetooth headsets in both 22.04 and 24.04.
Then tried to do with Arch + KDE and Ubuntu +Gnome. both not succeeded.
Had many issues after successful booting up.
Currently using Pop OS for 2 weeks now.
All things work out of box, very simple, easy to use.(my experience with Ubuntu helped me a lot)
Only wifi driver I had to install separately(now fine), that too wired connection was working fine.
Thanks for the developers who worked and currently working behind Pop OS.
With its Ubuntu underpinnings but a preference for apt and flatpak (and not snap) this is a familiar distribution that makes good choices. The goal is to minimize distractions and give users a powerful desktop for coding -- but POP_OS works just fine as a daily driver on any machine. The auto-tiling feature gives you the best of i3, if you're interested, but without the steep learning curve. It is my distro of choice, and I'm anticipating the new Cosmic interface, currently in alpha. These are some clever folks.
It's a great Linux Distribution and one of the best distros that I've ever used. But it has some problems or well 'one' problem. The Pop Shop sometimes crashes and is quite slow as compared to the software store of Linux Mint. Although I don't use GUI software installer instead I just my packages from the terminal but I sometimes like to look around in the available packages to find some useful one and there the problem occurs... other than that this is an amazing operating system. The main reason I love this is because of what it offers. The desktop environment is basically gnome but with a bunch of addons which makes the work flow extremely good. Although this can be achieved in any distro but I'd rather prefer a complete out of the box exp pre-installed. If end up breaking my system it will take me hours to setup my desktop environment the way I use it. Also if I end up breaking my pop!_os system(it rarely happens tho) I can just boot the live media and there's an option to just re-install my system with all my files exactly where they were which makes it so much more good!. I want to thank System76 for building such an amazing operating system.
I love Pop!_OS:)
Absolutely phenomenal distro, its like a paid operating system! Everything just works, even my stubborn NVIDIA graphics card is accepted into the system just like on windows (which I cant get it to work on other distro for some reason) I tried to donate to them but something is wrong with their payment system idk but awsome job Pop os team!
Details:
>Based on Ubuntu
>No snap
>Gnome
>Watch as Ubuntu continuously shoot themself in the foot by forcing snap upon their user
What is this strategy called?
I really hope this is a community distro so it can be sustainable and awesome
Pop_OS just works, it has better stability than the vast majority of Debian/Ubuntu based distros, and makes using an Nvidia GPU on Linux an absolute breeze. Debian is arguably getting just as good in terms of easy-to-install, easy-to-use but I personally would rather use a more bleeding-edge distro for most of my needs anyway. For any beginner coming in especially a windows or macOS user that is used to interacting with a GUI, it simply cannot be matched in terms of accessibility (barring the amazing Linux Mint). Definitely would use this distro again for fun once the 24.04 refresh comes out.
I don't need to go into much detail - I always come back to this distro, because everything just works perfectly.
Every time I try something else there is always some little unexplained issue, performance is not right, etc.
This distro (from a gaming/general usage standpoint) just works and I don't think I'll ever need anything else.
Also I've never seen a distro that installs faster, don't know what magic they are doing but it's something to behold.
Literally the only complaint I can make is the Pop Shop is a weak point and a bit buggy. I don't mind as I barely use it.
I am back on Pop!_OS after a 12 month hiatus. I previously had it installed and used it dual booting with Windows 10 for about 14 months. I was also using LMDE 5 at the time and then LMDE 6 came out and have been hooked on that too making it my preference for a while. Eventually, I put Pop_OS back on an external SSD and did some minor tweaks and it runs so well. System76 has taken a good base and desktop and really made it their own. It boots quickly, shuts down fast and everything always works right with the no trouble shooting needed unlike Fedora or even regular Ubuntu lately. Their COSMIC desktop version GNOME is not my favorite desktop environment but somehow Pop!_OS makes it function better than Ubuntu. I am looking forward their RUST based COSMIC desktop sans GNOME. Their current 22.04 is still solid, I am looking forward to the 24.04 rebase with the rust based COSMIC desktop. Great job System76!
Like just about everyone else, I anxiously await the full release of the Cosmic desktop. But I think the current incarnation is already excellent. For me, this means that it's stable, reliable, seamless, and transparent. It has sensible defaults--I don't think I have changed much of anything out of the box beyond setting the wallpaper to a solid color. It stays out of my way; it doesn't annoy me.
For reference, I am coming from Debian 12 with Xmonad, and before that FreeBSD running IceWM. I am perfectly comfortable at the command line, but it is still a welcome change to be able to configure everything (so far) from the GUI. I have previously spent many years on macOS, and it feels very much like that to me, perhaps even better since it includes the ability to easily switch to tiling windows at will.
Probably the biggest weakness I have noticed is the Pop!_Shop, which has a nasty way of blocking the UI whenever it decides to check for updates. I almost always run apt manually from the command line, but I don't expect everyone to be the same way, so you might find this aspect annoying. I hear this is much improved in Cosmic, and I hope to find out soon.
I tested the NVidia version so I'll only comment on that:
A typical Linux distribution these days. Everything in Pop OS! is somehow thoughtlessly glued together and the probability that the Pop OS! installation can be maintained by ordinary users is close to zero.
The graphics card detection and setup for my modern laptop worked right away (cudos to the team for that), as did the installation of Steam and OBS (out of the box, by the way), but that's basically it.
Removable devices anyone? Not recognized (anymore) after one day of use.
Coexistence with other distros on the same disk (maybe with a boot manager)? Wait, that would be possible like with other distros? Haha, just jokin'... it's Pop OS, so no. Not right out of the box.
No, guys. This is not for me. I'm not going to study the weird behaviors of another distro. I've done that enough in the past. and I have a life. I'll use it for a while, but in the end, imho, it's a distro for the bin.
About as close to a perfect "10" as you can get. After being a Linux Mint user for eight years I decided to give the latest version of POP_OS! a test drive. I am not a fan of GNOME but I was very pleasantly surprised. It has a calming interface in their modifications of GNOME, GNOME shell extensions and color selection of interface items. A light aqua-blue and orange with a well thought out light and dark desktop theme. Most importantly, there seems to be a concern for quality and user system restoration functions. The last couple of years Linux Mint was focused on adding trivial features instead of fixing bugs, making it easier to restore the Cinnamon desktop on a fresh install and offering other than a GRUB boot option.
Kudos to the System76 team on skipping a 22.10 release to focus on COSMIC and the big changes coming in 24.04 LTS. I like the philosophy of what System76 brings to the distro. Providing a nice base with a minimalist email client and a full office suite and then letting user fill out their system with software they need than trying to be a Swiss Army knife.
I am excited for the future of this disto and hope System76 keeps making the right decisions going forward.
I use my workstations mostly for development, OS testing and music production. POP_OS! does what it says it does for my needs.
I am coming from Lubuntu LXQt DE. Gnome takes a little getting used to, but many distributions are using a docker today. I like that it is based on Debian, and I can install many of the programs that I am used to using, such as jedit, filezilla, gwenview, synaptic, variety, youtube-dl, etc. I do not care for the Files manager: I much prefer Thunar or PCManFM-Qt, since the latter has a better compact view, and you can copy the path and paste it into a command line prompt. I like that you can scale a high resolution monitor easily under settings, and you can switch easily from light to dark themes.
POP!_OS has truly surpassed my expectations, making it the most exceptional distribution I've encountered thus far. As someone deeply immersed in various creative pursuits, my PC serves as a hub for music production, software development, and gaming. Remarkably, POP!_OS seamlessly caters to all these needs with unparalleled performance, making it the ideal choice for my diverse requirements.
One of the standout features for me is its custom GNOME environment. While I appreciate GNOME, its limitations sometimes hinder my workflow, such as the inability to create files or folders directly on the desktop. However, POP!_OS ingeniously addresses this drawback, providing a user-friendly interface that grants me this functionality. This subtle yet significant advantage enhances my productivity and overall experience.
Looking ahead, the anticipation for version 24.04 with the Cosmic desktop is palpable. The promise of continued improvements and innovative features further solidifies my loyalty to this OS. In fact, I'm already planning to complement my computing experience by investing in a Thelio for my next desktop.
Having experimented with various other distributions in the past, I can confidently attest that POP!_OS stands tall above the rest. Its user-centric design, performance-driven ethos, and seamless integration across my creative endeavors earn it a resounding perfect score of 10 stars in my review.
Best performance and CPU scheduling OOTB from OSes Ive tested, fast startup and shutdown.
Only negative might be funny name and not the best theme/ui design for now (until Cosmic gets released).
It is simple and not exiting to tinker with and I have this as a positive, it is complete package and you can install it and start with your work in 15minutes. Really efficient for productivity.
Of course you can tinker with it and edit it any way you want as every other Linux OS. It is Ubuntu based, so you get all the info on forums and application support.
Updates are rock solid, automatic - not he bleeding edge but it works well.
This is a solid, innovative distribution, written for coders by coders. Those who maintain it are smart and clear-headed about what they want in a distro (I've spoken to them several times and always been impressed). If you're a programmer, or high-end user, this is an OS that gets out of your way with excellent defaults and crisp operation. Interestingly, the windows-management system adds some of the best features of i3 in a much easier-to-use setup (which can be enabled or disabled with a click or two). Despite being based on Ubuntu, snaps are not enabled by default. (Good choice!) I'm looking forward to the next version based on Ubuntu 24.04 sometime next year.
Very good distribution with lots of improvements over Ubuntu, on which it is based. Many core packages are at a higher version of Ubuntu and are well tested/curated/integrated when Pop!_OS decides to ship more recent versions.
The settings/config is also at a higher level than what I was used from Ubuntu. Certain popular applications, such as Firefox, GIMP, Inkscape, Telegram, Signal, Audacity, OBS, Spotify, Shotcut, Mattermost, Ungoogled Chromium and a dozen more, I use installed via Flathub, which is integrated in their installer.
Point of improvement is to not skip Ubuntu releases, althought the backporting is done well.
It was very good distribution until it will never get update anymore it becomes suck.
OS with LTS terms is bad experience for desktop because the user's desktop is needed to have the latest software and features rather than effectively the stable terms is not really that stable is just keep the old bugs and no more regression. Linux desktop is already suck in terms of backward compatibility, so I think to keep the version old is not meant to be stable. As my advice I will very glad to have the semi-rolling OS and having the latest stable version of the packages and fixes the bugs more often and forget about regression, Linux env is the king of regression.
That's it, Linux should have much more investor to have solid foundation software on desktop computers, I don't want to talk about on a server side.
Pop!_Os is a great distro of Linux to run. It just works! It has a refined feel and if you are changing from windows or mac to Linux you will feel at home with this distro. I use it for my daily work and home computer and it reliable and stable. Documentation is good and I feel that anyone can use this and be successful.
System76 provides good and timely updates but they do not monkey around with the system. Things to not "break" when you get a new update. There was an issue with the last kernel and HDMI, Sytem76 had great communication, just loaded the old kernel till they could get it solved. No productivity lost and when they got it right they upgraded the kernel.
I suggest that if you want a distro that works and does not cause headaches this is the one.
Installed on my MacBook Air after I had some issues with spotlight indexing. First time Linux user. I love it. Everything just works smoothly. I really like the auto tiling and the workstations. I appreciate the dock as someone coming from Mac OS. One issue was when I first installed, I couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi. I had to install a driver using my iPhone as a usb hotspot. I’m still getting used to all the different apps but that’s the fun part. I’ve been installing other Linux distros on old laptops and none of them are as smooth as pop os.
The system serves the end user well, works smoothly and is easy to use. If you're migrating to Linux, and Pop Os in particular, this is a good opportunity to learn more about the system, which has a lot to offer.
So far, I have no complaints about the system. In any case, I recommend you download it and try it out.
It's a lot of fun to learn how to handle the terminal, learn about data structures and how everything works behind the scenes. If you're not sure whether you should, install it in a VM, test everything you can about the system. And have fun.
Nice to have an opportunity to say some good things about this distro. Use it on an Asus Zenbook that for some reason wouldn't run Windows any more. I've found it stable, intuitive, smooth and responsive.
Haven't found any hardware that doesn't run on it. Plugged an old Canon printer into it and it just worked. No installation. Just worked. External monitors just worked.
The only fiddly bit was having to install Gnome Tweaks to get all the appropriate buttons, but that's hardly a deal breaker for the average Linux user.
La meilleure de toutes les distributions LINUX que j'ai eu l'occasion de tester ces derniers mois. Pas de plantages, intuitive, riche en applications. En fait, "la" distribution que j'attendais. Juste à adapter l'esthétique à mes goûts car elle n'est pas très engageante, ce qui la dessert peut-être un peu. Elle gagnerait sans doute à être un peu plus ambitieuse à ce point de vue.
The best of all the LINUX distributions I've tested in recent months. No crashes, intuitive, rich in applications. In fact, "the" distribution I've been waiting for. I just need to adapt the aesthetics to my tastes, as it's not very engaging, which perhaps does it a disservice. It could probably do with a little more punch in this respect.
Pop_OS was my daily driver for a long time, but since their focus on Cosmic (which I do not want but curious on what it will deliver) the updates are very behind.
Currently, Pop_OS 22.04 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 but we are nearly at Ubuntu 23.10 which is 3 new releases along. This is unacceptable for me as I under a company policy to keep software up to date, while technically it is, the versions are getting behind.
And I am unsure if Cosmic is the only option going forward or if they will support vanilla Gnome.
So I have moved back to Ubuntu for the foreseeable future. I wish Pop_OS the best of luck but it is currently at the time of this review not for me.
Its the most user friendly Distro in linux imho. It just needs an update quickly. Its Ubuntu done well.
I used hyprland, sway and i3 for sometime but found the process of configuration very arduous. Pop shell is a great way to use tiling feature and the goodness of gnome, without worrying about polkit agent, or grim screenshot, or eww bar or sway bar or dunst notification, exit panel etc. Plus with every update things would break so I gave up on tiling WM and now i use POP tiling shell. They are doing some fantastic work in the next release around tiling feature so now its gonna give all the window manager a run for their money.
It has flapaks preinstalled,nvidia preinstalled and all the goodness of apt package manager.
My only problem is update. POP os is very dated from todays standard. Neovim is running on version 0.6.1 while in Debian its already on 0.9.4
Pop!_OS is a fine tuned distro. However I'm not a fan of the edition of Cosmic. But I am very interested in their NEW Cosmic OS they're working on. If the New Rust based distro is satisfying I will be switching to it. So far I'm really impressed with what I've seen of it so far.
I look forward to the monthly blog update. Hoping to have a alpha or beta release soon.
Pop!_OS 22.04 is the distribution I finally landed on after a good amount of distrohopping and trying out different desktop environments and tiling window managers.
The best thing about it for me is that it just gets out of the way and lets you do your thing. The tiling features, while not as thorough as a “proper” tiling window manager like i3 or Hyprland, are good enough for me for everyday use.
A big plus is the stable Ubuntu 22.04 base, but with a newer kernel, up-to-date Nvidia drivers and updated Mesa.
I am really looking forward to the release of the new Cosmic desktop shell written in Rust.
I find PopOS really nice to use every day. Of course it has things that could be better, like the pop shop and others... but, in general, a nice, quick and mostly reliable distro, easy to customize and to work with.
It would be better if:
- offered some way to rename the sound sources.
- came with sound selector plugin by default (who has only 1 sound output this nowadays?)
- had something to switch sound sources better than that.
things appreciated:
- great touchpad & gestures support
- virtual desktop management
- overall responsiveness
At first I really though Pop OS was a stable Linux. But then I began to really use it and found out it is not real stable. For one thing the big issue for me is the Pop Shop constantly froze or simple quit after launching. You could not scroll through apps either.
Apparently this has been an issue which seems to be ongoing. I also dislike that System 76 does not host a public forum for support for non System 76 hardware users. You find some help through Ubuntu forums but mostly it seems System 76 basically says use Pop OS at your own risk if you don't buy our hardware. System 76 does offer some general help troubleshooting with help articles.
But not that specific to and certain hardware. Sort of frustrating for me as a rather green user of Linux so I went back to Ubuntu.
I did not see much gained by using Pop OS since I had mostly a Intel vanilla setup for a desktop.
This distro is really good! It is fast and economizes resources well. Only one program did not started on it: this is soulseek. But there is another program that enters the soulseek network: nicotine+. This can be replaced with this.
Easy, user-friendly, fast. I am Hungarian, but the Hungarian language was not selectable, but the keyboard layout was selectable in Hungarian.
There were quite a few programs in the package manager.
Therefore, we hope that this distro will survive and be developed in the future!
-The applications can be tiled which is a nice touch. This allows the user to open two windows and they will be equally divided among the main screen
-The icons and screen are clear and allow the ability to change the size of the panel.
The Bad
-It does not allow applications to be placed on the desktop
-You have to choose the Pop_os installer if you have a Nvdia hardware installed instead of the installer asking or detecting nvidia hardware.
-comes wit flatpak preinstalled
-Has a preinstalled app called Videos installed which required preinstalling a plugin. the pluin should be already installed for preinstalled applications.
-No option for conky's (background information) to show items like disk space or network usage.
- does not support BTRFS Os
This is the distro that gave me the least amount of headache and I love it for that. Volume worked, apps worked, lots and lots of apps available to download, and more! I also like the aesthetic of it because I liked having the galaxy-themed desktop background.
Nothing broke while I was using it and none of my files were corrupted. I don't like having to troubleshoot a bunch of stuff to make the distro useable for me like you would have to do with Gentoo or Arch.
10/10 I would reccomend this distro for my Mom or Grandma to use!
I have a lenovo idea flex 5. Ubuntu: does not recognize touchpad, does not rotate the screen, etc. Pop Os: Everything works. Among other things, because it comes with a much more up-to-date kernel (right now 6.2). It is undoubtedly the best distro for laptops. And it not only works: it is also beautiful.
There's only one thing I don't like very much: its installer is very "invasive" and doesn't allow you to do things your way. It requires an EFI partition with a volume that they determine, which seems absurd to me.
But I love pop os! So much so that I have completely erased Windows because with Windows the Intel Iris graphics card does not work well. With Pop Os it's wonderful.
I just got the current release of Pop Os installed and I'm enjoying it so far. I like the way it feels and works. I also like the way it has support. I've run other distros that have been hit and miss on the support aspect. I also like the os better than other distros that I have used because it is easy and understandable. I like ubuntu based distros such as this the best. I enjoy using Pop Os a lot. I don't like it when there is no support for something that exists. Pop Os Rocks. Pop Os Rules. Pop Os is King. Pop Os is god.
Great distro. Works the way you would expect it to. Blue tooth, Wiifi, everything. But I uninstalled because you cannot copy older DVD archives, and the disk is encrypted so if you have a system crash and cannot reboot, a repair disk will do you no good because of everything being encrypted. Encryption is not as important to me as being able to recover lost files when and if the system crashes. You should have the option to encrypt the disk as other distros do, MINT, MXLINUX, FEDORA, etc. I really like the GNOME interface and
really didnt want to get rid of it. Maybe the dev's at POP will make a change and give you the option of NOT encrypting your disk drive should you not want to.
Specifically, the DD command would not work, no matter what I tried.
Pop!_OS is a Linux-based operating system that offers a sleek and modern user interface with a range of useful features. I have used Pop!_OS for several months, and overall, I found it to be a decent operating system.
One of the best features of Pop!_OS is its user interface, which is clean, minimalist, and easy to navigate. The OS offers a range of customization options, allowing users to personalize the interface according to their preferences.
Another notable feature of Pop!_OS is its focus on productivity. The OS comes with a range of productivity tools, such as the Tiling Window Manager, which allows users to easily manage their windows and multitask efficiently. The OS also offers seamless integration with popular software tools such as Visual Studio Code, making it an ideal choice for developers and programmers.
However, I stopped using Pop!_OS due to some of the issues I see with the developers. While the operating system itself is solid, I found the behavior of some of the developers to be immature and unprofessional. They often bring politics into Linux, which I found to be a turn-off.
In conclusion, Pop!_OS is a decent operating system that offers a range of useful features and a modern user interface. However, the behavior of some of the developers can be a drawback for some users. Ultimately, it's up to individual users to decide whether the features of Pop!_OS outweigh any concerns they may have about the development team.
The best distro I have tried yet. It lacks some customizability options, but makes up for with their modification to workspaces, launcher, and window tiling. Beyond this it has all the conveniences we would expect from a Ubuntu based distro in terms of hardware compatibility. Elementary OS has a slightly better front end, but that was it. This distro is ultimately the best customization of Gnome and you can install it without worrying about the details because Pop OS already have figured it out for you. While Pop OS is currently creating a rust based DE we might see this distro rapidly improve, or fade into irrelevance, so realize this exciting yet risky direction before you invest. As for me - I'm all in!
This is the best linux distro hands down. If you are running anything other than a debian distro dont read any further. For compatibility and stability coming from windows for the 10th time in my life to linux, this has everything out of the box. My install script shrunk to almost nothing just by switching from ubuntu to pop. Not to mention nvidia support out of the box, no confusing tutorials to leave you to decide which source/build of a singular driver that you need is built. It also comes with features that render many gnome extensions you would otherwise need in ubuntu compeletely useless. The pop shop for software is just amazing. I have __always__ used apt until meeting this fun little guy.
It's a solid distro and generally works pretty nicely, but it's more or less just Ubuntu with some nice quality of life improvements.
I was coming from Ubuntu 22.04 with Regolith 2 on my work laptop, and Manjaro KDE on my home desktop. I wanted something that felt a bit more fresh than Ubuntu, that gave me the option of a tiling set-up, and didn't require as regular updates and maintenance as Manjaro. Desktop is an i7-4790, NVIDIA GTX-1070 on an older (~2012) MSI board. I've used linux exclusively for ~7 years, but am not a sysadmin or IT professional - so tend to not want to spend a lot of time fiddling and getting things to work (though I'm usually willing to invest a little bit of time to figure out some issues).
I found Pop_OS! to be slightly frustrating for some things that were simple in both those other distros. For example, it seems like the default Plex packages in Pop Shop are Flatpaks, and if you have a secondary HDD, it's a hassle to get Plex set-up properly with the correct permissions. For a 'plug and play' distro, I don't want to have to go through and manually set a bunch of permissions and fiddle around to get common apps to work well. I understand the motivation of flatpaks, but for a 'beginner friendly' distro they're a pain. Out of the box, I had trouble with audio (I have a Scarlett 2i2 that acts as the main output), and the default video player wouldn't launch any of my media files (VLC worked fine when installed). I haven't had any of these issues on Ubuntu 22.04 or Manjaro which are both plug and play for all my hardware.
The Pop Shop itself was crashing very regularly. I ended up using apt via CLI for everything rather than Pop shop, but you ultimately run into the same issue as Ubuntu - I ended up installing snapd on top of apt as an alternative to flatpaks, then you need to have a bunch of third party PPAs or download and install from tar to just get everything set-up. I think I've just gotten too used to pacman and the AUR nowadays and find this type of package management experience very frustrating and convoluted.
The tiling features are nice, but are missing what truly makes tiling WMs worthwhile - independent workspaces per screen/screen group (rather than changing the entire multi-monitor view for each workspace). I also had inconsistent performance with some UI features (e.g. occasionally couldn't access settings menu from the top-right context bar button).
Overall, I felt like it was fairly comparable to Ubuntu 22.04, but has some nice default theming and extensions. I can definitely see the appeal, and it's a very solid alternative to Ubuntu, but I've switched back to Manjaro KDE for now. For my system and workflow, I can't see the benefit of Pop over Ubuntu - but it's still a very well made distro overall.
Very stable and enjoyable distro, seems that UX is definitely a priority for distro devs.
Pop Shop is the weakest point overall in this distro in terms of speed and it is a bit unstable, but there are many apps available which is good, and it is better than Ubuntu's Store.
It is especially useful for software devs.
Stopped hopping after PopOs and forgot about distrowatch website for years :D.
Don't know about the power usage optimizations, since i am mostly using my laptop connected to power in one place
This distro is already worth it to me for the desktop enhancements over vanilla GNOME, and it is exciting to know that they are coding their own version of COSMIC in Rust that will be entirely independent (rather than simply GNOME with extensions). The weakest part of the distro is the Pop!_Shop, but when you're mostly just installing flatpaks in the command line anyway it's not much of an issue. Keep in mind that you can set Pop! to update itself; I feel safe doing this because System76 thoroughly tests their releases, and I haven't run into any big issues after many months of use.
I am very satisfied with it, there are regular updates, everything works on it. I have tried many distributions, this is the best and fastest. It recognized all hardware elements, I never experienced a freeze. I used Deepin for a long time, but it didn't go well. Individual settings are very easily accessible and easy to manage. It's a perfect choice instead of Windows, it's also very usable for beginners. Forget all the windows versions, don't be afraid of it, try it, I guarantee you will like it.
Nooby Linux user of 10+ years, and uses other OSs. Asus vivobook laptop with Intel i3 and 8gb Ram and UHD graphics. Used Pop-os for two months.
Positives:
Easy to install (love the encryption option)
Easy to navigate as a new user
Easy to update and easy to download software through app store
Bluetooth worked of of the box, as did wifi
No annoying issues with gui's or functionality. Pretty solid distro that could be used by a noob coming into Linux from another OS. But...
Cons: one update just 'broke' the update functions so that I couldn't update through the Pop-os store gui nor on the command line. To be fair, my Ubuntu system had the same problem, but Ubuntu has a gui utility which automatically detected the issue and allowed for new update and an auto fix. Second update reset my GNOME settings to square one. Annoyed (ie my user-errors) I mucked and compounded through my own fault the entire GNOME interface. Went back to Mint (which is far from perfect).
TDLR; will be going back to Pop-os after they revamp their desktop. I will definitely contribute during Beta and Alpha (if I can find a way to do so.) I intend to make it my laptop distro and will be patient to as they introduce their new desktop this year. I also used Ubuntu for my desktop machine - good but, again, far from perfect distro.
MacroView: These are the only two distros (pop & ubuntu) that meat-heads like me could really suggest for the average user who migrates from windows - people who simply view computers as low-level tools and have little interest about what happens under the hood. But with a modicum of work, there are many great distros in the top 10 or 15+ that work pretty well also. Get to intermediate Linux user status, and the computer world is your oyster with Linux.
Positives:
+Nice looking gnome implementation
+Pop shell and workspaces is great for managing workflow
+performance is also great
Negatives:
-My bluetooth broke and I can't fix it, spend half a day researching and trying solutions.
-also the wifi driver update is not compatible with the kernel and my laptop is only 1 year old and I also tried many hours to find solution
-The pop os store is laggy and buggy, its better to just use sudo apt install
in conclusion the concept is good, but the hardware support is broken.
This is my first long term daily driver distro. I have used a few distros on live usb and virtualbox before. Overall i really enjoyed POP. It has easy to use/understand installer, good looking ui (imo) and good features like window tiling, vertical workspaces, good keyboard shortcuts by default, out of the box flatpak support and no snaps. İts really functional by default and not that much bloated. The major problem for me is that i have suspend issues on my system with pop. Literally i have tried everything but it didnt work and i give up. It's just super annoying.
Holy cow is this ugly... it functions and feels like a Frankenstein desktop environment out of the box.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it really feels like its assaulting both of mine.
Even though I can't get past the aforementioned, under the hood is another story.
This was a very easy no fuss install. It found all my hardware so no issues there.
Performance seems to be OK with no telling issues that I experienced.
Used this for three weeks (goal was a month) and no issues from updates either by command line or the App Center.
Unfortunately this is a no go for me. The aesthetics and functionality is just way too far off for me. I don't believe in spending a ton of time customizing the interface. I want to install it and go. PopOS does not deliver in that area. For the time I spent using it however it did feel like a solid system.
After I saw new Cosmic DE news, I decided to try out Pop!_OS and fell in love with it.
What I liked:
- Codecs are installed out of the box.
- Unlike Ubuntu LTS, they're using up-to-date kernels, which means better DE experience and game performance.
- Tiling manager feels AMAZING, you can be more productive with Cosmic environment.
- No matter which application you install, dark theme will be enabled. I personally care about this because white color hurts my eyes, especially when you're sitting in front of a laptop for a long time.
- Even though Pop!_OS uses X11, multitouch workspace gestures works on it.
- It's easy to add Chinese/Japanese inputs.
- It comes with Appindicator out of the box.
- Flatpak enabled by default, no Snaps.
- It's App Launcher is perfect.
What I didn't like:
- Fonts and orange color were ugly.
- Pop!_Shop looks outdated, and it doesn't show extensions of some Flatpak apps. For example: you can install Fcitx 5, but it doesn't show which extensions it has, and without those extensions Fcitx 5 doesn't work properly. I like how Gnome Software handles this, and that kind of integration would make user experience better.
- There isn't any application launch animation on Dock, an animation for indicating that an application being launched/clicked would be nice.
Pop!_OS is the perfect choice for the ones that want to try Linux. I can't wait to try new Cosmic DE, thank you Pop!_OS team.
Excellent ease of use, especially the Tiling Window Manager integration.
The downside is that it is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which makes the included software older and requires the use of flatpak to install newer packages. However, the packages installed by flatpak are limited by the container.
I used an ASUS PN51-E1 to install Pop_OS 22.04 and it worked very well without any hardware issues.
I am using two monitors, an HP 22" 1080p monitor and an LG 34" 3440x1440 monitor. After choosing to enable Larger Text in Accessibility, I get perfect text display.
In this system I use VSCode for golang development and everything is perfect, I Love Pop_OS !
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Of course, there are still some bugs in Pop_OS's custom Gnome, but I'm sure System76 will fix those little problems soon.
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In the future, I hope the new COSMIC desktop environment developed by System76 using Rust will be stable and available soon.
For the past year or two I have moved between Ubuntu, Pop! and Mint, and have tried altering the installed utilities until I have what I think is the perfect setup. I found that Ubuntu/Snapd ran HOT all the time, like around +80C, and I got tired of snapd taking up resources and giving me tiny type and pointers as a default. I learned how to remove, entirely, snapd, and accidentally discovered the tremendous temperature drop sans SNAP.
I tried Mint and LMDE because they did not have SNAP but with Cinnamon I could not run my gnome extensions which I considered half the fun of wasting time on my laptop, so I went back to Ubuntu. I grew weary of stripping Ubuntu of things I didn't like (snap, again) and being on my guard for OS backsliding. After much searching and reading I discovered Pop! and it seemed an answer to my dreams: No snap, Gnome, Ubuntu-derived.
Con: smaller support community, but no less dedicated to finding solutions as one will find on Ask Ubuntu. Besides, of the issues I've had the answers can sometimes be found at Ask Ubuntu.
I've used dozens of distros and know every distro under the sun. I switched from Linux Mint to it, and I'm quite satisfied. Been using it for the last 4 months. I thought I'd never like Gnome, but to my surprise, it's actually customisable enough for me. Just install "GNOME Shell Extensions". I recommend the extensions named "Applications Menu", and "Arrange Windows".
Also, some programs I recommend for gaming:
All rounder distribution suitable for any kind of user. Gamers can use it, Former windows users can use it (Thanks for the dock). Normal desktop users can use it. Disk encryption can be enabled with ease while installing. Tiling window manager users can have it handy as it also supports tiling just with one click. Another great thing is we can find all the apps inside pop shop including flatpaks by default which makes normal users easy to use. Good development approach. Waiting for their rust based COSMIC desktop.
This is my go-to distro where I want a computer to run smoothly, easy to use and and is not a hassle to setup. I have been using Linux for about 15 years. I have tried and used all the distros in the top 20 list. If I want a non-Arch distro then I always end up coming back to Pop OS. It's that good. The OS is super easy to setup and use and is stable. It is so easy to use, my child who never used Linux before was quickly flying through the screens and using the computer with zero Linux experience. In fact, he uses Pop OS as the distro of choice for his gaming computer whereas he used to rely on Windows. The OS is good that if I ever buy a Linux laptop again it will certainly be from System 76 because they clearly know what they are doing as evident by their OS. Pop OS is for any level user. It does not have a "noob" attached label such as Mint or Ubuntu. Pop OS is perfect for any type of user whether you're using it for home computing; development; writing; gaming; video production; graphic design or whatever else you can think of.
A beginner friendly "Gaming on Linux" Distribution - if you change the Desktop Environment (when you come fresh from Windows)
Cons:
- not for old hardware
- not without dGPU
- only one DE to beginn with it(...but you can easily install others (pros))
- "Flatpak" (and "Snap"-support)
- No "Bloody Edge"
Pros:
- 20 minutes and the installation is done
- just try it, really: only 20 minutes to install
- a Terminal + >>sudo apt install kde-standard
- I like it has the Nvidia drivers included.
- I like it is based on Ubuntu which is used in many companies.
- I like the optimized shell.
- It would be great to optimize use of the screen size by using Dash to Panel or something similar.
- Also Custom Hot Corners extended functionality would be bery useful to have by default.
- Last but not least, a terminal like fish which has the functionality of not displaying by default all the path but only when needed to see it by doing pwd.
Well, as they say, "it's not my cup of tea". I tried to like Pop OS, but it is almost too different to not find it frustrating to use. I sometimes think System 76 made changes just to make Pop OS stand out from the crowded Linux distros. Reminds me of how Ubuntu sort of went different directions as well, some good and some not so good. This is not just an issue with Pop OS, it is an issue with having so many distros and they all do things slightly different with no real uniformity. Can you imagine the mess if Windows had hundreds of slightly different takes on the original. Pop OS is probably as good as any other distro if you get used to how to interact with the OS. I had no issues installing it was very painless process and all the hardware worked. But it was the little annoyances using the OS that bugged too much to continue to use it. From someone who has used Windows PC's and Mac's for years. I was not feeling the intuitiveness of Pop OS over using Windows or Mac OS. It felt foreign to me and never got better with use.
Earlier this year I realised that rolling-release is not my thing. Installed debian, but it was a hell. (default gnome experience isn't how I remember it I guess)
There are great things about Pop! It's really stabel, it feels like debian+good parts of ubuntu, cosmic is as fast as xfce was, I wonder what rust rewrite will give to this experience.
But I had issues.
Issues regarding default keybidings, and the behaviour of the start key.
I like to keep everything fullscreen, and when I press super, I like to see the top-bar, and applications I have opened. Default gnome shipps with this kind of behaviour, bot not Pop! It only opens up an application search in the middle of the screen, and I have to exit from every full-screen app to see the top-bar.
Tile-windows feature is fun, unitl I use stuff fullscreen, like my browser, and my terminal, and that's where I live.
Stable os with not so good desktop enviornment defaults.
I tried the distributions for a week, I stayed with the one where everything works immediately. I had problems with all other distros, only POP! OS worked perfectly, viber, messenger, telegram run immediately, all hardware works. The design is also very good. Modern, clear, nothing unnecessary, fast. The window management system is good, it can be customized. Does not freeze, reliable operating system.The window management is good, it can be customized. Does not freeze, stable operating system. It is expressly recommended for those who do not want to suffer with Windows.I highly recommend it to everyone. It gets twenty points from me. :-)
Awesome distro, i’ve Been on Opensuse Leap for many years and really did not want to leave but they are developing the new ALP system to replace it next year and it is immutable which is basically read only and I was involved in initial testing on MicroOS which last I heard will be the new ALP late next year. It is a great system and well thought out but aimed at container workflows in the corporate world. The main issue for me was a couple programs I use will not work on it. I used Debian for many years and figured I would go back with no issues. I recently built a new desktop and went to load Debian on the second SSD and it was getting firmware errors not recognizing the Ethernet port so I downloaded the drivers and got them installed then was getting kernel errors; Debian is still on 5.10, opensuse was fine on 5.15 so I tried loading 5.15 and it loaded 6 stable and then had other issues I worked through and decided Debian was too far downlevel to put a bunch of bandaids on. I’ve been using Linux for 23+ years and tired of having to fix stuff all the time. I thought about Kubuntu and like it but don’t like snapd at all! I had Kubuntu running in a vm and left the only snap Firefox installed. I looked in the snap folder and it was almost 2GB in size and I wondered why? It looks like snapd not only installs programs similar to flatpak but it is also tied to many services as well, then I tried to de-install it all by following removal instructions which really does not remove it and the stuff you get uninstalled will get reinstalled on another update so Ubuntu is really trying to make sure it can’t be installed! (Huge red flag). The whole snap folder is read only and changing permissions does not work, snap has its tenacles all over the system doing god knows what just like systemd LOL. I had tried PopOS and always kept a kvm around and never had any issues to speak of so I installed it and it came up perfectly and recognized everything, I like their optimizations and glad they did away with the flappy desktop going in and out when you hit the super key, just stupid. I actually prefer plasma but use both and may try adding that and see what happens, past experience with adding plasma to an installed gnome setup resulted in some kde apps bleeding over to gnome and gnome into kde which screws up some stuff but will see. Overall, very pleased with PopOS, it just works and very speedy on a fast system, I was kind of disappointed I did not have any bugs to fix, NOT! System76 keep up the great work! Looking forward to trying out the upcoming new desktop they are working on.
Great distribution for new linux users. The OS is easy to follow and a lot of hardware just works so you can get started using your computer vs trying to fix technical problems out of the gate. The distribution runs on newer hardware out of the box and uses a newer kernel than what Ubuntu 22.10 uses currently. The installed software is purposeful and not overwhelming and the Pop!Shop is full of options. If you want to install other environments, it is easy to add other environments to work in.
IT guy here. I've been using GNU/Linux for 5+ years now, I'm quite familiar with it but up until recently I've been prone to distro-hopping (like many of you reading this, I reckon). I've tried dozens of distributions, and most of them felt okay-ish but incomplete when compared to PopOS. For instance, Arch linux is a good distro, it has a huge repository and great wiki, however you're pretty much left on your own once you encounter an issue. The "elitist" Arch community as they consider themselves are often just plain a**holes towards new users, or generally anyone who wants to learn something new/solve a problem. Not to mention how unstable it can be considering it's rolling release type of thing, so pretty much you can kiss your OS goodbye if something goes wrong during update (yeah, you can use snapshots but managing that and/or system crash when it occurs is just not practical). It's especially vulnerable if you haven't updated Arch in a while, so basically every time you update, you play russian roulette.
I've tried Fedora, it's alright but not my cup of tea, OpenSUSE I consider an even better option, especially for system administration.
What I love the most is the good old Debian and stuff based on it. I like stability and plenty of resources/packages if need be, plus it's one of the eldest linuxes out there so it's well supported and community is big.
That why I love PopOs. It feels modern, stable, and very well designed. On top of that, it's using Gnome desktop which is very customizable and reliable. Just loving how things have been going on with this project, I surely hope it will stay like that.
So if you're someone with needs like mine (Needs stable OS, good development team with big community, and lots of apps at the hand) then this is perfect for you. It's great for pretty much any task, whether it's daily casual usage, gaming, audio/video editing, pen-testing and ethical hacking (yeah those are an option too, you basically just need to add Kali's repo and install stuff you need)..
I've distrohopped so many times that I've lost track, but everytime I did, I found myself wanting to go back to Pop!_OS again. Everything about this distro is perfect and is great for both beginners and veterans, and is good in pretty much any scenario.
- Great GPU support
- Very stable, haven't ran into major issues.
- Good Desktop, It's using a custom Gnome DE, but they are actually making their own from scratch right now!
- Encryption enabled by default
After years of trying to find the perfect distro. This one takes the cake.
I have used Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, Zorin, Mint all over many these years. So far
I have been using Ubuntu for quite some time now. So I decide to give POP OS 22.04 a try.
The Desktop is clean, and the design of the desktop is well done. Their package manager is well done , and it easy to fine any software you would like.
During the installation you see a lot of message that are printed out on the screen, POP OS 22.04 should consider removing these message,
The file manager does a very good job in accessing all my network drives. And POP OS 22.04 even added my network printer all by it self nice job.
But with some disadvantages , I loaded pyqt5 in the usual way using the “sudo apt-get install”. I found that on PyCharm Community Edition, and visual studio code , both editors could not fine the development library’s for pyqt5. So I had to point to the development library’s for pyqt5 on PyCharm Community Edition. But I have not figure out how to point to development library’s for pyqt5 on visual studio code at this time.
If you are not going to do any development work then the above is not a disadvantage. The only thing that I found wast the default Movie player did not work, It crashed. So I went to my all time player VLC, Not a problem any more.
Overall I would give POP OS 22 a “** 8.98 stars “ out of 10 . For the developers of POP OS 22.04 a job well done. Thank you.
- Excellent Rescue System and Live System for tests and data and system recovery.
- Brilliant support for difficult graphic cards: I used to spend/waste days by trying to get the graphic card in the new laptop running to be able to use the external HDMI port. Those days are gone, thanks to Pop OS. :-)
- Regular and stable software updates.
I wished, there were more distributions like Pop! OS. :-)
All of our laptops are using Pop! OS as main OS.
Love it!
Fast, clean, looks great, all the advantages if Ubuntu without the disadvantages. Great Job.
I Used Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse with KDE, all over many years, all nice but with some disadvantages.
If POP OS is for you depends on what you need it for. You want a problem free fast and save machine for private use?
For Mails and Browsing, Photo editing, Music etc. and not care about details. POP OS is yours! And it's self explaining.
No Terror no Problems, just changed the icons after installation. Beautiful and performant!
Also I use it on a systems76 Lemur Pro. Same thing. No Problems light and clean and robust as long as you're using external speakers/headphones but who doesn't?
Love PopOS and all the optimizations compared to regular buntu. I like the changes to the desktop vs regular gnome but not a big gnome fan. Was looking at their system76 laptops and desktops and would probably pick up a few if they had an official PopOS KDE Plasma version. I know I could load Kubuntu or Neon but might as well go with a Kubuntu Focus or vanilla Clevo laptop at that point. Come on System76 give us a KDE version and let us help boost your computer sales, but if not keep up the great work!
I have spent the last two (2) years looking for a Linux distro, that my family could use. That would run smoothly and with little geek interaction or configuration and now I think I have found it. Like many of the other reviewers here, POP!_OS is so easy to install and use. Everything to date runs with smoothness and good efficiency and zero errors to hack out. I have only been using this as a VM for testing purposes, but I am ready to install and test on my wife's Dell Inspiron 15R SE 7520, 3rd Gen Intel Core i5- 3210M Processor 2.5 GHz, 6gb DDR3 RAM. I will be pleased as I can be, if the install goes as well as I think it will. I am a semi-retired systems engineer and know Linux and Unix all to well. But, my family is tied to Windows and the issues that come with using that product. I will update this review after the Laptop installation.
Runs smoothly on an updated 2009 Dell laptop (dual core 2.3GHZ, 4gb ram, 128gb ssd and integrated video card). It didn't install the wifi card driver with the OS installation, but after an update it did install it. It's like an optimized Ubuntu, with all the benefits of that distribution (easy to use and great support) and without unnecessary software or visual effects. And it has a clean Mac OS look, running better than Elementary. I've read some criticism for leaving gnome, but the actual desktop works great.
I've been in the linux community for close to 20 years, and have tried 100's if not thousands of distros. This is by far my favorite one. Easy to install, Easy to use, and a clutter free desktop. Very good for gaming! Hmmmmm. 500 characters to submit a review seems really long but ok. Upgrades and making rescue disks is easy to do with pop os! Pop OS allowed me to break free from windows. Steam runs much better on linux then windows for many games! I highly recommend it. Give it a try and see for yourself.
I'm a new linux user and I've tried a good amount of distros (Fedora, Ubuntu, Manjaro, Zorin OS) but by far my favorite is Pop OS. I love the simplicity of it, I love the layout of it, I love the COSMIC Desktop, there's just so many great things about it and I don't plan to move away from it anytime soon. Since it's based on Ubuntu, there's already a lot of information out there that applies to Pop OS. The Pop Shop is great and has pretty much everything you would need, in a nice clean interface. I barely need to use the command line to install things since the Pop Shop already has almost all the things I want. I also love the launcher so that when you press the super key, a search prompt comes up similar to Mac OS Spotlight where you can just type in what you want, press enter, and it'll open it for you. It's a really quick, easy, and efficient way to open programs, especially for a fast typer like me. I also really like the built in dock since I've always found opening applications in stock gnome to be weird without using Gnome Extensions. I also have a NVIDIA graphics card but Pop OS makes it really easy to work with since I can just download an ISO with all the NVIDIA drivers preinstalled for me so I don't have to do anything to get it to work, which is very convenient.
Too bad that they moved away from Gnome desktop. This was my go to distribution for Gnome. I also liked the features they added to the desktop experience. However, their move to Cosmic was a bog disappointment and the workflow now resembles more that of KDE, which for me does not work at all. So a pitty that they decided to develop their own desktop instead of contributing to upstream Gnome. Maybe in the future when Cosmic is a fully rewritten desktop environment in rust I give it another try.
- Its interface is very versatile, light, fast and at the same time modern.
- The best thing it has is the tile windows
- Excellent hardware utilization and power efficiency, crystal sharp fonts, and additional desktop environment features that alleviate GNOME anti-desktop designs, there are a couple of more things I like to point out when compared to other Linux distributions
- I was able to install development tools very easily.
I can see why Pop!_OS has been trending on top 10 Linux distributions for the past year, excellent hardware utilization and power efficiency, crystal sharp fonts, and additional desktop environment features that alleviate GNOME anti-desktop designs, there are a couple of more things I like to point out when compared to other Linux distributions:
1. Audio: Even though Fedora or Arch Linux (optional) uses the latest Linux audio software implementation PipeWire, they sound terrible, Pop!_OS uses PulseAudio and yet it beats PipeWire by 3 years ahead, sound stage is amazing, sound objects separation are super clear, overall on par with Windows, NO other Linux distribution could surpass Pop!_OS in this aspect! I repeat, NO other Linux distribution could surpass Pop!_OS in this aspect. (Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu, basically all major Linux distribution out there.)
2. Hardware Acceleration: Everyone knows hardware acceleration on Linux out of the box is a joke, almost all Linux distributions consume huge chunk of CPU power when playing videos, opening apps or simply web browsing If not manually configured properly, but not Pop!_OS, does exactly what it should just like Windows, out of the box. Does Fedora have that? no. Debian? no. Not even Ubuntu has that even though Pop!_OS is based on it.
3. User Interface: User interface is very clear, the fonts are super sharp, again, all other major Linux distributions out there look terrible, blurry, especially for Qt apps. (Yes I'm talking about Fedora) Except for those that have KDE by default, or SolusOS.
Now why Pop!_OS deserve 8 out of 10?
Partially because of the name of the distribution has an exclamation point and an underscore, and I preferred vanilla GNOME, the developers should just add additional features that mitigate GNOME anti-desktop designs without changing the interface. Also, after years of using Linux on and off with open source software, I came to a realization, and chose to stick with Windows with free or paid closed source software, which I'm not gonna elaborate here. I installed Pop!_OS only on out of date hardware that no longer runs Windows well.
One more thing, people should ask themselves why Android is more popular than GNU/Linux, both based on the Linux kernel and both are open source, and yet GNU/Linux is struggling to gain market in the desktop race. And I have a really unpopular opinion that Google's Fuchsia OS will become more popular than GNU/Linux if Linux distribution developers keep ignoring what made Android successful in the first place.
I use pop!_os as my daily operating system and I am fully satisfied with its performance.
I cannot speak to the Nvidia drivers and the related issues mentioned under a few reviews below as I do not have one.
What makes pop!_os one of the best distros are:
1. Ease of installation and use;
2. Can be used by beginners and advances Linux users to accomplish tasks;
3. Combines the stability of Debian and relatively the most updated applications adopted by distributions like Arch;
4. Does not adopt the Ubuntu direction of imposing snaps even though it is based on Ubuntu;
5. Has its own desktop environment that is expected to be even better when fully developed using Rust;
6. Is backed by System 76. This can also be a drawback if System 76 decide to go the same Ubuntu direction;
7. Rolls back the updates to previous releases;
8 and many more.......
A few things pop!_os may need to improve:
1. Giving the user the option to select Ext4 or BTRFS during the installation;
2. A server version even though it is not needed as Ubuntu shines in this area.
Overall, pop!_os is a great distribution thanks to its team. It can be even better if combined with the hardware provided by System 76.
This is a really beautiful distro that is great for beginners looking to escape from Micro$ and Apple. I love the window management and window tiling features. Everything worked on my 2015 MBP out of the box, very nice graphics card support. The Pop shop has a great selection of apps without the need to add repositories. This is a really user friendly distro for non-hackers, better than Ubuntu.
Pros: icon set, pop shop, window management, night mode (blue light filter), graphics card support (including retina displays).
Very good and bug-free distro.
Now used as daily driver. I installed pop-os on both my laptop and office desktop.
Occasionally have some issue with input method while using Chrome browser.
Occasionally have the fan running fast on laptop, but quiet for the most of the time.
One thing I like pop-os is that it has built-in nvidia graphic card driver, and user does not need to worry about it.
I wonder whether system76 is going to release a pop-os server version without desktop environment. And this could be useful for people doing scientific computing or other services, because the desktop environment occupies a lot of GPU ram. Or is it really necessary that one may consider ubuntu server?
Large memory leaks, Keep my intel machine fans always racing. A Frankenstein OS, which used to be decent os 2 years ago, but now just biting their own behind.
Pop OS users are just crazy fans they wont accept that better solutions are available!
The only thing pop os does better is to include Nvidia image by default which is frankly nothing new now a days.
I will say - pop os is most overhyped among all Debian based distros!
If you are a baby use - Mint instead and if beast then - Debian and all others in between should use ubuntu.
I have been distro-hopping for a couple of years, now. I've had great success with several different distros, but then I decided to upgrade my Intel i7 desktop PC with an nvidia card (GTX-1650). Suddenly, I couldn't get a good smooth performance on my favorite distros. It didn't matter what distro or desktop environment I used. I have two drives. One boots into Windows 10, and the nvidia card is smooth as silk. So, yeah...I got a little spoiled by that. I had tried Pop!_OS before, and it didn't really perform well with my integrated Intel GPU. So, after a week of trying several distros a day for over a week, I decided to try Pop!_OS on my second SSD again. Wow! Everything works great! I've only added a few Gnome extensions and use the Adwaita Dark theme with the standard Paprius icon theme. Videos, audio recordings, OBS-Studio...everything works perfectly! I know...this might be just my rig, but Pop!_OS is exactly what I've been looking for. No more distro-hopping for me.
20.04 was my first distribution. I think fondly of Pop!_OS. I don't really like the new Cosmic stuff, but hopefully the desktop based on Rust will be better. Nowadays I hop between Arch, Gentoo, Void, NixOS, and Debian, but Pop!_OS has a special place in my heart.
Nvidia drivers preinstalled are very convenient for a new-to-Linux user and I would definitely recommend Pop!_OS to someone with a Nvidia GPU who's just starting to get into Linux.
Overall, Pop is very clean and stable, it's like the better version of Ubuntu.
If I had to sum up Pop!_OS in one word, it'd be "convenient".
I am new to Linux. I have only used Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian, and Pop!_OS. But I run Pop_OS as my daily driver on both my gaming desktop and my (not gaming) laptop.
Having the nvidia drivers come pre-installed (and the repo pre-configured) is a godsend. I was able to smoothly transition from gaming on Windows to gaming on Pop with hardly any issue.
The Gnome-based DE is a delight to use, and I'd say the best thing about Pop is the tiling and the launcher. Sure, you can configure both of these things on your own (that's the best part of Linux), but the fact that it works so goddamn well out of the box on any system you've got is incredible. For laptops, gnome's touch support is currently better than KDE's.
Apparently, a lot of people use Pop Shop. I personally dislike it, and it's where my 9/10 comes from. I stopped using it when I went from 21.10 to 22.04, but the experience I remember was clunky, and over-reliant on flatpaks. Don't get me wrong, I see the value of flatpaks, and use them whenever I need something more sandboxed. However, searching for an application within Pop Shop often took way too long, and the application would seemingly freeze when trying to update things. Additionally, it would prioritize flatpaks over adding the dev's ppa (or however else you get their .debs), which... I dunno. Odd. It's built with electron, so I ended up uninstalling it entirely.
Were it not for the clunky pop shop, Pop!_OS gets a 10/10. I highly recommend this as a first time distro. It solves a lot of stupid issues with Ubuntu, and retains the compatibility with debian we know and love.
After running Knoppix in 2003, Debian, CentOS, and Ubuntu of course, PopOS is a nice distro overall.
I installed it for the NVIDIA drivers.
But NVIDIA updates are totally messed up, layering drivers unto drivers so you stop updating.
Globally, PopOS didn't think outside US and updates are slow, and you get 2 notifications per day to upgrade your distro.
PopShop will soon have paid apps, so I wonder if it's Linux anymore.
Finally, help is non-existant (I never got a reply) and Ubuntu forums kick out PopOS users so you're on your own.
Dual boot using grub will break at each update and Refind is kicked out by grub updates (really too bad). So think of removing grub ASAP.
Synaptic, Snap, Flatpak, PopShop, ... far too much. Flatpak is awful on memory management.
Not for newbies for now.
It's fine but has some performance issues. Like the icon's in dock are slow to launch if they are not pinned as Favorites. The app launches long before you see the icon launch in Dock. Just a tell tale sign of a poorly functioning system. This has been a issues for awhile now so not sure why it cannot be fixed?? The font smoothing on a 1080 panel looks awful, almost to the point of being out of focus appearing. After awhile it hurts my eyes to look at the screen. I know its not my Viewsonic screen because Windows and Mac OS look crisp and perfectly fine. I want to like a Linux distro such as Pop OS especially when its developed in the US. But this has not impressed me in several ways.
As a newer in linux environment, I am learning and I already installed in dual boot with windows some linux distros. This time, I decided to give a try to POP-OS. After installing it carefully, after rebooting, the system landed directly to pop os. There is no option to choose between windows and pop os.
I think pop-os prefers to be installed alone. I do not know what is the importance of choosing ‘’custom (advanced)” instead of “clean install” that erase everything and install pop-os alone on the disk, If the system ignores all and starts pop-os only?
If I configured the disk and gave space for root, swap and home is for the system to give the choice between windows and pop-os installed in the reserved space.
After research in internet, through the forced pop-os, I resolved the problem and came back to windows, and deleted pop-os.
Other remark, linux mint is based on ubuntu, pop-os also. The installation of linux mint is easy, as installing ubuntu, no change in the installation procedure. Why this pop-os is making the installation more complicated?
My advice to the newer as me, to avoid losing your bootloader for windows and headache to resolve the problem, it is better to install Ubuntu or Linux mint in dual boot, for testing.
I've tried numerous Linux distros and for some reason I always come back to Pop! OS. Simple to install. Very user friendly. A clean, effective user interface with Gnome,COSMIC and their tiling and window-management. Great hardware support (probably because they manufacture their own computers) and a good selection of starting software and lots more is easily installable through Pop! Shop. With the great NVIDIA support it's so much easier to run games with Steam or Lutris. If I was to recommended a friendly beginner Linux-distro then Pop! OS is my pick. Two thumbs up!
This distro is simply amazing. It does everything right, and it's not just another "ubuntu", because Ubuntu doesn't do everything right. On my old imac (2012) it works perfectly, faster than other distros despite consuming a lot of RAM; it has pre-installed tools (such as the scanner), its software center is much faster than Ubuntu's, it comes with kernel 5.17 in its LTS edition (Ubuntu still has 5.15 which gives me many problems for wifi and ethernet), it opens firefox much faster than Ubuntu, it is prettier than Ubuntu and takes care of the aesthetics, it has no bugs or failures. oh! And wine works perfectly (I have a great time playing sid meier's civilization II) something that does not happen in other Ubuntu distros. In short: it is infinitely better than Ubuntu. Let's see if you get smart, Ubuntu!
Pop!_OS is my favorite distro. For my setup (a laptop with hybrid nvidia/intel graphics) it just works, no additional setup required. At this stage, I like the fact that people smarter than me have made most choices about the distro - less tinkering required.
Battery life is decent, and after a while, I've grown to love the Cosmic workflow as well. I don't always use the tiling, but it's nice to have. It's stable. Heck, I even like the Pop colors and theme now! Pop shop is kind of meh and worse than gnome software, but it gets the job done.
Pop! OS is my favorite distro, it is the best implementation of gnome so far; it has a really big usable set of preinstalled app and also uses the pop shop. My only complain is about RAM consumption: the prior version (21.10) was around 0.9 Gigs, but after updating to the last release, and a couple a big updates the initial RAM consumption is about 1.5 Gigs, My device has only 8 GB of ram and 2 for the are reserve for the iGPU, so a quarter of it is used up by the OS. After opening a couple of programs the swap memory has to be used because the RAM is totally or almost totally full, and after close them its consumption continues high.
I decided to uninstall it due to its hi use of resources and hope the System 76 will correct this issues soon. And also to be more clear with the actual system requirements.
The default desktop setup, in my opinion, isn't the nicest looking, but thanks to GNOME extensions it's very easy to modify into something that's more enjoyable.
Pop's Tiling WM is amazing! Very intuitive for a user who's never had a tiling manager before, and makes using my computer a lot more enjoyable.
PopShop is great for new users, but it feels very bare compared to my windows/mac experience - No popularity or user ratings/reviews can make it feel risky picking software, especially if you're a newer user.
Terminal isn't needed for most users, but it's there if you do. I've only ever needed to run a handful of commands.
Hybrid graphics mode is amazing for a laptop user -- I don't need to mess about with setting the active gpu when I open apps, it's just like Windows or Mac in that sense. The proper experience for a gaming laptop.
Does it have hitches? rough edges? a couple in my experience. BUT, I'm happy with using Pop over windows, and its by far the most unified hardware-software experience out of the box. Pop is probably one of the best distros for new linux users right now, and that's more than enough reason to pick it up!
Pop! is a complete distribution. After installation and reboot, it is possible to get going without any further configuration. The defaults are, indeed, sane defaults.
Pop! offers a heavily modified GNOME called COSMIC, including desktop icons, a dock with a lot of configuration allowed and a tabbed Show Applications. Show Applications, in particular, is far superior to GNOME's offering as it is less quirky - for example, applications are sorted alphabetically without having to install an extension to do so.
The big new feature of Pop! is automatic window tiling. It is switched off by default but, once switched on and used for a bit, it is sensational. There is nothing like it in Windows/MacOS and nothing as easy to set up or use in Linux. In fact, the whole way of managing the screen is so intuitive and obvious once used it it is surprising that there are so few attempts at tiling and those that exist are not the mainstream flavours of distributions.
There are a number of other thoughtful features, such as firmware updates built in, a recovery partition built in, USB flashing built in (Popsicle) and an app store (Pop! Shop) which is less clumsy than most and supports DEB files and flatpaks.
I note some reviews about "old" and "unmaintained". Well, Pop! is based on Ubuntu LTS 22.04, which is supported until 2027. It uses GNOME 42 but, really, the differences between that and the current version, 47, are mostly cosmetic, particularly in what feels like the endless shuffling around of options in the file manager (Nautilus). If required newer versions of GNOME apps can be installed via flatpak.
More concerning is that the kernel is old and in between LTS versions (6.9.3; the LTSs are 6.6.x and 6.12.x). However, with three commands I switched to the xanmod kernel, which is currently at 6.12.13.
The "old" is because Pop! took a very radical step in developing its own desktop environment, COSMIC, rather than put up with GNOME's often arbitrary and increasing constraints on what modifications could be made to vanilla GNOME. By definition that takes a long time; it is certain that version 1 of "new COSMIC" will be good but not as feature-rich as "old COSMIC" as reviewed here, but the alpha releases are very promising.
The rating is tricky. I give 8 because Pop! has clearly done all it can with GNOME and produced a remarkably effective take, with the automatic window tiling worth the price of admission on its own, but there will be a step to get over between "old COSMIC" and "new COSMIC".
Practically unmaintained and unusable in its current state. The only hope for Pop!_OS users is that system76 may drop 24.04 within their lifetimes and fix so so many of the issues with this 3-year-old distro release which is just running off of old buggy software with no patches. Stayed on it for 3 years and had to swap to something more maintained because it was getting harder and harder to use it as my daily driver. Hopefully 24.04 will release with COSMIC being usable out of the box within a reasonable amount of time and progress on it is looking promising but system76 ditching their community to go work on an entirely new DE without even bothering to still update what people were stuck on was a horrible choice.
Une tres bonne distribution Linux sous enviironnement Gnome pour mon Mac Mini 2012 ( 16 GB Ram ).
Je l'utilise sur un disque Externe OWC en USB 3. La distribution est tres stable et fluide dans son usage.
Merci au developeurs pour cette distribution tres agreable.
Un grand merci.
Philippe
A very good Linux distribution under the Gnome environment for my Mac Mini 2012 ( 16 GB Ram ).
I'm using it on an external OWC USB 3 drive. The distribution is very stable and smooth to use.
Thanks to the developers for this very pleasant distro.
Many thanks.
Philippe
Using Pop_OS for a year now
Desktop - AMD 7800X3D / NVIDIA 4070
setup works pretty good, and no regrets for quiting windows.
Still, I will give another try to MINT soon (let's first wait for COSMIC release).
Indeed, I find too much graphical / dispay issues using Wine (GEProton), and I miss creating files in folder with a right-click....
that said, system is stable, fast and easy to set-up. Image with Nvidia driver is a plus (even if some would disagree on that).
It gives choice, when possible, to install deb or flatpak versions of apps (nextcloud client, steam, etc)
this will remain my OS, unless Mint convince me again.
1. This is the best compromise between, Gnome, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma and a tiling window manager.
2. Although it seems to use a lot of system memory, the performance is always fast.
3. It is a joy to use on the Ubuntu base or on Fedora.
Cons: -
1. The file manager still needs to be finished, it is slow to find samba shares.
2. The firmware section in system settings needs to be finished.
Other than that I really like it and have been using Cosmic since Alpha 1, give it a try it is worth it.
For the problems with the file manager just install Nemo and you will be just fine.
If you want online accounts, install gnome-online-accounts-gtk it works well, but you will need Nemo if you want to access your Gdrive.
Plus Nemo or Nautilus can mount samba shares and they will then show up in the Cosmic File Manager.
Tried some linux back in 2006, as media server and player at home office. But was stuck on MacOS. In 2022, my MacBookPro started to be outdated and got a Windows laptop from one of my jobs I consulted for. Decided to make the the IT guy/CEO mad and install some linux on the laptop. Tried many good ones, but landed on PopOS 22.04, that fitted my needs absolutely best. It's so stable and simplest to use. Have also the new 24.04 Alpha 4 on a spare computer, just to try put. Feels very promising and suprislingy fast on a old i3 with only 4gB RAM.
Have not tried Pop OS is a while and was surprised to see it was still at 22.04 LTS. Not that I crave cutting edge Linux releases but I do find it sort of behind the times for even a LTS distro. Maybe its why I have seen Pop OS sort of fall in downloads. I think with so much happening in hardware I do want a OS to keep up with a more recent kernel and improvements. I especially find it strange since System 76 hardware offers a choice between Pop OS and Ubuntu which is now on 24.04. Still, I still find PopOS acceptable and stable dispite the lag in updating. But I am not sure about sticking with it when so many other distro's are updating faster.
I've been using some version of Pop!_OS for at least eight years and have found it to be reliable. I'm running it on a System76 Gazelle laptop that has an Intel Core i7-11800H 2.3 GHz processor, 16 Gbytes of memory, 1Tbyte SSD and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile graphics processor. The system and OS have been trouble free. Pop!_OS is my daily driver and I use it for everything. For example I use it with: OBS Studio for recording onscreen videos, Shotcut for video editing, Brave for web browsing, Betterbird for getting and writing emails, Lazarus/Free Pascal for RAD GUI development, GCC for coding console applications, GIMP for image editing, etc. I quit using MS-Windows over twelve years ago and I don't miss anything about Win-Doze. I keep one laptop, that currently has MS-Windows 10 on it, for cross development work (using Lazarus/Free Pascal) that I do for a charity organization that requires Windows compatible applications. I was a Win-Doze user since the 3.0 days and it took me a long time of trying Linux distros to finally bite the bullet and switch, mainly because it's taken Linux and its assorted applications many years to mature into something that's reliable and powerful enough to supplant Win-Doze. It has achieved that capability and capacity. I vote "YES" for Pop!_OS and I say goodbye Win-Doze I don't miss you one damned bit.
Using Pop!_OS since months. Working good on high resolution monitors under Wayland, very smooth. Has a good App store, but of curse you can install software via apt or from .deb files or via flatpak files directly. I like the menu of Pop!_OS which does not cover the whole display as it does the GNOME Menu and does not need 2 mouse clicks to open it as in default GNOME. I love the integration of the weather app and calender app into the date/time panel widget, so when you click on the date widget on the panel, you see the weather and all your apointments in calendar without having to open the calender app and weather app. The system apps like calendar, contacts have good nextcloud integration. If you don't like the default theme and icons as I do, it's not that difficult to change them, I just followed some guidelines on youtube and could install nice icons and change the theme of menu and the panel. Also what I love about Pop!_OS that it is made for multiple monitor usage, so if you open a program on the monitor B it will be minimized to the menu on the monitor B. If the mous coursor is currently on the monitor A and I hit the "super" key, the menu opens itself on the monitor A. So there are some very good designed and thougtfull concepts on Pop!_OS which I could not see on other distros. All the software I use no matter if e-mail client or music player are the newest versions, the kernel is also always updated reguralry. Pop!_OS became my daily driver system, and I am using it sinse months after trying different distros like zorin os (which is very good), mint, ubuntu, fedora, debian. For me Pop!_OS offers the best experience. I just needed an OS for office work, emails, movie streaming services, listening to high resolution music files, having regularly videocalls, programming, virtual box, reading eBooks, printing and scanning documents, youtube, online shopping on multi monitor system setup - and for that Pop!_OS works just fine.
As the continue to polish this, it will be become one of the best. There is really not much to complain about for an alpha release. I've used full released M$ windows versions that were much worse. Pop is really easy to use in general and i suspect most people beginner or advanced can really enjoy it. I plan to make it my daily driver when its fully ready and for an alpha its pretty close already. It also works well as a gamer distro. I have tried most distros for gaming stability and mint seems to be the most solid. ( drauger is not quite ready from my perspective but getting closer. It is difficult to install and behaves differently almost every time during install.
I installed and tested pop os 24.04 on my laptop with 4 GB ram, i5 3rd generation processor, 128 GB ssd, 1 GB amd ati radeon graphics card. The result is PERFECT!!! I was very surprised to see such a great performance on such an old laptop! If the alpha version is like this, it is very difficult to guess how great the stable version will be. pop os will write its name in gold letters in history as a distribution that represents the beginning of the golden ages of the linux world! Greetings from Türkiye.
Several version behind Ubuntu and still sporting Gnome 42, while they're busy rewriting their DE in Rust. Packages are extremely outdated as well, hard to find anything new. For example VLC is hardly usable here. Even Debian is newer than this.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, except maybe to someone who just uses internet and basic stuff. But even then there's much better choices offering rock-stable system with new packages and hands free maintenance - like Universal Blue distros.
I ditched Windows ten months ago and been running Pop with zero problems, except for outdated stuff when I had to use distrobox, but I don't feel like this is getting updated anytime soon. Currently in a process of switching to something else, probably Tumbleweed or Bluefin.
If you insist on going with Pop, it'll serve you well, but so will other distros with newer packages. No point in installing this now.
Basic, modern and functional right out of the box.
Plenty of modification options are possible, but the distribution should be usable straight out of the box for a newcomer. I like POP_OS as it provides what a nominal user like me needs. Windows tiling is a very user friendly feature I found here. The combination of window tiling feature with multiple workspaces makes my daily tasks with the OS very seamless and less cultured experience.
Without editing or mapping configuration files, keyboard shortcut keys for keyboard backlighting and screen brightness works. Unlike some other distros, there is no need to update the sudoers file in order to add the current user as root. This is a deal breaker for newcomers, but can figure it out with little research. POP OS wins since it grants sudo privileges to the user that was created during the installation process. Overall, this distribution is excellent right out of the box; very little to no modification is required to make it functional. I liked it.
My experience using Pop OS was very enjoyable, both for the Intel / AMD processor version and the ARM version.
Installation is quite easy and smooth. The OS also runs well even though it takes up quite a lot of memory, but runs quite fast and stable.
I haven't encountered any serious problems while using this OS. I also used the ARM version of Pop OS on a Raspberry pi single board computer, and it ran quite fast, stable and without problems. very satisfactory. Can't wait for the next upgrade, considering that Pop OS 22.04 is quite old.
Hardware : iMac 27 Inch, Late 2015
I am a basic level user, tested almost all main Debian distros, familiar with terminal, no issues there.
Earlier I was working with Ubuntu unity 22.04 and 24.04 on this machine.
I had issues with connecting Bluetooth headsets in both 22.04 and 24.04.
Then tried to do with Arch + KDE and Ubuntu +Gnome. both not succeeded.
Had many issues after successful booting up.
Currently using Pop OS for 2 weeks now.
All things work out of box, very simple, easy to use.(my experience with Ubuntu helped me a lot)
Only wifi driver I had to install separately(now fine), that too wired connection was working fine.
Thanks for the developers who worked and currently working behind Pop OS.
With its Ubuntu underpinnings but a preference for apt and flatpak (and not snap) this is a familiar distribution that makes good choices. The goal is to minimize distractions and give users a powerful desktop for coding -- but POP_OS works just fine as a daily driver on any machine. The auto-tiling feature gives you the best of i3, if you're interested, but without the steep learning curve. It is my distro of choice, and I'm anticipating the new Cosmic interface, currently in alpha. These are some clever folks.
It's a great Linux Distribution and one of the best distros that I've ever used. But it has some problems or well 'one' problem. The Pop Shop sometimes crashes and is quite slow as compared to the software store of Linux Mint. Although I don't use GUI software installer instead I just my packages from the terminal but I sometimes like to look around in the available packages to find some useful one and there the problem occurs... other than that this is an amazing operating system. The main reason I love this is because of what it offers. The desktop environment is basically gnome but with a bunch of addons which makes the work flow extremely good. Although this can be achieved in any distro but I'd rather prefer a complete out of the box exp pre-installed. If end up breaking my system it will take me hours to setup my desktop environment the way I use it. Also if I end up breaking my pop!_os system(it rarely happens tho) I can just boot the live media and there's an option to just re-install my system with all my files exactly where they were which makes it so much more good!. I want to thank System76 for building such an amazing operating system.
I love Pop!_OS:)
Pop_OS just works, it has better stability than the vast majority of Debian/Ubuntu based distros, and makes using an Nvidia GPU on Linux an absolute breeze. Debian is arguably getting just as good in terms of easy-to-install, easy-to-use but I personally would rather use a more bleeding-edge distro for most of my needs anyway. For any beginner coming in especially a windows or macOS user that is used to interacting with a GUI, it simply cannot be matched in terms of accessibility (barring the amazing Linux Mint). Definitely would use this distro again for fun once the 24.04 refresh comes out.
Absolutely phenomenal distro, its like a paid operating system! Everything just works, even my stubborn NVIDIA graphics card is accepted into the system just like on windows (which I cant get it to work on other distro for some reason) I tried to donate to them but something is wrong with their payment system idk but awsome job Pop os team!
Details:
>Based on Ubuntu
>No snap
>Gnome
>Watch as Ubuntu continuously shoot themself in the foot by forcing snap upon their user
What is this strategy called?
I really hope this is a community distro so it can be sustainable and awesome
I don't need to go into much detail - I always come back to this distro, because everything just works perfectly.
Every time I try something else there is always some little unexplained issue, performance is not right, etc.
This distro (from a gaming/general usage standpoint) just works and I don't think I'll ever need anything else.
Also I've never seen a distro that installs faster, don't know what magic they are doing but it's something to behold.
Literally the only complaint I can make is the Pop Shop is a weak point and a bit buggy. I don't mind as I barely use it.
I am back on Pop!_OS after a 12 month hiatus. I previously had it installed and used it dual booting with Windows 10 for about 14 months. I was also using LMDE 5 at the time and then LMDE 6 came out and have been hooked on that too making it my preference for a while. Eventually, I put Pop_OS back on an external SSD and did some minor tweaks and it runs so well. System76 has taken a good base and desktop and really made it their own. It boots quickly, shuts down fast and everything always works right with the no trouble shooting needed unlike Fedora or even regular Ubuntu lately. Their COSMIC desktop version GNOME is not my favorite desktop environment but somehow Pop!_OS makes it function better than Ubuntu. I am looking forward their RUST based COSMIC desktop sans GNOME. Their current 22.04 is still solid, I am looking forward to the 24.04 rebase with the rust based COSMIC desktop. Great job System76!
Like just about everyone else, I anxiously await the full release of the Cosmic desktop. But I think the current incarnation is already excellent. For me, this means that it's stable, reliable, seamless, and transparent. It has sensible defaults--I don't think I have changed much of anything out of the box beyond setting the wallpaper to a solid color. It stays out of my way; it doesn't annoy me.
For reference, I am coming from Debian 12 with Xmonad, and before that FreeBSD running IceWM. I am perfectly comfortable at the command line, but it is still a welcome change to be able to configure everything (so far) from the GUI. I have previously spent many years on macOS, and it feels very much like that to me, perhaps even better since it includes the ability to easily switch to tiling windows at will.
Probably the biggest weakness I have noticed is the Pop!_Shop, which has a nasty way of blocking the UI whenever it decides to check for updates. I almost always run apt manually from the command line, but I don't expect everyone to be the same way, so you might find this aspect annoying. I hear this is much improved in Cosmic, and I hope to find out soon.
I tested the NVidia version so I'll only comment on that:
A typical Linux distribution these days. Everything in Pop OS! is somehow thoughtlessly glued together and the probability that the Pop OS! installation can be maintained by ordinary users is close to zero.
The graphics card detection and setup for my modern laptop worked right away (cudos to the team for that), as did the installation of Steam and OBS (out of the box, by the way), but that's basically it.
Removable devices anyone? Not recognized (anymore) after one day of use.
Coexistence with other distros on the same disk (maybe with a boot manager)? Wait, that would be possible like with other distros? Haha, just jokin'... it's Pop OS, so no. Not right out of the box.
No, guys. This is not for me. I'm not going to study the weird behaviors of another distro. I've done that enough in the past. and I have a life. I'll use it for a while, but in the end, imho, it's a distro for the bin.
About as close to a perfect "10" as you can get. After being a Linux Mint user for eight years I decided to give the latest version of POP_OS! a test drive. I am not a fan of GNOME but I was very pleasantly surprised. It has a calming interface in their modifications of GNOME, GNOME shell extensions and color selection of interface items. A light aqua-blue and orange with a well thought out light and dark desktop theme. Most importantly, there seems to be a concern for quality and user system restoration functions. The last couple of years Linux Mint was focused on adding trivial features instead of fixing bugs, making it easier to restore the Cinnamon desktop on a fresh install and offering other than a GRUB boot option.
Kudos to the System76 team on skipping a 22.10 release to focus on COSMIC and the big changes coming in 24.04 LTS. I like the philosophy of what System76 brings to the distro. Providing a nice base with a minimalist email client and a full office suite and then letting user fill out their system with software they need than trying to be a Swiss Army knife.
I am excited for the future of this disto and hope System76 keeps making the right decisions going forward.
I use my workstations mostly for development, OS testing and music production. POP_OS! does what it says it does for my needs.
I am coming from Lubuntu LXQt DE. Gnome takes a little getting used to, but many distributions are using a docker today. I like that it is based on Debian, and I can install many of the programs that I am used to using, such as jedit, filezilla, gwenview, synaptic, variety, youtube-dl, etc. I do not care for the Files manager: I much prefer Thunar or PCManFM-Qt, since the latter has a better compact view, and you can copy the path and paste it into a command line prompt. I like that you can scale a high resolution monitor easily under settings, and you can switch easily from light to dark themes.
POP!_OS has truly surpassed my expectations, making it the most exceptional distribution I've encountered thus far. As someone deeply immersed in various creative pursuits, my PC serves as a hub for music production, software development, and gaming. Remarkably, POP!_OS seamlessly caters to all these needs with unparalleled performance, making it the ideal choice for my diverse requirements.
One of the standout features for me is its custom GNOME environment. While I appreciate GNOME, its limitations sometimes hinder my workflow, such as the inability to create files or folders directly on the desktop. However, POP!_OS ingeniously addresses this drawback, providing a user-friendly interface that grants me this functionality. This subtle yet significant advantage enhances my productivity and overall experience.
Looking ahead, the anticipation for version 24.04 with the Cosmic desktop is palpable. The promise of continued improvements and innovative features further solidifies my loyalty to this OS. In fact, I'm already planning to complement my computing experience by investing in a Thelio for my next desktop.
Having experimented with various other distributions in the past, I can confidently attest that POP!_OS stands tall above the rest. Its user-centric design, performance-driven ethos, and seamless integration across my creative endeavors earn it a resounding perfect score of 10 stars in my review.
Best performance and CPU scheduling OOTB from OSes Ive tested, fast startup and shutdown.
Only negative might be funny name and not the best theme/ui design for now (until Cosmic gets released).
It is simple and not exiting to tinker with and I have this as a positive, it is complete package and you can install it and start with your work in 15minutes. Really efficient for productivity.
Of course you can tinker with it and edit it any way you want as every other Linux OS. It is Ubuntu based, so you get all the info on forums and application support.
Updates are rock solid, automatic - not he bleeding edge but it works well.
This is a solid, innovative distribution, written for coders by coders. Those who maintain it are smart and clear-headed about what they want in a distro (I've spoken to them several times and always been impressed). If you're a programmer, or high-end user, this is an OS that gets out of your way with excellent defaults and crisp operation. Interestingly, the windows-management system adds some of the best features of i3 in a much easier-to-use setup (which can be enabled or disabled with a click or two). Despite being based on Ubuntu, snaps are not enabled by default. (Good choice!) I'm looking forward to the next version based on Ubuntu 24.04 sometime next year.
Very good distribution with lots of improvements over Ubuntu, on which it is based. Many core packages are at a higher version of Ubuntu and are well tested/curated/integrated when Pop!_OS decides to ship more recent versions.
The settings/config is also at a higher level than what I was used from Ubuntu. Certain popular applications, such as Firefox, GIMP, Inkscape, Telegram, Signal, Audacity, OBS, Spotify, Shotcut, Mattermost, Ungoogled Chromium and a dozen more, I use installed via Flathub, which is integrated in their installer.
Point of improvement is to not skip Ubuntu releases, althought the backporting is done well.
It was very good distribution until it will never get update anymore it becomes suck.
OS with LTS terms is bad experience for desktop because the user's desktop is needed to have the latest software and features rather than effectively the stable terms is not really that stable is just keep the old bugs and no more regression. Linux desktop is already suck in terms of backward compatibility, so I think to keep the version old is not meant to be stable. As my advice I will very glad to have the semi-rolling OS and having the latest stable version of the packages and fixes the bugs more often and forget about regression, Linux env is the king of regression.
That's it, Linux should have much more investor to have solid foundation software on desktop computers, I don't want to talk about on a server side.
Pop!_Os is a great distro of Linux to run. It just works! It has a refined feel and if you are changing from windows or mac to Linux you will feel at home with this distro. I use it for my daily work and home computer and it reliable and stable. Documentation is good and I feel that anyone can use this and be successful.
System76 provides good and timely updates but they do not monkey around with the system. Things to not "break" when you get a new update. There was an issue with the last kernel and HDMI, Sytem76 had great communication, just loaded the old kernel till they could get it solved. No productivity lost and when they got it right they upgraded the kernel.
I suggest that if you want a distro that works and does not cause headaches this is the one.
Installed on my MacBook Air after I had some issues with spotlight indexing. First time Linux user. I love it. Everything just works smoothly. I really like the auto tiling and the workstations. I appreciate the dock as someone coming from Mac OS. One issue was when I first installed, I couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi. I had to install a driver using my iPhone as a usb hotspot. I’m still getting used to all the different apps but that’s the fun part. I’ve been installing other Linux distros on old laptops and none of them are as smooth as pop os.
The system serves the end user well, works smoothly and is easy to use. If you're migrating to Linux, and Pop Os in particular, this is a good opportunity to learn more about the system, which has a lot to offer.
So far, I have no complaints about the system. In any case, I recommend you download it and try it out.
It's a lot of fun to learn how to handle the terminal, learn about data structures and how everything works behind the scenes. If you're not sure whether you should, install it in a VM, test everything you can about the system. And have fun.
La meilleure de toutes les distributions LINUX que j'ai eu l'occasion de tester ces derniers mois. Pas de plantages, intuitive, riche en applications. En fait, "la" distribution que j'attendais. Juste à adapter l'esthétique à mes goûts car elle n'est pas très engageante, ce qui la dessert peut-être un peu. Elle gagnerait sans doute à être un peu plus ambitieuse à ce point de vue.
The best of all the LINUX distributions I've tested in recent months. No crashes, intuitive, rich in applications. In fact, "the" distribution I've been waiting for. I just need to adapt the aesthetics to my tastes, as it's not very engaging, which perhaps does it a disservice. It could probably do with a little more punch in this respect.
Nice to have an opportunity to say some good things about this distro. Use it on an Asus Zenbook that for some reason wouldn't run Windows any more. I've found it stable, intuitive, smooth and responsive.
Haven't found any hardware that doesn't run on it. Plugged an old Canon printer into it and it just worked. No installation. Just worked. External monitors just worked.
The only fiddly bit was having to install Gnome Tweaks to get all the appropriate buttons, but that's hardly a deal breaker for the average Linux user.
Pop_OS was my daily driver for a long time, but since their focus on Cosmic (which I do not want but curious on what it will deliver) the updates are very behind.
Currently, Pop_OS 22.04 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 but we are nearly at Ubuntu 23.10 which is 3 new releases along. This is unacceptable for me as I under a company policy to keep software up to date, while technically it is, the versions are getting behind.
And I am unsure if Cosmic is the only option going forward or if they will support vanilla Gnome.
So I have moved back to Ubuntu for the foreseeable future. I wish Pop_OS the best of luck but it is currently at the time of this review not for me.
Its the most user friendly Distro in linux imho. It just needs an update quickly. Its Ubuntu done well.
I used hyprland, sway and i3 for sometime but found the process of configuration very arduous. Pop shell is a great way to use tiling feature and the goodness of gnome, without worrying about polkit agent, or grim screenshot, or eww bar or sway bar or dunst notification, exit panel etc. Plus with every update things would break so I gave up on tiling WM and now i use POP tiling shell. They are doing some fantastic work in the next release around tiling feature so now its gonna give all the window manager a run for their money.
It has flapaks preinstalled,nvidia preinstalled and all the goodness of apt package manager.
My only problem is update. POP os is very dated from todays standard. Neovim is running on version 0.6.1 while in Debian its already on 0.9.4
Pop!_OS is a fine tuned distro. However I'm not a fan of the edition of Cosmic. But I am very interested in their NEW Cosmic OS they're working on. If the New Rust based distro is satisfying I will be switching to it. So far I'm really impressed with what I've seen of it so far.
I look forward to the monthly blog update. Hoping to have a alpha or beta release soon.
Pop!_OS 22.04 is the distribution I finally landed on after a good amount of distrohopping and trying out different desktop environments and tiling window managers.
The best thing about it for me is that it just gets out of the way and lets you do your thing. The tiling features, while not as thorough as a “proper” tiling window manager like i3 or Hyprland, are good enough for me for everyday use.
A big plus is the stable Ubuntu 22.04 base, but with a newer kernel, up-to-date Nvidia drivers and updated Mesa.
I am really looking forward to the release of the new Cosmic desktop shell written in Rust.
I find PopOS really nice to use every day. Of course it has things that could be better, like the pop shop and others... but, in general, a nice, quick and mostly reliable distro, easy to customize and to work with.
It would be better if:
- offered some way to rename the sound sources.
- came with sound selector plugin by default (who has only 1 sound output this nowadays?)
- had something to switch sound sources better than that.
things appreciated:
- great touchpad & gestures support
- virtual desktop management
- overall responsiveness
At first I really though Pop OS was a stable Linux. But then I began to really use it and found out it is not real stable. For one thing the big issue for me is the Pop Shop constantly froze or simple quit after launching. You could not scroll through apps either.
Apparently this has been an issue which seems to be ongoing. I also dislike that System 76 does not host a public forum for support for non System 76 hardware users. You find some help through Ubuntu forums but mostly it seems System 76 basically says use Pop OS at your own risk if you don't buy our hardware. System 76 does offer some general help troubleshooting with help articles.
But not that specific to and certain hardware. Sort of frustrating for me as a rather green user of Linux so I went back to Ubuntu.
I did not see much gained by using Pop OS since I had mostly a Intel vanilla setup for a desktop.
This distro is really good! It is fast and economizes resources well. Only one program did not started on it: this is soulseek. But there is another program that enters the soulseek network: nicotine+. This can be replaced with this.
Easy, user-friendly, fast. I am Hungarian, but the Hungarian language was not selectable, but the keyboard layout was selectable in Hungarian.
There were quite a few programs in the package manager.
Therefore, we hope that this distro will survive and be developed in the future!
-The applications can be tiled which is a nice touch. This allows the user to open two windows and they will be equally divided among the main screen
-The icons and screen are clear and allow the ability to change the size of the panel.
The Bad
-It does not allow applications to be placed on the desktop
-You have to choose the Pop_os installer if you have a Nvdia hardware installed instead of the installer asking or detecting nvidia hardware.
-comes wit flatpak preinstalled
-Has a preinstalled app called Videos installed which required preinstalling a plugin. the pluin should be already installed for preinstalled applications.
-No option for conky's (background information) to show items like disk space or network usage.
- does not support BTRFS Os
This is the distro that gave me the least amount of headache and I love it for that. Volume worked, apps worked, lots and lots of apps available to download, and more! I also like the aesthetic of it because I liked having the galaxy-themed desktop background.
Nothing broke while I was using it and none of my files were corrupted. I don't like having to troubleshoot a bunch of stuff to make the distro useable for me like you would have to do with Gentoo or Arch.
10/10 I would reccomend this distro for my Mom or Grandma to use!
I have a lenovo idea flex 5. Ubuntu: does not recognize touchpad, does not rotate the screen, etc. Pop Os: Everything works. Among other things, because it comes with a much more up-to-date kernel (right now 6.2). It is undoubtedly the best distro for laptops. And it not only works: it is also beautiful.
There's only one thing I don't like very much: its installer is very "invasive" and doesn't allow you to do things your way. It requires an EFI partition with a volume that they determine, which seems absurd to me.
But I love pop os! So much so that I have completely erased Windows because with Windows the Intel Iris graphics card does not work well. With Pop Os it's wonderful.
I just got the current release of Pop Os installed and I'm enjoying it so far. I like the way it feels and works. I also like the way it has support. I've run other distros that have been hit and miss on the support aspect. I also like the os better than other distros that I have used because it is easy and understandable. I like ubuntu based distros such as this the best. I enjoy using Pop Os a lot. I don't like it when there is no support for something that exists. Pop Os Rocks. Pop Os Rules. Pop Os is King. Pop Os is god.
Great distro. Works the way you would expect it to. Blue tooth, Wiifi, everything. But I uninstalled because you cannot copy older DVD archives, and the disk is encrypted so if you have a system crash and cannot reboot, a repair disk will do you no good because of everything being encrypted. Encryption is not as important to me as being able to recover lost files when and if the system crashes. You should have the option to encrypt the disk as other distros do, MINT, MXLINUX, FEDORA, etc. I really like the GNOME interface and
really didnt want to get rid of it. Maybe the dev's at POP will make a change and give you the option of NOT encrypting your disk drive should you not want to.
Specifically, the DD command would not work, no matter what I tried.
Pop!_OS is a Linux-based operating system that offers a sleek and modern user interface with a range of useful features. I have used Pop!_OS for several months, and overall, I found it to be a decent operating system.
One of the best features of Pop!_OS is its user interface, which is clean, minimalist, and easy to navigate. The OS offers a range of customization options, allowing users to personalize the interface according to their preferences.
Another notable feature of Pop!_OS is its focus on productivity. The OS comes with a range of productivity tools, such as the Tiling Window Manager, which allows users to easily manage their windows and multitask efficiently. The OS also offers seamless integration with popular software tools such as Visual Studio Code, making it an ideal choice for developers and programmers.
However, I stopped using Pop!_OS due to some of the issues I see with the developers. While the operating system itself is solid, I found the behavior of some of the developers to be immature and unprofessional. They often bring politics into Linux, which I found to be a turn-off.
In conclusion, Pop!_OS is a decent operating system that offers a range of useful features and a modern user interface. However, the behavior of some of the developers can be a drawback for some users. Ultimately, it's up to individual users to decide whether the features of Pop!_OS outweigh any concerns they may have about the development team.
The best distro I have tried yet. It lacks some customizability options, but makes up for with their modification to workspaces, launcher, and window tiling. Beyond this it has all the conveniences we would expect from a Ubuntu based distro in terms of hardware compatibility. Elementary OS has a slightly better front end, but that was it. This distro is ultimately the best customization of Gnome and you can install it without worrying about the details because Pop OS already have figured it out for you. While Pop OS is currently creating a rust based DE we might see this distro rapidly improve, or fade into irrelevance, so realize this exciting yet risky direction before you invest. As for me - I'm all in!
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