I stopped using Debian/Ubuntu in 2014. Was already tired of all the issues, but I met a RHEL trainer that completely broke down all my old teenage prejudices I had against RH. So I spent that very night reinstalling my laptop from Debian to Fedora, and never looked back.
Just started a new job this year and they gave me a Kubuntu workstation. My impression after one month is that nothing has changed, it's still a very bad OS, and KDE tries to be "fool-proof" like Windows but it fails miserably.
There is definitely an advantage to having a big experienced enterprise behind your distro. RHEL is free for personal use, and Fedora of course, but I'd be willing to pay more for a Fedora license than I ever did for a Windows license.
Man if my workplace gave me a machine with Kubuntu on it I’d be so happy even though I share the same sentiment about Ubuntu. Heck I’m a Linux admin now and my workplace gave me a laptop with Windows 11.
Oh I'm sorry but this was a thread about gripes. I am super happy and I wouldn't have taken the job if I wasn't. I can just reinstall my laptop with Fedora at any point, I've been forcing myself to use Ubuntu this first month just to get an idea of how it works again.
I just came from 13 years at a microsoft gold partner having to tunnel my traffic through my Windows laptop.
But also the reason for that was security, which I completely understand. There was no good alternative for our VPN host checker on Linux. And the VPN host checker is what verified our systems were up2date and up2standard for working with big government clients.
Just started a new job this year and they gave me a Kubuntu workstation. My impression after one month is that nothing has changed, it's still a very bad OS, and KDE tries to be "fool-proof" like Windows but it fails miserably.
There is definitely an advantage to having a big experienced enterprise behind your distro. RHEL is free for personal use, and Fedora of course, but I'd be willing to pay more for a Fedora license than I ever did for a Windows license.