I am currently running Xubuntu on all my systems but there are so many things that feel rather unstable/buggy - I am sure it is not all Xubuntus/Xfce’s fault, but my knowledge is limited so I just attribute it to that.
Therefore, I am currently considering switching to Fedora. I feel like it is time trying out a new desktop (KDE) and a more up to date kernel. I am not entirely sure what I am hoping from this post, but maybe a “yea, it is worth it” would ease my mind a bit.
Also, I am a bit unsure how to easily move between them (programs and data).
To name a few of the bugs I encountered in the past:
- When connecting screens, quite often the created profile is ignored, screens get disabled, overlapped, … By applying the profile multiple times eventually you can overcome this issue
- Dell specific: Webcam does not work, system sometimes freezes after closing the laptop lid even if sleep mode is deactivated
- Certain shortcuts are bugged (WIN+Left works, WIN+Right doesn’t. When you reset WIN+Right, it works until the next restart)
Been running Fedora with KDE Plasma as a daily system for 9 years now. It’s more stable the longer I use it, but I still keep using a version until a week before end of life. I just don’t want to deal with quirks I have no patience for these days, and rarely I need the newest version of what’s in repos, it’s usually pretty new anyway with two releases a year.
Keep in mind if you are using a lot of normie applications (or maybe stuff for work), it may only be officially supported on ubuntu and Fedora may be a bit of work to get going. But there’s tools to turn debs into rpms and such. I don’t miss ubuntu at all.