The first distro that I used full-time was Fedora. That was a good experience. Until Fedora started pushing the "mobile" interface so I switched my laptops and desktops to Crunchbang. (My servers are now CentOS, which I don't have any issues with.)
Since Crunchhbang is no longer maintained, it's getting more difficult to keep up with Debian. The whole concept of "pinning" sources is a little crazy. There was a point where I wasn't sure if my dist-upgrade was completely botched. I was able to get Jessie, but the UI is starting to degrade.
A good friend of mine seems to enjoy Mate + Ubuntu. It seems like a popular OS with a strong community, but I don't really like the idea of Ubuntu using a weird package manager. I'm posting this because I'm at a point where I'm open to suggestions.
Will I continue on with Debian and the continuation of Crunchbang aka Bunsen Labs? https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ Or will I jump on the Ubuntu bandwagon? Or is there something else you recommend that I should look at? I'm mostly thinking about my desktop system, because I have a feeling my next laptop will just be a plain Chromebook. FWIW I like to skin my UI so that everything is "thin" and minimal.
Also, this is not a high priority, but I would like a distro that supports Flash for "TV" shows. Recently my Hulu stopped working because Flash is deprecated or whatever. I followed several tutorials to fix my Flash support for Hulu and nothing worked. But as it's time to overhaul my system anyway, I'll just wait till I switch operating systems.
Since Crunchhbang is no longer maintained, it's getting more difficult to keep up with Debian. The whole concept of "pinning" sources is a little crazy. There was a point where I wasn't sure if my dist-upgrade was completely botched. I was able to get Jessie, but the UI is starting to degrade.
A good friend of mine seems to enjoy Mate + Ubuntu. It seems like a popular OS with a strong community, but I don't really like the idea of Ubuntu using a weird package manager. I'm posting this because I'm at a point where I'm open to suggestions.
Will I continue on with Debian and the continuation of Crunchbang aka Bunsen Labs? https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ Or will I jump on the Ubuntu bandwagon? Or is there something else you recommend that I should look at? I'm mostly thinking about my desktop system, because I have a feeling my next laptop will just be a plain Chromebook. FWIW I like to skin my UI so that everything is "thin" and minimal.
Also, this is not a high priority, but I would like a distro that supports Flash for "TV" shows. Recently my Hulu stopped working because Flash is deprecated or whatever. I followed several tutorials to fix my Flash support for Hulu and nothing worked. But as it's time to overhaul my system anyway, I'll just wait till I switch operating systems.