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UBUNTU 20.04 BUDGIE CONS---
--software center a hot mess between gnome sc and synaptic. both "main" repos that show you software marked "UNSAFE" and then give you the install button and package approval. how responsible is that? I didn't bother with the other two or three repos.
--thoroughly shady by pushing snaps as your first choice---, some kind of crooked deal here. snaps integrate into Plank. Flatpaks do not. Ehhh. My Flats don't make it to app menu surprise the Snaps do. Nothing weird there...Flatpaks are the #2 thing they push on you. DEB OH DEB FILE wherefore art thou? ("NOWHERE" echo echo echo) Sus/ as the kids say.. Ubuntu Budgie does not offer deb files for FF and Chromium....they sell Chromium in their SC as "a deb installed with Snap." wth? a debian distro without deb packages for the big apps????
Me at Canonical office revamp: "Could you tell me what it is exactly that you do here?"
UBU/DEB: 8 ways to skin a cat
SOLUS: 2-3 ways to skin a cat---much preferable. (when you lessen the variables for failure rather than kitchen-sinking the variables...)
--biggest complaint: appearance of a dishonest ethos, sensibility, and vision. Or at least one where priorities were decided by way too many knuckleheads. When you get used to Solus' honesty and simplicity this is really hard. I've been around long enough to know that .deb packages are the foundation of debian distros, not Snap. It's like they are embarrassed by .debs now....
--two clocks on desktop on purpose? Really? What for?
--dpkg and apt are the same commands? why? what for? why not one?
20.0.4 PLUSES:
--totally AWESOME implementation of Budgie. Edge: Solus but past tense
--can install outside .deb packages easy instead of hassling with targz or source code (again, get used to getting your debs outside ubu...)
--Nautilus is default file manager and is fully functional
--In this Budgie I can move my desktop files wherever I want them
--last but not least it's Budgie!
--I'd have to say a millisecond slower than Solus but this is negligible
--retained gedit and gnome-disks as defaults. these are superior to me
--I like gnome-terminal but default Tilix is very similar
--printer and scanner detected, drivers no hassle but some work.
edit:--can use open source nouveau drivers here. usually I need NVIDIAs everywhere I go including solus...I know that has to do with the chemistry of hardware parts and nothing else
shooting from hip with little knowledge of Deb or Ubu history (except telemetry scandal way back), 6 hours straight of being in Ubu Budgie/
this feels like I'm dancing with the devil. I don't want to feel that way. there is so much recklessness in their philosophy compared to Solus. but the Budgie experience I craved is back and incredible here.
booting back into Mate now.
I got Ubuntu Budgie ready for daily use. It's not a matter of cutting the cord with Solus. I can do that. I only want a fully functional Budgie. But man when I log out of here I feel I need a shower. that's never happened before.
My opinion may change tomorrow. But I can say with confidence we got it good at Solus.