is it good to use ubuntu in 2022

[Zyssekoski22]

I used Ubuntu in 2016-2018 aaaand it was crap.

[MrMase]

Your going to have to provide more details on what you want to know because is it good to use in 2022 is subjective.

 

For my case using ubuntu is absolutely fine as I just need a few basic linux virtual machines to perform specific functions such as PiHole and Cloudflare Dynamic DNS updating.

[Eigenvektor]

Depends on what you want out of it. Saying it was crap doesn't exactly tell us why you found it to be unsuitable for your use case.

[10leej]

On 7/5/2022 at 1:46 PM, Zyssekoski22 said:

I used Ubuntu in 2016-2018 aaaand it was crap.

Elaboration required, because I say the same exact same thing about MS Windows and MacOS

[LloydLynx]

Why did you find it to be crap, what specs were you using, and what programs were you using the computer for? What hardware do you have now, and what programs do you need to run on it? 

[Brian McKee]

Base debian for life.

[Zyssekoski22]

On 7/8/2022 at 10:23 PM, LloydLynx said:

Why did you find it to be crap, what specs were you using, and what programs were you using the computer for? What hardware do you have now, and what programs do you need to run on it? 

I had like intel pentium ???? and it was LAGGY as hell

[Underi]

Might've wanted to try Lubuntu or other more lightweight distros. We used it on a 2008 Pentium at school and it ran perfect.

[maplepants]

On 10/17/2022 at 9:53 AM, Zyssekoski22 said:

I had like intel pentium ???? and it was LAGGY as hell

On good hardware, normal Ubuntu is very snappy. But it's not what I'd recommend for ageing systems. @Underi is right that you'd be better off with Lubuntu or Xubuntu if you're running something old. 

 

But even then, running old hardware will basically always be a bad experience. Unlike macOS or Windows, there's no single list of hardware definitely supported by Ubuntu. But, that doesn't mean there's no hope. You can check out https://www.linux.com/news/my-hardware-linux-compatible-find-out-here/ for some good ways to see if what you've got is supported.

 

Generally though, here's my initial assumption for any system I'm about to install Linux on.

• Anything reasonably new and reasonably powerful is going to run Ubuntu just fine
• Anything old but was reasonably powerful at launch or new but not so powerful will run Xubuntu or Lubuntu just fine
• Anything old and that was pretty weak at the time it was launched will likely struggle with any modern desktop GUI.