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One of us! One of us! Which distro did you go with, and how has the driver functionality been? Is this for a laptop or a desktop?
Main is Pop_Os and server is now Mint. With ryzen PC setup it´s great. Laptop is old i5, didn’t have a problem.
I'm thinking about making the switch soon, can you tell me why you went pop_OS instead of mint?
I'm getting overwhelmed with options and just want to know why you went with one over the other
Not OP, but I'm building a new PC that will run Pop too. Main reason is that it's very different from a UI perspective than Windows. Which I'm so sick of. I actually like MacOS but hate Apple's hardware prices. So Linux it is and Pop seems like it's stable and designed well. I may have to run a Win VM to use Fusion360, but I'd like to try FreeCAD first though. I'm designing for 3d printing so nothing crazy complicated.
If you have a very new hardware, Pop Os is probably better. Otherwise, mint!