After Ubuntu blinded me and Kubuntu froze on me, I found myself staring at the one trail I usually avoid: Fedora./
KDE Plasma
openSUSE Tumbleweed: The Distro I Keep Coming Back To
Every so often, I get the itch to hop distros again. Not because I’m unhappy with what I’m running — I’ve got a setup that mostly works — but because I like checking in on the distros that almost make sense for my daily workflow (and I may be procrastinating over projects). openSUSE Tumbleweed is one of those. I don’t run it full‑time, but I always enjoy dropping into it for a week or two. It’s like visiting a friend who has their life way more together than you do, even if you wouldn’t want to live exactly like they do.
Here’s what keeps pulling me back.
Kubuntu 25.10 — The False Hope
After Ubuntu 25.10 blinded me one too many times, I pivoted to the obvious next step: Kubuntu. Same Ubuntu base, same kernel, but with KDE Plasma — the desktop environment that gives you knobs, dials, sliders, toggles, and enough configuration options to make a mechanical keyboard enthusiast blush.
When “It Just Works” Didn’t
After meeting the two villains of this saga — the Flashbang Bug and the Big Freeze — I started my distro testing with the obvious choice: Ubuntu.
Linux vs My ThinkBook: A Survival Story
The promise of Linux on modern hardware is often painted as a revolutionary act of freedom. But as I found out with my Lenovo ThinkBook and a Ryzen 7530U processor, sometimes that revolution feels more like a war of attrition.
