Short Answer: Not Really.
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Fedora 43 — When Bleeding Edge Might Be the Only Stable Option
After Ubuntu blinded me and Kubuntu froze on me, I found myself staring at the one trail I usually avoid: Fedora./
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.
Make Gestures Work in Chrome
Using Wayland on Linux opens up some touchpad gestures, such as using two fingers to swipe back in Firefox. Google Chrome can do the same thing!