Pop _OS 22.04: New kid on the Ubuntu block starting to show real muscle
theregister.comI got a new laptop recently and decided to give pop a go.
So far I am very happy. I think if you want something like Ubuntu but not Ubuntu then Pop is a good choice.
Maybr an unpopular opinon, but tweaks to GNOME are table stakes, I don't think anyone is going to notice a change in bootloader, and Pipewire had tons of issues with audio popping in Flatpak apps like Discord when i last tried it. A new desktop in Rust is interesting, and I like the idea of a corporately-supported Linux desktop, but Pop! is fundamentally 95% like any other Ubuntu remix. It has a long way to go and doesnt solve any of the fundamental problems with Linux desktops, namely hardware and software support. I don't really get why people are so excited.
Haven't updated yet but I see the notification pending. Any one else bite the hook?
I recently installed Pop and did the upgrade a couple of days ago. The biggest change I noticed was the move to Pipewire. I have an external DAC on that laptop and it didn't work properly after the initial reboot.
It's working now though and I am not entirely sure why - there was nothing obvious in the logs. Otherwise, it seems pretty good (using the Nvidia version).
One thing that is bugging me a bit is that the much vaunted gaming compatibility doesn't seem to work very well on my hardware. Not that I use it for games but it would be nice not to have to drop back to Windows to play Cyberpunk 2077.
Are you playing it on steam? Stuff works pretty well overall for me with it and Proton, some games work better with Proton GE, which is easy to install, for non steam stuff I've been using Lutris
I usually check protondb if I have any issues with a game, it seems some launch options can help with cyberpunk: https://www.protondb.com/app/1091500
No, mostly I'm making it hard for myself.
I bought it off GOG, and was trying to run the windows copy from a mounted NTFS volume but no amount of fiddling, flags, versions of stuff seems to allow it to start.
I figure if I installed it locally it might work better. Will look at the ProtonDB entry I didn't think of doing that.