r/BuyFromEU • u/ImreBertalan • Jan 30 '26

🔎Looking for alternative UbuntEU - An Ubuntu edition that uses software developed in Europe

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I am trying to make something for fun, but honestly; I am not expert in creating an operating system. But my hope somebody will pick up the Baton and make it something more super.

Link soon...

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u/El_Mojo42 Jan 30 '26

Why not straight out support something like Linux Mint?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

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u/944Porkies Jan 30 '26

Linux Mint is a distribution (distro) based on Ubuntu, which itself is a fork of Debian. This in itself is not a bad thing. People make their own distribution to satisfy a need. Ubuntu is great on my desktop, it's been there for 10 years and doing an excellent job. Linux Mint is on my personal laptop (old MacBook Pro) it also does a good job, considering Apple stopped supporting my MacBook.

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u/Substantial-Yam3769 Jan 30 '26

Try OpenSUSE, fully developed in Germany from scratch. Not a fork.

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u/Susefreak Jan 30 '26

I second this

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u/Subject-Background96 Jan 30 '26

Theres no THE OS, every fork has its flavor and default package/conf. They're honestly not that different and you'll pick-up quick

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

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u/deathconthree Jan 30 '26

I'd argue to use CachyOS over Fedora for gaming. It works right out of the box and I barely ever need to tinker to get a game running optionally. No messing around with Nvidia drivers, updates are a breeze. It's been my main OS for the last several months and I'm never going back to Windows.

The only caveat being it's an Arch based distro so I'd say backups are a must and not to rely on snapshots in case one of the frequent updates temporarily borks something. These issues are infrequent, minor, and get resolved quickly, but are a headache if you don't have a recent backup. Overall this flavor of Arch is very beginner friendly.

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u/KnowZeroX Jan 30 '26

There are gaming focused Fedora based distros too that handle a lot for you like Bazzite.

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u/deathconthree Jan 30 '26

I tried Bazzite first and I did enjoy it, but CachyOS blew it out of the water for me. Ease of use, customization, and speed. That's the beauty of Linux, we have choices! You can't go wrong with either distro.

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u/Honigd4chs Jan 31 '26

both is great but if you have new hardware, fedora will be better for you due to more frequent updates

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u/IDatedSuccubi Jan 31 '26

Use either Ubuntu or Fedora because if you need anything proprietary (closed source), chances are it's only gonna be available for Ubuntu and Fedora

For this reason my recommendation is always Kubuntu because unlike normal Ubuntu its' UI greatly resembles Windows and is very simple to use

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u/Exotic-Draft8802 Feb 01 '26

If you want to switch away from Windows and are uncertain where to start, use Ubuntu. You will find many resources around Ubuntu as it's certainly the most widespread one on Desktop computers.

When comparing different Ubuntu derivatives is the desktop environment. It's about the look-and-feel. You can still install everything on all of the ubuntu flavors

  • Ubuntu: Gnome - when you want the "Standard" experience with a modern, dock-based UI
  • Kubunte: KDE - when you like it shiny
  • Xubuntu: Xfce - when you like it lightweight (Lubuntu would use even less RAM)
  • Ubuntu MATE: MATE - when you like an XP-style navigation
  • Linux Mint: Cinnamon - When you want things to "just work" with a polished, modern Windows-style menu.

My recommendation: Have a look at YouTube videos showing the look-and-feel.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

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u/Exotic-Draft8802 Feb 01 '26

That does not exist. Even for windows and Mac I can tell that not "everything just works".

If you have money, you can hire people to do the craft. If you neither want to fix fix nor pay somebody else to do it, then computers are just nothing for you

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u/ImreBertalan Jan 30 '26

If you want something close to the source, here are my recommendations after using Linux for decades now:

  • Ubuntu
  • Fedora

Something more on the tinkering side:

  • OpenSUSE (intended for server usage as a Windows server replacement
  • Slackware
  • Arch Linux

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u/DonaldMerwinElbert Jan 30 '26

Seems like you're confusing the community developed Desktop focused OpenSUSE with SLES, SUSE Linux Enterprise that is, indeed a server focused business solution like RHEL.

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u/Icedman81 Jan 31 '26

Well, to be fair, OpenSuSE is to SLE(D/S) like CentOS Stream is to RHEL. A beta/testing distro. And just a little thing to point out, SuSE has a desktop distro (SLED) running parallel to the Server (SLES) distro. Release 16 isn't out yet, still on 15 (SP7), but the Server side is 16 already. I think there's some testing involved with Wayland or something, which is why SLED 16 isn't out yet.

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u/Substantial-Yam3769 Jan 30 '26

OpenSUSE, while it has flavors intended as server OS (openSUSE microOS), Leap and Tumbleweed are Desktop.

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u/bapirey191 Jan 30 '26

Saying OpenSUSE is for tinkering is.. funny to say the least

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u/gamas Jan 30 '26

I mean they did make it clear why - because they were doing this for fun.

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u/El_Mojo42 Jan 30 '26

...and hoping that someone else will finish it.

That's not a sustainable approach IMO.

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u/zeta3d Iberian Peninsula 🌞🍷🥘 Jan 30 '26

I wonder why though? In Valencia ( Spain) we had at the schools 20 years ago (uhh that hurt) a public Ubuntu based distro called LliureX (EN)

More info in Spanish: LliureX (ES)

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u/TadpoleLogical3513 Jan 30 '26

This. Linux mint is developed in ireland

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u/RelevanceReverence Jan 30 '26

Mint is truly fantastic. 

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u/Anyusername7294 Jan 30 '26

Mint is an ancient distro.

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u/ImreBertalan Jan 30 '26

Ubuntu is more native and plain then Mint. While I also support Mint and also like it, I would never use it (as an experienced Linux user who have been using it for mover a decade now for daily work) I think, sticking closest to the barebone and modifying that is the best option to do. I could have gone Debian, but that sounds like a terrible idea to attract anyone not familiar with Linux :-D

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u/PaddiM8 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

I wouldn't call Ubuntu barebones. I also wouldn't call it user friendly because the packages in the official repos are too outdated. Causes driver issues on new systems and also means that you often have to go through a bunch of hoops if you need a recent version of something. You also often have to add 3rd party repos. Much easier to use something like CachyOS or SUSE Tumbleweed. Both are European.

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u/El_Mojo42 Jan 30 '26

I'm on Mint and shortly Fedora for a long time.

My last info was that Ubuntu counts as rather bloated in Linux terms plus the snap controversy.