 Hey everybody welcome back to the channel today. I'm going to be talking about the best de buntu flavor in my opinion and That's really what all this is is that this is my opinion And I don't think that if somebody asks you what the best de buntu flavor out there is and you give them a different answer Than what I'm about to say that you'd be wrong because really there are no bad of buntu flavors. They're all Good to varying degrees now my least favorite out there. I'm just gonna put this out there I think everybody who knows me would Know this My least favorite is the main version that runs on the gnome and has its own layout and stuff And I have many reasons why the main flavor is just my least favorite. I don't let you know them all that much I don't particularly care for the layout of a buntu. I've never really have I Think it's kind of stale all these things those are my opinions and if Tomorrow morning the a you are an arch Linux and every other distribution out there was completely gone And I had to use a buntu or a flavor of a buntu. I wouldn't pick the main one I would actually pick kubuntu now. There are many reasons why I particularly like kubuntu Most of them having to do with its use of the KDE Plasma desktop. So that's what I'm going to be talking about today Let's go ahead and jump in now. This right here is what kubuntu looks like out of the box I've done literally nothing to it And this is the LTS version. So you're not getting the most Up-to-date packages and stuff, but it's very stable and very well put together and it's highly enjoyable to use Now one of the reasons why I think kubuntu is so great is because It's great for two classes of users if you're a brand new linux user kubuntu and kde plasma Are great steps for you because right out of the box you can use it And it's the same thing with if you use the genome version or if you use xfce or mate or whatever It's very usable just like those And you can go through and just install your applications and get about your day Where kde plasma and kubuntu excel are When you get past that new user stage and want to start customizing things kde is probably the most extensible and customizable desktop out there Bar none. I don't think that there's a single one out there that even comes close to comparing Mate and xfce May become the closest But even then they're not nearly as extensible as what plasma is And that's the reason why I like it is because you can go through and be a new user for as long as you Need to be a new user for your learning linux. You're learning how to install packages You're learning how to navigate the file system and the terminal and all these things And kde for the most part will just get out of your way You'll never have to open up the settings panel unless you really want to and even if you do have to While it can be confusing and overwhelming. I do believe that the search box functionality in the settings thing is worthwhile But I don't really think that most new users will even ever open up the new set the settings panel until they've gotten to a point Where they're more comfortable with the desktop environment itself And once they are to that stage, there's just a tons of things that they can do So if you open this up as a new user, you're probably going to be a little lost But I think once you've used kde for a little while and used linux, you'll be able to navigate very easily So I mean, it's not as if this is the most complicated or mismanaged settings panel out there in the world It's very well labeled. So you have the appearance section. You have a workspace section personalization Network Hardware and system administration. There's nothing confusing about that now It's obviously when you get into these little categories that it can get really wonky because like if you go to workspace behavior and desktop effects say Most of the time You're not going to know what any of these things do now Obviously, it's easy to find out because a lot of these things actually have like little videos They'll show you what they do So this will actually show you exactly what the effect means and you know, even if that video is Stylized like it looks like it's came from kde4 It's still useful information. So that's something that kde does really well is that it has great documentation So if you get online and you need help It has great documentation But a lot of that stuff is actually built right into the desktop environment So you can go through and you know, not all these have videos, but a lot of them do so I mean Like this one here is sliding pop up and pop ups has another video and you know, it's just really cool that it does that So even if you get a little bit overwhelmed I think that kde does the best job of helping you figure things out But more than that Even if you get overwhelmed, I I just feel like kde allows you to go through and learn things better than that genome or whatever because None of it feels hacky this all this stuff all feels like it should be here. Yes, it's complicated Yes, it can't be overwhelming But you don't have to go through and install some crazy thing that calls Calls itself tweak tools in order to actually change the theme that you want to change to Or install an extension in order to get your doc the way it wants to be it's just it's here It works You don't have to go through and jump through any extra hoops In order to do the things you want to do now Some of that might be my bias against genome showing It's entirely possible. You know, I don't like genomes So the way genome does things tends to come out and affect me negatively That's a completely fair thing to say I think more though kde just endears itself to me because it it has so many options but also Teaches people how to use them Better than what genome is and it's just all one cohesive package. It doesn't really feel Like anything is like tacked on to it as an afterthought or that it's taboo in order to do it like genome goes through and Makes it feel like it's something naughty that you're doing when you want to change a theme or install a theme Or even do an extension I mean extensions have gotten better because they include the extensions app now You know, it used to be you have to install genome tweaks in order to actually do extensions And like I said, it makes it feel like you're doing something Forbidden because it's not something that comes installed out of the box Genome expects you to use genome the way genome is supposed to be used And it's the same thing with the boon to they expect you to use Their desktop environment the way it comes shipped out of the box And like I said, it's a little bit better now that they they've gone through and Ship that extensions app so extensions don't feel like a you know, a third party a third addition or whatever But it still Feels that way whereas with kde and plasma and kaboom to Everything is here for you and while it may be a little bit more confusing As long as you're willing to explore and learn and stuff and make mistakes You're going to be perfectly fine. And I think When it when we boil it down The real reason why I like kaboom to is because One of the main things I believe fervently about linux is that If you're not willing to learn and explore and change things and get your hands dirty a little bit You're never going to fully experience what linux can do If you just sit behind the stock genome slash a boon to desktop environment and get your work done That's a fine way of using linux, but you're not going to be Be As well Rounded as a linux community member or a linux user as you would be if you experienced other things And I feel like you experience more when you use something like kaboom to and Even if you get into kaboom to and you Go through and you experience everything and you find that you don't like it You still have that experience of getting into the nitty gritty details of Customizing a desktop environment. Whereas you might not get that experience if you start on Standard a boon to because like I said that is meant to be used as it comes So final thoughts. I think that the reason why I think kaboom to is the best is because it uses kde obviously But more because it gives any user with no matter their level of experience The opportunity to actually get into a more complicated customizable system than what you'd get if you use something else and I think that that's a great thing to experience as a linux user Because if you because it before if you don't experience those things if you just Settle for what standard a boon to gives you You're really truly missing out and that I mean like I said, that's my opinion And and there's really nothing truly wrong with just using vanilla boon to But it just feels like if you're here to experience linux and learn as much as possible about it then I would suggest Getting into kaboom to and giving it a go. You may not like it. You may find that it's too overwhelming too complicated Has too many settings whatever There are any number of valid criticisms of kde and plasma that would drive many people away But you'd still have that experience that would help you Later on when you choose a different desktop environment may you choose a window manager or whatever You know, those are all things that are important. I think for every linux user to experience so Before I go I want to talk a little bit about the camera situation on my channel. So Uh, as you know, I've been having webcam issues The camera that I have on my second monitor, which I'm looking at right now, which is the reason why It's the camera that I'm most used to looking at And that's reason why my eyes are you know, not looking at the right camera So I should be looking over here. I'm really looking over here and I keep forgetting Uh, I might switch those around tomorrow is because this camera over here is trash. It's utter garbage And I did manage to get my logitech one, which is about 10 years old to finally show 1080p. So I think I'm just going to transfer these over and get rid of the one that's utter garbage And throw it as far away into the trash as possible. And I will But I just wanted to say that the reason why I've been looking at the wrong camera The whole this whole video or looking down really is because I'm not used to the camera placement yet It'll take me Even now I'm looking over here because I'm looking at obs That's what I want to look at. I want to look into the camera at my face But it's not working. Anyways, um, they had nothing to do with the video But thanks for listening to a little bit inside baseball Make sure you follow us on twitter at the next cast You can also follow us on facebook at the next cast and you can support us on patreon at patreon.com slash the next cast Uh Very recently we've started giving Look at the right camera matt. 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