r/Kubuntu • u/Majestic_Counter3319 • 6d ago

Stability

I think I will be sticking with Kubuntu for now. It seems a bit more stable than Arch. For example, coming out of hybernation, I no longer need to do a hard reboot if my Firefox tabs go over a certain length (though that might be a hardware issue). So far, so good.

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u/skyfishgoo 6d ago

way more stable than arch (in both senses of that word).

if you have a lot of tabs open you may be running out or RAM.

in a terminal you can run swapon to see what swapspace you have allocated and how much is being used.

by default i think it will only create a 1/2GB swap file and that's enough to prevent a hard crash, but not a useful amount of swap, esp if you are trying to use hibernate.

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u/SSobberface 5d ago edited 5d ago

same here bro literally installing right now.
iv tried debian minimal, ubuntu (gnome), cachyos, fedora, mint, and now im installing kubuntu and im confident this one is gonna stick.

fedora was good pretty good too ngl.

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u/TheRealCarrotty 5d ago

Obviously it's more stable than Arch! Not even "bit more" it's totally stable!

But, yeah, go ahead.

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u/boat_hamster 6d ago

There is a spectrum of Linux distros from the 'bleeding edge, but hard work to use', to the 'it (mostly) just works, but has to wait for the shiny new features'. Arch and Kubuntu are at the opposite ends of this spectrum.

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u/BashfulMelon 6d ago

How easy it is to use something has nothing to do with how old the software is.

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u/boat_hamster 6d ago

It's about stability. By using older, proven software, you'll spend less time fault finding. I call that being easier to use.