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Pop!_OS

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Pop!_OS is an operating system for STEM and creative professionals who use their computer as a tool to discover and create. Unleash your potential on secure, reliable open source software. Based on your exceptional curiosity, we sense you have a lot of it.

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  • Linux  Disable Secure Boot to install.
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (19)
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  1.  Customizable
  2.  User friendly
  3.  Configurable
  4.  Privacy focused

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  1.  Based on Ubuntu
  2.  Linux-based
  3.  Automatic window tiling
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Content creators
  6.  No Tracking
  7.  Dark Mode

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Comment summary: Pop!_OS, developed by System76, has garnered positive feedback for its stability, minimalistic design, and user-friendliness, especially beneficial for gamers and creators. However, some users faced issues with software installation, hardware compatibility, and system bloat. It has been described as a promising Ubuntu-based distro with customization options and user-friendly features, though some find basic tasks challenging and report technical issues.
Top Positive Comment
Jonathan Brier
Jan 24, 2019
4

Developed by System76 this Ubuntu based fork provides a very clean experience. It just works with a modern minimalist design and as a Information Science person this has been huge for my productivity.

Top Negative Comment
DzmitryLahoda
May 16, 2023
-1

I wanted to like it. I believed they tuned for hardware and fixed Linux. I updated to latest PopOs!. But Linux delight not happened.

Touchpad issue, sound issues, power saving issues, monitor issues, sleep issues, UI lags issues.

And what is bad. I cannot fix that using some well known guides or known desktop of Plasma/Gnome 4. Because they modified it.

I plan to erase PopOs! on weekend.

anarchy1923
Aug 28, 2024
0

Pop!_OS is a stable, customizable, and reliable Ubuntu-based distribution that aims to cater to professionals from all fields - STEM, Media Production, or the average home user. I switched over to it from Windows as my first Linux distribution, and I love it. Plus, they have their own COSMIC DE in the builds, which is exciting as well!

Bernard Monsun
Nov 12, 2022
0

I was trying some distros before, but PopOS was the one I decided to go full single-boot with my daily experience. I never had problems with drivers - everything worked for me out of the box, but of course it depends of ones hardware specs. I am also very pleased by customization options - and good for learning, because of nice documentation and friendly community. Oh, and simple window tiling - very handy, great option!

Anipe
Apr 19, 2022
-1

I dislike pop os, it's somewhat bloated and despite being called user friendly basic functions like deleting an app are very hard.

Bernard Monsun
Nov 12, 2022

What you mean by "deleting an app is very hard"? I have never encountered any problems with deleting an app on that OS, but maybe I was doing something wrong ;)

RemovedUser
Nov 9, 2020
1

Superb. Minimalist friendly.

Kristian Marku
Aug 17, 2020
1

A very good viable alternative for technical users who want o use Linux for content creation or development. For basic users is a very stable system and can become very user friendly with a few small tweaks!

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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about Pop!_OS, and it has gotten 84 likes

Pop!_OS was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Sep 29, 2017 and this page was last updated Sep 11, 2024. Pop!_OS is sometimes referred to as PopOS, Pop OS, Pop.