You never tried MX Linux. Also MX Linux is not Ubuntu based, it's Debian based.

Nothing to report. No complaints. I'm a Happy Slacker.

Even in 2017 Linux still fails to be even remotely secure: ASLR bypass, NX bypass - both yesterday.

Ya like* banks, hoods, gas pumps, stairs, your opinions... oh yes, more so m$ &c! (But, thanks to Linux they're getting better.)

Stop making criminals, don't vote for people only policies(.)

Running Ubuntu 17.04 on a second-hand Fujitsu Esprimo. Linux user since the 1990's. Strange story: have owned a Canon MP620 printer for ages, bought new: Ubuntu has never been able to recognise this printer, and so there's always some uncertainty in its use. Scanning ok, of course (why?).
Got offered a used Epson BX535 (thanks, Markku!). The very same day it was brought into the house, the Canon, which had worked ok, but of late noisily complaining, finally gave up the ghost (terrible sounds of crackling/tapping, which then doubled in rate and volume, no print-out. Same after restarting, many times). Blow that, I thought. So:
Linked up the Epson to the wifi (press-button, worked fine). Opened Printers dialogue -> add new printer: there the Epson was, waiting to be connected. After that: everything ok. Same with wife's MS PC.
If Linux were always to behave like this, there would be many more users.
RK

the canon printer issue is really not a linux isue

it is a canon one in that canon really DOSE NOT support linux or apple

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@DistroDevelopers, all WholeWorldWide, please consider the following whole Thread,
where a human tries to simply install (any) Linux, on their new laptop.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5787860
(note solution was some ?LEBD shim? per forums.linuxmint.com)

At the highest/simplest level, 'one-click install-success' is needed. (IMHO)

And (not necessarily related) the influx of $US49up 32-bit UEFI Tablets
(32bitUEFIproblem) reminds me of the transient decade-prior 'netbook' craze
http://linuxbabe.com/desktop-linux/l...s-vs-uefi-bios

Thank you all for your generous contributions!!!

Crippled

Ubuntu is also Debian based, fact. It had for a long time the Unity interface, but now has returned to the GNOME interface as of 17.10, but still based on Debian.

Ubuntu is based on Debian unstable and sometimes testing branch. MX Linux is based on Debian stable.

Agreed to the point of Ubuntu using the latest available Debian releases and the latest stable kernels, of which Ubuntu gives a lot of their development back to Debian. But to say it's the unstable version of Debian is a bit of a misnomer. Ubuntu has for me been a rock solid release with very little if any instability. And it's always been in the top four distros at Distrowatch, many times gaining the first position. It would not be so popular and amongst newbies, if it was an unstable platform.

Much like Mint, it's also based on Debian stable, and also dominates the top four positions. MX linux currently sits at the 20th position of distro's.

I am not saying Ubuntu is bad, there are other distros that are better. Distrowatch is a poor gauge of how good a distro is. Distrowatch counts how many hits a day on each distro which has nothing to do with the quality of a distro. I know from my own personal experience of this because one of the worst distros is in the top 20 on Distrowatch.

Thats like saying if I use my pinky instead of thumb its ok to stick it in your butt. Weirdo...

Read the op...

Do you not know what I meant by suckChange? its exchange... If you have ever used linux in a professional environment more then likely they will have suckChange, it sucks. Try it, it does.

Can I use Office in a browser? Please can I? Go away. My God, please tell me you are the new generation of linux user... Hoping your a troll.

Wayland can be a serious pain in the ass. Read the op.

Yes, of course you can use Office in a browser -- not the full-on version but everything, including Outlook, is being ported. This is not ideal, as applications trump "web apps" but it's definitely there and definitely useable. Though, as stated, this is not a technical issue with Linux -- it's a political/legal/M$ being criminals one.
As for Wayland -- I've used it and, for the most part, it seemed to work. However, it has not been released as the standard yet. Calling a not-yet-released piece of software a technical issue with Linux is just silly -- is the latest RC of the kernel a technical issue also? If/when Wayland is mainstream and if/when it is a problem I, personally, wouldn't call it a technical issue with Linux but IU'd be less inclined to make a post like this calling the suggestion silly. In the mean time, I know it's not centre-topic, but I'd be interested in what you find wrong with Wayland -- I only stopped using it as XFCE hasn't been ported to it but, in day-to-day use I didn't see anything glaringly wrong.

one really needs to take a look at the post that triggered 273's response:
and the (still) angry reply comes almost one year later...

That feel when your OS is so bad that you need to use baby language to defend it.