Ubuntu

Important Post-Install Changes
[Judging Other Distros] [#judging-other-distros]

Important Post-Install Changes

Swap File

Tutorial, avoid programs going unresponsive when RAM is about to be maxed.

Wayland Firefox

Tutorial, mainly for two finger swipe forward/back gesture.

Clipboard history

Copyq (works for Ubuntu, not intuitive for Fedora)

Tutorial, in particular, "I assigned the Super + V shortcut through Ubuntu's Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts, adding a custom one that runs a command copyq menu that brings up the tray menu."

GPaste (works for Fedora)

Install using Software, then enable Enable the gnome-shell extension under in GPaste preferences app, then run sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-gpaste to the the hotkeys to work properly.

Cloud Storage (Syncthing)

Tutorial, peer-to-peer cloud storage.

Tiling Window Manager (Pop Shell)

Tutorial, you might have to run the final commands in TTY. Setting <Super> + <Space to launcher is also convenient.

Judging Other Distros

Pop!_OS

Pros

Auto-tiling is amazing

Cons

Mouse disappearing after using touchpad is inconvenient
No secure boot

Linux Mint

Pros

Synaptic and and software center feel better than Ubuntu defaults

Cons

Doesn't support Pop Shell
- I tried i3-vm, the learning curve is pretty cracked
- I tried Krohnkite with KDE, hotkeys interferred with Mint and were less 'automatic' than Pop Shell's