> I experimented with using a mostly stock Xubuntu setup for a bit and also found the user experience to be really subpar. Call me old, but I have no interest in dealing with the amount of configuration and tweaking necessary to be productive in a Linux environment.
Forget what everyone says. Just use Ubuntu (like, regular Ubuntu, not some stupid derivative) with everything default. It's what you're looking for. It takes zero configuration, is super easy to use and is a nice environment.
Yeah, feels like the obvious option missing. I don't use Ubuntu any more, but it's the popular Linux, so it serves plenty of people just fine. Makes it the sane generic recommendation without letting my personal preference slip in.
Sure, they might still not like it, but if you haven't even tried Ubuntu yet, it feels like it's a bit early to say that there isn't a reasonable alternative.
Same here. I (for reasons) set up new Linux distros with abandon and just go with Ubuntu and its defaults (swapping control and CapsLock is mostly all I change).
The #1 thing that holds me to macOS is family sharing with iCloud (and Messages). If I could access that from Linux ...
Forget what everyone says. Just use Ubuntu (like, regular Ubuntu, not some stupid derivative) with everything default. It's what you're looking for. It takes zero configuration, is super easy to use and is a nice environment.