I love Pop!_OS and I think it’s a much better choice than fedora for people who aren’t as worried about security and just want to stop supporting surveillance capitalism. I understand that there are numerous security issues with frozen release cycles and with Ubuntu-based distros in general. Howeve…

[image] Anvil: However, based on my experience with Fedora, it is not a great recommendation for people new to linux. You don’t get basic features by default like a dock or tray icons. You have to dig around figuring out how to install codecs to watch simple videos online. The software manager m…

I understand. I know less about COSMIC but I understand Wayland is a pretty big deal. I have it enabled. I hope they make these changes soon.

I’ve tried it recently but only in VMs. The last time I tried it on bare metal was fedora 34 I believe.

Would you consider adding it with a warning about Wayland and instructions for how to enable it?

Not at this point, the page is not supposed to be an exhaustive list of all Linux distributions.

[image] Anvil: isn’t too worried about OS security Here in PG, they don’t even recommend F-Droid. Pop!_OS uses the stable kernel instead of LTS supplied from Ubuntu. Can you confirm that all packages are compiled against the Pop!_OS supplied kernel instead of LTS one? It brings new issues to …

I see F-Droid as a little different, because Neo Store is as easy to use or perhaps easier than F-Droid. Based on my experience as a linux newb who tried using fedora because of the pguides recommendation, I don’t see fedora as something people new to linux should attempt as a daily driver. As for …

[image] Anvil: F-Droid as a little different, because Neo Store is as easy to use or perhaps easier than F-Droid It’s worth noting, we don’t recommend F-Droid as a source , not just as a app.

Oh my bad, thanks for clarifying. I think this gets into broader questions I have about the role of a resource like Privacy Guides. I appreciate the high bar for privacy and security set by Privacy Guides- it means that for most threat models, the software listed is trustworthy and safe no matter w…

Privacy Guides Community

Add Pop!_OS

Site Development Tool Suggestions

dngray (Daniel Gray) December 2, 2022, 7:47am 3

We won’t be considering it until they switch to their COSMIC environment and Wayland is enabled by default.

https://www.privacyguides.org/os/linux-overview/#wayland

My Linux Migration Considerations: Privacy, Security, and Convenience for a Beginner

Topic		Replies	Views
Consider making secureblue the recommended beginner Linux distro Site Development rejected	12	2050	July 2, 2025
Need help with choosing a desktop OS Questions	30	2796	September 3, 2023
Opinions on ZorinOS? Questions	3	1063	September 14, 2024
My Linux Migration Considerations: Privacy, Security, and Convenience for a Beginner Off Topic	63	3264	December 5, 2024
Nobara (Linux Distribution) Tool Suggestions rejected	16	848	November 3, 2025

Privacy Guides

Massive organizations are monitoring your online activities. Privacy Guides is your central privacy and security resource to protect yourself online.

Privacy Guides is a non-profit, socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy.

We do not make money from recommending certain products, and we do not use affiliate links.

Knowledge Base

Private Web Browsers

Top VPN Providers

Privacy-Respecting Services

Software Recommendations

More Resources

Add Pop!_OS

Related topics