# Ubuntu GNOME

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Ubuntu GNOME and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a free Ubuntu edition with the GNOME desktop that feels pleasant to use. The most common caveat is that some things did not work correctly out of the box.

## Why people recommend it

- Pleasant, nice GNOME desktop (2 comments): "I find Gnome based Ubuntu quite nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858393)) "it's actually pretty nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46569262))

## What people warn about

- Things not working out of box (1 comments): "still a lot of things did not work correctly out of the box" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774353))
- Noticeable increase over the years (1 comments): "I think the increase is not that bad for a decade." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47649515))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ubuntu](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ubuntu.md): 560 recommend
- [Debian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/debian.md): 552 recommend
- [Fedora Linux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fedora.md): 437 recommend
- [Arch Linux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arch-linux.md): 362 recommend
- [Linux Mint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/linux-mint.md): 277 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ubuntu GNOME", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ubuntu-gnome/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).