r/ultramarine

Switching from Linux Mint to Ultramarine: What do you think of the idea?

I’ve been using Linux for 18 years—first Ubuntu, then Mint—and I’m a proponent of the “keep it simple and make it work” philosophy (though some might call it boringly simple).

I also asked Deepseek this question before, and he replied: Comparing Ultramarine to Linux Mint is like comparing a sporty driving experience to a reliable family car. Both are excellent, but they have different approaches and are designed for different audiences.

I told DS that the only reason my car is a Honda Civic Type S is that I can’t afford a Honda Type R. I should clarify that Honda is my favorite car brand because of its reliability; otherwise, I’d prefer an Alfa Romeo.

If you’re comparing it to cars like that, I think I should give Ultramarine a try.

What do you guys think?

Is anyone running Niri+DMS on Ultramarine? If so, how do you like it? How was the installation and set-up process? Any issues?

I tried switching to DMS from KDE but all I get is a black screen. Wondering waht other people's experiences are.

TIA!

i can't dd the iso to flash drive under freebsd. i also cannot use my fedora machine because the usb slots are loose.

what should i do?

Hi, I'm running Ultramarine 43.

So after some trial and error, I have discovered that the default pdf viewer that Ultramarine comes with (Okular), cannot actually access pdf's if said file is on a network share. It throws the following error:

Could not open smb://[path to pdf].pdf. Reason: Unable to create KIO worker. Unknown protocol 'smb'.

Note: Firefox does not have this issue and can open the network share pdf without a problem.

Is it possible for Ultramarine to switch to a pdf viewer that actually works by default?

Thanks.