now I’m generally a centrist but tell me more

call it parry hotter

theres a plasma window decoration called klassy that has a bunch of presets. all the windows-like presets are called defenestrated (followed by the number of whatever version of windows it is like).

you misunderstand (or more likely I phrased it like an idiot). im not saying something like that is easier to manage on fedora. what I meant was that you would encounter minor things on fedora that would give you the chance to learn the skills necessary to fix or at least diagnose a bigger issue. on mint you wouldn’t see that and on Ubuntu you generally wouldn’t either (in my brief experience using each before settling on fedora as my main)

IMO mint and Ubuntu make things simple in a way that keeps users from ever encountering something where they have to be aware of what the computer us doing. this means if something is happening that shouldn’t (malware, something misconfigured, steam being an asshole, etc.) they won’t know where to look. this is something windows and Mac do as well and it leads to the vast majority of people not knowing that they can make the software on their computer do what they say. if people dont know how to do that, corporations will (and do) take advantage of it. i probably am exaggerating a bit but I still think putting a new user on Ubuntu or mint is doing them a disservice.

I’d reccomend fedora. mint and Ubuntu will be simpler but its like giving a toddler a wheelchair instead of teaching them to walk. the few things they’ll have to learn are necessary anyway.

idc I can’t read anything in light mode

you dont need to fuck around with other distros either for the most part, you just can.

its really simple, use mint if you dont know what computers are, use fedora if you’re normal, and save specialty/hobby distros for specialty/hobby stuff.

“you like apples? why do you hate oranges?”

next week they’ll say burning crosses is just a fad among black teens

ive tried several times and so far its worked zero lol

i thought I had to do it all manually. welp, time to boot up virtualbox.

well given that I’m american I dont have an issue supporting an American company (if you’re European, good job getting out from under our thumb. we have too much power) but I do want to support a more trustworthy company.

so mint on a better base and with a good de… I’ll have to look at it again

i dont have anything big enough to back up to. my system has 1.5 TB.

yeah ive heard about KDE Linux but its too early to use rn. hadn’t heard of microOS

might have to look at that

thats definitely something I want. i really want to be able to have compatibility with as many apps as possible and podman/toolbx are awesome for that.

I’m definitely leaning that way so far, are there any major differences from fedora I need to be aware of?