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So anyway, any beginner tips?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (13 children)

I'm using GNOME because I like it more

And yeah, system fading into the background is the end goal

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I totally agree - distro hoppers who complain about the "nightmare" of finding the right distro are living in a hell of their own making.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I somewhat get it. I used Mint ages ago on a laptop I had. It was fine. Two years ago I decided to see if I could use Linux full time in my desktop, and I installed Ubuntu. It was fine. Windows decided to fuck things up and I never fully recovered the system, and decided to cut Windows out and start fresh, and I installed Fedora, and it was fine. I fucked that up somewhat while messing around and learning and heard about Garuda and tried that. I love it!

I could have lived with any of the previous distros I tried. They did the job fine, and I didn't think much of it. Garuda seems perfect for me though. Being Arch based is great, but it started with most of what I needed so it wasn't the typical Arch install process (though I hear that's better now than is memed). For someone comfortable with their computer skills, I think it's the perfect option for gamers coming to Linux. I probably wouldn't recommend it for someone coming from Windows who never learned computer skills, but anyone who edited registries should be able to handle it just fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Almost everything is better than it's memed. Too many people treat memes like information when they're more like graffiti.

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