I recommend arch to a first time user…once. because he said he wanted to have Linux as a new hobby of sorts. Everyone else I recommend Pop! Or Fedora most of the time.

Tried to use Manjaro at some point. What a horrible distribution.

Socialism is when people use tools to help complete a task?

When I inevitably move away from Google, YouTube will be the last thing that remains. I use it a lot, and there is absolutely no sufficient replacement.

Fedora KDE. Just be sure to enable 3rd party repos (very easy and quick job, just a google search away).

KDE. I don’t have to change anything (other than taskbars on all monitors rather than just the main one) for an experience I like. Everything just works. Wayland support is best in class.

I don’t like gnome’s workflow and it takes COSMIC level customization for me to like it. And technical issues are common for me. Namely windows constantly spawning off screen and delayed reactions.

XFCE’s default layout is absolutely horrible and there’s no Wayland support. Mint XFCE’s implementation is good though.

Cinnamon, in my experience, is buggy and has similar technical problems to gnome.

I’ve used i3wm and it’s okay, but I would never use it on my main desktop. Takes a certain kind of workflow.

I’ve messed with AwesomeWM and can say it’s very ok.

LXDE/LXQT are obsolete. Not old school, obsolete. And in the case of QT, there’s absolutely no reason to use it when XFCE has the same ram usage anyway.

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I haven’t used any other desktops other than these.

“Dividing the community” lol. Anti-work is a horrible name.

I’ve already paid with my data.

Want me to pay for a service (something I’m happy to do)? No ads and no selling of my data.

And no one uses it. The last time I used mumble was over a decade ago and its use was short lived.

Java is a hilariously bad platform for games.

Piracy is always good

It’s absolutely not. Use archinstall. The hardest part is preparing for breakages when you update.

Mint is considered the new standard for “it just works”, but I had nothing but problems on my desktop with mint.

Yes

If the state can control your bike, you don’t actually own it.

Capitalism is when people have hobbies?

Mourning the loss of a pet is normal and healthy.

I actually have access to Linux 🤷‍♂️

Got news for you, if you’re working class, being white or male will not let you “coast right through” the inevitable boom/bust cycles that will befall the economies. You’ll be under the boot like everyone else.

Saw what windows 11 was going to be like and figured I should bail and learn Linux before I had to move over. Been just under 2 years on Linux. Don’t regret my decision.