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I believe LMDE includes the proprietary stuff you might need and, as others have said, Debian 12 is starting to as well.

For a new user who just wants a good OS to start with, Pop_OS is a fine choice. A little surprised you had trouble with Mint identifying your WiFi card but, I see others have posted on it. Mint is typically my go-to recommendation for new Linux users.

I looked at LBRY for a while, but it kinda looked like the “trashy tabloid” section of the internet.

If Jordan becomes speaker, he’ll try to use the authority to paralyze the House in a bid to get charges dropped against Trump.

No nothing of the Anime, but enjoyed the first episode.

Have to agree. They had a great start by enhancing Debian and being user friendly but, then they just kind of lost their way.

Although, speaking as a fan of Mint who used it as my “daily driver” for years, I think the time has come for them to switch from Ubuntu to Debian and embrace Wayland. I know that, if I’d stayed with Mint, I’ve have gone to LMDE by now.

NIce! Thanks :)

…and Cable TV didn’t eliminate commercials…and ATMs didn’t reduce banking costs resulting in higher interest on savings…etc…

For controlling addressable RGB lights. The Hardware Sync plugin allows you to use various PC status inputs to set the light colors

You want the Hardware Sync plugin

I don’t know, Linus is still trying to excuse and justify. It would seem taking him out of the driver’s seat was the right call. As for the rest, they are responding because their backs are against the wall. Time will tell if they will really make any changes.

For those new to Linux…no, "rm -f " will not do what the AI said it would do ;) Open a terminal, type “man rm” and it’ll tell you everything about it…

I generally tell people on Manjaro to stay off the AUR. If it’s not in their “curated” repository, then just go with the flatpak.

I’ve used both. Manjaro, in their attempt to be “user friendly”, winds up disconnecting you from what makes Arch good. EndeavorOS, on the other hand, is basically Arch nicely set up for a “daily driver” PC along with some nice tools of their own you can use or not at your discretion. I’ve also used just plain Arch and I actually prefer EndeavourOS of the three.

Not super familiar with Plasma but, I’d suspect that has to be the case. Weird they can’t get a new terminal open. At least it’s Arch though…arch-chroot to the rescue ;)

That Plasma is not letting you move to a new tty is “interesting”…bad KDE!..no cookie for you!

I work in aviation regulatory law but, a friend of mine does work in this arena. I did ask him if my analog existed in the nautical world and he was able to walk me through how he’d managed to avoid any regulatory oversight. There’s SOLAS but, other than that, it’s a gap that apparently needs to be closed.

I don’t know, I’m an aircraft structural engineer and, based upon what technical commentary I did hear him make, it kinda sounds to me like he knows what he’s talking about.