Strypey on Nostr: After desktop GNU/Linux distro-hopping again, for the first time in more than a ...
After desktop GNU/Linux distro-hopping again, for the first time in more than a decade, I'm starting to understand why people still write off the desktop experience as not ready for primetime. For the most part, a fresh install gives you a working Win95-Win7 experience. Simpler or flasher, depending on your exact hardware combo. But in every version there's things that don't work as expected, and not even a rickety UI bridge to carry you across to a working (if janky) solution.
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