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For example, I'm using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it "friendlier" for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be "the universal operating system".
I also think we could learn website design from.. looks at notes ..everyone else.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Alpine, by its use of musl over glibc doesn't support DNS over TLS because the musl creator believes its better for user experience. It is in theory but if the other end uses it, you are out of luck and will likely spend days troubleshooting why one bit of software refuses to connect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it cheating, if my workplace makes me use a worse distro and I list all the ways it's worse than my usual distro? 🙃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How much does it help if you use only the bare minimum from the host OS and install Distrobox with the distro you like for everything else?

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