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    [–] Zink@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    Ever since we got the OK to dual boot our machines at work, I’ve been daily driving Mint Cinnamon unapologetically and with no plans to change.

    I’m looking to close tickets rather than tinker with my install. It’s nice to start with something fully featured working great out of the box. But it’s still Linux, and based on Debian/Ubuntu at that, so I can run/install/change whatever I want. I don’t feel restricted just because somebody else did a ton of configuration for me before I installed it.

    If this were 20 years ago, I’d totally be an Arch/Gentoo user, constantly breaking things and troubleshooting, distro hopping, and all that. But the busy middle aged parent version of me currently speaking is extra grateful for all the effort volunteers (and some companies) have put into making new installs so freaking easy.

    [–] drbluefall@toast.ooo 2 points 4 months ago

    Honestly, I'd be a Mint user if it weren't for me being almost entirely spoiled rotten by the the ease of using pacman. I've literally never had an easier time with a package manager.

    If I had to choose a more ready-made distro to replace my current Arch install, I'd probably look into EndeavorOS.