Another pov/idea perhaps - you can still run proxmox & only one virtual machine (eg standard Debian, no performance loss), but perhaps gain backups/copies if you plan to eventually add a cheap second machine (location?) instead of local redundancy.
Also with proxmox you can copy you virtual machines/containers & experiment easily.
Maybe a “Youtube-like title” for the fun (or dare I say, habit) of it?
I would explain why I still use my butt to poop in 2026, butt I assume you already know the most likely explanation …
The linked blog has a normal title.
Oh, I member installing SuSE from like 4 CDs!
Oh, you weren’t kidding, it really is!
Even github is very respectable.
Pardon me for asking so … but if you yearn for the “stability” (“simplicity”?) of Windows why not use a Linux distro with an approach more similar to that?
So something not Arch based, … and even tho NixOS almost kinda is the correct direction (for an arch-ish thing), I got the feeling you don’t really want to configure your system & potentially upkeep that config?
Also to note that the actual issue wasn’t fully diagnosed. Reinstalling the full os to fix an update is fairly extreme for your mainstream Linux these days.
But to be at least a bit on topic - bcs I need “simplicity” & “stability” at times when I can’t even (for months on end) I use Tumbleweed (rolling distro).
How would you unpristined it, what did you have in mind?
Yes, LLMs are great.
Using them & supporting megacorps that concentrate wealth, promote the shittiest things, and degrade equality/equity/democracy is just immoral.
Multimonitor can have some issues sometimes.
My issue was stuttering (& at times it acting like it discovered a whole new monitor without a configuration) … it took me months to … connect the TV (which was seemingly unaffected) to another port.
“Moral issues” or “to leave a better tomorrow” for the ppl I don’t wish to talk to all that much (or just can’t have a proper convo with them).
No Tumbleweed fans? :/
They (openSUSE) make a lot of default decisions for you, but it’s really close to 0 maintenance if you lack the time (or just cannot even for months at a time) & still a rolling release, zypper, etc.
Exactly.
My parents are fully on Linux since early dual core CPUs & the only things that didn’t work or they didn’t know how to do was after upgrades. “They” hopped many distros (some very niche, but lots of years on Debians) & I soon came to realise that I don’t need to explain to them what I did when I would change distros.
They run Tumbleweed for quite a few years (5?) now with 0 work on my side (yay!!).
Then again, they (and other family and friends) aren’t demanding power users, they don’t even game.
Second for Tumbleweed!!
The low-to-nothing maintenance rolling release (in my experience). I recommend it if you have to maintain computers of family & friends (no more release upgrades, out of the box snapshots, etc).
It’s so friendly & hard to break (for a normal person).
I know opinions vary, but I also love zypper.
Kinda the same since 2006 (using Windows for gaming), however I never used Mint & for the last five (?) years installed Tumbleweed to various family & friends machines (it’s my daily driver too).
I only add this to the discussion bcs it’s a rolling release that is perhaps hard to break for a normal person & low maintenance (no real upgrades, zypper, btrfs).
I like to mention Tumbleweed bcs of how much time it saved me fixing other ppls puters (all of them very non-demanding tho).
Yes, the body on those is extra nice, but just not quite as good if you are attentive to such things.
(Forgot to mention I also dislike wide-screens on laptops since I’m never gonna use it for videos.)
I def don’t want a “low res” screen either (that close I can actually appreciate the additional sharpness), years (5?) ago I have bought a new (from a store) Chuwi laptop for a little over 200 monies with a higher resolution screen, metal body, and a mightily Celeron (I used it only to connect to my home lab so it’s fine).
Also the battery is ofc shitty & spicy after a few cycles. Weirdly ok-ish keyboard.
You own the hardware, but you don’t get any documentation.
I just want macbook-level non-computing hardware (the case & hinges, screen, keyboard, mostly, but good speakers, mics & battery are a bonus too) & it’s not that ez to find in laptops (if there even are comparable puters out there).
I don’t need much computing power, 16GB RAM is plenty too, tho I wouldn’t say no to a 15h battery.
It’s just my use case - I want something built really good even if it has a Pentium in it (not that I’m comparing Ms to Pentiums) .
And I also don’t wanna spend 3+k monies for a laptop I’m about to use a few times a year.
Nothing else fits my case, I might try it for the lolz.
Yes, this would be the real deal!
Maybe a few smaller ones bcs full-screen-res gifs would be very hw intensive, but this would def help me to give me a general vibe of how this distro with that DE would feel like.
(Then again, websites are kinda made for this purpose, tho a few MBs more in the boot/installer iso wouldn’t hurt. Minimal versions of distros are usually separate either way.)
It’s nice, but how much can this help you chose a DE without further research? Just by desktop pic that you can often change the layout?
Anyway, at least openSUSE (outside of Proxmox Tumbleweed is the only thing I’ve installed for years now) offers this (with less options) on install too, but mostly I feel like anyone done choosing a distro also knows a bit about DEs. That’s why the des on your pic is just a generic promo that can’t explain how the DE feels or how it compares to others.
I see this as a very nice & pleasant UI (Calamares?) feature tho & it’s nice if it’s getting traction - but I’m not sure how much it helps new users - what guides them? Or for that matter how to switch between DEs if you install more than one?
There are several types of basic Excel formulaes that don’t work on web Excel, and are ofc not in Calc either. Same with VBA integrations (within Excel and other Office/Windows services) that are used as core data transformation infrastructure to run entire companies, lmao.
EU petition?