Yeah those manuals were great i still have mine.

Stuff needed tweaking more wine worked almost never even for basically window’s programs. Configuring Xfree86 was black magic. Running Startx at the terminal prompt was like rolling the dice. Distro choice was smaller and it was really a choice. Since the child distros were less of a thing. You had Debian , Redhat, Slackware, and SUSE. All were very different at a fundamental level with packaging and philosophy. Also it was way more common to buy boxed copies of Linux distros with big thick manuals that helped you get it installed and take your first steps with Linux. It reminded me of when I first got my TI 83 calculator an it had that massive manual with it.

Also Lugs and spending a lot of time on IRC getting and helping people on freenode (don’t go there now) was a must.

Oh wow yeah I started around the same time. 1998 was a magical time. I stated with a boxed copy of OG Suse but switched to Debian like 6 months later then never switched again. I learned a lot from the thick manual that came with Suse but once I tried Debian everything just clicked. It’s like you learn the Debian rules and philosophy and any package you work with makes sense.

Debian for everything since it’s one of the few distros that has always been there. It’s one of the second distros to come after after SLS. Distros come and go, but Debian marches on.

Yes it’s always better to login with a user and sudo so your commands are logged also having disable passwords for ssh but still using passwords for sudo gives you the best protection

Na flatpaks are lighter and have better access control. But I only use them for basic applications like games or spotify or Obsidian

They are a little heavy on disk space but nothing too bad. They don’t trash your block device layout with bind mounts

Yeah I run debian too and see no issues with Deb packages and flatpak and I run debian unstable on my desktop so i am asking for trouble and don’t see the types of issues OP described. Snaps seem to be the issue. I know they said they wanted Comercial support but unless you are buying a support plan now. Trying debian stable might be worth a shot. Since once it works it works for a good long while.

That’s a good idea also snaps can run like hell in general but more so if memory is out of wack.

Also if they did pay for support what did canonical have to say?

Yes but the biggest issue people miss when it comes to doc compatibility is using the same fonts as windows uses. So make sure to download windows fonts.

It was not mentioned for my Asrock card i just found the switch

Sometimes there is a small hard to see switch on some gpus that will just turn off RGB. I know asrock cards are like this.

Some do it’s up to you to pick the ones that have open drivers.

Using timeshift would be perfect for this. I run sid and use this all the time to restore back to a snapshot on a bad upgrade.

Lol i see these over and over and the conclusion is always the same. They really are looking for Debian but they never mention it as an option.

If you like debian and just need a newer kernel you could just add backports to your debian install then install the kernel during the install process.

The best advice I can give you is to switch to Linux is don’t right away. Switch the applications you use to open source or Linux compatible alternatives that also run on windows. Then after you get used to those on windows then make the switch.

I would also recommend not dual booting at first since it’s too easy to jump ship at the slightest issue vs sticking with it to figure out the issue just like you would with a problem on windows. It’s a real thing I have experienced it in reverse as a long time Linux user that tried Windows 11 i kept jumping back to Linux every time I ran into issues that caused frustration.

• https://github.com/dustinkirkland/hollywood
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dustinkirkland/hollywood/refs/heads/master/screenshots/NBC News/Screenshot from 2016-05-16 09-31-28.png

The hollywood package is also great for this

I think this is the plot to the movie with Scott Bakula Lord of ilusions.

The best advice I can give you is to switch to Linux is don’t right away. Switch the applications you use to open source or Linux compatible alternatives that also run on windows. Then after you get used to those on windows then make the switch.

I would also recommend not dual booting at first since it’s too easy to jump ship at the slightest issue vs sticking with it to figure out the issue just like you would with a problem on windows. It’s a real thing I have experienced it in reverse as a long time Linux user that tried Windows 11 i kept jumping back to Linux every time I ran into issues that caused frustration.