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 Newer hardware needs newer kernels to support it. The problem is that if you get new hardware and you've picked the wrong distro, you will not be able to use that hardware.
-I think the best advice I would give someone today is to use CachyOS or Bazzite. I personally picked CachyOS, but Bazzite is probably the friendlier option for most newcomers. If you absolutely don't like updated software, use Fedora or Debian. I'd learn towards Fedora.
+I think the best advice I would give someone today is to use CachyOS or Bazzite. I personally picked CachyOS, but Bazzite is probably the friendlier option for most newcomers. If you absolutely don't like updated software, use Debian.
-I don’t think anyone should run Linux Mint, or Ubuntu in modern times. If you can stand some command line tinkering, being updated is worth it over a distribution that lags behind the bleeding edge. Distributions like Fedora provide an analogous experience to what you get with a major Windows update or a major macOS update.
+I don’t think anyone should run Linux Mint, or Ubuntu in modern times. If you can stand some command line tinkering, being updated is worth it over a distribution that lags behind the bleeding edge. Distributions like Debian provide an analogous experience to what you get with a major Windows update or a major macOS update.
 The main problem with "classic distributions" -- especially in modern times -- is just a distinct lack of updates. No updates mean no new features and no new bug fixes. Firefox and Chrome get more than one release per year for a reason. If you pick the wrong distribution, you're stuck out-of-date for a long time. This is really suboptimal, not only from a security perspective, but from a general "things aren't full of bugs" perspective.
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 **[[https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/|Do not use Omarchy]]. Do not use Omakub((Omakub is made by the same person who made Omarchy and no it's not even his focus right now, so you shouldn't try it.)).**
+=== What's going on over at Fedora's house? ===
+Fedora has some interesting governance issues, like missing updates for GNOME products and a seemingly [[https://lwn.net/Articles/1070006/|broken and incoherent stance on bug reporting to GNOME]], among other things. Bugs are not monitored when reported to Fedora, nor are they reported upstream. The official policy is to not direct users upstream, Fedora doesn't look at those bugs either.
+Seemingly it's fine if you're using KDE, but this fundamental policy/governance issue is worth avoiding if you're picking a new distro from scratch.
+[[https://lwn.net/Articles/1071949/|Friction in Fedora over AI developer desktop initiative]] is also another reason to not pick Fedora, if you care about it.
 ===== Does this not suck? =====