I don’t like apt too as much. But, interface-wise, you can make it way better with Nala, which is a frontend for it.

NixOS is too complicated and demanding for most users, who aren’t programmers or hobbyists, imo.
I prefer Fedora Atomic. It has the same pros (unbreakable, highly configurable with universal-blue.org, etc.) but feels way more user friendly.
I use it with Distrobox on top, so I can use my package manager/ distro of choice (turned out to be Arch btw) on a extremely reliable system.

For your case, you can replicate Mint by just installing the Cinnamon image from uBlue and applying some minimal tweaks.
Then you get the user friendliness from Mint with the flexibility and unbreakability from NixOS. Do you like the idea? Just in case you get annoyed by NixOS in the future 🙃

Definitely! The only “good” 3rd-party themes are the ones from Jomada (Edna, Moe, Itchy, etc.) and from Vinceliuice (Graphite, Canta, Layan, etc.).
Those are well thought out, coherent and look professional.

If you scroll through the top ones, then you almost exclusively find ones that got their last update years ago, and now look extremely incoherent or buggy.
And even if you find newer ones, then they often lack the polish.
Man, it just sucks…

But hey, maybe there is just not that much demand anymore, because the defaults look great nowadays?

I sadly, and I don’t say this lightly, have to agree.
When first using KDE, I was totally baffled by the amount of themes you can download.

But I quickly learned, that most of them are either more than 5 years old, look ugly/ incoherent, or cause this blurriness issue OP mentioned.

For my taste, Breeze (or to a further extend, Lightly) looks phenomenal by default, especially since Plasma 6. I only change the color scheme a bit (usually just adaptive colors, based on wallpaper), but that’s it.

Debian is community run, which often means all changes and features get implemented because the community wants that, not some corporation. One notable example of that is Snap.

Also, I found (minimal install) Debian a bit more minimalist than Ubuntu server, which is great imo. I just want the bare minimum for my services to work, and pretty much the only thing I expect from my server to have is SSH and Docker.

Debian. I don’t see much benefit of Ubuntu LTS compared to plain old Debian. It’s exactly what you wanted.

Alternatively, AlmaLinux is a good choice if you like Red Hat stuff (RHEL clone), but the difference between Ubuntu LTS and Debian would be almost not noticeable for you I think.

I downvoted the post here, because I think it doesn’t belong into Linuxmemes.
But even though I disagree in some way, I upvoted the original post in c/Linux, because I think you spent quite some time writing it. I’ll discuss my thoughts with you in the other thread ✌️

I really like that post!

It seems like OP put a lot of work and creativity into the meme, while intelligently criticizing a problem and not just using “Windows bad hurr hurr” as the base.

I wanna see more of those kind!

My recommendation would be to use Logseq.

It’s similar to Obsidian (“Second Brain”/ PKM), but with the journal function as backbone.

It relies heavily on crosslinking, is markdown-based, very efficient and a joy to use once you “got” it, and supports a hell lot of features, including TODO, plugins, a knowledge network (“graph view”) and much more.

I use it for everything (external brain) and pretty much never loved a piece of software this much!
It sounds like it is THE tool you’re searching for!

Great that you looked into the compatibility first. Many solvents can dissolve, or at least swell, parts of the machine.

The good thing is, solvent isn’t solvent. There are different kinds (polarities, etc.), and maybe something like alcohol might work.
Problem is, grease is hard to dissolve with those.

In the industry, you have special “laundry washing machines” (sort of) that work with hot solvent, e.g. benzyl alcohol, since you need movement and heat preferably to clean everything decently.
Even with a good solvent, degreasing with your washer alone won’t work as great.

I personally would go for an ultrasound bath. They tend to work more mechanically (phsically) instead of chemically, and with them, you can dissolve the dirt with soapy water pretty easily, without any volatile solvents or risks. You can get a decent one for 50 bucks starting price, or 100 if you want a bit better one.

I have no idea what a part washer is, but maybe consider using an ultrasonic cleaner.

You can then either load it with surfactants (e.g. SLS) in a water phase or with apolar solvents like cineol, terpentine or limonene, which have similar solving capabilities as diesel, but are bio based and not as flammable.

Using surfactants alone without ultrasound won’t work, but using solvents alone won’t keep the particles in phase, as they would just sink to the bottom.

If you tell me exactly how this washer looks like/ works and what exactly you wanna clean, I can help you more.

I made a similar post a few weeks ago.
I will try uBlue core and give you all a small update about it.

I feel similar about Debian. It’s a good distro for sure and I don’t have any issues with it for server use, but somehow, I still don’t like it somehow. RPM-/ OSTree based distros are more my taste, and I don’t even know why.

Because containers (Distrobox, Flatpak, etc.) are bae.
You can read my post I made a while ago for more information: https://feddit.de/post/8234416

Once you “get” image based distros, you probably never want to go back. Traditional distros just feel… off now for me.
Containerisation is the biggest strength in Linux, we use it all the time on servers, so why not on the desktop?
Atomic OSs just make more sense for me, not only because of security/ bug/ whatever reasons, no, also because they feel simpler and are pretty convenient and robust.

In what regards? Maybe just wait a few weeks until the majority of bugs and problems are ironed out.

I’m not missing anything, they are great. I always found the separation of desktop oberview and window overview a bit weird, and now, with the newest release, they got merged as one thing with one coherent trackpad gesture, which I love.

It still has the same vibes and is the same KDE we love or hate, just better.

It definitely feels way more polished and now has some MacOS vibes to be fair.
Not as minimalist as Gnome, but the insane amount of features got “hidden” a bit user friendlier. I think that if you apply some icon themes and a top bar + dock, it will be indistinguishable from MacOS for many casual users.

Sadly, they still aren’t, but at least, the overview and grid view are now combined, just like on Gnome.
Before, they were decoupled and unintuitive, and now, they got a rework.

I sadly have to leave the conversation. I don’t think it will get further.

I don’t want to be rude or so, but you basically said “I know everything better and everything sucks”.
Maybe not Linux/ any other OS, but you are the problem? You really need to orient yourself and settle your expectations.

You want HDR/ VRR? Then use Windows and live with that.
You don’t want to use Windows? Then go for Linux and live with the drawbacks of having to wait a while for those features until they are stable enough.
Don’t like Linux? Then buy a Macbook and use it like everyone else.

As I said, Linux doesn’t require you to recompile the kernel or shit, on a normal setup, for reasonable use cases, it just works.
You can blame a lot on Linux, but not everything. It has its flaws, for sure, but if you break it every 5 minutes or have to jump hoops, then something is wrong in my eyes.

Do you really wanna know my advice?
Use your all-knowing CS skills and get a good paying job, and do your stuff, and not more, on a company laptop. If your job is to manage servers, then just do that and use vanilla Mint or so for that. You can change your wallpaper, but not more.

And then, after your shift, go home and learn gardening. It’s spring right now, grab a few seeds and grow tomatoes or something, I don’t know.
The way you are on right now will only lead to more frustration. Return to a simple life and don’t worry about recompiling kernels or shit. Peace ✌️

Sorry, I misinterpreted your “I’m coming from Windows” as “I’ve never used something else”.

Those “Linux shenanigans”, as you call them, are and should not be the norm.
If your hardware allows it (e.g. no Nvidia), everything works plug and play in my experience. And even if your hardwar isn’t optimal, it usually works perfectly fine too after minimal tweaking (e.g. installing the Nvidia driver).

But seriously, if you have to “compile the kernel” and stuff, you’re doing something wrong in my eyes.
I’m also not super experienced and don’t even have a background in IT, and Linux is way less troublesome than Windows is for me.

If not having HDR is a huge deal-breaker for you, then maybe consider keeping a second drive for Windows there. I personally don’t even know if my monitor has that and couldn’t care less. Good news is, it’s coming soon hopefully. I personally prefer not having that above Windows.
If that’s (or similar stuff) your only reason for not using Linux then you never will. It’s just a different OS with different features and pros.

About distro choice, my favourite is Fedora Atomic, specifically uBlue. It’s a pretty new concept and exactly that what Linux should always have been imo.
It’s perfectly reliable and won’t break. I always had the tendency to brick my OS, and that won’t happen on that.

I just edited my comment. You say you’re experienced, but your main experience is Windows?

Forget everything you learned, Linux is a new OS for you and requires a different approach.

No major distro (e.g. Mint) does break out of the blue.

I don’t want to blame you for anything, but choosing NixOS as a beginner is one of the worst things for starting the Linux journey.
Nix is a fantastic distro for sure, but very complicated and absolutely not recommended for newcomers.

I’ve made a post about distro selection for beginners, take that as reference. https://feddit.de/post/9087676

All of the recommendations there are simple and reliable, but Mint is the most recommended one.
If reliability (inability to break) is your top priority, then Fedora Atomic is a great choice, but Mint is more recommended for beginners.

But please tell me the things that broke, maybe your hardware or usage pattern is the culprit.
Many newcomers try to use Linux just like Windows (e.g. download and install GPU drivers from the website), but break their install that way.