I disagree (a bit at least).

Debian is just as prone to breaking due to the lack of fallbacks (e.g. Snapper), it just doesn’t break as often because it doesn’t change as much as Arch.
If you use a minimal/ default install, this won’t happen as easily, but as soon as you customise anything, you get problems.
Arch can be reliable too, there are many people who have had the same install for years without breaking.

I would actually recommend Fedora Atomic or other image based distros, e.g. VanillaOS.
They can be more modern, while being way more reliable thanks to atomic updates/ transactions, complete image rollbacks and the reproducibility.
They are a dream to use imo!

Proton is just the compatibility layer, which allows you to play Windows games on Linux.

It’s one of the main reasons so many people switched to Linux in the last months and years, since Proton gets even better from week to week. Something, games designed for Windows run even better on Linux (Proton) than on Windows!

From what I’ve heard, requiring Proton isn’t that bad, especially for the devs. Often, games engineered for Windows run better on Linux than the same ones for Linux.

You can still install Nix (package manager) on Atomic, on uBlue, it even comes pre-installed afaik.

And also, there’s Distrobox, which is totally enough if you prefer package managers over Flatpaks.
I personally like the “reliance” on Flatpaks. I think it reduces the fragmentation and makes it easier for devs, but that’s just my opinion. Do as you prefer.

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 🙃

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!

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.

You can use my post as reference: https://feddit.de/post/9087676

You can use any distro you want for gaming. Maybe try to choose a more popular one, niche distros like Nobara often aren’t as secure as major ones.

There’s a big shift happening right now, you’re right on that.
Traditionally, ARM is not as capable in solving complex issues, but more efficient.

That’s why it has always been used on smartphones for example. You want a lot of battery and don’t need to do highly complex stuff on that, that’s what you have your PC for.

The big focus in the last years has always been to top the competitor in terms of performance, and only right now, people begin to question if the computing power they have right now isn’t enough and if they rather wouldn’t like to have a device that’s more efficient.
The tradeoff is, you’re more limited to this specific architecture. Apple solved this by making a compatibility layer for x86 apps, but that of course comes with a performance hit.

I’m no expert in that topic tho, so take all I said with a lil grain of salt.

Right now, I think you’re better off with x86, because your server will definitely run on some sort of Linux, and we don’t have any compatibility layer or something like that yet.

Where I live, electricity is also very expensive. I monitor every watt.

I asked the same question half a year ago, here’s what I’ve learnt: RPis tend to be less reliable and aren’t that energy efficient. They’re great for small appliances, but for servers (e.g. NAS) not as much.

Get an used Thinclient/ mini PC. They cost something between 50-150€ and give you a huge performance boost, more ports, a x86 architecture, are better repairable (still often bad) and more.

Mine uses about 10-15 W on normal use, and 20 rarely when my cloud is under heavy use.

Thanks a lot for your helpful comment! Looks very clean!

Thank you a lot for that helpful and elaborate answer!

You mean Git SCM/VCS? GitHub is a Microsoft-owned software forge. True that it has a lot of software hosted, but personally, I think they’re scummy. There’s are other alternatives, like Codeberg and GitLab. It shouldn’t matter what forge you’re using realistically, but ideologically, if you’re a copy-left hardliner, you might want to avoid them.

Yeah, correct. I know that Github isn’t perfect due to MSs’ ownership, but for now, it’s the biggest. I also have a codeberg account, but I haven’t used it yet.
I try to make a custom uBlue-image (immutable Fedora spin project), and for that, Github is the official method.
But I will look around if Codeberg or other Git platforms work too at the moment.
Does Codeberg also have an automatic building system/ Github actions?

You don’t really need to use a tiling window.

Sure I don’t need to, but I want to try it.
I am a huge Gnome fan and wanted to try a WM for a longer time now. Now, Niri has released, and I couldn’t find an already made image yet, so I decided to do it myself. For me, a big part is the learning experience. I finally have enough time for that now and to invest some of it for that project :)

Thanks!

It sucks that they don’t allow a survey without logging in first. Had to create an account extra for taking part…

Wow, I’m mind blown. If you are remotely interested in that project, you should consider spending those 5 minutes to read the article.

For my part, I’m considering to contribute by translating and testing the beta.
It doesn’t seem “better” than Fedora Silverblue, but I always found the communication lacking. The team behind VOS on the other hand feels very level headed and emphasizes strongly on communication, which I both don’t see enough in the Linux community.

Of course, technically speaking, VOS isn’t very revolutionary. Stuff like Distrobox, Waydroid and all the “other” things (Software center, etc.) existed before, but they weren’t advertised enough.

In general, I really like their approach and the direction they are going. It really has the potential to surpass Linux Mint as the #1 beginner distro recommendation imo!