Well sure. I mainly meant FreeBSD. Thanks for clarifying.

Really good network stack. Linux is catching up surely but places like Netflix run a ton of stuff on BSD simply for that stack. AFAIK ebpf is supposedly the thing that will have Linux compete in this space- https://dev.to/dpuig/understanding-ebpf-a-game-changer-for-linux-kernel-extensions-4m7i

For a normal person? I’d argue there’s about zero benefit to running BSD over some Linux distro. Less people use jails compared to containers, networking doesn’t matter like you said, and hardware support is far more awful in terms of drivers. There’s a reason there’s like 2-3 desktop oriented distros on BSD compared to hundreds on Linux.

Honestly it’s a testament to the devs that it mainly worked for most people as well as it did.

Like kudos to them. That was a huge, huge migration to a different library/format and they pulled it off.

Debian 13 I want to say. I’ll have to look again next time I do it.

The list of upgrades being one big paragraph instead of separate lines is bad enough. I have some Debian servers but never looked if there’s a flag to make it look better.

Also no history or rollback. Madison is dumb as I recall. Just kind of unintuitive and bare bones for me. Dnf (especially dnf5) suit me fine but I’m an rpm homer.

Fwiw, here’s a link to the recent issues- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/15045

A lot are fixed for this release. I would check that list and make sure none apply to you before upgrading. Always have a backup though of course.

Way too much for me to care. I admit gnome isn’t perfect but I’ll still argue it’s far more consistent than KDE.

Yep. Ugly, disjointed in appearance, etc. I set up Debian KDE for a family member moving from windows so it fits. I was impressed that KDE came far from what it was but it very much is like a bucket of bolts to me.

Gnome in contrast is very put together. Yes, has some quirks but appearance wise is very curated IMO.

Just donated some money to them. Haven’t even tested a build yet but I’m excited based on what I’ve seen over the years.

That’s a pretty good use case.

Are people really using a single login on a shared computer? Why?

I did this precisely once for a couple who were not tech savvy but other than that I would think it would be rare.

For anyone using multiple profiles, what do they give you over just using container tabs?

Tbf, you can always run arch in distrobox and just use the AUR from there if you prefer fedora. I personally do though with gnome.

Try to advise people bookstack is super opinionated. I personally don’t like it but I guess some do.

I run dokuwiki and generally like it but my only gripe is it’s not pure markdown.

Another you could check out is Otterwiki. I like a lot about it but don’t actually run it so couldn’t know entirely.

I dislike it for all the technical reasons you listed but could live with it despite that.

The entire reason I don’t install Ubuntu distros for Anyone anymore is that you can tell it specifically you want a deb and it can decide, no, no you don’t, and reinstall snapd and that app as a snap.

That’s ridiculous and against what I view Linux should be.

Can also use fpsync to speed things up. Handles a lot for you

To me it speaks more of the users, less of the DE.

As insufferable as KDE users always shitting on gnome?

I’ve generally found gnome users just use it. New KDE releases don’t have gnome fanboys bashing it, etc.

But new GNOME releases? Directly the opposite.

Really wish people would just chill.

Having had to set up a KDE install recently I really, really like Nautilus GUI better. A little less customizable/extensive but it’s so much cleaner.

My only real beef is having like 3 separate areas for options. Hamburger menu, then the dots in the address bar, etc.

I just use bazzite. Baked in, super easy.

Agree with op- I’ve never used it but man, big picture mode is just amazing. Simple to use and does everything I need.