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[–] Mereo 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I prefer Bazzite which is Steam OS like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nobara can mimic it just as well..?

[–] Mereo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not Atomic so not newbie friendly like Steam OS.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don't find atomic to be newbie friendly. Especially when the majority of guides and how-to's do not assume an atomic style os.

[–] Mereo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The existing guides have not yet caught up with the paradigm shift of atomic distros.

When I say it's newbie friendly, it's because the base system is read-only (only /etc and /var are writable), and updates are only applied if all transactions are successful.

This paradigm shift requires people to install flatpak applications and command-line applications in distrobox containers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, I know. Which can be a pain in the ***. And until the guides and stuff catch up, it's not newbie friendly now is it?