That’s only as long as you have money for a Pixel (and most people don’t).

I wasn’t talking about Arch based. I was talking about Cachy specifically. It’s even more unstable. Good Arch based distros can be decent if you don’t mind occasional troubleshooting. Also Arch is more stable than Windows.

Sure but Flatpak is the package format for new users and it’s a very bad decision for a beginner focused distro to restrict it.

Still it’s ridiculous they only allow submissions via a gitlab account.

It’s not as ridiculous as only accepting translations on GitHub/GitLab imo.

Oh then create an account there I guess.

I guess it’s time to create a GitLab account.

No it’s just a license breakage. It happens sometimes.

Well technically Mint has one terrible default nowadays that is hidden unverified Flatpaks.

the best way to help a non-enthusiast use Linux, is to maintain their system for them, so they don’t have to.

Uhh that’s a very unpopular approach. Nobody wants to do that.

Nix? Nah better stay away from that one.

Another thing that’s needed is icon labels or alternative text. Apps like LibreOffice suffer from icon-heavy UI which is hard to understand and remember for new users and even for me without any explanations.

No. Old UI is terrible. The newest UI with extremely rounded corners is bad too but I’d much rather use it than old stuff.

It’s not very stable though. It failed majorly in my case.

Minding wallpapers if they’re not questionable or illegally obtained sounds like a symptom of a disorder to me. That’s my answer.

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I agree with this. However the very latest Pixels (with the stock ROM) might be a bit more invasive than the phones by an OEM like Motorola or Nokia.

Not really. A smartphone with a privacy-respecting OS and E2EE communication apps only is more secure. Though you can argue that it’s not really a phone if you don’t use the soter service.

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It’s not just about privacy. In this case it’s also about law evasion and possible hiding assistance.