I forgot about fedora. It runs really well. I forget that's what I would use if Arch wasn't around. I actually loved slackware, I just need them to update their kernel more than once a decade. When I was running old hardware it was fun. I don't know why it's so satisfying. I think it just feels like home..

Ration the private jets, the rest of us have to work for next months rent

I think the best way to counter this is to fix Ubuntu. It has what it needs to work as an introductory distro. I don't know what made Ubuntu so bloated and buggy but I bet it's salvageable. I'm not saying Ubuntu was ever the greatest but it was one of the first distro to be simple to use.

When I first came over from windows in 2013 Ubuntu detected all of my hardware and would install drivers by clicking a button. That seems like not a big deal now but then it felt like a miracle, it gave me a chance to learn about Linux while it was also functional.

If omarchy takes that new user crowd it might actually be a problem. Omarchy might fail if they don't keep stealing from Arch development.

Maybe I'm out of touch because I have no idea what new linux users go to today. Steamos? What are the usual hurdles that new users face in 2026?

I don't think that's true. I've been bombarded with omarchy ads for months. I had no idea what is was about but it just kept popping up on my feeds. It's good to talk about it because until now I just thought it was a new popular arch based distro.

My point is that I think a ton of the money is spent on spreading the word about the new and cool thing. It's important to counter that campaign

It's so frustrating that I can't run office software. But why is adobe a problem?

The Democrats are losers. They will never do anything. Every opportunity that they have is wasted. Don't expect them to do anything. All those old 80 year Dems are just sitting on a pile of money, they don't give a fuck about anything the right does

Fedora is pretty good

Ventrilo. Been sitting in ventrilo for 30 years