Mostly because they're uneducated fools, that haven't any actual idea what the hell they're talking about.
Unless you're pulling sources, and building everything yourself, everything you get from most major distributions is "pre-compiled".
People hate anything new, they fear change, and they like drama, that's all it is.
Fedora Silverblue or openSUSE Aeon, I'd probably say.
I have no idea who signs his paychecks, but no, none of the announcement about the RHEL Sources affects Fedora in any way, unless Nobara is pulling sources from RHEL (which it isn't) this doesn't affect it at all. Nobara isn't an official Fedora, or RedHat product or project.
No, this changes nothing for me.
I'm not entirely certain about the actual HPC stuff, but there's no good reason CentOS Stream wouldn't do what you need.
No, it really doesn't. Anybody is welcome to start their own seperate flatpakrepo. Fedora already does this. Any organization could do the same, if they chose to.
I've been using openSUSE Aeon/Kalpa (Formerly openSUSE microOS Desktop) for close to 2 years now, and I don't see any good reason to return to a traditional distribution.
Doesn't matter what distro you choose. I'd suggest picking one with a large support base, and not a niche distro.
But ultimately, pick one, don't become a distro hopper, or one of these folks that's always asking "what's the best distro".
As a new user, if you try out a distro for a few months and it's just not "clicking" for you, there's nothing wrong with trying something else out.
More than anything else, once you do find the distro that feels like home, learn to tune out the haters, because they're going to crawl out from under their rocks every bloody time you mention the distro you use, and try and tell you why what they like is better.
You'll notice I haven't mentioned which distro I use. And that's for a reason. I happen to think it's pretty damned fantastic, but there's at least one other person that will read this, and feel its the worst thing ever, of all time.
As far as tips go? Learn to read error messages, learn how to use a websearch, learn how to ask intelligent questions when you need help.
I highly recommend giving this a read: https://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Yes, it's old, but it's just as relevant as it was when Eric Raymond wrote it back in 2001.
This pretty much sums up my exact feelings about this whole thing. And saves me from having to write it.
I've been daily driving openSUSE Aeon/Kalpa for the better part of two years now. I don't see any good reason to return to a traditional distribution for a desktop machine. I very much know what I'm doing as a linux user/admin, having been using it for years, and the no-fuss/no-hassle nature of an immutable system is exactly what I want for my workstations. And ultimately my servers.
Negative. If the seat is that untrustworthy, I'll just find a different toilet.
I will never claim they are authentic, or even great, but I will destroy the 2 for a buck tacos.