For example, I’m using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it “friendlier” for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be “the universal operating system”.
I also think we could learn website design from… looks at notes …everyone else.

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    Debian is so hecking unstable for me omg… For some reason it just doesn’t play well with any hardware setup I’ve ever tried.

    Anyways, I use arch Linux which could REALLY do with a nice wiki overhaul by now. It’s not beginner friendly AT ALL! Been using the same install for almost 3 years now I think, but man… When I have to figure out something, the wiki isn’t the first thing I’ll go anymore.

    EDIT: Why the downvotes?

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      The Arch Linux wiki has been the best source for information for a long time for me. Many years ago the Gentoo wiki was good as well, till they lost all content and had to start from scratch.

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      If Debian fails in the same predictable way every time, for the same reason, it could be argued that it’s very stable, just not functional :) What kind of hardware do you use by the way?

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        It fails to run after a few days on several different laptops I’ve tried it on. Also on my main computer which is an amd 3900x with 64gb ram and a 3090. Arch however works perfectly fine, which is odd as heck

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      Downvote because i like the arch wiki very much and it was beginner friendly enough for me, tho (installed arch as a noob recently)

      (Well I did not really downvote to be honest, but if I did, that would be the reason)

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        Hm, weird. I tried following to wiki to fix some Bluetooth issues I had. It didn’t fix my issue and on top of that it’s all over the place.

        Man, I feel like some people treat the wiki as a hecking Bible omg…

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          Hmm… well… I don’t know, I just almost every time find my solution there and generally I just google xxx arch linux using DDGO. 💁🏻‍♀️ maybe it’s not for every kind of person 🤔

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      Idk about instability but in my experience Debian always required the highest amount of work to fix and set up (on very different machines) compared to other distros smh