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What software have you found particularly frustrating or difficult to configure on Linux?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

As this is for a HTPC, I would rather go for uBlue Bazzite instead of Nobara. Same Fedora base, super gaming oriented too, but atomic/immutable so 0 maintenance.

Plus, uBlue projects are not distros but an alternative build pipeline system for Fedora Atomic projects. That means that the projects scope is tiny and much easier to maintain, and that the real distro maintainers are still the Fedora team. From a user perspective, it's much better in the long term than a single-person effort like Nobara.

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

From the little research I’ve done, I don’t think that I want an immutable OS. Sure, I only want to use it as a HTPC today, but what about tomorrow when I find some obscure thing I need to do that requires me to change some things?

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

Sure you're absolutely free to do as you please ;)

From personal experience tho, anything connected to the TV should Just Work^TM^. Nothing more frustrating than just wanting to watch an episode or play a quick game before going to bed and having to spend this time doing updates and maintenance instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That’s a good point, and something I’ll think about before deciding.