I started with Bazzite but didn’t like that it was immutable. I broke the permissions on my drive and had to reinstall trying to force it to let me change the login screen background.

After that I switched to Garuda and have had it about a year.

The most painful part was figuring out what Linux uses as app stores and how they work. Bazzite just released Bazaar and I haven’t tried it yet but I hear it works on other distros too. Software installation and management is the biggest hurdle to easy use and that gap is closing fast.

The most common problem I have had is that a Windows app stops working and I try a different version of proton and the problem goes away.

I have only ever had to use the command like when doing weird stuff. Most people won’t need to.

Garuda also has a great helper app that lets you choose common starting software with check boxes, has buttons for updates, firmware, and other common settings, tweaks, and troubleshooting tools. It makes it pretty painless to get started.

Garuda also comes with KDE, Gnome, or Xfce (your choice) so you can get the desktop experience you like.

Garuda is also very user friendly and gaming focused if you want something that isn’t immutable.

Garuda absolutely nails it with their helper app that sets you up with a choice of popular software, handles updates, and gives you easy access to common settings.

It makes it very approachable for people new to Linux.

That’s fair, but as a Linux beginner, I was happy to have more software than I needed at the start rather than not enough. If you know what you are doing, I could see how you could have a different opinion.

I assume you are taking about desktop environment stuff? I installed the xfce version and it’s been pretty streamlined.

For stoic men (and maybe women, who knows?) Captain Phillips… but not till the end. It sneaks up on you.

Oh? I’m still a Linux noob, educate me.

After Bazzite I went to Garuda, is also gaming focused and has a handy helper app that helps you install common software, run updates, and more.

If you need a new distro it’s worth a look.

Garuda had the same gaming focus as Bazzite without the immutability.

Thank goodness we won’t have to worry about police brutality at this one!

Bazzite is great for gaming if you want an immutable distro, Garuda is great for gaming if you don’t.

“Look buddy, we didn’t drown any slaves, we just threw them overboard all chained together in the open sea, after that what happens to them isn’t our problem”

Same energy.

Maybe they aren’t very comfortable with English but know more people speak it? It’s kind of amazing how technology can let you communicate with people you otherwise couldn’t talk to otherwise.

I love Garuda, I’ll have to give it a watch. Thanks!

While doing your research, check out Garuda, it is gaming focused and I have found it extremely user friendly.

I started with Bazzite and moved from there to Garuda. Both have an Nvidia version that just takes care of that for you. I’ve never had to worry about drivers.

If you get to the point where you decide you want a distro that is not immutable, try Garuda, it’s where I went after Bazzite. It is also gaming focused and has a great helper app to install most of the things most people need and do updates.

The only right answer here is that being in a place where you have to extricate yourself from the situation means you are already deep in dangerous territory. Yes follow everyone else’s advice too, but if at the end of it you haven’t changed your behaviors so you are no longer exposed to this sort of risk, you still have a problem.

Rearrange your life so you aren’t alone with/having conversations with teenage girls. If that’s not possible, make sure you are never alone with them.

I’m surprised an adult hasn’t already heard this girls claim and sent the cops to pay you a visit.

You in danger girl.

Something like this has worked best for me. Don’t get ones with fancy adjustment settings, it just makes it too thick in your mouth. Get the kind you soften on your water and mold once

Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government, yes. They make the laws carried out by the executive branch. “Feds” refers to federal employees.

So yeah, members of Congress are feds, though not the ones you are used to seeing at your door.