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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I use Debian but still use the Arch wiki quite often. It’s a great resource. I improve Debian’s wiki where I can (eg I wrote a few sections on this page: https://wiki.debian.org/NFSServerSetup) but it’s just not the same.

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[…] till they lost all content and had to start from scratch.

What happened? Now you got me curious

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Let’s see. 15 years. Hosting company didn’t pay the bills. All gone. No backups.

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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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Maybe the kernel version on Debian lacks hardware support fixes?

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That’s like saying you don’t get pyramids because they tip over so easily. It sounds like a you problem.

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Lmao

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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

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