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  • I love both GNOME and automatic/dynamic tiling. So Regolith should have been a match made in heaven. However, unfortunately:

    • It’s not found in the repositories of any major distro. You know it’s messed up if it’s not packaged as a nixpkg!
    • If you can look surpass that, it’s still intended only on Debian/Ubuntu. While the AUR package exists (and even RebornOS -an Arch-derivative- offers it in their own repos), you’re simply out of luck outside of that. So, as a Fedora enjoyer myself, this unfortunately applies to me as well.


  • Unsure if you’re being serious or not. Or if this is just bait. So I apologize in case I just got whooshed.

    There’s a decent amount of distros that don’t require you to ever operate a terminal. Updates either

    • happen automatically in the background
    • Or, you’re prompted for an update and can choose to run it
    • Or, within settings or a dedicated app, you can press a button to initiate the process of updating

    Furthermore, most distros that are recommended for beginners don’t need regular updates anyways.

    Updating isn’t the only part that has been taken care of by this set of distros. Linux has become pretty smooth sailing overall.

    Notable exceptions to the above are mostly tied to some janky/troublesome hardware setup. Or, if you’d like to run software that isn’t easily accessible. In those cases, while a GUI-only solution may exist, it’s simply a lot easier for all involved parties if a terminal solution is offered instead:

    • it works on most distros; irrespective of version, DE, base distro or whatsoever. So, the one providing a solution doesn’t have to create over a dozen of distinct solutions to cover all bases
    • these methods tend to change a lot less frequently. Sometimes solutions are tied to DEs, and these may change how they organize stuff over time. So, terminal solutions have better longevity
    • instead of moving through dozens of menus/toolbars/buttons or whatsoever, you literally copy and paste a couple of commands and you’re done. I would prefer the terminal any day

    OP, you did get me curious, though. Which distro do you use?







  • Initially, I was drawn to KDE Plasma for familiarity. Therefore, when installing Linux for the first time, I chose a distro with KDE Plasma. Which happened to be Fedora Kinoite 35, a very new distro at the time. It was clearly buggy and after fiddling with it for some time, I just had to rebase to Silverblue (and GNOME) for the lack of alternatives.

    Thankfully, I actually happened to really like GNOME. This was on a laptop and GNOME’s touchpad gestures just felt very satisfying and intuitive; much better than anything else I had experienced before. Its (intended) workflow also made a lot of sense that way.

    GNOME has really grown on me ever since. And while I’ve revisited KDE Plasma to see what I was supposedly missing out on, I simply stuck to GNOME as it felt cleaner and more elegant.





  • From Star Labs their StarLite tablet looks very attractive. Right now I considering buying a tablet for drawing and a laptop for 3D modeling instead of 2-in-1.

    Honestly, this makes a lot of sense. It’s unfortunate that all of your needs aren’t satisfied by a single device. Assuming that the drawing capabilities of the Starlite and Infinityflex are up to par, their hardware specs don’t come even close to Blender’s recommended. So opting for a second device may indeed be necessary.

    Whatever you’ll end up picking, I hope you and your wife will be satisfied with the end result 😉!


  • Consider giving devices offered by NovaCustom a look.

    When it comes to Linux-first laptop vendors, it’s definitely my favorite out of the bunch.

    On purchasing one of their devices, they offer:

    • 3 years of warranty
    • 5 years of firmware update support
    • 7 years of (guaranteed) spare parts availability

    I’m simply unaware of any other (Linux-first) firm that can compete regarding the above.

    And I haven’t even mentioned how vast their customization options are, or how well-praised their support is.

    I’m actually stunned why it’s not mentioned more often in these conversations.


    Btw, I’d actually recommend you to consider the whereabouts of the respective support centers before you buy a device. You never hope to be in that situation, but it makes a real difference when it matters. So, in case you’re unaware, AFAIK:

    • NovaCustom; Netherlands. But as long as you’re in EU mainland, it should be good enough.
    • Star Labs; UK. EU outside of Great Britain is OK.
    • System76; USA.
    • Tuxedo; Germany. Again, EU mainland is fine.