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>I've only been using this operating system for two weeks...I have already been productive with it and from my experience this is a really polished system.

If it works, it works. Artists have a different set of needs and the thread mentioned in the article showed stability > features

https://discuss.kde.org/t/fedora-kde-40-plans-to-completely-...

Don't confuse the linux distro term Stable, with Stability. They are unrelated.

I want that on a shirt

One of the things that Debian distros have over RPM based distros to me is installation. Even the worst one I've used (Debian stable) is better any RPM one. I've tried openSUSE and mandriva. Also, there's something about RPM distros, that I've tried, don't feel like they are mine to control.

I don't know why you're comparing them based on package formats as if that makes the distributions similar. Mandriva was also discontinued 12 years ago.

I wasn't comparing package formats at all. I only mention RPM to generalize the type of distro.

It was definitely more recent then 12 years ago. Maybe it wasn't mandriva but it was a kde based distro. I prefer KDE and many of the recommended ones are RPM based so recently I tried many of them but their installations were far more limited compared to Linux Mint/Ubuntu/MX and the resulting system didn't feel like something I had much control over.

Also, Debian has backports, so the 'non-supported hardware' babble it's bullshit. For sure you will have the latest MESA and Kernel in backports while keeping the rest stable enough.

I haven't heard that about Debian. But i am no daily Debian user.

Curiosity: What would you recommend then, for someone who doesn't want to be ignorant or complacent?

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