this is just calamares, the most used installer across the span of linux distros.
on the question of why this approach vs dedicated desktop environment installs, well, ive always wondered about the pros and cons on that too. one pro is that with a dedicated DE iso you dont need an internet connection to install it. otherwise im not sure why people would choose one or the other.
yeah snapper is brilliant, and snap is trash.
LOL. respectfully, this is a hilarious question.
if i understand correct, base distros like arch and debian have many servers and this shouldnt be an issue. Perhaps the mirrors you are choosing are slow. Ive had terrible experiences choosing geographically close mirrors. If youre using pacman maybe trying rate mirrors or reflector and just letting the it auto select for you would help.
never having to resize windows with my mouse, or sort through layers of stacked windows has been a life changer for me.
also, if i open two windows it automatically uses the space. non tiling doesnt usually act this nicely
i wish kde and krohnkite handled onscreen keyboards properly together. the windows just resize and glitch the fuck out unless its the sole window open.
edit - im a kde diehard fan and i never use it without krohnkite. but these days im preferring using niri + a custom mix of dms and noctalia shell. you should check out the shells, they give nearly a full desktop experience these days.
thats the joke
i dont understand why this is a conversation. shouldnt we just have the option to turn it on and off?
incredibly unhelpful
trickles down from the base kde packages. this is simple.
it appears they may not understand rolling release, or proper grammar to describe the situation, but theres an actual answer to their question, which is anything but "not at all".
as if i needed another reason to avoid nvidia. unconscionable move here.