Mullvad works fine on both LMDE and stock mint fwiw

True we say 15th September, not 15 September

Ubuntu is derived from Debian.

In linux there are 3 “popular” parent trees (plus a couple more obscure ones)

Debian tree, RedHat tree and Arch tree.

Debian is “parent” to Ubuntu is parent to Mint (standard versions)

LMDE applies Cinnamon and Mint tools to Debian.

Mint defaults to LTS. You can install the latest kernel through the upgrade manager

You can install the 6.2 kernel on mint through the upgrade manager gui. It’s just a couple of clicks.

On the other hand Mint has a reputation for “just works” because the defaults are indeed LTS

LMDE is the backup plan the guy you replied to was referencing.

It’s rough around the edges compared to mint cinnamon but it works just fine, just needs a bit more customising attention after the install.

Any watch supported by asteroidOS

https://asteroidos.org/

You can have secureboot on mint. On mobile but I’ll search up a link when at desk. It’s not terribly hard given Mint is derived from Ubuntu. Should come up in a search if you’re impatient

Ok but that reddit mod (it was /r/Linux right ? ) was eventually booted for being an utter arse and I’m 98% sure he didnt run Arch (he had a foss purism thing going and iirc was on debian)

I mean toxicity at reddit is why most of us are now on lemmy right ?

Thanks, appreciated.

Edit

I assume you mean 1.35gb of network data per day ? As opposed to per minute / per second etc

What’s the hardware and network demand like ? I’ve been vaguely thinking of doing so myself.

Sure but that’s true of any packaging system. The .deb or .rpm you just downloaded off not-a-scammer-honestly.com could just as easily be malware.

That was in 2018…

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-found-in-arch-linux-aur-package-repository/

The AUR has the same risks as adding a ppa to a debian tree install, or downloading an rpm from a website.

If it’s not in the official repository of your repo treat with caution

OP claims to have successfully installed arch to confirm it’s not a hardware issue fwiw

No prob.

In my opinion always check the arch wiki if you’re having problems, even if you’re not running Arch, it’s a gobsmackingly good repository of linux knowledge

Not had any run-ins with turnitin I see

Did you check the wiki ? If you look that model up on

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS/Printer-specific_problems you check the wiki ?

And click on brlaser (the default driver) you’ll find a comment pointing to a fork of the driver

https://github.com/Owl-Maintain/brlaser

Hope that helps. If you’d already gone through that then sorry to waste your time

Ditto. I’ve literally never had an aur package break my system either, but like you if it doesnt want to play first go, I’ll almost always find an alternative.

Which, again, misses the point. Original OP said “install native” replying OP said “but what about (package)” (obviously intending that to be a gotcha) and I replied with “well it’s in mine”

I have no idea what debs& rpms are available, nor do i care.

And what is this “possibly broken aur” rubbish ? It’s a repository, and it most certainly isn’t broken.

Individual packages may be broken but they can be broken in any repository. Are you saying there’s never been a broken package in a debian repository ? Lol.

Edit to correct “you” to “OP” as you aren’t the original person doing the “whataboutism”

Nope, nothing broke but

Aborting… error: failed to build ‘tuba-0.4.0-0.1’:

and I can’t be arsed troubleshooting why for a package I have no intention of using. LOL