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.

this is the sort of thing that looks so easy and then i give it a go and an extremely scuffed dickbutt happens instead.

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.

this is the way

well this didnt go very well

this one is better. i wish we could include that they for no reason jumped on the tracks before jumping off the tracks and then shooting for no reason

ah ok. thanks

i found the answer

it gets awkward fast wen you say to someone you just met online “hey, i love your pp” or “hey, i noticed you have a cool pp”

true

you got any sources on any of this? what do you mean by “speed” anyway?

i dont understand why this is a conversation. shouldnt we just have the option to turn it on and off?

sick font

check out Ly, its default is a black screen https://github.com/fairyglade/ly

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”.

they would still be totally wrong. it will be available for new installs the moment kde adds it to the plasma packages. their comment makes zero sense.