Debian is far from being a mainstream workstation distro.
Debian is/was a very good server distro but there are lots of good alternatives to debian nowadays which may be much better for someones usecase. Debian is not the ultima ratio.
Vscode is a good one. You may want eto use extensions. You can then drop texstudio as well.
If you are looking for WYSIWYG, marktext is great. But there are lots of markdown editors.
Iirc, Kde also published one last year which looked neat
If you are curious, zed might be the editor of the future.
What is inline latex? Do you just mean math, or do you really use latex functions?
Do you really have to use latex or can’t you already migrate to typst?
For raw markdown I can recommend any text editor I guess. I use vscode/codium the most.
Nice. This is such a stackoverflow answer. I love it
It’s very easy.
Got it, thx
That’s also a good question. I wouldn’t consider matrix too new or unstable. Also, there are too many huge and important stakeholders in matrix. Matrix won’t go away in the next years.
I’m not 100% sure. The “new” element call does not need an existing matrix account. But the people who decide upon the software aren’t always up to date or maybe element call will change
There is a lack of payment options.
This is the most important issue for me. I am happy to send a couple of bucks to a couple of services via bank transfer. It doesn’t cost anything. Paying >3% to paypal or stripe is just nuts. I won’t do that.
Edit: I would send 50 cents to many projects but I’d have to pay huge fees on that, so I don’t.
I guess only internals know. It could be the case that jitsi may be used across institutions and with companies and matrix for internal stuff. An external shareholder wouldn’t need to create a matrix account just to talk to you.
Nextcloud, jitsi and Matrix https://feddit.org/comment/6835786
This is patrick
Sounds like it also lists all dependencies. I would only want a list of those packages that I asked for. Package manager should handle dependencies, not me.
In the EU and its countries the agencies can’t just send their data anymore to microsofts servers. They train is rolling.
This is wrong on so many levels
I guess the best distro for gamers is https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite
I’m no gamer but if I were, I’d go with that. Thus could be helpful as well https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/
You said arch is not for beginners, OP is asking for a distro to learn. I asked why atomic is not for beginners, not for someone to learn. Op also didn’t say what she wants to learn about linux. Maybe she is no software dev and doesn’t want to learn how to package software. But even then, distrobox is only a few clicks away. Learning how to tweak the system before learning about firewall and other stuff is beyond beginner level in my opinion.
Why wouldn’t an atomic distro not be for beginners?
There’s no reason why a beginner wouldn’t be able to use one. Maybe i’s overwhelming for a power user that doesn’t know linux well but for a beginner who doesn’t use too much functionality it’s perfect. You just use flatpak which you should also do on non atomic distros.
I used the big ones, ubuntu, arch, opensuse and (atomic) fedora. Fedora had the nicest out of box experience. Morover, I moved to podman, systemd, selinux, etc. And the atomic version showed me a new workflow with flatpak and distrobox (nowadays, I use nix oftentimes).
The best part about it is that I do not care about the system anymore. I do not even interact with it. I don’t install packages (besides the base layer and minimal modifications that are long lasting like installing openssl for GNOME iirc)
I use mainly flatpaks, if I need aur, I fire up distrobox, or use nix if I want to. And the best part is, I’d have the exact same workflow even without the atomic version. Even on another distro. I do not interact with it much.
Moreover, I am happy with all the choices fedora made with the base package and images. I do not have to do an informed choice like on arch. It just updates whenever I boot my pc. I do not need to read updates, they are just there, somewhere. I do not need to disable snaps or work around weird choices. I just start firefox, vscodium, a terminal and do whatever I want to do.
Edit: I actually wanted to switch back to opensuse just to support it but I guess I’d rather move to nix some day. Maybe with niri and cosmic.
I never said debian wasn’t fine. Where do I doubt that debian wasn’t stable? Which of the bigger 10 distros isn’t stable?