Normally I always forget why I still keep thinking about switching back to Windows. Today was a great reminder. Linux can be frustrating. This post is somewhat about awareness and partly about me learning about other peoples experiences. I updated my CachyOS as usual. There were some system packages upgraded and I got the notification to reboot. Figuring I’d do it later I left after some time and the PC went to sleep. Upon returning the screen stayed black. Even upon forced reboot. Remembering I was using Limine with BTRFS snapshots I tried multiple previous snapshots but to no avail. I remember this happened before. So now I face another reinstall… This and having to dive into the deep end of terminal commands to get drivers, programs or games working can be quite frustrating. I understand why people are turned off and go back to Windows…
Onto NixOS for me. A big dive but it seems very stable which might be just what i need. I feel like the philosophy of NixOS combined with a graphical store to install programs and what not seems like a great solution.
What would your ultimate distro be like?
I think he has 2 ideas you are missing. The first is that this is a problem with the operative system, not the kernel, and to go with other operative system with ideology similar to the previous will likely make the same, regardless of kernel, so an operative system tailor for those whose do not want to configure is what should be aim for, like Linux Mint Debian Edition, which is my personal recommendation and preference when I do want something to work now but not to figure it out and configure in my Void ISO that like to make every now an then just when big updates arrives so I can simply install the image… The second is just referring to the posibility that by statistic you will end trying Mint soon or later.