i’ve never used linux mint and i’m curious, how does it differentiate from debian? Might not matter much, but i recall hearing they have their own package with the xedit name so one can’t install the original xedit and that’s not really great packaging.

That’s weird, I’ve made over 20 fresh debian installs and they were all successful without such glitch. The commandline installer is more stable though. (had a few displaying distorted screen in gui mode for some reason)

Yeah sure but they do force snap for some packages (while making it look like apt running) and it isn’t ideal. I don’t see any reason to use ubuntu over debian unless I’m some corporation that needs to run the same version for 10 years with their subscription.

#1. The distro matters, but not much tbh. The main difference is usually the package manager being used, the default DE/WM, init system (sysvinit/systemd/openrc), and the variant of packages they ship. #2. Avoid Ubuntu if so. #3. I recommend Debian stable. #4. Can’t say much about HDR, multiple monitors are probably fine. (different refresh rate and such can be a hassle to configure tho) #5. Yes KDE is a good choice.

+Photoshop/VS probably runs in WINE but I’m not sure. You might need VM.

this is perfect

Congrats! Works fine from sdf.org as well

Not a fan of systemd, but I’m glad they still keep OpenRc selectable.

I’m unable to find any other source that confirms this, can anyone help?

Mull, Kiwi, Cromite looks okay for me. Though I have to admit Mull(Fenix) is kinda slow on my old devices, so I use Cromite there.

if it was never public/forked i guess it’s alright…?

nice findings!