Procapra [comrade/them, she/her]

Wayland isn’t even adopted by every desktop environment yet. xfce, cinnamon, mate, lxqt, and all the ancient window managers all use x11, and all have their users.

If it works on xwayland, chances are it won’t be switched for a long time.

Devuan. If you need stable, and you like runit, thats the easiest option.

Debian isn’t unsecure because security updates for packages are still received.

If the attached image is your tags, you’re fine.

Personally, I use PassWord123! for everything. It says its a strong and secure password so why wouldn’t I use it for everything?

Immutable distro…yeah I’m good.

Def the library. Half the people at my local library are there for that exact reason.

If you are doing any downloads (especially torrents) you should be using a VPN.

1. Your ISP will usually send a letter telling you to stop, in some cases they’ve been known to cut peoples service.
2. Free vpns sell your data and usually have caps, but would probably prevent you from getting letters in the mail.
3. What is cheaper? A vpn account or paying for 2-3 streaming services?
4. I use a nordvpn account I bought from a reseller. Back when I got it nordvpn was still pretty good, but idk how people feel about it nowadays.

If they want to game, can’t commit to only playing steam games, and can’t learn how to use lutris, have them stay on windows. Linux will never live up to their expectations.

I meant more that, when it comes to newer bleeding edge software, some of the bugs introduced won’t be as well recorded and people won’t know exactly how to remedy your specific problem. Whereas with debian/ubuntu or fedora, often its as simple as typing whatever problem you’re having into a search engine, plugging some junk into the terminal, and it fixing the problem 90% of the time.

But I agree with your comment overall so have my upvote! :)

Tips for switching to linux:

1. Determine if your hardware will play nice with linux. If you have Broadcom or Realtek wifi/bluetooth be aware that linux doesn’t always have great drivers for those. Nvidia gpus don’t always play nice with wayland.

2. Certain anti-cheats for games just don’t work on linux.

3. (might not apply to you since you’re in IT) Try to avoid using obscure linux distros or bleeding edge distros like Arch. You’ll run into issues and not many people will be able to help. Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu seem to be the popular distros rn for most people.

Have you tried to manually move the mods to the correct location after install?

I usually only run LTS kernels but I might make an exception here.

Thanks! This looks like a good alternative to microsoft teams.