What the heck‽ Is it gold-plated‽

That is concerning amount of query parameters.

Here me out: instead of a full-fledged OS, it’s a .exe file that installs the distro of the user’s choice?

That sounds like a lot of work, but also genuinely good fun :3

Thanks for the info! Also, thanks for reminding me the VMs exist, and I can test my migration lol

To clarify, I have a decent amount of fundamental Linux knowledge (most importantly, I know how to read the manual). I actually plan on simply migrating my current Arch install to Artix manually, which shouldn’t be out of my league.

Btw, I appreciate the use of thorn. I’m probably gonna steal it :3

Right, I understand that it’s possible; it’s just a tiny bit trickier for newbies like me :3

Oh, I definitely think it’s a good idea; I just want to be ready for any potential complications I might encounter.

Yeah, I mean IBM. It had and has ties to not-so-great governments, and I just can’t trust it.

Dang! I just got Mullvad, and I’ve been considering migrating to Artix, so that’s good to know.

AFAIK, neither X nor Wayland have ties to tech giants. Possibly more practically, X and Wayland both fulfil one purpose/need, whereas Systemd has some scope-creep going on, which feels a tad intentional.

Systemd kinda feels like an attempt at creating a back door for big tech and government agencies.