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      5 days ago

      it’s not hard, but it only specifically consists of free software. that can be confusing and some hardware won’t work

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        5 days ago

        some hardware

        You mean nvidia stuff or could be others? there are open-source alternatives for everything that can be considered general use

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          including, but not limited to nvidia. network cards might be another issue. yes i know that there are open source alternatives and i most definitely choose foss where i can but people that just came from windows aren’t likely to care.

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            5 days ago

            i saw on a hardware website that only a select few of devices run well with these distros. What about Peppermint? i heard that is relatively privacy-oriented but doesn’t extend this philosophy on drivers, and instead tries to provide a lightweight, bloat-free webapp-based system. How good is it?