For example, I’m using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it “friendlier” for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be “the universal operating system”.
I also think we could learn website design from… looks at notes …everyone else.

  • 0x0
    15·
    9 months ago

    Slackware - if it ain’t broken don’t fix it. Gentoo - USE flags. Mint - user-friendly.

    • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      Slackware needs to learn how to be hip like arch. I’m the baby in our irc group, and I’m 40. All the cool kids are using arch BTW.

    • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 months ago

      Slackware is broken, though.

      • Its releases are so far apart that the default installer stops working in between releases cause it can’t handle the changes to the repos.
      • Its default software selection is outdated, makes no sense (multiple tools for the same task), and is grouped illogically. If I want to run Xfce, I shouldn’t have to install the KDE group to satisfy necessary dependencies. If I install the base group, all dependencies for using the package manager should be satisified. And Libreoffice shouldn’t be installable only via an unofficial, unsupported third party repo.
      • Its documentation is so outdated it isn’t useful anymore:
        https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:installing_on_uefi_hardware

      “Some modern computers have started to offer motherboards that use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) as a replacement for the traditional BIOS.”

      • 0x0
        12·
        9 months ago

        Don’t use it.

        • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
          3·
          9 months ago

          I did use it for a while, then switched to something else.
          Still have a soft spot for it in my heart, I just wish they’d modernize a little.