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    [–] deanne@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    some hardware

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

    [–] deanne@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    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.

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    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?

    [–] deanne@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

    peppermint is fine, you can use it