the daily builds were a trainwreck here leading up to the release, but somehow it all sorted out at the end. my test installs of release (ubuntu, cinnabun, studio, kde) went ok.. with only a few minor issues, like the blueman applet crash in cinnamon.
yup. once it reaches the threshold, the congressional and legal battles that follow will likely keep it from ever actually taking effect without a constitutional amendment.
i think gnome, suitably configured, is a great choice for a basic pc or chromebook|box alternative. simple windows, fewer options to get lost in or to screw up, big fat launcher buttons for the one or very few things that'll ever get run. throw in atomic updates and flatpak only applications, and it's near perfect for these users.
i still make a swap partition (inside the encrypted volume group). if it's used, great--if not, no big deal, as ssd should keep some empty bits anyway.
it won't. ubuntu's announcement pertains to the extra demands of gnome, their flagship release, and it's default configuration.
mint doesn't ship a gnome spin, and cinnamon, mate and xfce are lighter-weight.. and mint is not dependent upon snaps, nor is it even configured oob with snap support enabled.
latest Gnome desktop, modern web browsers, and typical multitasking workflows
so use a lighter-weight de (xfce, lxqt, budgie), and don't go crazy with brower tabs or open applications, and you'll be ok.. like you're probably already doing now if you've got a 'marginal' pc.
i've still got an 'emachines' here. granted, nothing inside is original anymore, except the optical with the curved silver bezel. has an am3 board in it now (originally a barton core on nvidia chipset). i keep it around because it has ide ports.. and yes, i do use those. had to dig it out twice in the last month.
that's a different thing. chromium edge has always had the 'load at startup' option (enabled by default, of course).. to make 'loading' it when you do run it, 'faster'.
this new innovation will launch the actual browser window, too.
they still sell dsl that slow here.. and of course the telephone company charges those people even more than they do in town for 20-60mbit dsl or 100-1000mbit fiber.
there's a few projects for running windows in a container.. winboat and winapps are a couple that come to mind. dunno if they're ready for 'prime time' yet. interesting concept, though.
my first install of debian was before it had names. my most recent was last tuesday. i've strayed for short stints, but debian is where it's at. i do have a couple 'others' but they are special setups for specific things.
if you like the deb-based system but want to get away from canonical, trixie is ready to rescue you.
the daily builds were a trainwreck here leading up to the release, but somehow it all sorted out at the end. my test installs of release (ubuntu, cinnabun, studio, kde) went ok.. with only a few minor issues, like the blueman applet crash in cinnamon.