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Huh, I didn’t even know that existed. Thanks!

What is the quick look function you’re referring to? Are you talking about command spacebar to quickly find stuff? You can do that in Pop with the super key.

LOL. Yes, but add an E at the end. Like this::

As a regular user of both, I’m able to accomplish custom stuff faster with Linux, but Mac is pretty hands off once you get it set up. That said, it’s a garbage OS out of the box. It’s 2024 and it doesn’t even have windows snapping or back button support. You have to install and configure 3rd party tools to make it behave like something created in the last two decades. I’m pretty sure Apple doesn’t give a shit about their Mac OS anymore, since most of their money comes from iOS and store purchases/subscriptions.

I wouldn’t have to if she were using Pop!_OS. It’s completely self maintaining. Next time she turns it on it’ll install any pending updates.

You will never make me pronounce the G. Never!

Some people hate life.

Reddit does this. Ever since they released their latest design they don’t actually unload anything you’ve already viewed and pretty soon afterwards the site completely breaks.

They must have started again. It was a dead project when I switched to FairEmail. I’m glad to hear it, because it’s a good program.

K-9 mail is what I originally used, but it isn’t supported or being developed any more. There were some weird issues that I can’t remember now that caused me to switch to FairEmail.

The Evolution email client is pretty great, and FairEmail for Android.

Pretty sure he was using DOS in at least one scene.

You probably need to enable DRM content, it’s a setting in Firefox.

I love Arch, but I’m an old school nerd who likes fiddling with my computer. If you’re the type of person who just wants your shit to work with minimal fuss, then you’re probably right that Arch isn’t the right distro for you. Someone else said that Manjaro has actually migrated pretty far from Arch over the years, so that may not be right for you either now. If you want to try Arch, but don’t want to spend time setting it up then it sounds like EOS is probably a good place to start, but I’m not familiar with EOS at all. That will probably still require some additional configuration for anything special you have going on like custom sound cards, or old printers. I’ve been using Pop_OS on my gaming desktop for a few years now and it’s a really hands-off OS that brings a lot of the cool parts of Linux without requiring much fuss or customization. It is a port of Ubuntu though, so if you want an Arch experience then EOS is the way, or Manjaro for a neutered Arch experience but a little less hands-on. I don’t actually have any first-hand experience with Manjaro or EOS though, I’ve only read about them. If you have a few hours to try them out then you might end up finding a new OS that improves your digital life. Some other people might be able to give you more information, or you can just go for it! Hopefully that helps a little. Sorry I don’t have all the answers.

Edit EOS is short for EndeavourOS , so you don’t get lost looking at other stuff with the same acronym

See the first point.

If it’s that simple to solve every time-sink mentioned in the OP, why isn’t that available by default?

Because a lot of people like setting everything up themselves and having full control over everything they install.

Or why isn’t there a distro flavor that is just that?

There is, Manjaro or EOS.

Arch is for people who want to fiddle around with computers during their free time.

Source: was one of those people for a long time and still am occasionally. I use Arch on an old laptop and it’s pretty awesome. But I use Pop on my gaming desktop because it’s stupid simple.

Are there commands to exclude packages you don’t need or want? Part of what makes Arch special is that you get only what you need and nothing else.

Do you mean the script? That’s pretty much what Manjaro is to my knowledge, Arch with an installer script.

Meh, Arch users like it. Plus not having stuff you don’t want or don’t use on your OS makes it snappier and easier to update and maintain.