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[–] peanuts4life@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sounds really cool, but I've honestly had issues installing it on two PCs now on two separate occasions separated by a couple months. Issues I didn't have installing Ubuntu. The installer would fail to complete. I'm not a Linux power user, and while I tried debugging for a few hours, I gave up.

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting. I might give it a go in a VM. I’m also waiting for the new DE from Pop!_OS, too may options lol