Mikina, I 100% agree! Am a pretty new user of Nobara as a daily driver, switched like a month ago (I did have extensive CLI experience with Linux servers, along with Kali VM for work), and I’ve only realized what DE actually is only a week ago, because no one mentioned how important choice it is - it was usually just a note, that wasn’t given enough importance.
So please, if you’re ever recommending any linux distro to somenone who’s asking, please include a short paragraph about what DE is and how importnant choice it actually is, and that they should not ignore it. I hated Gnome, and KDE feels so much better (only found about it when reinstalling broken first Fedora install to Nobara), but I didn’t know I can switch or that there was that choice in the first place - I though KDE vs Gome is a back-end thing, similar to X11 vs Wayland. It’s not, but people don’t usually explain it when recommending distributions.
Dkarma, Sudo alone should be the deciding factor.
RoyaltyInTraining, Both are important. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to resort to containers, VMs, or compiling from source, just because some application decided to only provide packages for Arch or Debian.
pewgar_seemsimandroid, cinnamon eh?
OpenStars, For short-term comfort yes, though eventually the hassle of switching may outweigh that, and some users may prefer a longer-term view?
cupcakezealot, side note i like the use of calvin over that other guy
Rustmilian, (edited ) Meh, I feel that the only important choice is the type of distro; source, rolling, stable, immutable, reproducible, etc. as that’d impact difficulty to some degree.
Beyond that, it’s not a big deal. Newbies will just pick the DE their most comfortable with. The popular DEs don’t really have difficulties, just differences.
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