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  • Thanks for sharing your experience! It sounds like Mint is mostly pretty manageable for a casual user, which is good news for me.

    I think a lot of Linux programs have moved to a distribution format called “flatpak” which I am not super familiar with, but I believe behaves the way you prefer (just download the app file and run it). Though fwiw, the command-line script installers are generally not actually doing much different from installers on Windows or Mac - they’re just not hidden behind a progress bar.







  • Very good point about rolling release vs point release - I’ll definitely factor that into the final decision.

    The primary reason I’m considering gaming distros is to have everything be as out-of-the-box as possible. I was thinking that issues with Steam/Proton will be less likely on a distro purpose-built to support them. But based on several of the comments here, it sounds like that might not be the case.

    It’s going to be pure Steam and maybe a Minecraft install, so no concerns there. Keeping it simple is my goal.

    Thanks for your insights!