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this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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This is the reason I really like the distros that everyone shits all over for being "just pre-installed software, custom configs, and themes" like mint or Garuda or zorin... Almost all of them come out of the box with a graphical interface for managing grub settings (and most other parts of the OS) so you don't have to faff with getting command line just right, you just select the thing you want from a drop down box and it works.
I'll probably get shit all over myself for saying this though, lol.
Every time someone says experienced users should use a more difficult to use distribution I die a little inside - I happily use Mint, have done for years, why make my life more difficult?