I've been considering dipping my toes in and trying to learn Linux for the first time recently, having seen a couple screenshots from Mint that look approachable and not intimidating.... Can somebody tell me how Mint would fair if it was included in this comic so I know what I'm getting myself into (or if I should try Fedora or something....)

edit: typo

I use Artix btw

I started using EndeavourOS which is pretty close to Arch with a better installer. Uses their repos unlike Manjaro.

My first real experience with installing/running Linux on my own machine back in the day was with Gentoo. My experience was basically the same as Arch guy there, except with the added step of compiling every single component from source. On a Celeron equipped laptop. Nobody warned me about that part.

It took fucking ages. I was stuck in textmode land with Matrix code flying up the screen for like three fucking days, before I even got to a shell prompt.

I gave up. I just run Debian now.

What the guy on the right is doing seems like cultural appropriation of trans catgirl culture.

Debian guy could have saved time by connecting to lan after boot and installing the wifi package directly.

Only ever recorded instance of hat-wearing Linux user saying “I’m in” and not meaning an access acquisition

When I first tried to install Arch, I gave up when I got confused with the documentation for an encrypted install.

But since I've discovered archinstall, it's a dream to do and arguably faster to install than other distros.

Arch has an awesome installer now so this is pretty dated.

Old comic

You don't install Fedora. You buy a server with pre-installed Fedora and a three-year support contract.

You don't care about updates. You don't care if it breaks. You just get a replacement server, covered by a contract.

This is why I switched from Slackware, it could run in a toaster but by the time I had setup a 5 button mouse others were already doing things.

It's great for learning tho.