Re: TODO
"I've been using linux since Sarge 3.1, jumped a few distro's then stayed on ubuntu until Gnome classic popped of then jumped to xubuntu.
Once I was confident with linux and all things terminal I then made a VM running Arch, Installed that a few times to get the hang of that then lived in there for a few months to get the quirks out the way and then finally moved over to full on install.
Never looked back and have finally settled in hyprland on Arch with xfce as a fallback if wayland gets all weird"
Isn't this the basic problem? Present that comment to a average user and they'd look at you blankly. Present a USB install of win 11, stick it in the hole and go (give or take signing your life away) and away you go. Choice and variation across what seems to be "Linux" causes basic confusion.
There just needs to be a core install system that is extremely similar across all distros with no big user decisions or distros to decide on - just "Linux".
Everything "tweaky" should be built out from that core *if you want it but it is not necessary*. At the moment, user decisions that impact the basic system happen far too early and are far too confusing for general use.
Windows is currently a turtle, laying on it's back and desperately waggling it's legs in the air, but user confusion is not allowing Linux to take advantage of that situation. Indeed the desperate desire for difference may result in the Linux community directing users to turn over the turtle ...