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You know what anon, I don't know if this matters for (You) personally but maybe some other anons would be interested. Keep in mind these are just my opinions, from a perspective of someone who didn't see a reason to use Linux at all until Windows started feeling, uh, disrespectful.
>Does desktop Linux "ecosystem" suffer from a bit too large to comprehend fragmentation?
I would say so. It would be nice if the community that builds systems by piecing together software promoted one or max two "default" Linux-based systems. These shouldn't be called "distros for newbies" etc., instead it would be more reasonable to treat them as "the desktop Linux", maybe with 1-2 DE flavors. That would reduce the choice paralysis somepony can get when they just want "some Linux". Hard/software vendors would more easily target "the Linux", and tinkerers would figure stuff out themselves on other distros they prefer.
>So, is there the best distro?
No, just like there is no best pony (4cc aside). So far, I do not see a Linux system that's perfect OOTB, that I would recommend right away. All have some faults in my eyes (don't want to go into that rant now), but I believe most could fix them with a slightly different perspective.
>Is someone dumb if they type "do as I say!" when package manager decides it must uninstall half of the OS to install Steam?
I would argue this is not entirely LTT Linus's fault. That was an awful, terrible packaging error on PopOS behalf, first and foremost. Shit happens.
I don't appreciate it when some people try to make themselves feel better using cheap insults like "haha ur dumb, u didn't understand this would nuke ur OS". Linux systems should not inherently require technical knowledge to operate; even though gatekeeping can be good in some situations, in this case you know what it can do? Some people might be unhappy with Windows, try to check out something else, and get a feeling that Linux is just for elitists. The only thing left is Mac.
Even worse is that odd discussion technique, when someone makes Linux seem like something "evil", as in, "if you use it you are bad to your core, so go back to Windows you silly filly, and stay there even if you don't like it". I observe this relatively often in Linux/degoogled Android/FOSS/privacy/etc. discussions. Feels malicious.
So if somepony wanted to check out Linux on desktop, I wouldn't discourage them. It's got a looong way to go IMO, but it's not as awful or downright heretic as some paint it to be. Current state IMO is, it works rather nice on devices that are more like appliances rather than computers - case in point, Steam Deck. General purpose desktops have some rough edges, no point in pretending otherwise.
And, well, some people in the "Linux community" are giving it bad PR, either accidentally or deliberately. You can kind of feel this, even in this very thread. Ponies would be honest about the flaws, and encourage you to not fear the unknown!
