I agree with you, but something jumped out at me while reading this thread. To a degree, the fear of “breaking something” is completely legitimate, but it’s based on not getting quick feedback from systems. For instance, if you are walking in a direction that you think is east, but the sun is setting ahead of you, you know you’re headed in the wrong direction. Computers often don’t provide such useful feedback, often leading users to “break things.”

5/5

In fairness, x11 is a bit of a dumpster fire and has been as long as I’ve used Linux (since 2003).

Me, I’m big on free, but I recently noticed something… What was it?.. Someone told an anecdote about something they valued, and it seemed clear that it was because they paid. And it got me to thinking money is effectively now what church was thru the 1990s. And, like, is that weird and probably dysfunctional? Yes. Does that make it less true? No.

Your bar is high! Does it boot to a GUI? That’s mine, and it sounds like it doesn’t – so no YT.

/shrug that’s gotta be the most being scam I’ve ever heard.

You can do it!

Linux (esp Debian) loves tenacity.

If you really want to secure your computer, encase that puppy in concrete (after disconnecting it from power),