It's an entire distribution and they do not just rely on the Archlinux servers too. I mean this is what a distribution does after all. The point of a distribution is to package Linux with predefined set of applications and configurations into a full fledged operating system. Archlinux itself requires lot of manual steps and knowledge to make it ready for the end user. That's why there are distributions like Omarchy, CachyOS, SteamOS and EndeavourOS, all with their own spin on Archlinux.
If you don't like it, fine, but its unfair to downplay their work. I personally think second class distributions in the sense of a "spin" or "flavor" are important too. Especially because it makes it easy to get into for newcomers, and it makes it just less work for anyone who knows but is lazy to do all the steps. There is value in these distributions. No one forces you to use them. It's not just "dotfiles", if you look closely, you see bunch of conversion scripts and a personal identity with a focus on a specific style.
Just a little bit education, so you and if you ask questions the people trying to help you don't get confused.
Flatpak is just the format. There can be many different independent stores. A store is a place where developers can upload their program with description and ready to install. Flathub in example is such a store, and the most common and popular one. Then there are applications who manage the download and installation from Flatpak. Discover is such an application in example. You can add other Flatpak sources, Flathub is most of the time already setup for you to use in Discover (and other apps).
I just use the commandline, which is the most efficient and fast way. For looking up I can still just use the Flathub website, and then use the commandline to install, remove and update the Flatpaks. But you need to learn and understand how terminals and commandline operation work (which isn't a bad thing to learn anyway.
Some stability with money can't hurt, but off course its always a little bit concerning. Omarchy is not the only company helping out with money, and they are all limited in what money they can give. So looks like stays independent. We need to see how this develops over time.
I personally am not against backing up with money, as long as they stay independent.
Edit: The joke was not meant to downplay the usefulness or to be disrespectful. Just wanted to clarify this. I'm currently going through it for fun, and there are lot of I didn't heard of. So I might be a Law Breaker after all.
I think the mistake I do (and many others) is trying to compare existing mechanisms from other languages, without the full picture around that mechanic. Every time I think to understand what a Monad is, its wrong. :D Guess I have to dive deeper to understand what that actually means, not just as an explanation. Just out of curiosity.
When I read about Monads, it looks like to me like generic Rust struct with a generic trait and a (more complex) result as a return value. I have no idea if this is what a Monad basically is or not. For context, I never learned Haskell properly (just tried hello world and read a few topics).
I think it doesn't matter in what language you start, as long as it is the paradigm you are learning. You can still pick and choose the language later. Maybe start with a pure functional language, just to learn its concepts. Haskell comes to mind, but it kind of is not the best usable language in every day programming; its more academical nature in my opinion. I personally find Closure also interesting, but I'm not the biggest Java fan at all. At least the language is for practical usage.
Overall I am okay with slower build times. Its a tradeoff for the deep analysis while building. Its like using C and complaining that C is too low level... but that is probably just my opinion only.
I don't even think that Ubuntu for desktop isn't even that bad. It's not what I would use though on my personal home rig, but it seems to be a solid option in professional server business. I would say, if your clients are happy, then you did a good choice so far.
One of the biggest strength pro Ubuntu is the big community and help you can get from. Mint is probably a good choice too, but I'm not sure if that is a good one for business. Me making fun of Ubuntu is more about the perception from the community and home user, less about professional users. I think especially in business if you are in doubt, recommend Ubuntu.
Snap by default and used everywhere? Ubuntu has covered you.
Rust through sudo replaced by sudo-rs by default? Ubuntu has covered you.
Popular and controlled by a corporation? Ubuntu has covered you.
Plus some historical stuff people did not forgot: Mir, Unity, Amazon data collection? Ubuntu has covered you.
Ubuntu has it all: The most important controversies in one package.
BTW this reply is more a joke than being serious. I'm not the biggest fan of Ubuntu (anymore), but I also used it straight 13 years since I started; so let me have me my opinion. Besides that, I make just fun of companies and not of the users. People should use what they like.
Did you make sure its not an issue with the cable? Because the cables need to support the "correct" version and features of HDMI too, not just the GPU and monitor connections and the driver. Man typing that out makes me dizzy.
Oh. I have seen in the FeatureMatrix list that the PowerManagement is not supported. I thought it was meant to be no "manual" management to switch the modes. Ok, if its stuck at lowest power, then its an issue. But maybe its not too bad, because I don't want to game on that card anymore and the CPU does not have an integrated iGPU. So having the lowest power wouldn't be even the worst thing to happen. But that is only my personal note here.
I just need to understand how much of crippling this actually is for real world usage. Guess I have to try and benchmark myself, just to see what it is capable of.
Ah right, I have read about that, just forgot. Man HDMI is such a mess. Use Display Port whenever you can and don't buy a monitor without one ever again.
I really don't know what you mean by the firmware signing issue. Searched the web and didn't find a conclusive answer. There is this table: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/FeatureMatrix.html . What issues are to be expected using Nouveau on the 1070? Also is this an outdated issue maybe? Because the driver got some work over the years since the launch of the card too.
So what does firmware signing issue mean with the community Open Source drive? Can you point me to a source so I can read about it? I'm curious, because I think about reviving my old machine without using proprietary drivers.
It's an entire distribution and they do not just rely on the Archlinux servers too. I mean this is what a distribution does after all. The point of a distribution is to package Linux with predefined set of applications and configurations into a full fledged operating system. Archlinux itself requires lot of manual steps and knowledge to make it ready for the end user. That's why there are distributions like Omarchy, CachyOS, SteamOS and EndeavourOS, all with their own spin on Archlinux.
If you don't like it, fine, but its unfair to downplay their work. I personally think second class distributions in the sense of a "spin" or "flavor" are important too. Especially because it makes it easy to get into for newcomers, and it makes it just less work for anyone who knows but is lazy to do all the steps. There is value in these distributions. No one forces you to use them. It's not just "dotfiles", if you look closely, you see bunch of conversion scripts and a personal identity with a focus on a specific style.