I wanted to stick to (what I'd refer to as) OG distros; so independent distros that have kept their relevance over a long period of time.
But you're correct, Garuda Linux and others default to Btrfs as well. At this point, I'd argue it's the most sensible option if snapshot functionality is desired from Snapper/Timeshift.
You didn't get my point. Btrfs is one OG distro removed from being THE standard. It's doing a lot better than you're making it out to be.
It's not like Btrfs is dunking on all other file systems and Debian is being unreasonable by defaulting to ext4. Instead, Btrfs wins some of its battles and loses others. It's pretty competent overall, but ext4 (and other competing file systems) have their respective merits.
Thankfully, we got competing standards that are well-tested. We should celebrate this diversity instead of advocating for monocultures.
Both Fedora and openSUSE default to Btrfs. That's all the praise it needs really.
With Bcachefs still being relatively immature and the situation surrounding (Open)ZFS unchanged, Btrfs is the only CoW-viable option we got. So people will definitely find it, if they need it. Which is where the actual issue is; why would someone for which ext4 has worked splendidly so far, even consider switching? It's the age-old discussion in which peeps simply like to stick to what already works.
Tbh, if only Debian would default to Btrfs, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Thanks for the clarification!
I hope you're not implying that NixOS is the only distro you're comfortable with. Pretty impressive if you've jumped ship directly to NixOS, though.
With all due respect, the biggest takeaway would be that you should never recommend a distro before you're comfortable with it yourself.
From Star Labs their StarLite tablet looks very attractive. Right now I considering buying a tablet for drawing and a laptop for 3D modeling instead of 2-in-1.
Honestly, this makes a lot of sense. It's unfortunate that all of your needs aren't satisfied by a single device. Assuming that the drawing capabilities of the Starlite and Infinityflex are up to par, their hardware specs don't come even close to Blender's recommended. So opting for a second device may indeed be necessary.
Whatever you'll end up picking, I hope you and your wife will be satisfied with the end result 😉!
Consider giving devices offered by NovaCustom a look.
When it comes to Linux-first laptop vendors, it's definitely my favorite out of the bunch.
On purchasing one of their devices, they offer:
I'm simply unaware of any other (Linux-first) firm that can compete regarding the above.
And I haven't even mentioned how vast their customization options are, or how well-praised their support is.
I'm actually stunned why it's not mentioned more often in these conversations.
Btw, I'd actually recommend you to consider the whereabouts of the respective support centers before you buy a device. You never hope to be in that situation, but it makes a real difference when it matters. So, in case you're unaware, AFAIK:
Thank you for the clarification 😊!
I tried to find sources on that but failed. Could you help me out?
The .deb package can be found on Github.
~~I find it peculiar that it doesn't seem to be packaged by any distro. Debian does have a package called level-zero. But, while they're linked, it doesn't seem to be the exact same thing.~~
Edit: It's packaged under intel-compute-runtime.
Initially, I was drawn to KDE Plasma for familiarity. Therefore, when installing Linux for the first time, I chose a distro with KDE Plasma. Which happened to be Fedora Kinoite 35, a very new distro at the time. It was clearly buggy and after fiddling with it for some time, I just had to rebase to Silverblue (and GNOME) for the lack of alternatives.
Thankfully, I actually happened to really like GNOME. This was on a laptop and GNOME's touchpad gestures just felt very satisfying and intuitive; much better than anything else I had experienced before. Its (intended) workflow also made a lot of sense that way.
GNOME has really grown on me ever since. And while I've revisited KDE Plasma to see what I was supposedly missing out on, I simply stuck to GNOME as it felt cleaner and more elegant.