[kwlug-disc] linux distro for nontech windows user

[Ron]

Doug Moen wrote on 2025-10-19 21:20:

> One thing I managed to do a while back was corrupt the C compiler, 
> clang, after an OS upgrade.
 >
 > ...
> 
> and there's no way to fix it other than wipe the disk and do a clean OS 
> install.

Ouch. Condolences.



> The Mint docs say you are particularly at risk when you use 3rd party 
> package repositories.

Yet they refuse to support snaps as a viable alternative for exactly 
this situation.


I never got the appeal of Mint, but "whatever".  Now I'm kind of opposed 
to it.


The lack of upgrade-in-place was the first domino.