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    10 months ago

    it seems you should be using debian or distros based on it. ubuntu, as far as i know, uses apt as a mirror to snap, so as long as the tutorials youre following letter for letter arent too recent, you really should be using debian for actual apt packages, since ubuntu used those a couple of years ago.

    you can also use fedora or arch, but it seems you dont want to check what package youre downloading at all, and just want to follow tutorials blindly.

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      10 months ago

      People here are under the illusion that a DE changes nothing about the base OS. It seems like those people have never actually been using their OS.

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        10 months ago

        the DE doesnt change anything in the base os unless you count its packages and rare incompatibilities as noticeable changes.

        what it does change is the visual experience.

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          10 months ago

          No it installs and uninstalls a ton of packages and often relies on specific versions of certain packages. This is like saying Ubuntu isn’t different from Debian.

          Some DE’s even use Wayland which will break a ton of software such as OpenCV.