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-====== Notes ======
-  * The following list contains various distros (and Windows), along with what I like and don't like about them
-  * This is my experiences below; YMMV
-====== Fedora Workstation ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Secure (SELinux, up-to-date packages)
-  * GNOME
-  * Anaconda (installer allows me to set software RAID0 easily with GUI and allows for root/boot XFS filesystem)
-===== Bad =====
-  * SELinux is annoying on servers
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * Works nicely
-  * Primary OS
-====== openSUSE Tumbleweed ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Rolling
-  * GNOME
-  * Installer (allows for root/boot XFS filesystem)
-  * AppArmor isn't annoying
-  * Wine packages (standard, staging, standard with nine, staging with nine)
-  * Yast is nice for configuring the network on servers
-===== Bad =====
-  * Keybase is awkward to install ((it's either use the officially-supported command-line version, or use the official repo without proper signing))
-  * PackageKit is super annoying (it doesn't honor trying to gracefully quit it)
-  * Repo priority and vendor changes is strange, and feels like a bit of blind trust when it comes to using any of the Packman repos
-  * GNOME comes with a lot of unnecessary software
-  * LLVM version (as of 2018/12/05) is still 6.0.1
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * TODO
-====== Ubuntu ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Good package selection
-  * Plenty of repos (PPAs)
-  * Bleeding-edge graphics stack available (oibaf or padokaPPA)
-  * Different kernel options available (xanmod, liquorix, official mainline packages)
-  * Minimal Install option
-===== Bad =====
-  * None
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * TODO
-====== Xubuntu ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Lightweight
-  * Color schemes are nice
-===== Bad =====
-  * Bad HiDPI support
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * Meh
-====== Ubuntu MATE ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Lightweight
-===== Bad =====
-  * Default color scheme is meh (could just change it, but whatever)
-  * The panels have varying degrees of problems when switching the compositor (Compiz causes weird stuff)
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * Meh
-====== Arch Linux ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Rolling (enough anyway)
-  * Can use F2FS
-===== Bad =====
-  * Behind openSUSE TW with some packages (took em forever to get GNOME 3.24 and other popular software, which is weird for a distro highly praised for being rolling)
-  * Installations are tedious (I reinstall frequently; doing everything manually "The Arch Way" is hassle)
-  * Mandatory access controls are a PITA to install and maintain if using the NVIDIA proprietary driver (not a problem on other distros)
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * Arch is a ton of hassle with no real benefits over openSUSE TW
-  * Not worth using
-====== Solus ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Rolling (mostly)
-  * Lightweight (Budgie does the opposite of what GNOME does for compositing)
-  * Incredibly fast start and shutdown
-===== Bad =====
-  * Xorg took forever to upgrade to 1.19 (they claimed problems with 1.19, but every other mainstream distro used it just fine for months)
-  * Keybase isn't installable (no package for it, and compiling it is out of the question)
-  * Wine isn't Staging (they claim Staging is problematic; Staging has more fixes than regular Wine, and Solus is too picky to package both)
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * It's usable, but package update periods are unreliable, and overall packaging policies are awkward
-  * Not worth using
-====== macOS ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Message sync between iPhone and macOS
-  * 30-bit color at 4K@60Hz
-  * UI scaling (it somehow scales a lower res to a higher res while maintaining crisp text, and being compatible with programs not expecting this)
-  * Better performance with windowed applications with eGPU on internal screen
-  * Screen recording built-in
-  *
-===== Bad =====
-  * eGPU needs 3rd-party software on "unsupported" Macs (automate-eGPU)
-  * Creating custom resolutions needs 3rd-party program (SwitchResX, which costs money)
-  * Some games being bundled in Crossover/Wine instead of native
-  * No deep hardware diagnostics (temp monitor, CPU and/or GPU frequency)
-  *
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * Terrible OS; only bearable for quick gaming sessions and iTunes
-====== Windows ======
-===== Good =====
-  * Good graphics support (namely with Optimus)
-  * Good for BIOS modding
-===== Bad =====
-  * Microsoft spyware
-  * Windows Update (can't disable automatic updates without breaking WU)
-  * Deep settings are cryptic and require a lot of research on registry keys
-  * 3rd-party software needs to be manually updated with user-intervention
-  * Drivers also need to be manually updated (WU will download ancient years-old drivers if I allow it to handle drivers by itself)
-  * Intel SST drivers (Audio Controller and OED) are a total pain to get right
-  * Initial set-up takes a long time
-  * Windows 7 is a mess with updates and basically unusable without babysitting each individual update
-  * Little-to-no official documentation on various services and scheduled tasks; disabling some may work fine, or may cause random issues down the road
-===== Conclusions =====
-  * Terrible OS; only bearable for quick gaming sessions and iTunes