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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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Something doesn't work so instead of fixing I am looking for alternatives...
So my mom shouldn't use GNU/Linux because she can't fix bugs?
exactly, otherwise she needs your help
Yes that is what I did with Windblows, I'm tired of removing all the adwares they bundled every updates and for the final nail in the coffin they integrated copilot with it, I had enough with Windows so I just switched to Linux instead
Your plasma desktop crashing with dual screens is something that's not normal. I use two monitors all the time and my desktop has never crashed.
It's probably on me, I might've misconfigured something and I don't think I can fix it
Unless you did something really stupid and deleted system libraries or something like that, no configuration should cause crashes. Please make a bug report about it at bugs.kde.org. You might not be able to fix it yourself, but crashes are often relatively easy to diagnose and fix for a developer.
Have fun with linux then.