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That's a really good article and they highlight exactly what my problem is with these kind of distribution.
"Use Linux so you can have total control of your system!"
* takes away the ability to have total control over my system.
Like wtf.
And how do you explain to your aging parents why their applications aren't available because it's not containerized?
I dunno. It's got its applications, like on systems where the specs are all the same, like the Macs or Steam deck or tablets. But to me that doesn't make sense on a PC.
If you want to leave your system folders alone, just don't SUDO.
Damn near every application I install through the terminal requires sudo.
The only time I haven't had to invoke sudo was using the graphical flatpack installer included in Linux Mint.
Many of the people who I have had to support through my IT work would 1000% brick their system by following copy+paste commands using sudo instead of just installing a flatpack.
The choice isn't supposed to be for us hobbyists. It's meant for a "I would like to make my system protected from my ignorance, please".