It's so nice to see installfests still happening in the Linux community - I have fond memories of running many of them 25 years ago.
As for the distributions mentioned, the points are definitely sage, but I would argue that the Flatpak-centered Fedora Silverblue is the best distribution for beginners and the following is no longer true nowadays:
"It differs from the Debian distribution by the faster release of new versions, which in practice means that users have newer versions of the program, but the system can be potentially more unstable than Debian."
It's so nice to see installfests still happening in the Linux community - I have fond memories of running many of them 25 years ago.
As for the distributions mentioned, the points are definitely sage, but I would argue that the Flatpak-centered Fedora Silverblue is the best distribution for beginners and the following is no longer true nowadays:
"It differs from the Debian distribution by the faster release of new versions, which in practice means that users have newer versions of the program, but the system can be potentially more unstable than Debian."
On that same note,of reducing the barriers for Linux usage.
Would it be possible to create a Zorin OS USB drive that after inserting it into the USB drive of a laptop:
The user would get a running Linux, with the UX they know(win 10/11), with full speed and full capabilities - without installation ?
I thought this would be a speedrun event like Games Done Quick
1:14 Arch record https://youtu.be/8utpbbdj0LQ (jokes aside the tmux trick is insane didn’t even know you could do that before I saw this video)
Nice. I know a few people who'd need this in Ljubljana
There was one. https://radar.squat.net/sl/event/ljubljana/kompot/2025-11-26...