Currently trying OpenMandriva on a live usb. I gotta say, even though I’ve never been a KDE fan because of the bloat, it is working really well. I need to know, however, if I replace my / partition, which currently contains manjaro, xfce, and which I mostly just use Hyprland or some other WM on top of, if there will be any issues in the conversion. I’m debating if I should go bare metal or not. Also, what’s up with all the rust hate?
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Your root directory is the OS, so replacing it would remove manjaro, xfce, and hyprland. Backup your hyprland configs and you can just use those on OpenMandriva. I don’t know what kind of trouble you were anticipating with replacing the root directory.
Rust is a cult that the people in the C/C#/C++ cult hate. That is the only reason and anyone who says otherwise is just brainwashed by one of these two cults.
Also, welcome to OpenMandriva!
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Welcome! We are happy to see you and we hope you will decide to make this your home.
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I had to enable extras repository to install xclip, and now I am able to run pass -c.
Welcome to OpenMandriva!
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First welcome to OpenMandriva.
My dislike of rust is mainly two pronged. First are the Rust zellots who seem to think it’s going to solve every possible problem. Second, it’s a royal pain to package 
The dependency system will quickly pull the entire world in, but not just the world, multiple versions of the world 
The second issue isn’t just a rust issue. It seems to be the modern way of writing code 
I’m looking at you Go! And, I actually like writting go. I just prefer not to due to some of the long term issues it creates.
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I’m no Rust zealot—despite my handle—nor a cat-eared, pink-haired devotee, but after tinkering with Rust for a few years, I’d say your take rings true. I don’t get why the Rust-for-Linux crew insists on assimilating Linux like some Borg collective when they could just lean into projects like Redox OS, which is already building a Rust-based kernel from the ground up. Why wrestle a square peg into a round hole when you could craft a whole new board instead?
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