+1 most differences between the common distros are package manager, de, and some defaults only so in theory they are all the same (yes I know some use musl or no systemd but that's besides the point).
Similar to arch in what way? What about arch don't you like, you can look at other arch-based distros.
Most distributions have binary package managers anyways, so you won't struggle to find some.
Every rhythm game worth its salt has visual offset nowadays so its not an issue
If you think that GRUB looks lame, feel free to install another bootloader later.
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Despite the fact that reddit is reddit, you have to give it credit for all the answers it has to linux questions.
The last time I used it was months ago but I think I remember a client sided option to receive only.
Yeah people complain about it being locked down and unconfigurable by default, but I think that most of the general computer users prefer it that way.
Maybe you can sync all the clients with syncthing? It's cross platform and can be configured to keep copies on all of your machines.
You can't completely remove distrobox image and contents later?
It works cross platform on every machine including windows with a single lua config and the documentation feels complete.
Winter is June-August and August 4th falls somewhat in the middle of that timeframe.