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  • Let me tell you a secret: any linux distribution is a kernel + a set of pre-installed drivers and programs + their configs. Nothing more than that! Most distributions use the same kernel and roughly the same set of programs. The only differences are in the desktop environment and initial settings.

    I would recommend Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) as a start choice. Do not trust those who say that if you choose a “beginner’s distro” you won’t have to get into the console or text configs. Your choice of distro will determine how often you’ll do this.

    As a regular user, I’ve used different distributions and always something didn’t work. Many issues couldn’t be solved via GUI, so I had to deep dive into both the console and all Linux services.

    P.S. Arch Linux daily-driver.






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    If we want to know where any form of society is on the political spectrum (left or right), we need to answer one question: what’s the state role in society? The weaker the state, the more to the left on the spectrum. The stronger the state, the more to the right the formation is. In addition, we can also differentiate between formations by the economic form of society. These two points will give us an exhaustive answer.

    Examples:

    • Anarchism is no state and no economic formation. Hence, it’s an ultra-leftist faction.
    • Communism is no state and no commercial production. Hence, it’s an ultra-leftist faction.
    • Libertarianism is no state and free market. Hence, it’s an ultra-leftist faction.
    • Socialism is weak state and no commercial production. Hence, it’s a left-wing faction.
    • Conservatism is strongly state and monopoly/oligopoly market. Hence, it’s a right-wing faction.
    • Fascism is strongly state and state capitalism. Hence, it’s an ultra-right faction.

    There are occasional exceptions to these definitions. For instance, at the beginning of socialism there can be a strong state, that must then disappear. The USSR was like that, but it didn’t get to complete socialism.

    So liberalism is a centrist ideology. For some topics it’s left of center, for some topics it’s right of center.