u/Dense-Willingness286

Hi! Sorry, but the whole OS migration thing is kind of overwhelming.

As I understand, Mint use X11 and AppArmor, while Fedora use Wayland and SELinux. To my knowledge, that makes Fedora more secure out of the box.

But how much of a difference does that make for the average user? Should it be a genuine "concern" when I'm chosing between them?

(And admittedly, I don't like the idea of enabling a third party repo on Fedora for my basic needs)

Sorry, but could someone here enlighten me?

Hope you're all having a wonderful day!! <3

I'm sorry for the (quite possibly very) stupid question!

But my deep dive into my first linux distro has been very... "much", to say the least. I had kind of decided on giving Mint a shot, but then remembered the whole "X11 vs Wayland" security argument. Which lead me back to Fedora.

I only need my laptop for Steam, a browser and discord. In that context, I've heard some claim I need RPMFusion. Which is fine, but I can't seem to get to the last stretch of trust needed to enable RPMFusion.
Sure, they claim they're closely connected to the Fedora Team, but words on their own page doesn't tell me much? (I get it, this is me being hypervigilant, but I do think it's a fair question).

Why do you trust RPMFusion? (If you do)

Anyways, I hope you all have a wonderful day! <3

EDIT: After some digging, it appears Fedora 'recommends' RPMFusion for steam installation. (Which does give RPMFusion as a whole more credibility, imo)

Link to Fedora page: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/gaming/proton/

I think I also found the github page: https://github.com/rpmfusion/steam
I don't know that much about Github and the details there, but the contributors for the steam package are all verified and has a Red Hat Employee joining in on the package. (I may have misunderstood something here, but I thought I'd share some info at least on some reassuring news).

Sorry if this is a ridiculous question!
I, (like many others it seems), are looking into alternatives to Windows. Mint is one of these distros people quickly recommend.

However, I also occasionally hear comments similar to "if you have modern hardware, pick (Insert Fedora based or Arch based distro)". Which leads me to the question of "what is too modern for Mint"?

Like, are we talking about "Hardware released within the past 6 months" or more akin to "the last 5 years"?

My laptop uses the Rx 7700s (Laptop: ASUS TUF A16 Advantage Edition; FA617NT)
Is this considered "too new" or is it perfectuly usable with no immediate issues? I honestly just need a laptop for games and browser activities. (Everything from Youtube to writing documents)

Anyways, I wish you all a wonderful day!

Good day you lovely folks! Sorry, but I'm a confused (but very curious) newbie..

Full AMD ASUS Laptop. (GPU: Rx 7700s)
I'm a Windows user who wish to get a first impression of Linux.

I've heard Mint is better for first time users, but also see many claim it's not a good choice for newer devices.
Then again, I have Fedora KDE for the newer hardware, but I'm slightly tempted by Bazzite's simple immutable core.

I only really need a browser, steam and discord on my laptop.
What do you more experienced users think?