I tried Linux desktop for the first time in like a decade. Didn't know Xorg was deprecated for real, as in most distros moved to Wayland. Was surprised that the one hold out was Mint. And learned the hard way that Mint didn't work on my fairly normal PC, due to an Xorg issue.

This is the thing so many people recommend?! No wonder Linux is unpopular.

Also there like 20 competing ways to install packages now. Used to just be apt.