Maybe a play on “This page intentionally left blank” from the IBM manuals

Again it depends on what those repositories do.

EndeavourOS (Arch based) adds a repository which appears to be for their utilities, otherwise they use the Arch repositories. You could probably continue using it with minimal disruption although the utilities would be unmaintained.

Manjaro (also Arch based) uses its own mirrors of the Arch repositories and adds some of its own. If it vanished, it would quickly become out of date and full of security holes. A new install would be necessary.

In either case, I’d do a clean install of Arch because why give yourself the headache.

It may just be a pre-configured Debian in which case there will be nothing to convert or it may have several additional repositories in which case it will be easier to install the new one.

No one ever mentions Crux Linux

It was called Elvis back when it was a smiley

Endeavour OS because once you go rolling you can never go back.

If I do it straight after the constructor, then definitely but if I get distracted by something else then it’s only probably until I run it through valgrind and see the leak. These days, I mostly use smart pointers in new code though so there are fewer opportunities to need a destructor. It’s funny that I never forget when opening a file or db connection!

The compiler will still generate one. It won’t be any use but it will be generated :)

Yeah the compiler generates it so it’s always there

There’s always a destructor though. It may do nothing but it’s there.

You should have basic maintenance knowledge like checking tyre pressure and the fluid levels in your car.

By doing it all for them, you are perpetuating the learned helplessness encouraged by Microsoft and Apple over the last few decades and doing them no favours at all.

Consider what they would do if you were unavailable to help them.

The best way to help a non-enthusiast Linux user is teach them basic system maintenance.

Only if you’re a bad programmer :/

Not true. While you won’t always have to enter your password, not every command will have elevated rights.

Clementine

It’s not about someone sniffing your passwords, it’s about reducing your attack surface. If you use su then the entire session has root privileges and any piece of software you run could do system level damage if it has a bug. Using sudo limits the privilege escalation to just one command.

I recently found out it was Nvidia’s fault for not following the standard every one else agreed on.

Are you using the proprietary drivers and KDE?

Wayland has been working perfectly for years now.

Not for every one. For example, I still get random black screens with only mouse trails, windows disappearing, and videos not playing properly. Why yes, I do have an Nvidia card, thank you for asking.

if Linux requires users to understand how to do things manually in the terminal

It doesn’t require it but it is often easier. It’s also alien when you’re new.