For example, I’m using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it “friendlier” for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be “the universal operating system”.
I also think we could learn website design from… looks at notes …everyone else.
Debian-variants on cmake. When I install cmake, it installs all libraries’ cmake files without the library binaries themselves. You read it right. The correct way to do this is to install only the base CMake files. CMake configuration files for libraries should be packaged with the library (not CMake).
Whenever I use CMake, these distros can’t show me the supposed error message. They just pretend configuration progressed and stop at random moments because some binaries are missing.