At the moment they are “don’t be evil”. It’s easy to access all your data in a folder with md files. I like Obsidian and use it on all devices with syncthing. Of course private use. In the long run I will migrate to emacs with my notes. But it’s one of my favorites at this time, too. But of course FOSS will be always free and fair.
I guess this is the purpose of Mint Linux? But I think it has a terminal, emacs, python as well? Then it’s ok. A distro is only a tool for needs. I don’t like this arch-talk, how cool it is and then you need month to write your configuration. By the way: what goes quicker on a laptop: Mint with xcfe or Ubuntu with xfce? I want to have a quicker boot. At the moment Kubuntu on the machine. Too slow.
But this they don’t say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.
I start with Ubuntu 3 years ago and now I am Emacs. That’s all I want and all you can get. For me it’s better to have an easy linux. But I think Ubuntu, now I have Kubuntu, is too slow on my laptop. So next time I am planing to do mint linux xfce. I only need a fast booting linux to start Emacs. And few programs more. Arch Linux is too elite for me. 🤓
Emacs it’s different than Vim or Nano. It’s a bridge to Lisp and by this a good learning path. By the way: it’s a OS. 😎
Take Emacs. Then you have everything. 😎
I like Mastodon even more, because there are more and more serious accounts with identity behind. Here more troll talk.