I'd tried matix but without a high level of technical experience it was pretty difficult to setup. I got as far as docker, that needed ansible, that wouldn't compile. I also recall there was services I could pay for, but then I'd rely on them to provide the security/servers.
Matrix doesn't seem for the majority of people taking a first step away from big tech.
IDK man. I tried Linux a few times, and it never stuck. Things don't work, it involves endless reading, or the latter then the prior on loop (where as windows just works).
I'm trying out endeavour ATM and hopefully it will stick. But it took me a solid few attempts, over days, to find out "where does pacman get its apps from". I know the answer is more conplex, but eventually I foind and the arch web db...with the help of perlexoty.AI.
I didn't realise it was different than the AUR web db look basically identical. I never noticed the URL difference. As far as Linux has come its still little frustrations that hold it back for even semi tech literste pople.
I'm trying to save from posting in forums (and have rooted a few androids with less than a handfull of posts) but I can't even work out from the wiki how I can give pacman a list apps to install when it's spaced out on each line, without making it a .txt file. It's pretty impossible to "just read" and work out simple things.
Maybe it's just like my opinion. (I am liking endevour so far).
I think it's closed source and only on the play store.