You're not wrong, but that has nothing to do with their economic prowess. China is scary because they are both run by a psychopath and their leadership generally thinks ahead.
The US has the psychopath part down. Not the planning bit.
I use Fedora on desktops, because I game and I like having fixes for mesa, the kernel, and amdgpu for my latest gen AMD GPU. My laptop is for work, but it's just easier having consistency.
Oblivion Remaster: I loved Skyrim, but this game felt not as fun as Skyrim to me. Not sure what it was. Maybe it's just nostalgia for Skyrim and I don't have the patience for those kinds of games anymore.
Hollow Knight: The platforming always felt clunky and the constantly having to Google shit to figure out where I'm supposed to go next without spending 4 hours backtracking turned me off. I much prefer the Ori games to Hollow Knight.
I also was not a fan of Hollow Knight. My biggest problem was the constant backtracking and not knowing where to go to progress the story. And the platforming always felt.....wrong. It felt like your character would go between having and not having lead tied to their shoes. It didn't feel fluid.
If you want a great platformer in a similar vein to Hollow Knight that has a beautiful art style, snappy controls, and punchy gameplay, check out Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
I don't hate X11, but I do think it's holding us back, so I get the sentiment that many people have. It's also important to note that it's human nature to dig our heels in and resist change, so you have to keep your own biases in check.
Wayland is technically more modern and secure, which is important. That said, X11 is still needed and I don't think we should discount it yet.
I'm curious what "non-normal" things you're referring to. I've found that Wayland and xwayland do everything I need them to and I have a few things I'd consider abnormal.
Oh. To be fair, the PulseAudio days started off REALLY shit and JACK/ALSA had the limitations of "locking" an audio device to a specific process/application, so it used to be much rougher.
Ever since pipewire came along, it's been really solid.
Newer kernel and drivers for graphics cards. Fedora runs a more close to bleeding edge kernel, mesa, etc. whereas Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Servicing) builds, so they don't "rock the boat" as much with things like newer kernels as frequently.
Mint's Cinnamon Desktop Environment also only supports the older X11 display server (Wayland is experimental right now) whereas GNOME and KDE desktops on Fedora default to Wayland. This translates to more modern and efficient window rendering.
Basically:
Mint: "Just works. Don't rock the boat. This will be stable into the heat death of the universe"
Fedora: "Maximum speed and features at reasonable stability"
This is common on Linux even with scroll wheels and trackpads. "Natural" or "Inverted" scrolling is weirdly the default on KDE, GNOME, etc. I turn that shit off.
I think of it as you're "dragging" the page in the direction you're scrolling as if you were putting your finger on it and moving it that way. I don't like the inversion of that.
This is the autism community. Don't be surprised if this is just someone genuinely sharing their experience, but sounding "like a robot" talking about it.
I've literally talked like OP before and sounded like an ad read. Lol.
Saying "liberals" is incorrect. NEO-liberal is the correct word. Liberal progressives/socialists are not the same thing.