> I feel this article actually does not go far enough [...] I think in our quest to make things "easier" for people, we made it a lot more difficult for those w

> I feel this article actually does not go far enough [...] I think in our quest to make things "easier" for people, we made it a lot more difficult for those who want to change a few things and use the computer. IMO, if the article didn't "go far enough" because it didn't talk about something like this, then the article made the right choice. "Using Linux" doesn't mean "using linux mint". For example: The three or four times I've bothered to reinstall my OS in the past eight years, I just install the minimal, CLI version of debian, and then proceed to install exclusively what I want on top of it. Seems like that's more or less what you would want to do. Of course, your situation might be different and you might not have the opportunity to do that, but I hope this helps at least somewhat.