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I'm so frustrated rn.
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There's your first mistake. Don't run a server distro on a workstation if you don't want to deal with it's downsides.
Read the CUPS Arch wiki page
Fuck Ubuntu. Use Mint if you want to try something Ubuntu based.
I've recently went through a bunch of stable distros and Nobara had the best experience out of the box.
(Looks at laptop I'm using to reply to this that's running Debian)
Server OS? Debian? Yes it is, but it's also a Desktop and Laptop OS and many other things. Everything on this HP laptop just worked, including the function buttons. There's a reason it's such a well used distro, and it's not just because it's good for servers.
I never said it can't work, but try using MX for a bit and tell me it doesn't make Debian much better as a workstation. MX tools are enough of a reason for me to always pick it over Debian in that scenario.
What are some workstation specific reasons it's well used?
I'm pretty sure stuff like function keys are just DE defaults. I've installed default gnome and they worked.
The main reason people use Debian, no matter what they use it for, is stability. While it's great that nothing ever breaks, you're also receiving nonessential updates every ~2 years.
That's not an issue on a server that's running mysql released 7 years ago, but you probably need to use flatpak and guix to keep specific tools relatively up to date. You're less likely going to need those tools when using a workstation focused distro like Fedora, that's released on a fixed 6 month cycle.
On top of that, workstation focused distros also integrate flatpak. Since synaptic only knows about apt, MX improves on it by only requiring you to enable flathub as a source to get a unified search/install/update.
Small stuff like that is important for a beginner that's asking for distro advice. They'll most likely want to click through a pretty gui, and Debian is lacking on that front because it's a server focused distro.