I tested Fedora Miracle: Why Linux needs a 'broken' flag for orphaned spins

Opinion: Tiling managers are supposed to make your life easier, but the Miracle Window Manager did anything but for me last week. Here's what happened.

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Fedora Miracle blends a tiling window manager with this top distro.
• Unfortunately, the distribution isn't worth using, and it points to a problem.
• I've experienced this issue before, and developers need to know how frustrating it can be.

There are a figurative metric ton of Linux distributions available. That vast amount of choice can cause problems for some, especially for new users. However, there's a much bigger problem that needs to be addressed: Broken software that isn't labeled as such.

This tripped me up a week ago, when I installed Fedora Miracle for testing and wasted two hours on it before ...