• Emi
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    11 year ago

    Heavy disagree… why pick between distros when you can build an environment unlike others, that fits your personal needs/wants.

    One of the best parts about Linux is this freedom. If you don’t care about this freedom you should probably just be on windows. If you want something different in your Linux, alter it, don’t distro hop.

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      1 year ago

      Idk. I think this only applies to power users or people who are willing to learn how to do things. If someone doesn’t want that, then distrohopping can be a convenient way to get a system you like more. And of course there’s also those that don’t care at all and just want something that works which shouldn’t stay on windows they should just use Linux Mint imo (there are many distros aimed at them and most are good but I would just recommend Mint csuse if you give them too much choice they won’t bother and stay on windows).

      Basically I would just tell newbies “there’s 3 main distros (Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora (tho I guess the rpm one could also be openSUSE now given what’s happening with RHEL)), every other one is usually just a version of those 3 with different things preinstalled to make your life easier at the start.”

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        11 year ago

        If a noob doesn’t want to get into the weeds but still is interested in say the arch community, I would aim them at Manjaro or a more friendly arch distro… If they want to get into the weeds, any distro + customization.