• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
      93·
      6 months ago

      Capitalism thrives on exclusivity, teaching people that others doing the same thing is competition and not friendship.

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    75·
    6 months ago

    Read this and your brain might get a new wrinkle: it’s possible to appreciate multiple distributions for their own merits.

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    6 months ago

    I see more posts complaining about annoying arch users than I actually see annoying arch users

    That being said, hell yeah mint

  • 3volver@lemmy.world
    36·
    6 months ago

    Linux Mint has been good so far, but Debian is still the one I’m going to use mainly.

  • ramius345@sh.itjust.works
    20·
    6 months ago

    Use Linux professionally. Worked with RHEL for years. Current gig uses Debian servers. Daily driver is a system 76 machine with the pop OS that came on it. Debian derivatives make great daily drivers for those of us that just need a browser, terminal, working wifi, and the ability to build and run containers.

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
    17·
    6 months ago

    The true Linux users are the ones that realize that all Linux is the same. The only differences is package management, Desktop Environment, and customization by the Distro creator.

    You can literally just install Debian stable with Cinnamon DE and get basically Linux Mint on Debian. Bonus points for adding backports so you get a slightly more updated kernel.

    I know this is a joke, but you should use whatever distro you want to use…because at the end of the day it’s all Linux.

  • stebator@lemmy.world
    15·
    6 months ago
    • Don’t forget, that the Mint developers and developers of other “user-friendly distros” do very hard work, so you can enjoy less-hassle distro.
    • But it is very boring for “Never Settle” philosophy to use such distros.
    • Don’t forget, that some people enjoy tinkering thing around them. Mint, Pop!_OS, Fedora etc are simply not interesting for them. They choose the hardest possible way and enjoy it.
  • Ilflish@lemm.ee
    14·
    6 months ago

    The only way to win the argument is to come up with an association that has nothing to do with computers at all.

    I use Linux Mint because I like Mint Ice Cream

  • Zink@programming.dev
    14·
    6 months ago

    I use Fedora more (at work) but I love the concept and execution of Mint. I’ll definitely use it on future personal machines.

    I’m not an expert on distros, but it seems to me like the best drop-in replacement for Windows. It’s familiar for windows users, but it feels much better to use. That combination is great for getting normal people to consider using it.

  • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.org
    152·
    6 months ago

    Different distros are better at different things. Need a stable distro for your grandma? Use Debian or Mint. Need latest software? Use Arch or Gentoo. (And people do need latest software sometimes. For playing games, or in my case, for doing research. The F is FOSS stands for Free after all.) Similarly, there are server distros like AlmaLinux tuned for high reliability. I think it’s counterproductive to argue about the “best” distro.

    I guess the meme technically doesn’t say that Mint is the best, but it kinda gives off that feeling by ridiculing Arch users.

  • funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
    111·
    6 months ago

    I used archinstall to setup my laptop with Gnome and only use pamac-nosnap for package management (flatpak is fine, but fuck snaps).

    I made the most noob Arch install ever and I love it.

    • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      6 months ago

      Noobs don’t know to avoid snaps… But that setup wpuld be good to recommend if a noob really needs to use arch, btw.