• Ooops@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Linux is Linux.

    We should send all those people, pages and guides suggesting distros to hell.

    And then instead we suggest update-schemes (fixed, rolling, slow-roll), package managers and Desktop environments. People with enough brain cells to start a computer are then absolutely able to chose a distro fitting them based on that. Everything else coming with a distro is just themeing/branding anyway…

    (and just for the use statistic: Archlinux, Opensuse (Leap and Kalpa), Debian here…)

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I don’t care in the slightest which package manager or UI or if releases are rolling or rocking.

      What I care about is usability and ease if use, so I went with the best one, Linux Mint!

      😁

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      There’s a lot of advantages that simply come with using a more popular distribution. For one, having a larger pool of package maintainers (and therefore more packages) is pretty important. Have you ever tried using NixOS as a daily driver? I did a few years ago. Very annoying having to create my own packages for so many different (and relatively common) things I wanted to use.