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>Test out each of the distributions for a couple of weeks or months with your regular usage cases. I recommend taking notes if you run into any kind of problem,

>Test out each of the distributions for a couple of weeks or months with your regular usage cases. I recommend taking notes if you run into any kind of problem, no matter how small it is, and then compare later with another distribution Is this not just distro hopping? I can kind of understand avoiding it for business/work contexts but for home computing who cares? Trying out different distros and OSs is a bit like a hobby. Popular distros are often popular for a reason and if you use something like Ubuntu it's very easy to find guide how to do something vs. a more obscure exotic distro like GoboLinux.

teh_klev 5y ago
> Is this not just distro hopping? Not really, it's product research, especially important if you're going to rely on a distro that's a long term critical part of your business. This is not a hobby activity and can apply to any process in deciding which software is the right fit for your organisation. Distro hopping is different. I've worked with a couple of folks who endlessly distro hopped to the extent that they seemed to spend more time installing their distros than actually using them in any productive way.