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> I ran Puppy Linux in USB mode, many years ago, for a year or two If it was so good why did you stop? I used Puppy too a while ago but found that once I want

> I ran Puppy Linux in USB mode, many years ago, for a year or two If it was so good why did you stop? I used Puppy too a while ago but found that once I wanted to run something that the Puppy guys hadn't packaged that it was a bit more work to install things. That's probably not the case now that there is a Debian based Pup, perhaps I should consider trying again.

O1111OOO 3y ago
> If it was so good why did you stop? This was maybe 14 years ago. I sold the netbook and started using Windows full time again. I was still in this middle state between using Linux and Windows - going back and forth between the two. When I decided the leave Windows completely (Windows 10 spyware release summer/2015), I settled on a full-featured distro. I did some serious homework, a bit of distro-hopping and finally settled on Linux Mint Cinnamon. You are right, sometimes (often) installing must have apps on Puppy was a challenge - this was a factor now that I was a full-time Linux user. As a full time (still newbie user), I wanted access to every tool in the Linux world in the easiest way possible. I didn't want to hit a wall that might cause me to consider using Windows again.
leidenfrost 3y ago
Is it me? Or did Linux become boring from a hobbyist perspective? Exploring the system was fun as f*ck in a geeky way. Now I just go the fastest route to a Kde install
- mbakke 3y ago
  Probably you just grew up. I hope kids today find the weird world of user-friendly operating systems (license- and tinkering-wise) just as interesting as we once did.
  - becquerel 3y ago
    I certainly do!
- tetris11 3y ago
  I blame systemd for this. Hacking together a few rc.d scripts was way more fun than putting a systemd recipe together, though I do admit that systemd is good and necessary from a stability POV.
imp0cat 3y ago
The netbook wave kinda faded away, what device are you considering?

O1111OOO 3y ago

> If it was so good why did you stop? This was maybe 14 years ago. I sold the netbook and started using Windows full time again. I was still in this middle state between using Linux and Windows - going back and forth between the two. When I decided the leave Windows completely (Windows 10 spyware release summer/2015), I settled on a full-featured distro. I did some serious homework, a bit of distro-hopping and finally settled on Linux Mint Cinnamon. You are right, sometimes (often) installing must have apps on Puppy was a challenge - this was a factor now that I was a full-time Linux user. As a full time (still newbie user), I wanted access to every tool in the Linux world in the easiest way possible. I didn't want to hit a wall that might cause me to consider using Windows again.

leidenfrost 3y ago

Is it me? Or did Linux become boring from a hobbyist perspective? Exploring the system was fun as f*ck in a geeky way. Now I just go the fastest route to a Kde install

mbakke 3y ago
Probably you just grew up. I hope kids today find the weird world of user-friendly operating systems (license- and tinkering-wise) just as interesting as we once did.
- becquerel 3y ago
  I certainly do!
tetris11 3y ago
I blame systemd for this. Hacking together a few rc.d scripts was way more fun than putting a systemd recipe together, though I do admit that systemd is good and necessary from a stability POV.

imp0cat 3y ago

The netbook wave kinda faded away, what device are you considering?