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Interesting take. To me it seems like a big leap. Take it from a serial Linux dabbler, about once a year I download 10-20 of the top Linux distros and try them
by phendrenad2 11mo ago
Interesting take. To me it seems like a big leap. Take it from a serial Linux dabbler, about once a year I download 10-20 of the top Linux distros and try them all. I download them on my main machine, which is Windows, and copy them all to USB sticks and try them one by one. If someone is only looking at metrics, 20 people just switched to Linux!
- bdavbdav 11mo agoIf you’re keen on dabbling, focusing on one and making it your own is a great way to go. You might find that the distro was standing in your way when you start from something more bare metal.
- fuzzfactor 11mo agoI do everything on bare metal, but if a distro doesn't work very well "live" by booting to its USB stick, I'm not very likely to install it as an actual inhabitant of a particular PC, whether desktop or laptop.
- phendrenad2 11mo agoThe problem is once you go off the distro's beaten path you quickly find yourself forking things like package managers to add features you want. I guess I could pick one and become a contributor... but I really don't have time so... dabbler I remain.