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I'm so frustrated rn.
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Naah I think it's super useful to know a bit about all popular distros. This makes you able to actually take part in conversations about what distro to pick for example.
I've ran them all at some point in my life, which makes me able to understand that it's not just "different package manager" as some people say.
Conversations about what distro to pick are often the biggest reasons it is hard to pick a distro.
I mean, people say that, but for me it wasn't a problem, I just picked one when I got started. Didn't feel like a major decision since you can just switch again if you are unhappy.
I feel ya. I was the same way. They said don't distro hop so that was the first thing I did 🤣 I guess the thing with a lot other people is they are used to the thing that "just works" (whatever the fuck that means).
For them, I just tell them use PopOS. Good distro. Little fuss. Maintained by a company with interest in keeping it going.
That said, I'm teaching a class this afternoon to CS majors and the first thing I'm having them do is install Arch in a vm 😉
Shit, that's sound like a really cool class... Hope they enjoy it. :)