Been a Linux user for 20 years. Still hate Fedora. Don’t have a desire to try arch. Love mint and Debian.
I can’t imagine the confusion you have saved yourself to not learn 400 different package managers and all the other qwirky differences beween distro types.
I don’t think I’ll ever use Arch, it’s way too involved. I’ll stick with Fedora on my Main system and Bazzite on my Steam Deck.
EndeavourOS is pretty much set up and go and it’s just Arch under the hood.
Maybe I’ll give EndevourOS a shot then.
My version of this, and I bet I’m not alone here is more like
Windows -> Linux Mint -> Debian
[ Picture of grumpy yet somehow friendly old graybeard with one foot into his “goose farmer retirement” equivalent ]
I went from windows to mint to debian … did I fuck up?
There are many paths in life, and you chose to follow your own. There is no better way than that.
I went from windows directly to arch and I don’t look that good.
Nonsense. I can attest you’re a certifiable fuckin’ snakk
give it time 👍
It’s because you skipped the transition process.
Not my fault that Linux wasn’t legal and/or easily obtained when I was younger🥲
I went balls deep into Cachy OS on my mini pc to try out Linux.
my journey:
win7, win10, win11, LXMint, ArchLX
I’m in the Endeavour phase, but I think my stockings are better. Otherwise maybe my secondary Ubuntu box is holding me back.
Also, getting older feels counter to getting hotter :(
Stop trying to make Linux a sex thing.
~$ make sex
Went from Windows directly to Arch and I just became an anarchist and (I’d argue) more masculine. Guess it’s less about Trans and more about becoming more true to yourself.
Ooo its me! Hello.
From Windows to Arch? You must be a serial killer
Okay, tbf, I’m using cachyos as opposed to raw dogging Arch from the start. I’ve also used some Linux distros in the distant past, though I can’t remember the few outside of one of the early Ubuntu releases. Also, I’ve done a good smattering of IT work and programming throughout my life, so while I’m already fine with jumping into something having no idea what’s going on, I already had enough experience to not be too worried about things.
Free software -> free expression pipeline
Certainly feels like a doomer windows user to hopeful anarchist pipeline to me as well.
The free to free pipeline is real.
Sounds familiar, although i now use Guix. For me though i felt like it was more cyberpunk’s fault for turning me towards anarchy. Johnny Silverhand be spitting some facts lol.
Ha! I have yet to play cyberpunk, but it’s definitely on my list. As for anarchism, I think my move to Linux recently has been more of a solidification of my radicalization that was seeded by my love for punk and strongly cultivated by my time in the Marine Corps. I think the general public would be shocked by how many of us become Communist/Anarchist/Socialist because of our time in the US military.
Oh that’s interesting. I think i saw a thread on reddit earlier this week where they also talked about how many people that have been in the military before became very anti-government afterwards. I can definitely recommend cyberpunk, especially now that it’s all patched up. I should probably replay it myself at some point, cause i haven’t played the dlc yet, and i also finished the game right before they did the huge skill tree overhaul. Also, not really a big spoiler or anything, but Silverhand also has a military background, so i guess it all lines up lol.
Well I’m living proof that’s not true.
Damn it
My journey: windows 10 - Arch - Gentoo
Jesus H. No fear in this user.
I was just bored, and had a lot of freetime
I went from windows to Manjaro to Fedora :p
I’ve been using Linux since IDK over 25 years. But I have multiple devices and frequently distro hop. Currently, Bazzite on SteamDeck, a CachyOS upgraded from an Archlinux on Laptop, Fedora Kinolite on a different one and a tablet, QubesOS on a third, OpenSuse MicroOS on a container host, Debian on a Server and another container host, Archlinux on another server, bunch of OpenWrts on routers and switches, NixOS on some RaspberryPies and a build server, some Debian based Proxmox PVE systems…
So… I guess I’m just confused on my identity on that pipeline.
Same. Mine was Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Mint, Solaris, Red Hat, Red Hawk, a bunch of other stuff to Arch and maybe Parrot or Bazzite soon. I like privacy and games.
…genderfluid?
Why do people seem to dislike mint? I like mint it works with a minnimum of bullshit.
I can’t speak for others, but for me it works like a charm.
They don’t dislike it, it just doesn’t make them look edgy. And some people like to (which is fine BTW).
I’ve started on Conectiva in the nineties, Debian, Ubuntu, and settled on Mint. I’ll probably switch to LMDE if at all at this point.
I just don’t like the organizational structure of its maintainers as much as I like Debian’s, but that’s just a personal quirk. There’s no wrong answer because the right answer is subjective.
I don’t know, I installed Mint last year and it’s been great.
I don’t think it’s a dis. It’s just what people usually recommend to people used to Windows, traditionally at least. Because it’s familiar and just works.
We’re still somehow not over the hipstery conceit that anything with mass appeal is inherently flawed.
Hipsters:
likes something different/uncommon
makes it cool
…
“Ugh. That’s so mainstream.”
judges everyone for liking it.
It’s a “beginner-friendly” distro so people might subconsciously think you should “graduate” to use something “better”.
Which is ridiculous, of course. No reason to switch if it works for you!
Because it’s becoming mainstream. And for some people, that means they have to dis on it to feel special.
Use the OS/Distro that works for you. If Windows or MacOS hits the spot for you, use that. There are no wrong answers here.
