All I want my OS to do is hold my files, execute my programs and stay the hell out of my way.
But distro choice matters for this. I’d like to execute my programs. Preferably up to date ones that get updates as soon as features and fixes are available not only once a year. So that immediately eliminates all versioned distros for example. Distros also have different software availability in official repos and differ in how hard it is to install something that’s not in official repos.
All popular, general purpose distros will work mostly the same, but there are differences that are worth discussing.
When I started using Linux I distro hopped a lot and ultimately settled on my distro of choice because it is the most out of my way I’ve used and all the others I’ve tried eventually annoyed me with one thing or another.
That can be nice, but if I actually care about new features in a program Im compiling the RC manually. Otherwise its just more frequent 50GB downloads for some imperceptible incremental change to CUPS and Libre Office.
But distro choice matters for this. I’d like to execute my programs. Preferably up to date ones that get updates as soon as features and fixes are available not only once a year. So that immediately eliminates all versioned distros for example. Distros also have different software availability in official repos and differ in how hard it is to install something that’s not in official repos.
All popular, general purpose distros will work mostly the same, but there are differences that are worth discussing.
When I started using Linux I distro hopped a lot and ultimately settled on my distro of choice because it is the most out of my way I’ve used and all the others I’ve tried eventually annoyed me with one thing or another.
That can be nice, but if I actually care about new features in a program Im compiling the RC manually. Otherwise its just more frequent 50GB downloads for some imperceptible incremental change to CUPS and Libre Office.
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