Nothing is perfect and you are absolutely correct that a lot of people make the OS choice seem like a much bigger deal than it is.
Sure, over can argue ethical reasons and even give technical recommendations for very clear cut use cases, but for anyone that just wants a workstation or private server, pretty much anything goes, just follow your heart’s desire.
The whole beauty of Linux is that you simply pick and choose what you like, and if you find something better, you switch over. Even things like the OS are simply not that relevant, as after a bit of usage you will have customized it anyway. This isn’t Windows or Apple where you are locked in to anything.
Why limit it to exactly those? What’s wrong with starting with other big distros or obscure tiny distro? Hell, I know people who are using red hat or suse, not to forget the trillion Arch variants. If you’re curious and think it’s a good fit or just want to try things out, anything is fine
Yeah okay that’s true. I just thought that some distros will be more difficult to try out, but yes you’re right, it’s probably best if people just do what they want.
I saw this posted on Hacker News today, a short manifesto encouraging people to try new things, and to not worry about how long you stick with new things.
Fair points. I get that Ubuntu definitely isn’t perfect but for my purposes I think it’s alright. Maybe one day I’ll prefer something else though.
Nothing is perfect and you are absolutely correct that a lot of people make the OS choice seem like a much bigger deal than it is. Sure, over can argue ethical reasons and even give technical recommendations for very clear cut use cases, but for anyone that just wants a workstation or private server, pretty much anything goes, just follow your heart’s desire.
The whole beauty of Linux is that you simply pick and choose what you like, and if you find something better, you switch over. Even things like the OS are simply not that relevant, as after a bit of usage you will have customized it anyway. This isn’t Windows or Apple where you are locked in to anything.
True. I guess any of the big distros (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Mint) are fine for beginners and then they can learn what they like from there.
Why limit it to exactly those? What’s wrong with starting with other big distros or obscure tiny distro? Hell, I know people who are using red hat or suse, not to forget the trillion Arch variants. If you’re curious and think it’s a good fit or just want to try things out, anything is fine
Yeah okay that’s true. I just thought that some distros will be more difficult to try out, but yes you’re right, it’s probably best if people just do what they want.
I saw this posted on Hacker News today, a short manifesto encouraging people to try new things, and to not worry about how long you stick with new things.