I see often people say that the distro you are using doesn’t matter. One can turn any distro into another. And I do not agree with that. If that was true, why do we even have so many distributions? I always said, if distros don’t matter…

  • … why distro hop?
  • … why don’t you use Ubuntu then?
  • … why don’t you recommend Archlinux to a newcomer?
  • … why don’t you use Kali Linux as a server?
  • … why don’t you use Batocera or SteamOS as your daily driver?
  • … why do you trust a community distro more than a corporate distro? (or vice versa)

I don’t think that distros only matter to newcomers. Maybe it matters for experienced users even more.

  • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
    2·
    15 hours ago

    So you say my personal preference and taste does not matter?

    The point is, the amount of time and effort it takes to tune any distro to your personal preference.

    There are distros that fit your needs out of the box and there are distros that need hours of setting up and tuning to fit them.

    • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlOP
      21·
      15 hours ago

      There are distros that fit your needs out of the box and there are distros that need hours of setting up and tuning to fit them.

      And that exactly is the reason why the distribution matters.

      • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
        2·
        10 hours ago

        I think you heavily are misinterpreting the " The Distro does not matter" argument.

        Usually ppl want a distro that “does x” and the answer will be “the distro does not matter, use the one that suits you the mkst”.

        The argument “The disteo does not matter” does not come from the user preferences site of things but feom the technical " i want to video edit, “i want to game” etc.