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.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    The thing with Fedora is they will not ship with anything that isn’t FOSS. This means some things will be missing, like video codex as an example. You can add whatever you need to it, but you’ll sometimes have a starting point that needs more things added than another distro would. Also, tutorials may not include Fedora directions.

    Personally, I’ve been using Garuda for a few years, and it’s been great. I used Fedora for a bit before and ditched it. Garuda is Arch-based, so Arch tutorials directions work, and you get all the benefits of Arch without the work. CachyOS should be similar.

    Personally, I don’t care for Ubuntu. I used it before Fedora and I preferred Fedora.

    • Juice@midwest.social
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      7 hours ago

      What didn’t you like about Ubuntu? Im still kinda hesitant, I like the idea of an arch based distro thats a little easier to use, I mean ive never used arch so I dont really know, I would just like to be able to spin up or install whatever I want without being gatekept out of seemingly anything I try that isn’t just install program, run program. I’m comfortable with terminal but I dont wanna get stuck in config hell like every time I wanna do kinda basic shit for anyone tech-savvy and experimental minded

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        7 hours ago

        I just don’t really care for the way Cononical does things.

        Garuda at least was trivial to get going. You install it and it has everything you need, then it also has a tool where you can select any other packages you may want. It’s pretty nice. I’ve heard CachyOS is really easy to get going too. You basically don’t need to use the terminal for them if you really don’t want to, but it is significantly easier to do a lot of things with it. If you managed to install Fedora, you’ll be fine with either of these too. They’re no harder than Fedora or Ubuntu except you get the bonus of the Arch Wiki for anything you might need.