Comments by "Cestarian Inhabitant" (@cestarianinhabitant5898) on "Luke Smith" channel.

  1. 2:40 tfw I started in gentoo and have never used ubuntu. Normal progression: Ubuntu/Mint -> Fedora/Debian -> Arch -> Gentoo My progression: Gentoo -> Mint -> Arch -> Fedora -> Antergos(arch...) -> Manjaro(also arch...). I think distro hopping is important, I think people need to experience different distros to find out the right fit. I tried mint and fedora, and I couldn't live with the release model because ever since windows, rolling release has been the norm for me, and if I can't have the latest and greatest versions of software and drivers I just get mad! >:( Arch is cool, a fantastic learning experience, as is gentoo, but both are wayyyyyyy too high maintenance, even sometimes releasing updates that break the system and you will have to fix it somehow afterwards. Which is when I found manjaro which offers more or less everything I want, the perfect distro just for me, all the benefits of arch, none of the bullshit. Also arch being difficult to install is an absurd stigma, it's fucking easy; The installation guide is like 1 small wiki page, you only have to type in like 6 commands and configure 3 config files or something (by configure I mean add/change one setting per file)... And learning all that stuff is quite important for your future experiences on linux, so it's worth the time investment. Ubuntu gives you wings and pushes you off a cliff to glide, arch teaches you how to fly, and after learning to use it once, it won't really matter what distro you're using because you'll always retain the knowledge, and it more or less works the same on all distros. (I mean even if it doesn't, you will know what you're looking for)
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