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I feel like I'm missing out by not distro-hopping (lemmy.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been dailying the same Mint install since I gave up on Windows a few years ago. When I was choosing a distro, a lot of people were saying that I should start with Mint and "move on to something else" once I got comfortable with the OS.

I'm comfortable now, but I don't really see any reason to move on. What would the benefits be of jumping to something else? Mint has great documentation and an active community that has answers to any questions I've ever had, and I'm reluctant to ditch that. On the other hand, when I scroll through forums, Distro Hopping seems to be such a big part of the "Linux experience."

What am I missing?

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Distro hopping is what you do when you don't mind spending a week trying to get things "back the way they were".

You're not missing out.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

I'd always recommend trying things out in a VM before mucking about with your daily driver.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

There is no benefit. You might like some other DE more or you might need some more recent version of some package but other than that, there is no reason to switch. But hey, have it both ways. Just install a few distros on VMs and see if you like those better. But basically, if your focus is on getting stuff done rather than tinkering and customising, Mint is absolutely fine.

[–] Titou@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Mint is basically Debian on easy mode so figure out if you're ready to change the difficulty