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How to (actually) choose a Linux distro
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Doesn't matter which distro you'll pick. You'll always pick the wrong one when you're just starting
All roads lead to Debian
I like Debian. There are very few distros I don’t like. But it’s not the right choice for everything.
Nah
The road continues on to Arch from there.
Debian is becoming more and more viable as a desktop OS in the era of Flatpak and Distrobox. Trixie looks like a really nice release.
arch is for edgelords -- debian sid is where it's at :P
Bookworm was, for me, the first one that installed fine for me. I love the philosophy of Debian but I might also like Arch - the bleeding edge is very attractive and I think I like AUR, however I need to understand how that works some more, before daring to do the jump.