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In 20+ years of Linuxing, I’ve never heard anyone ask for one distro. I think the overlap of ‘people who want fewer choices’ and ‘people who are interested in Linux’ is very, very small.
I keep hearing people wanting steamOS, but it’s just gonna be another distro. I think it’ll be good, it might have decent support and be moderately stable, but you can have that experience like already, in a few different places. Not perfect, but the option is a few bugs or constantly having to battle Microsoft trying to spy on everything.
I’ve used Linux since the 90s and this seems to be a video about something that’s not really a thing. I’ve seen more people discuss Hannah Montana Linux than proposing a single distro.
I’ve seen more people discuss Hannah Montana Linux than proposing a single distro…
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i think there does need to be a small number of distros that are very user friendly and just work for 90% of users
distros like bazzite are getting there
Same, but I typically hear it from recent Windows converts. I think they just get overwhelmed. And of course you have all the less recent Windows converts pushing their favorite distro for confirmation bias. i.e. “Arch BTW”, “Mint FYI”, “MX Linux IMO”. I don’t hear it from the experienced users.
You mean the same people that complain about a perceived lack of antivirus software?
Its hella confusing at first and seems like it matters more than it does when its mostly the same experience and des matter more. You just use different terminal commands and have different default defaults, different backend, they all work mostly the same from the perspective of the user. You open firefox and use your computer. If you need an app you open the appstore and search for it. Most ppl arent even using windows specific apps, I was doing 90% of my sht on a webbroswer with google docs for the last decade.
I don’t think it’s a popular opinion among people who actually use Linux. But I did hear it as an argument against using Linux or an attempt at explanation why it’s not more popular.
Its been somewhat new-ish that ive seen people discussing trying to get one linux distro to use. And why we should push people to use that specific linux distro. Its a strange argument but there are some talking about it.
I dont think it will ever get any real traction for the desktop. However for devices people dont know are Linux to begin with, we may get stuck (like Android for example).
Everything will be nix 😜
Just about lol.
I agree with Nick on this, Linux is interesting and awesome because there are so many choices for users to choose; upstream work is still shared and can be used to improve Linux as a whole. That will affect the quality of other distros going forward too.
What’s more the diversity helps with the quality. All pieces must be compatible with different variations, forcing software to be more bulletproof.
It’s amazing because you already can switch distros or just stick with one! Wow! Everyone already wins!
Yeah, but the newbs don’t realize that in the beginning. They act as if their choice is a permanent decision and they are already overwhelmed and don’t really understand the choices. At least until they realize it’s LInux Boi Summer and go whoring around riding the distro carousel.
To refer to all distros we should plurarize Linux. The Linee! The Linuses! The Linus! The Linuxen!
