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submitted 1 week ago by 9to5@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7066703

Like I hear a lot of people trying a lot of different distros till they find the one they stick with.

Is there a point in Distro hopping ? Like assuming im mostly content with my Mint. Have been using it for about 10 days now.

Ofc Im curious about Desktop enviroments for example. Cinnamon is nice if a bit basic. But beyond that am I missing out on some cool stuff :3

Sorry if this a babys first Linux question.

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[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

No, there's no point in distro hopping. If you install a well-supported base distribution like Fedora or Debian, they have metapackages for installing different desktop environments, and you can install those to try them out. I just installed Pop!OS's COSMIC environment on Fedora to give it a test drive, for example. Mint probably has them, too. You don't have to distro-hop to change desktop environments.

The only exceptions are:

You want to try out an immutable distro like Fedora SilverBlue or Bazzite
You want to try out a declaratively-configured distro like NixOS or Guix

An immutable distro might be a good choice for a newbie, but NixOS or Guix probably wouldn't.