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Why people change Distro? (thisfieldshouldnotberequired.foff)
submitted 5 days ago by Encephalotrocity@feddit.online to c/asklinux@lemmy.world
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I'm literally deciding which distro to install as a first timer. It's my understanding that Mint is the best for beginners migrating from M$ but knowing nothing about why this is the case one thing nags me:

Why do people switch distro's? What isn't in Mint that you get elsewhere? I really don't want to waste time using Mint if I'm just going to have to reinstall something else because it turns out it is bad for gaming or doesn't support many devices or something.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

For the most part it is more fun to talk about changing between things and comparing them than just picking something and using it for awhile. I know this is a silly point but you are basically seeing people who enjoy that kind of thing (all the more power to them) naturally dominating the conversation.

Think about it like internet car forums, if you search up virtually any brand of car you can find online communities that dominate discussion about said cars but paradoxically the vast majority of people who drive those cars will never interface with that community once or necesssarily care what they talk about. They just drive their cars.

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cars are a really good analogy. I'm going to steal that.

Some people want a trusty Toyota Carolla. Boring as hell but gets you where you need to go.

And some people want sports cars that they spend time pimping and tuning to their heart's desire

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Also weirdly, comically but also sometimes totally straightfaced seriously there will be some toyota corolla owners who treat it like a sports car and spend pages in threads debating the best carbon fiber spoilers or engine mods or something shrugs people are weird hahahah.