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NixOS is the endgame of distrohopping - Joshua Blais (joshblais.com)
submitted 1 week ago by ruffsl@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] kbal@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A strong warning against distrohopping.

[–] ruffsl@programming.dev 12 points 1 week ago

It's a slippery slope, to be sure.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

I'm also against quick and frequent distro-hopping.

People say that's the way how to learn; i say that's the way not to learn deep knowledge. It's like waking up 7 times in the night, instead getting the much needed deep sleep. Yeah, I could not come up with a better analogy, it's still early in the day (but I got my sleep BTW). Whatever...