Subj : Computer operating system of choice?
To   : boraxman
From : Oli
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 19:18:55

boraxman wrote (2022-02-08):

 b> I think distro choice matters less than people think.  You can make the
 b> distro "Your own" regardless of starting point.

Even OS choice matters less than people think unless you have to use some specific software that is only available for a specific OS. And then software choice matters more than distro / OS choice.

Standard stuff like browsing, writing, reading, office stuff, playing video and audio and I can do on any major OS and any distro.

Then there is always the VM option or WSL for Linux in Windows.

 b> I didn't really
 b> distrohop, I just used what I first got and stuck with it.

I started with Debian a long time ago, used Windows on the laptop and Linux for server. Distro-hopped to Ubuntu, tried some non-deb distros, SmartOS (Solaris), FreeBSD and came back to Debian for the desktop and Debian and Alpine on server.

I like to try:
SerenityOS
HaikuOS
Amiga (emulated)
Plan 9

Already tried:
RiscOS for some hours over a couple of days. Interesting and different.

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