I wouldn’t really call myself a distro hopper, but in the last few months I’ve had to do some fresh installs on a couple of machines and VMs for work
If these aren’t included by default, I’ll make sure to get em:
GUI:
- Firefox & Chromium
- Gimp & Krita
- VSCode/VSCodium
- Okular
- Libre office
CLI*:
- git
- wget&curl
- neovim
- zsh/ohmyzsh + plugins
- glow
- neofetch
- figlet/toilet
- zellij
- python
- nodejs/npm/nvm + nodemon globally
- ranger/rifle
Also, how do you go about migrating your old config and rc files? Start fresh or just copy em over and make adjustments where necessary?
I understand disto hopping when you’re first getting into Linux. But are there really people who do it regularly? What’s the point?
I was using Ubuntu LTS for a while, then it dropped or of support, so I decided to upgrade. It totally shit that bed, and I wasn’t really happy with Ubuntu at that point so I hopped.
I tried a rolling release (one extreme to another!) and found it problematic with Nvidia drivers. So eventually I hopped again.
Now I’m back in ol’ reliable (Debian) and I’ve decided that the grass was never really greener anywhere else. If I need newer things I’ll backport them, or use Flatpak or Distrobox or something like that.
I’m happy with Debian now, but we’ll see what the situation is with Plasma 6 after its final release. If it’s too much trouble to backport I might hop again.
Debian is always the answer, haha
Amen to that!!! 🫶🍺
Well, I’ve only changed distros a handful of times. But, I’ve broken my system more than a few times, as well. Back when I had more time I tinkered a lot more than I do now haha
I know some who do it as a spare time relaxation exercise, install something new (to them) configure, boot, reconfigure, explore. But they have a steady system they use daily.
@NegativeLookBehind @tourist @chris
There is absolutely an element of that.
There’s something about using a fresh OS that fills me with a mild sense of excitement. Like a child getting a new toy.