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.
There’s honestly little point especially if you’re just hopping between distros that use the same package manager/come from the same distro family, but everyone who starts out on Linux does it, so you might as well. In my first year using Linux, I basically went:
Laptop: Ubuntu -> Linux Mint Cinnamon DE -> Lubuntu -> Crunchbang (defunct distro with Bunsenlabs as its successor)
Desktop: Linux Mint Cinnamon DE -> Linux Mint xfce DE
on top of various distro I tried out in VMs but never installed like ElementaryOS.
If you don’t want the hassle of setting up Ventoy, use this: https://distrosea.com/ You’re basically remoting in to various VMs of distros someone has set up.