Distro hoppers, what's always on your install list when you've finished setup and logged in for the first time?
Distro hoppers, what's always on your install list when you've finished setup and logged in for the first time?
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?
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Apart from what you mentioned:
- Steam
- Darktable
- cmatrix (very important)
- pfetch
- vim
- Hugo
- clipboard manager
I think that’s about it!
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.
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.