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author Samuel Hodgkins <samuel.hodgkins@sky.com>
date Fri, 01 Sep 2017 03:45:26 +0100
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1 I'm not a distro-hopper by any means, but even so I have tested/tasted a number of Linux distributions. 2 I'm not a distro-hopper by any means, but even so I have tested/tasted a number of Linux distributions.
2 Primarily, these have been in the Debian family: X/K/Ubuntu, Debian itself, Raspbian and likely more that I'm forgetting. 3 Primarily, these have been in the Debian family: X/K/Ubuntu, Debian itself, Raspbian and likely more that I'm forgetting.
3 I was recommended and used very happily for a good while Arch Linux (experiments with GNU Guix on it notwithstanding), until my hard drive began dying one day. 4 I was recommended and used very happily for a good while Arch Linux (experiments with GNU Guix on it notwithstanding), until my hard drive began dying one day.
4 I had heard that Tumbleweed was also rolling-release, and provided interesting rollback functionality out of the box using BTRFS and Snapper, so I installed it on a spare USB stick. 5 I had heard that Tumbleweed was also rolling-release, and provided interesting rollback functionality out of the box using BTRFS and Snapper, so I installed it on a spare USB stick.
5 Recently, I was thinking about Gentoo Linux. I was mainly thinking of the perhaps not-entirely-accurate idea that it would take substantial time to install due to the requisite amounts of compiling 6 Recently, I was thinking about Gentoo Linux. I was mainly thinking of the perhaps not-entirely-accurate idea that it would take substantial time to install due to the requisite amounts of compiling