How often do you hop distros? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by fiddlestix@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Just curious to see what people are up to. I've been using Nixos for a while. It's fabulous and I have absolutely no reason to switch, but part of me is itching to hop to Debian or maybe OpenSUSE. How about you?

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[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I don't understand why people will bend over backwards to install anything but baseline arch.

[-] thingsiplay@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

What do you mean by "bend over backwards"?

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a common English idiom, referring to something that is difficult or taxing to accomplish, often without payoff.

[-] thingsiplay@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I see. To me using EndeavourOS is not bending over backwards, because it is not more difficult than using bare metal Archlinux. Just saying, because you say you don't understand people doing that. I don't do it. EndeavourOS makes it more easy and less headache to use Arch in my opinion. And from that perspective, it's a win situation.

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