Hey, DT! Why Is Fish The Best Shell?- Plus Other Questions Answered. DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Fubar
I've landed on Pop OS and pretty much have no intention of changing in the near future--although I have experienced some temptation lately, which I am devoutly resisting.
My advice: figure out what it is you really want, and what distro has it. Then, the next time you get tempted to hop, compare where you are now with where you are thinking about going.
Now, needs and wants can change--that's normal. But keep that base line in mind. You almost have to design your move in the same way you would design a program. Why did I move to the distro I am on now? Do those reasons still hold? Will the new distro do the same things the current one does? Will it do them better? Will the difference be enough to overcome the work requirement of moving? And those questions are aside from the practical requirements of hardware performance, drivers, etc.
Just ask yourself if it's really worth the investment of time and effort. If you just want something new and shiny, customizing your current distro will be a LOT easier than switching.
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I've landed on Pop OS and pretty much have no intention of changing in the near future--although I have experienced some temptation lately, which I am devoutly resisting.
My advice: figure out what it is you really want, and what distro has it. Then, the next time you get tempted to hop, compare where you are now with where you are thinking about going.
Now, needs and wants can change--that's normal. But keep that base line in mind. You almost have to design your move in the same way you would design a program. Why did I move to the distro I am on now? Do those reasons still hold? Will the new distro do the same things the current one does? Will it do them better? Will the difference be enough to overcome the work requirement of moving? And those questions are aside from the practical requirements of hardware performance, drivers, etc.
Just ask yourself if it's really worth the investment of time and effort. If you just want something new and shiny, customizing your current distro will be a LOT easier than switching.
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Kyle
I have run Linux servers for years, for an internet service/voip/hosting company. I recently was asked by a client I am building a fax server for what linux distro I wanted him to load on the server. I literally told him I don't care. Pick a distro that is Debian or Redhat based and load it, and make sure it has ssh. He ended up loading it with Megeia, I think to mess with me. DT you are totally right that once you are under the hood, with the exception of some distro specific config file locations, they are all pretty much the same.
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I have run Linux servers for years, for an internet service/voip/hosting company. I recently was asked by a client I am building a fax server for what linux distro I wanted him to load on the server. I literally told him I don't care. Pick a distro that is Debian or Redhat based and load it, and make sure it has ssh. He ended up loading it with Megeia, I think to mess with me. DT you are totally right that once you are under the hood, with the exception of some distro specific config file locations, they are all pretty much the same.
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Joe
I couldn't agree more about Distro Hopping. You do tend to tire of it and only do it when something goes radically wrong. Usually I am doing a reinstall of a current Distro because I have broken it. As for saving config files, I have never tried that and don't think I ever saw any videos on how to properly do it (hint, hint). As much as I am not a newbie to Linux, there are things I have yet to attempt. That because we know, Linux has to hurt a little bit, especially when learning. Thanks DT!
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I couldn't agree more about Distro Hopping. You do tend to tire of it and only do it when something goes radically wrong. Usually I am doing a reinstall of a current Distro because I have broken it. As for saving config files, I have never tried that and don't think I ever saw any videos on how to properly do it (hint, hint). As much as I am not a newbie to Linux, there are things I have yet to attempt. That because we know, Linux has to hurt a little bit, especially when learning. Thanks DT!
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ThreepE0
Let me first say I love your videos DT, and thanks for the content! However, when you say -fake online friends,- it's very common to have deep meaningful and productive (professionally and personally) relationships online. I get what you mean about getting up and away from the computer and being active, but it seems like DT has a certain perspective on the world and dismisses other perspectives off-hand. Some things just aren't for you, but might be good for others, and that's ok ;-)
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Let me first say I love your videos DT, and thanks for the content! However, when you say -fake online friends,- it's very common to have deep meaningful and productive (professionally and personally) relationships online. I get what you mean about getting up and away from the computer and being active, but it seems like DT has a certain perspective on the world and dismisses other perspectives off-hand. Some things just aren't for you, but might be good for others, and that's ok ;-)
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Jase
Re distro hopping
my -daily driver- Linux distro journey looks somthing like
2003-2004 distrohopped
2004-2013 PCLinuxOS
2013-2014 distrohopped
2014-Aug 2020 Arch Linux
Aug 2020 Debian (although considering KDE Neon)
My second laptop runs FreeBSD which is gettin close to becoming my daily driver
The one thing that they have in common is the minimal plasma desktop I have used for the past few years (using a tiling wm + minimal apps is soo 2006 - 2013 for me)
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Re distro hopping
my -daily driver- Linux distro journey looks somthing like
2003-2004 distrohopped
2004-2013 PCLinuxOS
2013-2014 distrohopped
2014-Aug 2020 Arch Linux
Aug 2020 Debian (although considering KDE Neon)
My second laptop runs FreeBSD which is gettin close to becoming my daily driver
The one thing that they have in common is the minimal plasma desktop I have used for the past few years (using a tiling wm + minimal apps is soo 2006 - 2013 for me)
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Kwyjibo
Bash is such a garbage syntax and I won't miss it if Fish replaces it. It blows my mind that people have been working so hard to make distros for Linux beginners with intuitive package management, configuration, and updater GUIs and yet all of them still use shitty bash. And even for the non-beginner, an easier to understand syntax would be appreciated. Sometimes at work I get stuck on CI/CD pipeline stuff, which is all written in Bash, and it's always a nightmare.
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Bash is such a garbage syntax and I won't miss it if Fish replaces it. It blows my mind that people have been working so hard to make distros for Linux beginners with intuitive package management, configuration, and updater GUIs and yet all of them still use shitty bash. And even for the non-beginner, an easier to understand syntax would be appreciated. Sometimes at work I get stuck on CI/CD pipeline stuff, which is all written in Bash, and it's always a nightmare.
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Nate's
How to stop distro hopping? Stop being a home gamer and use Linux in commercial services on headless servers or VMs, making money.
You literally won-t care about desktops, distros, or eye candy anymore whatsoever. You-ll use vi. And you-ll get a nice paycheck. Especially after multiple Unix like OSes and thirty years doing it.
GUIs. Emacs. Whatever. Yaaaaaawn.
Fish? LOL no. Nobody has time for that.
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How to stop distro hopping? Stop being a home gamer and use Linux in commercial services on headless servers or VMs, making money.
You literally won-t care about desktops, distros, or eye candy anymore whatsoever. You-ll use vi. And you-ll get a nice paycheck. Especially after multiple Unix like OSes and thirty years doing it.
GUIs. Emacs. Whatever. Yaaaaaawn.
Fish? LOL no. Nobody has time for that.
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Roy
I only seriously use 2 distros these days. Arch and Debian. Arch on my main machine, and Debian on those that i don't spend much time on myself like my son's laptop. I need that to be stable and predictable, so that i don't have to pay much attention to it for him. My own rig however i like to keep bleeding edge for my gaming mostly, and i also don't mind to tinker under the hood.
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I only seriously use 2 distros these days. Arch and Debian. Arch on my main machine, and Debian on those that i don't spend much time on myself like my son's laptop. I need that to be stable and predictable, so that i don't have to pay much attention to it for him. My own rig however i like to keep bleeding edge for my gaming mostly, and i also don't mind to tinker under the hood.
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Dave
Great vid's, enjoying learning new things.. I started with Linux back in '93 or 94 (think Slackware disksets!), been earning a living with it since '98 in corporate environments, time to find new things to fool with gets scarce. (most of the time with a goatee (choice) and bald (no choice)). Thanks for your effort in finding new things to play with, keep it going!
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Great vid's, enjoying learning new things.. I started with Linux back in '93 or 94 (think Slackware disksets!), been earning a living with it since '98 in corporate environments, time to find new things to fool with gets scarce. (most of the time with a goatee (choice) and bald (no choice)). Thanks for your effort in finding new things to play with, keep it going!
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Whosy
I decided to start modding my fish shell a bit thanks to videos like this.
Right now it's pretty basic, just using those fancy chevron arrows and a bit of simple logic.
Account name - displays white if user has write access to current working directory, otherwise is black
Full path, with home replaced by -
Last command's exit code if non-zero
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I decided to start modding my fish shell a bit thanks to videos like this.
Right now it's pretty basic, just using those fancy chevron arrows and a bit of simple logic.
Account name - displays white if user has write access to current working directory, otherwise is black
Full path, with home replaced by -
Last command's exit code if non-zero
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