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Apparently, Arch Linux isn't scary anymore. It's Slackware, Gentoo & NixOS

I've never installed Nix? 🤔

https://www.howtogeek.com/advanced-linux-distros-for-experienced-users/

Even after 10 years of using Linux, these 3 distros still scare me (and they’re not Arch)

Arch Linux isn’t even close to the hardest distro out there—here’s what really is.

How-To Geek
Mar 9 at 10:34amWeb
Show threadghostdancerMar 9
@dick_turpin I tried Slackware in prehistory and it wasn't scary , just not as easy as some others, Gentoo from what I recall was a PITA that you had to compile almost everything and took a lot of time, at least in those computers. NixOS don't know and I'm too old and don't want to make more experiments.
Show threaddick_turpin  Mar 9
@ghostdancer Yeah, we're kinda like-minded. My first thought was "Ooh, I don't know that one," and I admit I looked at the installation instructions, but then, like you, I told myself "Oi, moron. Your Distro hopping days are over!"
Show threadghostdancerMar 9
@dick_turpin At one time I think I had 3 different ones sharing the home directory. I even tried the one that Corel had. I now run Debian testing, so no strong emotions for me and a partition with Haiku that I use like twice a year and most of the time is updating it.
Show threaddick_turpin  Mar 9
@ghostdancer I have Haiku in a VM
Show threadDekks HertonMar 9

@dick_turpin

For your experience it shouldnt be too difficult to install, the only issues are if the packages you want are actively maintained & the ecosystem hasnt fallen apart.

Show threaddick_turpin  Mar 9
@dekkzz78 I'm too old to start all that faffing around. I sold out years ago and installed Canonical-nee-Ubuntu.
Show threadDekks HertonMar 9

@dick_turpin

I ran it against debian, but some packages were only half heartedly maintained, once you learned how to declare packages it was easy enough. But modern hw helps, a 2008 Thinkpad probably wasn't a good idea.