I just flipped through your posts, and your “guide” reads more like a rant for an inexperienced user of each of the distributions you mention, and only from one lens of trying to convince someone of something. Not very impartial or informed writing.
Hm… I don’t exactly understand what you mean. Newcomers and experienced users alike gave me good feedback on the guide, even the mods liked it, and with this post here, I’m trying to improve my guide even more.
I tried to be as neutral as possible, and also had to simplify stuff a lot regarding the “uninformed writing”. I just can’t go too much into detail/ nuance or mention every distro out there, because otherwise, this guide wouldn’t make any sense. If one wants to get an detailed overview over every distro out there, they’re at the wrong ressource.
I tried to make it especially for the sole point of “Here’s one simple distro, use that for now, it’s a solid choice.”, because there are so many ones out there, but which are overwhelming due to choice.
I don’t think you understand the purpose of Debian and it’s slower release schedule with it’s mission statement.
I do. Having a longer stretched release schedule with feature freezes gives devs time to iron out bugs or other issues, and especially for server use or people who don’t like change on their desktop, this is also an advantage.
I just think 3 years is too long for a lot of desktop users, especially when they’re younger and want new stuff, in particular for hardware compatibility (drivers, kernel, etc.).
Linux Desktop is evolving very fast, and 3 years is a hell lot of time.
You also don’t seem to understand your writing, because you say this is a guide for beginners, then devolve into a bunch of arguments which beginners wouldn’t understand or care about.
See above, I don’t get your point, please elaborate further. Newcomers said it gave them a great first impression and overview, and experienced users didn’t rip me apart midst air, which I see as a win :D
If you mean this specific post about Debian here, I made it a bit provocative on purpose, since I want all your opinions and you changing my view.
You also don’t seem to grasp the concepts of each of these distributions in general and why they are the way they are. The entire point of maintaining a distinct distro (forked or not) is to include something the parent does not. That’s the differentiating factor.
I did…? I split it up in three groups: Debian/ Ubuntu based (but basically only differing in their DE), Fedora, and Immutables. And then I explained each on why I chose it and what defines them. Apart from the immutables, which I see a huge potential in, especially VanillaOS for users who don’t want to interact with their system, there are no controversial choices in my post.