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Will I survive the Linux CLI if I only switch because I'm a student and Arch distro speed? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm not a computer expert or planning to be. I'm just a computer user, a coder, a gamer, and I think I will get the opportunity to afford cheaper PCs if I use the Arch distro from Linux which is very lightweight and fast. I've heard Microsoft forces you to bloat your PC with win11.

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[–] 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah Linus uses Fedora because:

  • Stable release schedule - he knows when he'll have to do major upgrades
  • Stable software - he knows stuff he isn't messing with just works
  • Don't modify their kernel much - this rules out Ubuntu which is the Debian based distro with a stable release schedule

I know KDE devs rate opensuse highly for similar reasons, if you primarily develop 1 app/framework/kernel you don't want the fun of irregular updates that haven't been properly tested (or have been tested and need manual intervention anyway) especially if those updates could potentially break your thing.

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