I mean, that is still what I mean. For you - it sounds like a great choice. For the people who want it to die, it might be an awful choice. It's polarizing, but that doesn't always mean good. It's hard to make an informed decision even with a popular choice.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Ah I think I was unclear. The meme is what folks get tired of, the distro is a popular one on its own or as a base for others.

If you're interested in looking into Linux but don't know where to start, the only thing you really need to know is how much time you're willing to put into learning it, and how big the community is. Arch has a huge amount of documentation, but will make things a little harder if you want stuff to "just work". Debian is more of a middle ground (but huge community), and Mint is a popular easier to get into environment but honestly I'm out of the loop on that one these days.Arch is actually the base of the one I use at the moment for gaming and dev work (EndeavourOS). Options are overwhelming, I get it 😁

The cool thing? Try em all. You can easily find simple installers to slap a whole distro onto a bootable thumb drive and goof off while you feel things out. If you don't like it, reboot. If your wifi doesn't work and you can't find a solution online in a few minutes, reboot. Things are easier and more flexible now then they've ever been, but the new user experience is still where Linux really struggles.

Anyway, I'm super into this shit clearly. 😆 Happy to point you in a more solid direction if you want at some point, or I can just shut up lol

[–] Takios@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago

It's great for some people, awful for others. It became a meme because it started to be suggested to everyone even though it's an awful first introduction to the Linux ecosystem.

[–] Marighost@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks bro. Maybe I'll get to Arch one day. 🙂