I wouldn’t really call myself a distro hopper, but in the last few months I’ve had to do some fresh installs on a couple of machines and VMs for work

If these aren’t included by default, I’ll make sure to get em:

GUI:

  • Firefox & Chromium
  • Gimp & Krita
  • VSCode/VSCodium
  • Okular
  • Libre office

CLI*:

  • git
  • wget&curl
  • neovim
  • zsh/ohmyzsh + plugins
  • glow
  • neofetch
  • figlet/toilet
  • zellij
  • python
  • nodejs/npm/nvm + nodemon globally
  • ranger/rifle

Also, how do you go about migrating your old config and rc files? Start fresh or just copy em over and make adjustments where necessary?

  • NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social
    81·
    9 months ago

    I understand disto hopping when you’re first getting into Linux. But are there really people who do it regularly? What’s the point?

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      I was using Ubuntu LTS for a while, then it dropped or of support, so I decided to upgrade. It totally shit that bed, and I wasn’t really happy with Ubuntu at that point so I hopped.

      I tried a rolling release (one extreme to another!) and found it problematic with Nvidia drivers. So eventually I hopped again.

      Now I’m back in ol’ reliable (Debian) and I’ve decided that the grass was never really greener anywhere else. If I need newer things I’ll backport them, or use Flatpak or Distrobox or something like that.

      I’m happy with Debian now, but we’ll see what the situation is with Plasma 6 after its final release. If it’s too much trouble to backport I might hop again.

    • pizzaboi@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Well, I’ve only changed distros a handful of times. But, I’ve broken my system more than a few times, as well. Back when I had more time I tinkered a lot more than I do now haha

      • tourist@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        9 months ago

        There is absolutely an element of that.

        There’s something about using a fresh OS that fills me with a mild sense of excitement. Like a child getting a new toy.