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I've been a hard core Gentoo fan for years. My current install I've kept on rolling updates since 2012 (I clone it for new machines).
It's not for everyone; it is a pretty hard core developer OS. It's like Linux from Scratch with package management. But if you like knowing the internals and externals and ins and outs of Linux, it's a great distro for that. Here's me getting it working on a MacBook Pro (not recommended):
https://penguindreams.org/blog/... -
you dont need to switch to linux, linux lives inside windows with the Linux subsystem for windows 10.
https://goo.gl/yGzXjZ
Install the Linux Subsystem on Windows 10 | Microsoft Docs -
@heyheni I have had a play with that, and while it’s works ok I just couldn’t seem to get on with it.
So following a previous rant, I’ve decided to make the jump and move full time to a Linux setup on my PC, with a windows VM (I do much more Ruby and php at home than Windows stuff, so makes sense to use Linux as everyday os.
The question that I need help with is which distro to go with.
I have experience with Ubuntu, OpenSuSE, and Debian, but I’m not adverse to trying something new, I’m even toying with the idea of Arch (but with a few test runs on a vm first)
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