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In Defense of Distro-hopping

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 33 comments
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Brian Proffitt recently tackled the topic of distro-hopping over on LinuxPlanet. Proffitt wonders whether the practice might be passe or something to be discouraged, but it's here to stay and should be encouraged rather than looked at askew. Distro-hopping, if you're not familiar with the term, is the practice of switching Linux distributions. While some users find a "home" and stick with one Linux distribution, others "hop" around and try out several distros. Sometimes in an effort to find the One True Distro, other times just because the variety between distros is something to be enjoyed and experienced. Whatever the reason, it's a good thing for the user and community when people have experience with more than one operating system.

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Comments (33)

13 earlier comments in the full thread.

gus3 ·
Of course. Hop 'n' change!
dinotrac ·
Oh, children, children, children.

It's not that I don't appreciate your efforts.

I do, really I do.

But...let's face it ---

You pale before the master.
azerthoth ·
oh, should I rise to the bait?
gus3 ·
Can you hop that high?
alc ·
One small hop for man,one great hop for mankind.
dinotrac ·
You make me so proud.

Lxer -- It's what's hoppening.
jdixon ·
> You make me so proud.

Sorry to let everyone down, but I'm somewhat under weather today. Hmm, maybe I should fix myself some Welsh rarebit.
dinotrac ·
jd -

So Tom Jones was telling this story:

A guy on the street told me that he was really really hungry. That things were so bad that he rarely got a bite to eat, so...

I Welsh rarebit him.
gus3 ·
hans, for someone with nothing to say, you still manage to say it.
Bob_Robertson ·
What kind of twaps were you following, Doc?

Ah, train twaps.

Well, if you was following train twaps, then you must have been trying to catch a train.
azerthoth ·
them aint train twaps, them thar is moose twaps.
dinotrac ·
Build a better moose twap, and the world will beat a path from your door.

Bullwinkle aside, mooses is mean.
Bob_Robertson ·
I heard two guys on the radio last week who had never heard of Omar Khayyam. I really thought "The Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam" pun used by Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose would always be known.

Just a Bullwinkle aside.
dinotrac ·
Sigh. Yet more proof that American culture is going to Jello in a handbasket.

We should sit them all in a corner and make them wear the Kerward Derby.
gus3 ·
@dino:

I would say quite the opposite. Thanks to the Internet, we are now in a position where everyone can look back and see how the cultural bits connected.

For example, Candice Bergen and John Astin each left their touch on "Addams Family Values".

Okay, you're right, it's going to Jello...
hkwint ·
I commented in the wrong forum, that's why I edited it to 'Nothing to say'.

A simple

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might have been less contradicting I guess?
gus3 ·
I guess I didn't see what you meant to say elsewhere, before you redacted it.

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