I’ve fooling around with Linux distros since RedHat 5 and Mandrake 6. Even wore the sackcloth and ashes of Slack for a bit. What I have learned is that it’s fine to use a “beginner’s distro” or run Slack and boot directly into a terminal to run Emacs all day.
Whatever gets the job done or floats your boat. It’s all about choice.
As I mentioned somewhere else, getting a system to do what you want is the easy part. The impressive part is offering a solution that can be sustainably maintained long-term, at low effort for the user.
I’ve fooling around with Linux distros since RedHat 5 and Mandrake 6. Even wore the sackcloth and ashes of Slack for a bit. What I have learned is that it’s fine to use a “beginner’s distro” or run Slack and boot directly into a terminal to run Emacs all day.
Whatever gets the job done or floats your boat. It’s all about choice.
As I mentioned somewhere else, getting a system to do what you want is the easy part. The impressive part is offering a solution that can be sustainably maintained long-term, at low effort for the user.