<div dir="auto">Mostly it is just a personal preference. Sometimes it is related to the window manager. Sometimes it is the package manager. There are a number of reasons. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I personally am torn between arch and Ubuntu (especially with their lite install option) I like both for different reasons. I have been considering moving to arch on my laptop. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 12:04 PM Aaron Jones <<a href="mailto:retro64xyz@gmail.com">retro64xyz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">To entertain all the people who can't do Arch.<div><br></div><div>Le Troll Face.jpeg here</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:29 AM Stephen Elliott <<a href="mailto:tnflyfisher@live.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tnflyfisher@live.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">What is the purpose of all these different distros? <br>
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> 1. Re: Phoenix Linux (Matthew Crews)<br>
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> Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 15:15:37 +0100 (CET)<br>
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> Subject: Re: Phoenix Linux<br>
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> On 3/1/19 6:18 PM, der.hans wrote:<br>
>> moin moin,<br>
>> <br>
>> I have seen references to this, but for the first time went and looked.<br>
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>> Phoenix Linux - based on lubuntu 16.04.3 LTS<br>
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>> <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphoenixlinux.weebly.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C763b23d1df1b4e6336a108d6a00a7265%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636872364060787903&sdata=gbDmb4Xv3bBpMO%2By4qtTA2sPhge2s82e39Mx3Daj%2F0M%3D&reserved=0" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphoenixlinux.weebly.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C763b23d1df1b4e6336a108d6a00a7265%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636872364060787903&sdata=gbDmb4Xv3bBpMO%2By4qtTA2sPhge2s82e39Mx3Daj%2F0M%3D&reserved=0</a><br>
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>> Has anyone tried it?<br>
>> <br>
>> ciao,<br>
>> <br>
>> der.hans<br>
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> I haven't tried it, but it looks like a hobby respin of Lubuntu, but<br>
> with none of the support (and lagging behind upstream by a significant<br>
> margin).<br>
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> Hobby distros, especially hobby respins, are a tough sell for me because<br>
> of the lack of support. I'd normally prefer to stick to upstream (in<br>
> this case, Lubuntu).<br>
> <br>
> The same person responsible for Phoenix also makes Feren OS, which is<br>
> based off of Linux Mint (and in the process of rebasing to Ubuntu LTS).<br>
> Feren is relatively well received and does have a support structure, and<br>
> looks fairly nice.<br>
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