Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop From The Landfill

On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:20:34 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:18:21 -0700, T wrote:
 

On 6/28/25 3:51 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:56:11 -0700, T wrote:
 

They are all really about the same.  The major difference it their
package managers.  dnf, apt,
etc..

 
There are other variations. E.g. build-everything-from-source, like
Gentoo. Not quite build-from-source, but still geek-oriented, like
Arch. Special-purpose ones, like SystemRescue, TAILS, Kali. SteamOS
for gaming (interestingly, derived from Arch).

 
The amount of choice available is Linux is dizzying.

 
The key concept from economics is “barriers to entry”. The barriers for
entry of newcomers to the Linux marketplace is very low.
 

I had a live of Kali for a long time.  Wasn't all that impressed.

 
I think it’s oriented more towards security professionals, pen-testing,
that kind of thing.

If you don't know what to do with nmap, John the Ripper, social
engineering phishing templates and so forth it's Debian. Many of the tools
aren't particularly user friendly. Even commonly used ones like Wireshark
require some setup to get useful information.