Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On 2025-05-30, Borax Man wrote:

On 2025-05-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2025 11:53:40 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

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Likewise with configuration.  Having set up Linux systems for others,
and servers, subtle differences become blockers when Distro X modifies
the base software and the instructions, for a different distro don't
quite work.  These are not insurmountable, but pain points which
increase cost.

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Never come across any such “pain points”. Feel free to point some out.
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Setting up Apache with MariaDB, subtle differences in configuration mean
that the instructions you find online may not work, because another
distro has different default passwords, or sets a default password where
another might not.
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Also differences in system services, how they are configured.

Okay, so your argument for differences as a barrier of entry is "One has
to read the documentation" and "default passwords can be different"?

I mean, I'd understand if the complaint were "it's not well documented".

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Nuno Silva