I’m currently running a home server using Ubuntu OS, but I’d like to try and explore other options for operating systems to better my skills with linux/unix.

What are you hoping to explore? Distrohopping servers is pretty much pointless, especially if you’re using docker.

Like you’re going to use dnf to install docker instead of apt, maybe configure selinux instead of apparmor, and that’s it. Definitely not worth it IMO.

He was a businessman, not a doctor.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rabe

This kinda implies there was one good Nazi

There was that one Nazi doctor in China saving civilians from Japanese horrors. They even built a statue for him after the war.

Why use a pi instead of a microcontroller?

Lisps makes more sense to me though

(if condition a b)

VS

a if condition else b

GNOME - misses basic functionality every other DE provides, still uses the most resources even before you add extensions

It’s not when the post is literally answered in less than a minute with the bare minimum of effort…

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Which program is the one that surprised you most that it is available on Linux?

Bash.

I find that the least surprising, but ok…

EXTERMINATE?

like why does every font, except ubuntu, have these ugly af corners?

Not a font guy, but isn’t it just mimicking how humans use strokes to write?

It looks nicer, and it’s easier to read for me tbh.

You miss the moopsy? Moopsy suck your bones!

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My dude, there’s a moopsy in a meme about bones. Someone’s not surviving this mission…

It’s a paid product, but for personal use you’re only paying for the support or for the number of licenses. The most corporate of all distros offers full functionality for free unlike what op is asking for.

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux#general

I think you know its not just a matter of “clicking a setting in a gui once”

I know it is that simple because I’ve done it while running MX on my devices… You can even switch between the two at boot freely.

Why would you choose a non systemd based distro only to just switch it over to systemd? Why over complicate thinga for a new user who is clearly just starting out? Just use normal debian!

It comes with tools that make system management a lot easier for beginners. I think that’s more than a fair trade for having to click a single setting in a gui.

You obviously haven’t used MX, and I have no clue where you’re pulling your opinions out of from. Give it a try instead of continuing to spew nonsense.

So, clicking a setting in a gui once is such a big deal that MX is a bad choice? Next level…

because its going to differ from most other debian distros

How? It’s just Debian with extra tools and sysvinit besides systemd.

then firgure out the differences between sysvinit and systemd

Or just set systemd as a default

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Depends on the distro. For most of the popular ones, it’s as difficult as clicking a shortcut.

Common Lisp on the other hand is more of a 1980s language where you can use a functional style some of the time, and with some pain.

Isn’t the main issue with it that you’re not forced to be functional? It’s supposed to be pretty good at it with the correct libraries.

Either way, you’d start by reading SICP

You really don’t want OP to learn lis