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We need to agree on a better way to get new users to easily chose a new Distro without having horrible choice paralysis. Asking AI doesn't work, asking reddit or lemmy just starts a massive debate and gets the person asking nowhere.
Perhaps just refer everyone to nicks latest tier list although that is really for his use case, I mean he doesn't even have bazzite on the list when it's a good choice for a lot of people. Maybe there is a website that asks questions and recommends a distro based on that, or maybe I saw a cool flow chart photo that seamed good, but it's an image so it won't update itself when people come back to it later and the recomendations change.
This gives me an idea.
Sort of a questionnaire that kinda walks you through the kind of things you’ll use your machine for, what kinda hardware you have,… and then eventually gives you say 3 to four choices at the end. (So the average user can look at a few screenshots and make a choice based on that. Because let’s be honest we all choose our Linux partially with our eyes just like we listen to music).
Well fuck, another project my adhd wants to tackle but probably can’t.
Something like this? https://distrochooser.de/
got popOS from this so its still just as cooked.
Now you have to install it it's the law
That’s awesome. Now to find some opportunities to share this with people.