Which OS do you use?

Doghouse – Choosing an OS

Article from Issue 279/2024
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A few considerations can help you choose the right OS.

It is inevitable that at every conference, every talk, I get asked the same question: "What distribution of GNU/Linux do you use?"

I always answer back that I refuse to answer that question.

The question was asked again less than a week ago, during a talk on GNU/Linux to a class of undergraduate college students.

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