From Arch to Debian with LinuxRenaissance

I've been thinking about Linux lately, a lot. But I'm still not sure which distro to go with, everyone keeps saying arch, but my brain, wisdom and soul say Debian. So when I find someone else that went down this path, I want to learn and hear more about it. We'll also touch on many other topics

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/0CEYNvEdsag

What's the best way to support me?

https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough

Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:02:14 - Why the red hat, is it redhat related?

00:05:10 - youtube channel

00:08:00 - Thoughts on the Red Hat distro

00:12:17 - What is Matrix, is it IRC, Element app, discord

00:16:56 - So Matrix is more about ownership and censorship?

00:19:40 - Thanks for the superchat @tony-btw

00:20:20 - Should we use forums?

00:21:55 - Darth's matrix server

00:25:27 - What are matrix encrypted channels?

00:27:37 - amiga, Commodore 64

00:28:56 - How terminals worked in the past with serial cables

00:30:58 - Debian 1.3

00:33:59 - Darth is 44, terminal showdown

00:36:23 - Unix finger command

00:37:35 - Education background and current profession

00:39:20 - Rocky Linux, RHEL, Red Hat killing CentOS

00:45:32 - Using macOS the way Apple has envisioned it

00:48:43 - Hyprland more like "Hype" rland?

00:51:14 - macOS yabai window manager demo

00:53:43 - Thoughts on Hyprland

00:55:10 - What is X11, xorg, wayland?

00:58:12 - From Debian to Arch, then back to Debian

00:58:44 - KDE plasma, wayland mode

01:00:38 - using X11 as a networking protocol, similar to tmux

01:03:19 - waypipe

01:04:55 - Thoughts on tmux

01:06:49 - Why the switch from Arch back to Debian?

01:12:41 - What's the AUR? People can upload malware to it?

01:15:56 - So if not using the AUR, why to use arch?

01:17:05 - Dependency hell, kdenlive

01:20:01 - Ended up with a lot of flatpaks

01:22:00 - The straw that broke the camel’s back

01:25:31 - Nix users, how can we solve this?

01:27:00 - Am I just lucky with macOS?

01:30:56 - Darth is from Croatia, thoughts on macOS

01:33:56 - Windows is so thoughtful, taking screenshots so you remember

01:40:15 - Been thinking about switching to linux

01:44:24 - Which distro should I use?

01:49:52 - Pacman breaking stuff

01:54:08 - Thoughts on the beef with systemd

01:56:49 - The unix philosophy, do 1 thing, but do it well

02:01:53 - Thoughts on Omarchy

02:06:35 - Zorin OS

02:11:27 - Why do people use something other than Debian on servers?

02:16:11 - Do you upgrade debian or fresh install?

02:17:56 - How often do you upgrade, rule on automatic updates

02:20:09 - Workflow demo

02:28:33 - Thoughts on Kitty, Wezterm, Ghostty

02:30:45 - What is suckless

02:33:49 - No novices asking stupid questions

02:34:23 - KDE plasma bloated?

02:38:16 - What is picom?

02:39:07 - OpenBSD, FreeBSD, what is it and why?

02:44:50 - Who uses BSD?

02:45:40 - BSD when Linus Torvalds is no longer around?

02:49:00 - Is the linux community sub-divided?

02:51:38 - Neovim or Emacs?

02:57:48 - Is debian the king of distros?

03:00:11 - Do you play games?