Paralysis by analysis is what happens not when there are a wide variety of choices. It is what happens when one feels one has to do a deeper and broader analysis than they have time, energy, know how, or mental fortitude to undertake.
If one felt they had to understand the managerial structures, maintenance schedules, and just a smattering of aeronautical engineering in order to pick which flight you were going to take to Hawaii you would experience the same thing.
The author is correct that listening to 100 expert beginners on Reddit is a poor way to pick a distro or learn anything about anything but wrong I think in his dismissal of distro hopping. One doesn't need to drive every make and model of car but its actually expected to read some reviews then drive several. Learning how to use your distro beyond clicking the icon for your web browser and reading your distros docs will actually give you the background to understand the different tools at your disposal.
If one spends 6 months using Ubuntu before discovering that Debian Arch or Mint would be a better choice instead of starting with Mint Arch or Debian off the bat is this really a huge loss?
If one felt they had to understand the managerial structures, maintenance schedules, and just a smattering of aeronautical engineering in order to pick which flight you were going to take to Hawaii you would experience the same thing.
The author is correct that listening to 100 expert beginners on Reddit is a poor way to pick a distro or learn anything about anything but wrong I think in his dismissal of distro hopping. One doesn't need to drive every make and model of car but its actually expected to read some reviews then drive several. Learning how to use your distro beyond clicking the icon for your web browser and reading your distros docs will actually give you the background to understand the different tools at your disposal.
If one spends 6 months using Ubuntu before discovering that Debian Arch or Mint would be a better choice instead of starting with Mint Arch or Debian off the bat is this really a huge loss?