I just saw a DistroTube video with this question. Quite a thought provoking question [for this seasoned distroholic at least].
“What’s the hardest Linux distro you’ve tried?” can be interpreted many ways, and I wonder what kinds of answers we’ll get.
Especially these days, with much change underfoot and newer users having a different distrosphere to explore…
What’s the hardest Linux distro you’ve tried?


I to this day have yet to get a successful Gentoo install. Virtual or bare metal and following walkthrough I always fail on compile. Before that though I always struggled with Slackware. The concept of Slackware is something I love, but I have always struggled with the setup and especially installing new packages and updating.