His tool claims here a bit weird in contrast:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/richhickey_state-of-clojure-2025-activity-7409248120905076736-7fXW
We seem very much into the world of old men shouting at clouds.
He should wrestle Iris on the matter:
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool
I appreciate he’s upset with novel tech and tooling but after reading that: he’s the tool.
beets.io, with a a good chunk imported as is
picard was pita, beets takes some getting used to but can run on a potato and eat tb’s of music at a time
Ubuntu is a solid option to start, and stay. Llm’s know it well, everything targets Ubuntu and the ecosystem covers server, workstation, IoT, containers and various architectures.
For non-corporate stuff I’m a fan of the antiX and MX ecosystems, Debian with rims on and a lot of user choice, control and toolkits to make things easy to manage.
I’d be wary of peeps saying ‘distro XYZ is shit’, try stuff and see what you think. Arch is a fragile restrictive toy ime, but loads seem to love it.
If it’s just a basic workstation most distros likely fine, pick something you like the vibes of and see how you go.
I think that’s just life/humans. Same ideas apply to the average Lemmy post.
The Red Letter thing is wild, I only stumbled upon that gem of US religion a few years back.