Welcome to the forums ajz!

(22-05-2018, 04:08 AM)ajz Wrote: First, let me say that this forum and community is awesome. I've been lurking for a while, and have gained a lot of value from both the forum and personal blogs of people I found here. Thank you for building something great.

Nice to hear you're finding something of value.

As for the discussion, I think the point about having a mentor or someone to point you in a direction is much more important than the choice of distribution. As you said:

(22-05-2018, 04:47 AM)ajz Wrote: I got introduced to the command line interface of the package manager much later by a friend.

(22-05-2018, 04:47 AM)ajz Wrote: something like tldp.org and a friend with a lot of patience :)