(18-03-2019, 06:47 AM)jkl Wrote: Welcome to nixers. I'm curious why people who enjoy the "fruits of the UNIX philosophy" always get stranded with the "anti-UNIX" Linux. But at least it is a valid first step into a bright future.

Hi jkl.

The Linux community supplies me with device drivers, desktop environments, software --- choice and, most importantly, sane, working-out-of-the-box defaults in each category, as well as general troubleshooting by virtue of critical mass.*
Furthermore, the experience gained through using Linux on my personal computer can be applied to the Linux virtual machines I encounter at work.

*The argument can be extended to show why I picked Ubuntu as my first distribution... I've been going for several years on it now.

Some of the above, if not all, may be available on non-Linux UNIX-like systems. In your opinion, what will I gain by switching to something else --- and which alternatives do you favour?

I am not knowledgeable about other operating systems. If I am stranded, what is outside of my reach that I may not know about?