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by psychoslave 503 days ago
>Eh, Linux can still be a crap shoot depending on what you are trying to do.

Sure, but what system is free of such a generic and vague criticism?

>differences in distros are still somewhat vast.

Yes, and that’s a very positive point, isn’t it?

>Do I target Wayland or X11? Do I target OpenGL or Vulkan, Deb or RPM, or one of the many App in a box (Snap, AppImage, Docker, Etc)

That’s something the actual circumstances should mostly respond to. Is that a green field pet project? Do whatever seems most pleasing! Is that a project for some company? Don’t they already have some existing constraints?