Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Hyperbola GNU/Linux-Libre last chance comments

[bill-auger]

the only distinguishing information about the FSDG distros that is
essential to users for deciding which distro to choose, is whether it
follows a rolling vs stable release schedule, and whether it is a
read-only, "live" distro or one that should be installed - ive suggested
to add those two characteristics to the FSDG distros web-page with brief
explanations what they imply; but that could be accomplished entirely
objectively

the FSDG distros web-page is only intended to showcase the distros - i
dont think anyone wants to make recommendations on that page - it has
been suggested to make a wiki page on libreplanet comparing the detailed
characteristics of the FSDG distros - perhaps user reviews could go on
that page

for 99% of people though, the correct decision is: "i should use an LTS
distro", and the explanation of "LTS vs rolling" should say: "(LTS is
the recommended option for most people)"; so then, the recommended
distros would be gnewsense, dragora, trisquel, ututo, and hyperbola (and
perhpas in time, uruk) - among those, trisquel, ututo, and uruk are
essentially the same distro (a liberated ubuntu16), most people will
(FWIW) consider gnewsense and dragora to be too old, and all the other
distros are best suited to power-users or niche use-cases; so it is not
a difficult decision to make today - before hyperbola is endorsed, the
only real choice for most people is between those derived from ubuntu16
- on that note, it is good to see hyperbola and liberty-BSD coming in,
expanding the variety of stable, general-purpose options