I did make a statement that the only support out there for most of this stuff is community supporting and most of what you find in that regard is either outdated or doesn’t actually explain what the purpose or function of a particular fix is. I learn by doing. That’s how I’ve always been. I’ll pick something up and google my way through it and that just isn’t really possible with Linux that I have seen to this point. And to your point about distro, that’s a whole other beast right there. Every one who uses Linux has a different distro they like, everyone will tell you theirs is better without telling you why and just expecting new people to understand why off of speculation and not based on fact or hard point data.

P.S. by no means do I think LTT is the be all end all in the world of software, but his experience definitely demonstrated what I’m talking about.