The latest articles on DEV Community by Brian Masinick (@masinick). https://dev.to/masinick https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F214470%2Fa04e53fa-e082-4a83-ae4c-fb2fd773a1e1.jpeg https://dev.to/masinick en Brian Masinick Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:12:13 +0000 https://dev.to/masinick/distro-hopping-1l85 https://dev.to/masinick/distro-hopping-1l85 <p>How many of you keep several Linux distributions installed on one or more computer systems?</p> <p>I've been doing it for 20+ years and I have had as many as 12-13 distributions installed at the same time on one system. I'm currently running 6-8 on my main laptop with an 8 TB disk drive and 8 GB of system memory.</p> <p>I also have a few old (10 years+) systems that are good for testing "efficient" systems with minimal hardware requirements and support for aging hardware.</p> <p>Lastly I have a recent generation smart phone and a current generation Chromebook so I can risk "breaking" something, though it seldom happens; I have to be either tired, careless or both.</p> <p>Oh, I'm retired now so this is my stay at home hobby; my other hobby is water aerobics exercise.</p>