Oh yeah, and I do that 99% of the time. Only if somebody asks or if I want to make a point on HN.

As time goes by (I am 41) I really find it less and less appealing to argue with people, on HN included. People can tell you "just do X, you won't regret it!" or "use Y, most of your problems will go away" but you are there happily doing A and using B and they serve you perfectly.

So if I am asked about what would I recommend as best practices, I always say: "if you have needs X, Y and Z, then using A and B is perfect".

Just saying "use Arch, it's best Linux eva duuuuude" is of course unproductive.