Welp, the only and very important is that Linux is precisely like a car. You have to pay attention to it and de-facto make it by yourself. Even, let’s say, Linux Mint installation. Yeah, you kinda have everything, but as time goes you will make it more and more your very own installation at all levels. Mac is kind of evil version of a Unix system. Windows… it’s windows… everything is deadly nailed and cannot be changed, almost
Your distribution choice is your service contract, some will carefully swap all your car parts and wiring every semester, some will change your parts as soon as new parts drop and expect you to keep your wiring in a working state yourself, and everything in between. All of them allow you to make changes, but some service contracts will revert your changes or break your car if you changed it too far from their defaults.
Welp, the only and very important is that Linux is precisely like a car. You have to pay attention to it and de-facto make it by yourself. Even, let’s say, Linux Mint installation. Yeah, you kinda have everything, but as time goes you will make it more and more your very own installation at all levels. Mac is kind of evil version of a Unix system. Windows… it’s windows… everything is deadly nailed and cannot be changed, almost
Your distribution choice is your service contract, some will carefully swap all your car parts and wiring every semester, some will change your parts as soon as new parts drop and expect you to keep your wiring in a working state yourself, and everything in between. All of them allow you to make changes, but some service contracts will revert your changes or break your car if you changed it too far from their defaults.