Distro Hopping Is for Tourists

00:00 The emptiness of streaming 00:42 On Linux it's even worse 01:54 The great evil: distro hopping 02:37 The uncomfortable question 03:41 Searching is not watching: the Netflix study and Hick's Law 05:08 The jam study and the paradox of choice 07:01 Inside the brain: explore vs exploit and dopamine 09:21 The truth about DistroWatch 11:12 What hopping turns you into: tourist or citizen 13:32 The two lies: the right distro for Windows users 16:06 The thesis: mastery takes years 17:05 Confession: six window managers and base vs surface 18:35 The cure: choose a place and stay Why do you keep changing distros? The answer isn't in the distro — it's in your brain. From the Netflix scrolling trap to the jam study, from Hick's Law to dopamine and the explore/exploit dilemma, this is the psychology of distro hopping: what it does to you, why DistroWatch measures restlessness rather than usage, and the only real cure — choosing a system and staying long enough to master it.