Like many males when under stress I favour what psychologists call the 'distraction strategy' and installing GNU/Linux is my favourite vehicle for that. So e.g. the installs I did in the late beta, early RC phases of Belenos were more to do with my Father getting to the stage where he no longer recognises family than anything else. For a three month spell last year I re-installed Trisquel changing the DE every week after phoning a lifetime friend to discuss how his chemo was going.
Sometimes it's a different distro, then I'm back to the freedom of Trisquel within a few days out of principle, not stress. Or maybe a couple of weeks play if it's a free distro. That's why I keep *the* spare machine, my previous desktop. I'm not sure whether that makes me a distro hopper or not. Frankly I don't care as it's a lot cheaper and healthier than either more booze than is wise or comfort eating both of which appear to be much more popular habits for the same thing (not that they're always that). Therefore, since it's mostly a matter of re-installing Trisquel with a different DE on the spare machine, perhaps I should say 'Trisquel is good for your health.' :-)
