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I second this. Not wanting to shoot down your idea, quite a big deciding factor for me is the release cycle and update process and you won't experience that in a week. Might be a good idea to list what you've already tried though.
how much time should I spend with a distro to actually get the gist of the distro? a month maybe?
Why change would I change distro to begin with? I mean, you do as you like, quite obviously, but I never considered my objective to switch distro and test them all. I would see that as a waste of my time, as I'd rather be doing stuff with that computer.
The distro I switched to (approx 3 years ago) I only switched because I could not solve an issue I had using the previous distro. A silly issue that simply was non-existent with that new one ;)
Enough to find and overcome issues with how you use it.
If you quit a distro before you run into an issue then that's not very helpful when it comes time to make a choice
If you aren't able to overcome and fix an issue that you run into while using the computer the way you would normally, then your probably not learning much about Linux.
My recommendation is to go for at least a minor kernel upgrade.
If all you want to do is test out distros before you commit to an install, then check out https://distrosea.com/
Thank you for the link!
What is the gist of a distro?
I mean to know/learn about it ( sorry bad english )
I meant it in a philosophical sense.
Let's say the gist of Debian is stability. How can you understand it? If you install now and use it for a week, you'll just see packages that are 2 years out of date, and call it crap without going into the reasoning behind it, or finding your solutions to outdated packages. If you install it after a new release and use it for a week, you'll think it's fedora with apt, and call it a day.
You are correct, maybe 1 week is not that much time, I should try to use it for at least a month.
Your English is fine that's the correct term for what you going for