In fact, answers like that are not just common, they're entirely valid and usually the only answers. Switching from X to Y is unreasonably effective in the open-source world. Nobody knows how to fix anything, because things are usually poorly documented, change radically each version, and everyone you'll meet has a wildly different Linux setup than you. So people recommend it. It's like the Monty Hall problem, except the thing you want (the goat) keeps changing. Problem A? Switch from X to Y. Y causes problem B? Switch from Y to Z. Continue until you tire of switching enough to settle on something that mostly works for you.
