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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Mwa to c/[email protected]
 

yes i did a os one but i am wondering what distros do you guys use and why,for me cachyos its fast,flexible,has aur(I loved how easy installing apps was) without tinkering.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago
  • Debian stable (w/ XFCE). No-nonsense, excellent community support, well-documented, low-maintenance, and runs on anything so I can expect things to work the same way across all of my machines, old, new(ish), or virtual
  • Just flexible enough that I can customize it to my taste but not so open-ended that I have to agonize over every last config
  • It's been around for many years and will be around for many more
  • I often entertain the idea of moving to Alpine or even BSD, but I can't resist the software selection available on Debian