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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What distro do you use and why? (self.linux)

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

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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] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Began moving all my hardware to Linux this year since none of them will run win11 without fk-about-ing - and I just don't want to. So my server, media box and laptop are all cut over, only my main desktop left on windows a bit longer but it's goose is cooked too.

I've tried dozens of distros over the years but I've settled on Fedora KDE.

The why:

Skipping x11 and head straight into Wayland so I don't have to worry about that in the future.
I wanted something more up to date than debian-based and less cutting edge then Arch-based.
Stability and support of being in the RHEL family
Flatpaks
Tried to get on with gnome to get away from the 'start menu' paradigm but ended up getting on with kde better.

[–] Mwa 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In my opinion skipping x11 Will make compatability worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Good point - my thought is to go through that pain now while I'm still learning to use Linux properly. I'm not tied into anything yet so I can always swap something out if it doesn't play with Wayland and gets too troublesome.