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What's the longest you've stayed on a distribution? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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This is kind of the anti-distro hopping thread. How long have you stayed on a single Linux distribution for your main PC? What about servers?

I've been on Debian on and off since 2021, but finally committed to the platform since April of this year.

Before that I was on OpenBSD from 2011 - 2021 for my desktop.

Prior to that, FreeBSD for many years, followed by a few years of distro-hopping various Linux distros (Slackware, Arch, Fedora, simplyMEPIS, and ZenWalk from memory).

How long have you been on your distribution? Do we have anybody here who has been on their current distro for more than a decade?

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago

I’m about the same. Maybe arch longer? I’ve been on Fedora about 3 years now would say it’s the best distro I’ve used. I feel like rolling releases are less of a necessity now and I like the more maintained updates on Fedora. Less worry about config drift.

I was on Debian a long time, but that was in the last 90s early 2000s so I’m not sure I could put an exact time range on it.

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