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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] 2 points 1 month ago

Manjaro on main pc and phone. Proxmox (debian) on server

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pop. I just need ubuntu without snap, distro's default look doesnt matter since I'll just use sway/i3wm.

Though the fact that they're building their own tiling DE could make me stick with it fully when it comes out.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I use Fedora on my desktop, and mint on my laptop (this one is going to get wiped soon for Fedora as well). I tried manjaro but it just wasn't for me. I installed it on the recommendation of my friend, and I like it a lot. Except for it not staying asleep because a part on the motherboard kept sending a wake command -__- . But a CMD fixed that issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Gentoo for anything my I use a mouse with, Arch for everything else. I like Gentoo for the customization. For things where I want to run a service, Arch is my go to as it keeps working without drama. Anything complicated, Gentoo is better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Currently, Arch btw. I was on Ubuntu in the 12* days, but arch wiki had the solutions to every problem I encountered, so naturally migrated. I want to switch to NixOS but ran into some issues getting my finicky nvidia/amdgpu laptop to work. I might go blendOS as a holdover, it seems like a good mix of the two. Also I have some issues with Manjaro (tried for a while) but pamac cli at least handles all of my aur and pacman needs properly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Debian. Used to use others but realized they all just added crap I didn't want, or could add myself with a simple script.

I was a Slackware then Fedora, then Ubuntu as my daily drivers (whipe trying other distros, or Kali for specific purposes) before settling here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What distro do you use

I daily drive secureblue.

and why?

Long story short; I love me some security. Unfortunately, My device is far from ideal for running Qubes OS. From within the remaining options, secureblue comes out on top for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Fedora 41 KDE at home on my daily driver laptop and desktop.

Antix on my dell mini netbook.

Multi machine VMs I manage at work run on red hat enterprise with no DE or WM.

My web app servers at work run Ubuntu server 24 LTS with no DE or WM.

My home lab runs on fedora 41 server, no DE or WM.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

In my opinion skipping x11 Will make compatability worse.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Been using Mint with the Cinnamon desktop environment for a few years now. Does everything I need it to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

NixOS & OpenWRT are my two. NixOS’s Nix language as declarative config is such a great tool for setting up & maintaining a machines for the long-term that despite the initial learning curve has paid off in the long run (Guix or a Nix successor should also be in the same category). OpenWRT is the purpose-built tool it is for having an OS for a router with low overhead & a UI that can be easier to understand the config when networking isn’t something you do on the regular.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Fedora.

Most of the others either booted to a black screen after install, or the track pad was somewhat uncontrollable when scrolling. Older Asus laptop with separate GPU.

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