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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

"He said the line!"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux Mint, the vanilla distro with chocolate.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I recently switched from Arch to Debian. So far am happy with my choice. I had used arch for about 4 years beforehand but I eventually had enough of flaky AUR packages and decided to just build what I need by hand.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

See my instance name.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I am using NixOS but it's... difficult.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was considering giving NixOS a go. What are you finding difficult about it?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

How so? I've always been interested in trying that one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm using Arch (btw) but I'm running NixOS in a VM to play around & learn it. It's kind of wild, it's not like any way I'm used to thinking about an OS at all, so I'm still wrapping my head around it. Super interesting though!

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Vanilla Arch and Endeavour OS. Also looking at trying out Nix OS since I'm pretty curious.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Void Linux at work, Hanna Montana Linux at home.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Simple: Arch for desktops and Debian for servers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pop!_OS is what I keep falling back to. It helps that I use a System76 Thelio and a HP Dev One.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This may be an unpopular opinion, but for anything that doesn't require a GUI, Ubuntu Server is my go-to. If I need a GUI, then it's Windows. I've tried Linux on desktop dozens of times in the last 25 years or so, and there's always something lacking. Most recently, RTX support in Steam. Meanwhile, I have Ubuntu servers with > 1 year of uptime, and it would have been more if not for an UPS failure. Right tool for the job IMO.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Fedora KDE spin. I dunno how to feel about the recent announcement but from what I know, it shouldn't affect Fedora itself.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Debian is my true love.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Xubuntu - back from the days with a slightly slower laptop.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

btw, I use Arch

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

EndeavourOS KDE on my laptop, Arch with KDE on my PC, and AlmaLinux 9.2 on my homeserver. Have used Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro, and Mint in the past.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ve been using Void as my daily driver on my desktop for about six years now, I can see myself ever switching. Also have used Solus, Arch, Endeavour, and OpenSuSe on my laptop during that time, which have all been good. But I still prefer Void, it just feels so natural to me now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Void is just Arch but better.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Started using Ubuntu almost a decade ago, never felt the need to switch since then.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I am a penguin, quack quack. What is a distro? Is that a type of fish?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm starting in the Linux world, so, my distro is Linux Mint Cinnamon.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hobby: Arch Work: Fedora and RHEL

Im starting to lean towards Fedora, but this RHEL news is very concerning.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ubuntu Server for my home-lab. Fedora for my workstation (dual-booted with Windows, as work requires Windows or Mac, and Microsoft Flight Simulator only runs on Windows.

We should definitely not war on this - all linux is good linux.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Arch Linux. Installed it 4 years ago and haven't had any issues. I tried several other distro's prior but there always seemed to be some annoying bug that would make me look elsewhere.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've settled on Manjaro with KDE on my current laptop. On my next one, I'll probably move to plain Arch. Alpine is quite cool as well.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wow, People are replying! That usually dosent happen on a first post...

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can't just make this post and not add your answer...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

When I came back to Linux in 2020 as a non-technical user, I got recommended Manjaro by a friend. But I found it has issues and when I reinstalled I just went to Arch directly. I found it not that hard to install and use and it really serves me well. So I've stuck with it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Started out using Ubuntu since 6.06, tried out elementary OS for a bit, went back to using vanilla Gnome on ubuntu and have switched over to Fedora a couple of years ago

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu with i3

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

garuda. arch based and beautiful. uses the regular arch repo, plus their own custom one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mint on my media box. Still Windows on my daily driver, mainly for gaming. I did try Mint for it and while I did like it, I couldnโ€™t make the full switch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sparky, Manjaro, Ubuntu or Debian testing, depending.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you guys are not distrohopping every day?!?

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