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What Linux distribution or distributions do you personally use?

I myself am a daily Void user. I used to use Devuan, but wanted to try rolling release and ended up loving Void!

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arch Linux. Always very up-to-date and the AUR is huge. No dealing with PPAs or snaps or flatpaks or appimages. Just paru -S any-software-ever-made. Also very streamlined (systemd for everything lol) and well documented. I tried NixOS for a bit but it was very inconvenient in comparison and I felt like it was impossible to tinker with or understand if you weren't good at Haskell. Terrible documentation.

For servers it's definitely Debian + docker.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Debian. Several reasons:

  • It's trustworthy.
  • It's not going anywhere. Debian existed when I was a kid and it'll probably still exist when I draw my last breath.
  • I know how to use it, since, once again, I've been using it since I was a kid.
  • It has all the desktop environments.
  • It fully supports systemd. I do not miss the unreliability, slowness, and complexity of what came before that. (Normally I wouldn't mention this, but your former distro of choice exists solely for the purpose of not having systemd, so it's relevant this time.)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I use Debian with a patched version of motif window manager. The 90s never ended:

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

As someone who uses mwm for work, I only have one question for you: Why?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was a distro hopper once, then I saw the light of NixOS...

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

Tell me about it...

The only reason I might, in the distant future, ever consider changing again is this project, which hopefully would be something between NixOS and Qubes. But that is far in the future and not even that certain.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a few dozen computers and most run Pop!_OS.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Garuuuuuda. Love it. Been running it for the past few years. The devs come off as assholes, but they're actually just German;)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ubuntu for life. Unpopular opinion i know, please don't stone.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

EndeavourOS on my desktop, Red Hat and Ubuntu on servers(at work).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

NixOS everywhere (except for one server which I have yet to migrate from Rocky to NixOS)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been a daily fedora user for the half year. Initially I started off with ElementaryOS but it was so filled with bugs, and glitches, so it didnt last for more than a couple of months. While the fedora experience is way more streamlined.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Debian, for ultimate stability, Fedora for every day, and Arch for my project box.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does SteamOS count? My steam deck is my current “Linux” machine.

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

Yes! My coworker does this and I think it's pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

NixOS. Declarative config with opt-in state is awesome.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Arch, Debian, NixOS, Fedora Silverblue, Raspbian, GrapheneOS[Android]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fedora, because it just works and it ships recent software versions.

I also like Fedora Silverblue, and projects like ublue are very interesting in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Could you explain what you find interesting about Silverblue ?

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

Fedora is truly awesome project! ❤️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Been switching between Arch and Linux Mint for a while now. I run Arch and EndeavourOS on my laptops (Arch on my daily 2-in-1, Endeavour on my TV laptop) but I can't decide which is better for VR on my main rig... probably because VR on Linux is kinda in a pathetic state anyway lol. Next week I'm getting a second GPU for simple display-out so I can use my 6800XT to run VR in a Windows VM, probably on Arch

Edit: landed on EndeavourOS, basically just Arch with a GUI installer, DE by default, and some other tweaks. It's what I kept turning Arch into pretty much lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Linux Mint, it just works

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux Mint. Nothing beats your computer just working when you have shit to get done.

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

I use Debian for my docker servers. I try to use it on the desktop. Was using pop-os, games kept crashing, replace with arch? Archinstall wouldn’t work. Back to windows I guess. Maybe I should try Debian on the desktop since it’s the only one I ever get working properly.

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

I used to use Arch but recently switched to Fedora. I need stability now.

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

Fedora, for the “It Just Works”™ experience of an enterprise-supported distro.

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

Fedora, I'm not a tech person by Linux user standards and I just need an OS that works

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

xubuntu. when this install gets too messy i'm probably going to try the minimal edition and install my old openbox or awesome wm configs.

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

Now I am using fedora, before that I used debian stable.

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

Xubuntu for over ten years now. It was the first thing I landed on when in a panic that my store-bought, WinXP -preinstalled PC was failing and I couldn't afford to be without it nor replace it. Even after being so grateful for it rescuing me, it's also taught me, and worked flawlessly for all I need from my computers since.

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

Debian on my gaming desktop and Ubuntu on the family laptop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I distro hop a lot. After using Majaro (gnome) for a long time I switched to Pop_OS for a long time. I switched back to Manjaro (Gnome) again, but after a week of use I've just downloaded Ubuntu.

I'm getting basic display issues that I've never got in another distro (including tails!) and it's generally annoying me. I'd rather use a distro that doesn't require troubleshooting on Day 1

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

Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Arch. :) I need to learn NixOs or something that is immutable / reproducible at some point.

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

NixOS. Declarative reproducible immutable systems are the future.

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

Alpine is honestly my go to

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

Been using NixOS for a couple months. It’s gotten easier to configure and change because of it, and new computers are super easy to setup because I can just change/apply the config and system wide changes will apply with one command!

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

I'm currently using a mix of Arch and Fedora, but I've been starting to look in to NixOS.

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

Been using nobara with kde for the last 2-3 months

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

I fall firmly in the Ubuntu/derivative camp for the most part. My laptop is on Pop, some of my virtual servers are on Ubuntu. Only exception is UnRAID, which is technically Slackware.

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

I use primarily Fedora for desktop/dual boot and minimal Rocky for server. I mess with Arch and Manjaro when I'm feeling adventurous.

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

Right now i am using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. But i am experimenting with NixOS as well. Bdw first comment on lemmy!

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

I used to use Void as my main distro, but then the developer drama made me shy away from it (keep in mind, this was like forever ago and I haven’t looked at Void at all since). After that I floated around trying everything, from Gentoo to the BSDs (I know, not Linux). Nowadays I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I got tired of doing everything manually and OpenSUSE just makes everything so much easier to use, IMO.

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