What distro(s) do you use?
What distro(s) do you use?
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!
What distro(s) do you use?
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!
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.
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.
You don't need any haskell knowledge to configure a NixOS system. It's mostly just researching the right options and setting the desired values. Pretty simple. For more advanced stuff like custom modules, functional programming experience helps a lot but that's not necessary for installing packages and enabling services.
Documentation isn't great but what it does have going for it is that it's right in the place where you configure it: In the NixOS options. Wanna configure systemd-boot? Just search for it: https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=23.05&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=systemd-boot
It's self-documenting.
Debian. Several reasons:
The thought that Debian will continue into the future feels comforting. How cool it would be if in 5000AD kids on Mars or Europa are running Debian 100?
I was a distro hopper once, then I saw the light of NixOS...
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.
I use Debian with a patched version of motif window manager. The 90s never ended:
As someone who uses mwm for work, I only have one question for you: Why?
It's simple, easily customisable, and I like the big chiseled buttons.
"Motif Window Manager"? I'm on mobile and have old eyes, but it looks like WindowMaker. If so, great choice! If not, I'll have to look closer when I get home.
It really is mwm :) The toolchest-like menu in the upper left corner isn't part of mwm though.
You can find more info about the mwm fork here: https://fastestcode.org/emwm.html
arch
btw
same, its pretty solid for a meme os. For anything else I usually use Debian.
NixOS everywhere (except for one server which I have yet to migrate from Rocky to NixOS)
I have a few dozen computers and most run Pop!_OS.
What's your second most commonly used distro?
EndeavourOS on my desktop, Red Hat and Ubuntu on servers(at work).
Garuuuuuda. Love it. Been running it for the past few years. The devs come off as assholes, but they're actually just German;)
Ubuntu for life. Unpopular opinion i know, please don't stone.
When you take Pop_OS! into account?
Probably not anytime soon haha
umm it's literally the most popular distro
And yet everyone in r/linux and r/linuxmemes kept shitting on it
Linux Mint, it just works
Linux Mint. Nothing beats your computer just working when you have shit to get done.
Same. Mint, because n00b.
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
Debian, for ultimate stability, Fedora for every day, and Arch for my project box.
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!
Does SteamOS count? My steam deck is my current “Linux” machine.
Yes! My coworker does this and I think it's pretty cool.
NixOS. Declarative config with opt-in state is awesome.
Same here. It's made my life a whole lot easier since on previous distros, I had to depend on documenting manual hacks I had done.
Fellow NixOS traveller. I used Nix for work and never saw the appeal of a whole OA built around it but when I saw a tutorial with the declarative config I was instantly sold.
Arch, Debian, NixOS, Fedora Silverblue, Raspbian, GrapheneOS[Android]
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.
Could you explain what you find interesting about Silverblue ?
Fedora is truly awesome project! ❤️
I'm currently using a mix of Arch and Fedora, but I've been starting to look in to NixOS.
NixOS. Declarative reproducible immutable systems are the future.
Mostly NixOS unstable. I have one machine still on Arch, but i plan to switch that to NixOS too.
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.
Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Arch. :) I need to learn NixOs or something that is immutable / reproducible at some point.
Been using nobara with kde for the last 2-3 months
Now I am using fedora, before that I used debian stable.
Fedora, for the “It Just Works”™ experience of an enterprise-supported distro.
I use primarily Fedora for desktop/dual boot and minimal Rocky for server. I mess with Arch and Manjaro when I'm feeling adventurous.
Alpine is honestly my go to
I use opensuse with kde and I love it. Have been using it for 2 years now.
For server use at home I use Ubuntu Server and Alma Linux (mostly)
At work it is all RedHat.
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.
I got tired of doing everything manually
Perhaps check out NixOS
Debian on my gaming desktop and Ubuntu on the family laptop.
Fedora, I'm not a tech person by Linux user standards and I just need an OS that works
I used to use Arch but recently switched to Fedora. I need stability now.
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
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.
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.
Right now i am using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. But i am experimenting with NixOS as well. Bdw first comment on lemmy!
OpenSUSE, Tumbleweed on workstations (KDE) and Leap on my server.
openSUSE Tumbleweed, it just works for me.
Linux Mint with Mate DE.
Fedora on the desktop. I got my start on Red Hat Linux so I've stuck with it since.
For servers I use Debian. Lightweight, widely used, and gets the job done.
Using Garuda (basically just Arch with some bloat) because I'm 1) too lazy to install Arch myself and 2) on an Nvidia card and Wayland WMs still seem buggy for me. Once (if ever) Wayland is stable on Nvidia I'll probably look for an alternative
I've felt in love woth Debian the moment I used it for the first time
I use Pop OS! on my daily computer and laptop and Ubuntu on my home server
Arch on my workstation, Ubuntu on my servers.
Slackware
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.
Moved from Arch to Nix and loving it!
What do you most like? Thoughts on why others should give it a shot?
For my desktops/laptops I use Void Linux, for my servers I use Debian.
EndeavourOS for desktops, Ubuntu for servers