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Let's talk about something else

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“Oh god, they will immediately be able to tell I am a fraud who has no idea what he’s doing when I tell them I use Ubuntu”
- Ubuntu is fine and I actually am on Ubuntu after using Arch for many years
  
  I use Ubuntu. I think it's funny how Arch users immediately assume they know more about Linux than me because of my distro choice. My hobby is learning about Linux and I can do that perfectly from my Ubuntu machine.
  I've used Arch in the past, and let me tell you, nothing crazy is going on in there.
  Yes, Ubuntu sucks because they are forcing Snaps on people while snaps are slow as hell. Thankfully they haven't fully shoved snaps down our throats. If they don't make snaps faster before shoving them down my throat, I'll just distro hop. Probably to Debian. I love Debian.
  
  Isn't Arch a lot of manual compilation? Like I do that shit for work, I don't want to do it in my free-time too.
  
  22.04 LTS gang
  Honestly, it’s kinda my default general purpose linux distro at this point. Set it up bare bones and headless, rip out snap, and do what you want.
  
  I moved to simpler distros after years of using Arch and derivatives.. I just can't be arsed any more.
- Someone should make that bell curve meme where on the extremes they say "(i) use ubuntu", while mid is arch 'n stuff.
- I rolled Debian for a long time, but now use Ubuntu as there’s a lot more online guides on how to do stuff in Ubuntu than in any other distro (IME)
  
  I second this. I'm a casual Linux user for hosting personal things at home. I'm not a tech professional. I use Ubuntu because I typically don't know how to do things on my own, so I need to be able to find guides.
- I’ll never understand the Linux community in that aspect. We want the market share to grow but always clown on the Ubuntu users, who make up the majority of our market share. If you use Ubuntu, you’re already far ahead than OSX/Win users who complain Apple/Microsoft did a change they don’t like but still remain hostage in their ecosystem.
- After 19 years of Ubuntu, I have lived longer with it than without. At this point I'm pretty confident in my knowledge and ability to bend this OS to my will and have it serve nearly any purpose. If someone looked down upon you because you use Ubuntu, smile and move on.
  Long live Debian and the BDFL!
- Nothing wrong with that! I've been using linux for nearly a decade, and after your distro hopping phase, most people settle into something like ubuntu
  
  Exactly. I've run Linux almost exclusively for more than 20 years. I did the whole roll-my-own thing for a while. Now most of the computers I deal with regularly run mostly-stock Ubuntu.
- On WSL

"Steam Deck now leave me alone"
- (cue DING sound and image of Arch installer)
  AAAH!
  (cue another DING sound with "Akira" echoing and an image of GNOME 3 desktop)
  AAAAAAAAH!

Definitely not Arch then?
I use Arch, btw
- Let me 1 up you... Artix BTW (with s6 init)
  
  Cool, I use gentoo.

of course the true and only "hannah montana linux"
- https://linuxreviews.org/Hannah_Montana_Linux

So what is your distro? ;)
- Some weather we're having, eh?
  
  Yeah totally, makes me want to discuss init systems for some reason.
  By the way, which init is your favorite?
  
  struggles to not break eye-contact to "sudo pacman -Syu"

Steam Deck. ;)
- Heck yes!
- Do you use it as a computer too?
  
  Desktop mode is pretty essential to unlock the full potential, and I have a Windows 11 boot drive for it as well, but it's not my main machine.
  Primary machine is a work laptop.
  2nd use is my phone.
  3rd is my tablet.
  4th/5th are my PS5/XSX
  6th is the Steam Deck
  Literally everything else in my life...
  Nintendo Switch

Does steam OS count as an answer?
- Yes.
- Yup, that's the extent of my Linux experience.

Since developing early onset dementia, I've had to switch to mint.
- I’ve had to switch to mint.
  That bad, huh? I am sorry, I hope you get better.

It goes to another school. You would not know it.

You can try to get away with the classic "I use Arch btw." Either they are seriously impressed and don't ask any further then, or you fucked up completely.
- If they asked what distro, they know the btw meme for sure

What's a distro? I just use the Linux kernel on a potato 🥔
- What’s a distro
  an Americanization of the word distribution (software that is).
  
  Oh, so other countries don't say "distro"?

Sometimes you just need an undebatable excuse. I use Linux Mint because LM are my initials and I'm too lazy to move to any other recommendations

Proxmox 😎
- So debian with a really weird window manager?
  
  I accept that. It helps manage my vms rather quickly.

-What distro do you use?
-Chrome OS

Umm... Arch... -buntu... Hat... Linux?

I use Windows BTW
- I use windows too, have to keep them closed on hot days though.
- I use TempleOS BTW.
  
  I use Raspbian BTW.
  
  BuBut TemPlE Os iS SepRaTe frOm GnU/LinUX
  
  BuBut TemPlE Os iS SepRaTe frOm GnU/LinUX

Just always answer "Red Star OS".

Raspbian 💪

I tend to use whatever I consider the best one for that particular job. For example: Desktop/gaming: I currently use Ubuntu here because of greater commercial compatibility. But I am using Pop_OS on my System76 laptop and am liking it and may switch to that next time I need to rebuild the desktop image since it is downstream from Ubuntu compatibility should not be an issue. It would save be several post install customizations.
Homelab virtual infra hosting: Proxmox. Because I wanted fancy features without having to pay for a VMWare VMUC license.
Firewall/Router: PFSense
Homelab Infra VMs: Debian Stable for what I consider "backbone" services like DNS and Ubuntu server for things like Jellyfin and my Bookstack server where I am less concerned with it being rock solid.
I used to keep a Windows VM for the rare Windows specific things I wanted/needed. But eventually I got rid of that because I never needed it anyway.
- This is the way.

btw i use android
- Android isn't linux though. That's like saying MacOS is BSD.

Windows of course. when you run wsl it becomes linux distro

Its called a file

It’s, er, a variant of FreeBSD.
- Is that code for MacOS?
  
  Erm. Maybe. Don’t ban me.

This used to be me while I distrohopped. Now, I've settled on which distro I will use. I use Arch, btw.

I love mint and solus :) Currently on mint
- +1 for Solus
- Solus
  Isn't it dead?
  
  They formed a new team which revived the project. They recently released a new version after 2 years.

ManjaDebEndevNix is my favorite

Unraid, pfsense, and ubuntu server running pterodactyl panel / wings

Red Star OS.
- What is thaaaat. Does it have any relation with the football club?
  
  Nah
  It's the official North Korean OS.
  The operating system comes pre-installed with a number of applications that monitor its users. If a user tries to disable security functions, an error message will appear on the computer, or the operating system will crash and reboot. In addition, a watermarking tool integrated into the system marks all media content with the hard drive's serial number, allowing the North Korean authorities to trace the spread of files. The system also has hidden "anti-virus" software that is capable of removing censored files that are remotely stored by the North Korean secret service.

As someone who gradually went from arch to Manjaro to Ubuntu because I kept breaking my installs or not having time, this resonates lol.
- Manjaro likes to break on its own during updates in my experience
  
  The Arch Dilemma. If you never update the system, it will never break. To update without breaking you have to carefully check every package update, but it's time consuming. So you either spend time productively on an outdated but working and stable system or you spend time carefully keeping up a bleeding edge updated system.
- Garuda is an Arch distro that creates a system snapshot every time you upgrade. That way, if the upgrade breaks something, you can roll back to a previous, stable system.
- This

I'm really liking Pop OS! I'd still be using Ubuntu if it wasn't for Pop tbh. I've also had some fun with Elementary OS, but their hostile stance on tray icons is killing my workflow.
Ideological design bullshit shouldn't get in the way of making a good product tbh.
- I also really liked these 2. you might want to check out ZorinOS, it's what I'm trying out now

you guessed it, I use joborun, like arch without systemd, runit optionally s6/66

I once was so enthusiastic about Fedora...
- I settled on Fedora after distro hopping then the whole RHEL stuff happened and I'm so annoyed haha
  I'll probably stick with it for the time being, but I should probably have an exit strategy
  
  That exit strategy is called Debian

XeroLinux. It's a nice, convenient Arch-based one with a good installer and helper app. Makes getting into Arch feel a lot more newbie-friendly. I disable the latte docker and crazier desktop effects though, I like mine more plain and fast.
- That's a lot of words to say "I use Arch btw"
  
  Arch users don't like it when people say they use Arch when in fact it's an Arch derivative. Especially if you mention it on the Arch forums.
  
  Arch fanboys will club to death anyone who says anything other than plain Arch is Arch. Derivatives are not Arch in their minds.

My first thought with this meme was chronic distrohopping. Do I tell them what I'm using this week? Or the last distro I used for any amount of time? Do I tell them the obscure distro name or the name of the major distro it's forked off of? If I'm dual booting do I tell them the experimental OS I'm daily driving or the reliable fallback I have on my other partition?

Hannah Montana Linux of course. Disney uses on their disney plus servers
- This is now canon

Grateful we have passed the point at which this meme is relevant. Microsoft would never have imagined this 25 years ago.

You're all beta testers for Rocky Linux.

When people hear I'm using Linux they're always like "Must be some Ubuntu" (I actually use Endeavour)

I use Ubuntu ... but I frequent the Arch forums.

Whatever the Steam Deck runs.
- Arch Linux
  
  I was being facetious.

TEMPLE!!!!

Mandrake, obv
- Mandriva was my first distro!

openKylin /s

Say Debian and the type of person who asks this will immediately go “oh fuck. He’s a nerd…”
- A large percentage of Distros are just rearranged Debian Sid

I like arch, but also use debian on computers I don't use often. Then I mess with the bsds on a few spare thinkpads.
- Been using it for 2 years now, don't let the obnoxious 1% fool you, it is really cool.
- Does anyone actually use Arch as a daily driver?
  
  I use Arch with i3 on my main gaming/dev machine. Most of my other (older) machines are Manjaro or Debian though.
  
  Plenty of people do.
  
  I do, it's my main one. My primary computer uses arch. I just like debian for my not commonly used computers because it's a stable release.

Ubuntu. lol
Not for real, just want to stir the pot.

I'd like to interject for a moment, what you are referring to as Mexico is in fact the United States of Mexico. A Federation Republic comprised of 31 free and sovereign States each with its own constitution, judiciary, and democratically election Congressional entity. The 31 individual and unique States form a Federation consisting of a bilateral Congress consisting of a Republic Senate and a Chamber of Deputies entrusted with creation of law, imposing taxes, ratifying treaties and international diplomacy. The Federal entity is further comprised of an Executive wing charged with enforcing the laws, emergency dictation and commanding the military. The third and final wing is a Judicial entity consisting of regional courts and a High Court of 11 jurist charged with interpreting any discrepancies that may between the Sovreign States or within the Law itself
(red star OS and android btw)

Almalinux. I used to use centos on servers and fedora workstation on my desktops but have switched over to Almalinux for both. Will be interesting to see what shakes out with the whole Redhat source repo change.
Ubuntu was unstable for me on my desktop every time I tried. I always disliked Ubuntu on servers.

SLINUX — obviously, and I work at SNASA.

smugs in Parabola

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