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What distro do you use? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] grtcdr@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

settled on Arch Linux, after distrohopping a thousand times, it's minimal yet it feels complete...

[–] Arcadius@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

POP OS and Twister OS

[–] deauthorized@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 years ago (1 children)

linux mint, runs team fortress 2 well enough

[–] qu4k@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 years ago

... and that's all you really need :)

[–] Mr_toto@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

I started with Ubuntu, then I tried fedora, and now I'm switch to ElementaryOS because this simplicity, but i really like Debian. In the future y like try Qubes.

[–] AndreK4@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 years ago

Manjaro, although thinking about Arch+i3wm when I get a new machine

[–] nyex@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 years ago

i'm a new manjaro user after almost 15 years of using ubuntu. loving the simplicity >.<

[–] throwaway284921384@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago

Debian Stable. Old, but it works and that's all I want my computer to do

[–] baka@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 years ago

void linux, musl

[–] Ziln@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

openSUSE Tumbleweed returning back to the first distro I ever used way back in 2002 when it was called SuSE Linux its had few name revisions in its time.

[–] alexbuzzbee@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

In the process of switching from Void Linux (a systemd hipster distro) to Gentoo.

[–] orangelamp@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

I'm on Stock Debian but seriously considering moving to Ubuntu because it gets more support on stuff like stackexchange

[–] Restioson@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

Pop!_OS

[–] oriond@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

Debian

[–] wesley@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

Been using Manjaro on my laptop and my desktop for a while now, but I am in a hopping mood so that might change soon.

[–] kuarup@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

EndeavourOS (pure Arch )

[–] early_adapter@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

Arch and Guix

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

NixOS. Once you go declarative, you never want to configure anything imperatively again.

Here's the configuration common to all my desktop machines if you want to get a taste of what NixOS is like.

[–] k_o_t@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

Void(TM)

[–] dreamland@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

Arch, effectively (started as Antergos). In the past I've used Gentoo.

[–] plato@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

ElementaryOS. I don't use the Pantheon desktop, I just don't want to distrohop

[–] PureTryOut@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 years ago

Alpine Linux. Originally to dogfood myself the packages I maintain for postmarketOS, but I've grown quite fond of it and the developer community around it. I run it on my laptop and desktop and servers now, coming from Gentoo.