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[โ€“] kevinbacon@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[โ€“] teesh3rt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

"He said the line!"

[โ€“] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly it's just so good. The installation was a heck of a process the first time but it taught me so much, and no other distro I've tried has just worked like this across all my hardware.

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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux Mint, the vanilla distro with chocolate.

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[โ€“] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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Vanilla Arch and Endeavour OS. Also looking at trying out Nix OS since I'm pretty curious.

[โ€“] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Debian is my true love.

[โ€“] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] shapis@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] ScruffyDux@lemmy.ml 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€“] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 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€“] copylefty@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Phytolizer@lemmy.fmhy.ml 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€“] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 1 year ago

See my instance name.

[โ€“] VerbTheNoun95@sopuli.xyz 5 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.

Void is just Arch but better.

[โ€“] DaisyLee@lemmy.ml 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€“] corroded@lemmy.world 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€“] loops@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] GlowHuddy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] AceLucario@lemmy.ml 4 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€“] Zyratoxx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 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€“] clehaxze@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

btw, I use Arch

[โ€“] teesh3rt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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[โ€“] mr_robot@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] cefadroxilthranduil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Void Linux at work, Hanna Montana Linux at home.

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[โ€“] djoot@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago

Currently Endeavour OS, but I mainly daily drive Fedora, because its the right mix between bleeding edge and stable (stableedge?) for me.

[โ€“] Tyr3al@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Simple: Arch for desktops and Debian for servers.

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[โ€“] TheElectroness@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Sparky, Manjaro, Ubuntu or Debian testing, depending.

[โ€“] cccc@aussie.zone 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€“] _thebrain_@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] jarrn@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] UnixWeeb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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€“] __jov@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you guys are not distrohopping every day?!?

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[โ€“] ciagovv@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nix OS, because I use both a laptop and a desktop constantly, so having a reproducible environment is key

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[โ€“] zexu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu with i3

[โ€“] Dustwin@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net 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€“] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] Liome@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I used to run manjaro, but after some problems I decided to cut the middle man, and jumped to arch.
So now I use arch btw.

[โ€“] Dafon@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

EndeavourOS, but only since a month ago or so. I used OpenSUSE Tumbleweed before that for over a year.

[โ€“] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 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€“] Francisco 3 points 1 year ago

Puppy Linux on my already-not-fast-2011 laptop. Many thanks to the Devs on keeping my machine alive! True miracle makers!

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