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[–] cowmouse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fedora with KDE!

[–] odium@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Arch with a Sway wm

[–] retnuh@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Been using Linux for the past 10 years and have tried just about every distro. I decided to stop hopping and have been on Fedora for the past year and a half. Fedora has worked great for me and I have no plans on changing it anytime soon. Also should add I use KDE fedora because I can’t stand gnome

[–] Gemini@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Gentoo, mostly. Some Arch and Debian testing here and there.

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[–] ChrislyBear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Debian and Alpine

Alpine for Docker containers and Debian for general putpose and sometimes also for containers.

I use windows on my main desktop.

I used to use arch btw till the repair guy took my arch lappy and ghosted me :(

[–] goodnessme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am running Ubuntu on my machines and whatever Docker containers if I need some other flavour.

[–] forky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Debian or CentOS. But I do server stuff.

[–] CWSmith@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Gentoo is my prefered distro.

MX Linux. I can customize and use many obsecure programs really easily.

[–] Geose@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I've been maining endeavouros for a little over a year now. It's oddly easier than any other os I've ever run.

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Arch BTW for my personal machine and Debian for my server

[–] away2thestars@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Since 2008 I am an Arch Linux user (multiple PCs and laptops, as well as some Raspberry Pie devices and a "mini PC" used as home server).

I used Ubuntu since initial release in 2004 and before that I used Debian in dual-boot with Windows since around the year 2000. With switching to Ubuntu I completely ditched Windows and never used it on any non work-related machines again.

[–] darkl1nk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I am using Rocky Linux 9 on my home PC and Ubuntu 22.04 Server on my VPS.

[–] OtakuAltair@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago
[–] r_ffer23@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Fedora KDE Spin, I like all the options to customize.

[–] Bjoern_Tantau@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed for my gaming PC and laptop.

On my server I run Debian oldstable until I find the time and energy to upgrade to stable. On my homeserver I run Ubuntu. Probably the latest LTS. Started out as Medibuntu to host a MythTV backend. But we haven't watched TV in a long time so that's not used at the moment.

[–] Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fedora for me, what I started on. Want to try Slackware though.

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[–] StimulatedYorkie@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arch and Debian. In the future I’ll probably move to something without systemd, but for now this is what I use. I don’t understand why so many people use Ubuntu and even fedora now with this REHL controversy. Why would choose to use a corporate distro when others are also just as good? Doesn’t that negate the purpose of using linux and free software in the first place? (This applies to popos, linux mint Ubuntu, and all those other Ubuntu OSes)

when others are just as good

Using Fedora 38 right now. Good stuff

[–] kabukimeow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I have Linux Mint on my laptop (Windows 10 on my desktop)

[–] swagmessiah@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Linux Mint on Desktop, Arch on my laptop

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I recently just set up Mint on a virtual machine. I had the iso image and I knew how it's easy for me to get around, so I did it only to find the program I was looking for isn't what I thought it was. It's kinda my main go to for Linux work on a virtual machine because of how hassle free it tends to be for me.

That VM was made after I made the mistake of making a Liya one but not putting enough memory into the virtual hard disk.

I'm currently waiting to upgrade computers before I make the full jump since I already have everything set up just fine on my desktop, but I'm definitely thinking of starting with Mint for a general easy to use start or going to endeavourOS since I have some experience with that. (That's subject to change if I try more distros on virtual machines and find one I really like...)

[–] Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arch, Suse Micro os and Fedora silverblue. I would like to add gentoo but by beard is not long enough.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Gentoo's own handbook is very handy. If you're ok with Arch, you'll have no problem with Gentoo. And if you have questions, you can join my tiny Gentoo community here: !gentoo@lemm.ee

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[–] 18107@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I keep trying different distros, but I keep coming back to Mint. It's just the right mix of user friendly and customisable for me.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

I started with Fedora, then gave a few looks outside, now when I use Linux, it's 99% Ubuntu/Mint 1% Zorin (to show the similarities with Windows and explain how easy can be for an old newbie used to Win)

[–] rmspc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My primary computer: (NOT LINUX) Windows 10, I know, shocking. Laptop for programming: It's an old HP Pavilion from 2015. Linux Mint with i3. ThinkPad for fun stuff: Artix Linux. Big ass Cisco servers in my room: openBSD emulation.

[–] GenBlob@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Gentoo on my desktop and laptop. I also have an old thinkpad T41 that runs FreeDOS which isn't linux but is still awesome.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Gentoo!

Even started a community with a whopping 16 subscribers and almost no posts! !gentoo@lemm.ee.

[–] tarneo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Main computer: Arch (BTW) because I am a WM user (awesomewm) and AL has no bloat to remove. Also because of the AUR.

Servers:

  • main server is a gentoo beast. I chose gentoo because systems was actually causing some problems and reporting a "degraded" status. OpenRC is really nice after years of systemd :-)
  • second server, used for backups: NixOS, for no particular reason. I might install Debian 12 on it one day.
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