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[–] happyhippo@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Linux

Opensuse Tumbleweed

[–] diskmaster23@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago
[–] wortaggrobart@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fedora Workstation. Everything just works out of the box, even AAC codec with Bose headphone.

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[–] Hell@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Endeavour OS

[–] MartinXYZ@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

EndeavourOS on my laptop, Pop!_OS on my gaming PC.

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Windows 10 (Home) until end of support, but I'll have to look into getting into Linux, as, among other things, Windows 11 having an in-built AI cemented to me that I will never ever be using it.

[–] zerbey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Windows, Linux on my servers and Raspberry Pi machines. Linux on desktop is oh-so-close, but it's been oh-so-close since the early 2000s!

[–] HouseWolf@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Been trying to switch to Linux but sadly back on Windows 10 after using Pop!_OS for the previous month. Half my issues were with the Nvidia and audio drivers the last one was my system randomly not booting and not letting me load a previous restore point I had saved on Timeshift.

I still want to get on the Linux train since I've been unhappy with Windows since 8 and it's just getting worse and worse. There was a lot of stuff I really liked about Linux from testing in it VMs and my month with Pop!_OS.

[–] pixelprimer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Fedora, used Arch for many years but decided to try it out and have really enjoyed it. After Red Hats RHEL decisions I might swap to arch or nix os.

[–] Venomnik0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I use Gentoo. It's nice and comfy and I can actually control what I want to do on there.

Insert compile firefox meme

[–] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Windows 10. Would migrate to Linux, but between Adobe software and abusing the personal unlimited backup (specifically not enabled for Linux due to power users) from Backblaze it just makes more sense to stay right now.

[–] 640kb@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think there's a single "main" computer anymore. My home computer is Linux Mint Cinnamon. My mobile computer (which I use nearly as much as my desktop OS) is Android.

My next smartphone is going to allow installing a privacy-respecting custom ROM (because Linux on mobile really isn't there yet). Once I do that, I'll focus on f-droid apps only. Something to look forward to.

[–] xompax@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Slackware Linux currently

[–] mundane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Popos on my personal laptop and Debian on my workstation at the office.

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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Debian Bookworm, I like to live on the edge. The extremely stable edge.

[–] owsei@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

xubuntu cuz im too lazy rn to configure anything else than vim

[–] EggsCurrently@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Windows 10 Pro on my main desktop but I do have an old laptop now running Zorin OS Lite which I use mostly when I'm on vacation or taking a long train.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Windows 10. No idea why anyone is using Win11.

I've tried Linux every few years for the last few decades and it's never been at a point where I can switch. I am in the process of trying again, however.

Started today trying to dual boot it on a Windows laptop that has a boot SSD and data HDD. Tried resizing the HDD and installing Nobara and can't get the machine to boot into Grub (the suggested fix on their site didn't work, possibly because of the two physical drives). Searching for a solution was fruitless and I'm honestly over it already. I want an OS, not a hobby.

The very definition of insanity right here. There is ALWAYS something that doesn't work and I'm not a fucking idiot but I'm not a developer either. Linux fans act like people on Windows have no excuse not to switch but I've been trying since the 90s and Linux just does everything it can to frustrate me. God knows how someone who's not tech savvy is supposed to figure anything out. /rant

[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never heard of the distro you mentioned. Most people just beginning with Linux are recommended to start on Linux mint or pop_OS. If you want to be able to experience Linux for the average user I would recommend one of these.

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[–] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech 3 points 1 year ago

Windows 10 soon to be 11.

Linux gaming has come a long way and I game on my Linux box, but with WSL now I can most of my Linux specific work on my Windows machine and also game which gives me the best of both worlds.

[–] Kristho@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Fedora Linux with either Gnome or Sway depending on the device.

[–] Clamor_@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I've been using windows for years now and I don't think I'll ever switch to another OS, Linux or otherwise.

[–] PrepaidCompare@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Debian Sid XFCE.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Manjaro on my PC and Fedora on my laptop.

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[–] Kazumara@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I dualboot Windows 10 Pro and Fedora 38 KDE Spin on my home desktop.

I use Fedora for programming and to administer my other systems (Minecraft server, NAS, Raspberry Pi), and Windows for gaming.

I plan to move gaming to Linux too, but so far I've been too lazy to make the jump. I'm also not sure if I should go with an extra install of Arch or just try to do it on my Fedora.

[–] citrixscu@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Win11 on bare metal (for games) with VMware workstation running Silverblue and Arch in distrobox. Most of my time is spent in VMs when not gaming. Did the dual boot thing for a while but it got annoying.

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[–] Yuutzyu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Fedora 38 and Windows 10 on dual boot, though I mostly just use Fedora.

[–] MrMusAddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Windows 10 as long as possible. I think my hardware may support Windows 11, but there's no benefit to me upgrading until I need to.

[–] Luvon@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

macOS, and after having to use virtual desktops on windows for work, I appreciate macs spaces implementation so much more.

I have windows 11 on my gaming computer and that’s fine with a third party clipboard manager, and powertoys.

Windows 10 in the office even with powertoys and a third party clipboard manager still annoys me.

The virtual desktop includes all monitors as one desktop. If you switch one screen to a different desktop it switches all of them. On my Mac I can switch per screen with a swipe.

Also the virtual desktop overview is laggy so moving windows between virtual desktops is a pain. Furthermore in that overview you can only move windows between the same monitors virtual desktop, you can move across monitors for whatever reason.

[–] Lolors17@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Fedora, first I just went with it to try it, but now I stick with it. It's great because things just work, and I haven't come across problems I didn't know how to fix.

[–] cestvrai@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Windows 10 but I use WSL for VS code and docker.

I love Linux, 20+ years I’d use, but the desktop experience is inferior to Win/Mac in my opinion. I do hope that changes though.

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Manjaro, because it's up to date while easy to use.

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[–] mrh@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago
[–] ttk@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

mac for working, windows for gaming, linux for serving

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

KDE Neon. It's Ubuntu LTS with the latest KDE development stuff.

I generally dislike Ubuntu because they have some really odd breakages and bad defaults, but Debian just gets too out of date eventually. I do use Debian for anything that needs Linux and isn't my main desktop, though (and *BSD if it just needs UNIX).

[–] farmer_bobathan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I use arch on my laptops, debian on my servers, and I recommend fedora to others. I'm also nix/guix curious.

[–] Xero@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

Linux, I like my main boxen to be stable. Unlike my Windows game box.

[–] User0705@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Win 11 it just works for me

[–] IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ubuntu at work, Arch at home. Having a linux machine at work has been an incredible upgrade.

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