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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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What's the longest you've stayed on a distribution? (self.linux)

submitted 2 years ago by unix_joe to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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This is kind of the anti-distro hopping thread. How long have you stayed on a single Linux distribution for your main PC? What about servers?

I've been on Debian on and off since 2021, but finally committed to the platform since April of this year.

Before that I was on OpenBSD from 2011 - 2021 for my desktop.

Prior to that, FreeBSD for many years, followed by a few years of distro-hopping various Linux distros (Slackware, Arch, Fedora, simplyMEPIS, and ZenWalk from memory).

How long have you been on your distribution? Do we have anybody here who has been on their current distro for more than a decade?

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[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I started on Slackware in 1996 and was with them till about 2007. Started trying this new distro that was all the rave called Ubuntu. I was with Ubuntu till 2018 when I moved to Pop_OS because it was like Ubuntu but without defaulting applications to snap.

I still keep Slackware on a machine here, but it’s passed from my daily driver. I used to really enjoy being as close to the nuts and bolts of the OS. However now I just like having a machine I can just use and not think about. So I would say Slackware as I still keep it around in some incarnation, but probably Ubuntu inched out a bit more as my daily driver as I kept on 16.04LTS Ubuntu till about middle October 2018 when I jumped ship to Pop_OS.

I may stay with Pop_OS long term (only been with them four years so far) just for the simple energy that Jeremy Soller exudes with Pop and System76’s Rust projects. Also the lack of snaps is a bonus.