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Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 16 hours ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35084396

Hej lemmings!

Quick question for you all: do you stick with the same distro across your PC, laptop, and server, or do you pick different ones based on the device and what you're doing?

For me, I've been mixing and matching depending on the use case, but I'm starting to think it'd be nice to just have one distro (or at least one family like Fedora or Debian) running everywhere. That way I wouldn't get confused about default settings or constantly have to look up flags for different package managers.

Right now my setup is:

Gaming rig: CachyOS

Laptop: AuroraOS

NAS: Unraid

Various project servers: DietPi, Debian, Alpine etc..

I feel like NixOS might be the only distro that could realistically handle all these use cases, but I'm a bit scared of the learning curve and the maintenance work it'd take to migrate everything over.

Am I the only one who feels like having "one distro to rule them all" would be nice? How do you guys handle your setups? All ears! 😊

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[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Mint for my machine and my kids machines, ubuntu on my server as its just what Ive used there forever. If that server ever implodes I might consider a rolling debian of some kind for that server, maybe even LMDE or just possibly base debian as its a lot more friendly these days I hear. I worry about using LMDE as a server because of the prospect of Mint dropping it because its taking too much dev time.

[–] Quantumantics@fedia.io 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Given Debian's longer release cycles, I imagine it's not nearly as much of a drain as keeping up with Ubuntu. Plus, LMDE keeps them in position to ditch Ubuntu if they become too problematic or burdensome to work with.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

LMDE keeps them in position to ditch Ubuntu if they become too problematic or burdensome

Oh I know thats what they say, but at the end of the day their resources are limited too and if they ever have to ditch something, I suspect it will be that.