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submitted 1 year ago by owatnext@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

What Linux distribution or distributions do you personally use?

I myself am a daily Void user. I used to use Devuan, but wanted to try rolling release and ended up loving Void!

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[-] CjkOvPDwQw@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Void Linux as well here. Actually keep using it because I maintain some packages there.

[-] myogg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Arch, nothing beats the availability and ease of installing packages from the AUR

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[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Slackware 15 on desktop, Devuan 4 on laptop, Rocky 8 on my RPI and LineageOS 18 on my phone. Slackware is really awesome.

[-] FallingTrees@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No matter what I do I always end up back at Fedora, Silverblue specifically for the last several releases, fits my desire for an OS that gets out of my way and just lets me do what I need to do.

[-] marcdw@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Currently... Slackware on main laptop. Slint (Slackware-based) on mini-pc. MX Linux (fvwm respin), Void, and OpenBSD on old laptop. NsCDE is desktop on all except MX.

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[-] aes@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Fedora, I'm not a tech person by Linux user standards and I just need an OS that works

Pop_OS on the desktop. Still haven't found the fortitude to change the OS on the Asus laptop.

[-] bluegandalf@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Have been using Fedora for a year now. Had used Pop OS for about 6months before that.

[-] Lyxea@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] hugz@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I distro hop a lot. After using Majaro (gnome) for a long time I switched to Pop_OS for a long time. I switched back to Manjaro (Gnome) again, but after a week of use I've just donloaded Ubuntu.

I'm getting basic display issues that I've never got in another distro (including tails!) and it's generally annoying me. I'd rather use a distro that doesn't require troubleshooting on Day 1

[-] kylian0087@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Right now i am using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. But i am experimenting with NixOS as well. Bdw first comment on lemmy!

[-] dreimal@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Xubuntu for over ten years now. It was the first thing I landed on when in a panic that my store-bought, WinXP -preinstalled PC was failing and I couldn't afford to be without it nor replace it. Even after being so grateful for it rescuing me, it's also taught me, and worked flawlessly for all I need from my computers since.

[-] atamblingpoder@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Fedora Silverblue (I made the final switch from Tumbleweed when I discovered that flatpak mpv also has vaapi and the steam and lutris flatpaks work flawlessly)

[-] DiscoShrew 4 points 1 year ago

After hopping around from PopOs, Debian, and EndeavourOS, I've been settled on Opensuse tumbleweed for a couple years. Have no desire to change because it does everything I want and YAST is awesome.

[-] octobob@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Arch baybeeee 💯💯💯

[-] EXiLExJD@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I started with Kubuntu, then hopped to EndeavourOS and then moved to Fedora KDE. I've been using Fedora KDE since F36 released and have been quite happy with it.

[-] d4r1us_drk@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I use Fedora Kionite. I was using Silverblue previously but Plasma 5.27 got me. I also tend to switch to Arch sometimes to play with tiling window managers.

[-] retnuh@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

Switched around in the past but been on Debian with KDE for the past year or so

[-] KHTangent@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I've used Mint since I started using Linux, and never had any major issues. I've therefore just stuck with it. I don't always have the time to tinker with my machine if something should break, and Mint usually just works when I need it, while still providing flexibility when I want it (and Timeshift to fix it when I break stuff)

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I have two machines for different purposes - the desktop is the one that other people use that I'm not allowed to break, so that one just dual boots Pop!OS and Windows 10.

The laptop is my own tinkering machine, so that one is Arch and KDE, perpetually in various states of disarray.

[-] BasedDebianUsr@monero.house 4 points 1 year ago

Debian testing w. KDE on the desktop, & stable on my vps

edit: oh yea username checks out

[-] rwxrwxrwx@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

These days I'm basic and I use Ubuntu.

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[-] floppyslapper@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

These days I mostly use Manjaro, though I've been thinking of giving the Suse rolling release a try.

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[-] domsch@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Currently i'm on Arch. Mostly because it's the easiest option for me to get a Plasma Desktop that's up to date. KDE moves so fast nowadays, that i want to be on the edge.

[-] KelsonV@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Fedora on my desktop, Alpine on cloud servers, Debian on my Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu for work. Also messing around with Arch, Debian, and PeppermintOS on some older boxes.

[-] Jaximus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu 20.04 with GNOME. As a non technical user it works great. I made tge switch from windows at the beginning of 2023 and not looking back. When I distrohop it will probably be Debian but that will require time I currently don't have.

[-] Aster347@partizle.com 3 points 1 year ago

OpenSuse Tumbleweed. I tried so many others, and I really wanted to like Arch and the Arch-based distros, but they just weren't for me.

Honestly, I've been trying to jump ship. Suse has some things I would like improved, but I still want that stable rolling release. So I might just be joining you there on Void. My main concern with void for some reason has always been the package manager, but considering Flatpaks are fully matured now and apx is available if I really need it, I don't have much of an excuse other than the fact that I need to do some testing first.

[-] Whitt@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

I use kubuntu for work. At home I have a mix of centos 7 and ubtunu server.

[-] tet42@ka.tet42.org 3 points 1 year ago

Just plain old netinst installed Debian with XFCE. It just works.

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Been using ubuntu for quite sometime now it just works for me. Not much setup needed and currently has most of the support of my favorate programs.

[-] SillyLilJester@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

EndeavourOS. Best distro by a longshot. I used openSUSE Tumbleweed, Fedora, ZorinOS and ofc Ubuntu in the past.

[-] naoseiquemsou@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

After using different distros for more than 10 years, I reached a never imagined level of not caring anymore. Nowadays, I use any of them, and it's fine. I don't even care to change the wallpaper or tweak most settings anymore.

For the record, I'm using fedora on my main rig, mx linux on my low-end laptop, and armbian on my orange pi board.

[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu or kde neon are my go to distros

[-] sproid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Manjaro KDE.

[-] ycnz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

Desktop: Ubuntu, mainly because that's what we support at work

Servers: Debian/Proxmox

[-] fruitywelsh@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Been really enjoying fedora KDE spins, specifically kinote now, was garuda before that, but fedora has been so stable that I haven't needed to switch. Really tempted to point to ublue and try my hand at really using image based distros more fully.

[-] yozul@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Arch with Cinnamon DE and I use flatpak and not the AUR.

[-] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

MX Linux, with XFCE. Has some tools built in that makes configuring the system so much easier. The package manager is solid with all the debian repos available, plus flatpaks. Sane DE defaults.

Does not use SystemD, but can be turned on at boot.

It is stellar. I no longer feel the need to distrohop. Yet... It has been awhile.

Also, for reason NVIDIA drivers don't load when I need to enter my encryption password, so life can be better.

I do not care about SystemD, and it seems everything would be easier if I chose a distro that uses it. I may just do that.

I have tried to like Fedora because it is excellent, but I always run into issues that annoy me. I used to adore Manjaro, but it just got worse over the years. Cannot stand it now. I just don't like Arch.

Maybe I will try Pop_OS! again.

[-] lalay721@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I started using Linux in October 2020 with Manjaro KDE (not including trying out nearly every major beginner-friendly distro in VMs before installing it on bare metal), then I moved to EndeavourOS - still with KDE - in July 2021 and am still on that same install.

[-] shadowintheday@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Arch

I find that bugs in linux programs (and they will happen regardless of distro) are more easily tweaked in systems that do minimal modifications to upstream programs and keep them updated regularly with what the developers release

Also AUR makes it easy to install pretty much anything without having to add ppas, new repo links, etc

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