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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm using Fedora Silverblue. I can recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Been using nobara with kde for the last 2-3 months

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I use Pop OS! on my daily computer and laptop and Ubuntu on my home server

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

OpenSUSE, Tumbleweed on workstations (KDE) and Leap on my server.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

EndeavourOS on my desktop, Red Hat and Ubuntu on servers(at work).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Linux Mint, it just works

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Debian, for ultimate stability, Fedora for every day, and Arch for my project box.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Manjaro KDE.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

xubuntu. when this install gets too messy i'm probably going to try the minimal edition and install my old openbox or awesome wm configs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been a daily fedora user for the half year. Initially I started off with ElementaryOS but it was so filled with bugs, and glitches, so it didnt last for more than a couple of months. While the fedora experience is way more streamlined.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Been switching between Arch and Linux Mint for a while now. I run Arch and EndeavourOS on my laptops (Arch on my daily 2-in-1, Endeavour on my TV laptop) but I can't decide which is better for VR on my main rig... probably because VR on Linux is kinda in a pathetic state anyway lol. Next week I'm getting a second GPU for simple display-out so I can use my 6800XT to run VR in a Windows VM, probably on Arch

Edit: landed on EndeavourOS, basically just Arch with a GUI installer, DE by default, and some other tweaks. It's what I kept turning Arch into pretty much lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These days I'm basic and I use Ubuntu.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

NixOS. Declarative config with opt-in state is awesome.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I tend to use Ubuntu most of the time - because I am familiar with it. Then again I have been using Linux for over 25 years and am a professional Linux Admin - so I am familiar with most of them!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Mint. Mint has largely continued to be good for me and if I build another desktop myself I'll probably put Mint in again. That said I've heard good things about PopOS, and if I end up buying direct from System76 I might stick with that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I've been mostly using Ubuntu and it's been working mostly well but I do want to switch at some point. I've tried Porteus but I've tried it on two different computers and I couldn't get the WiFi adapter to work on either of them. I know why it's not working on one of the computers but the WiFi adapter in the other one works just fine with Ubuntu so I have no Idea why it's not working.

I've got my eye on some other distros that I want to try but I haven't had the time or the desire to try them yet.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my laptop, Debian on my server and SteamOS on the Steam Deck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I use Ubuntu latest LTS for all my servers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

openSUSE Tumbleweed, it just works for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Arch, Debian, NixOS, Fedora Silverblue, Raspbian, GrapheneOS[Android]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Proxmox on server with Debian VMs. Debian 12 with KDE Plasma on workstation. So basically Debian all the way.

Have used Linux Mint and Pop!_OS in the past, but the name of the latter is annoying enough to make me use something else.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Only used Linux for a couple of months and use Fedora currently. Been through a fair few distros, but think Im gonna stick with Fedora for a while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I used to use Debian but after switching to Fedora Silverblue two years ago I've had zero urge to distrohop. I love that it allows me to tinker without breaking my system (which I used to do with Debian).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Fedora. I started my Linux journey 1 year ago with Pop!_OS, then switched to Endeavor OS, an Arch based distro for beginners because I felt limited due to the Ubuntu/Debian base. I liked Endeavor, but it was too easy to break and I had to reinstall it several times. Ichoese Fedora due to its stability while maintaing up-to-date packages. Fedora has been a great experience for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Arch on everything, including servers. It's just so easy to install everything via the AUR & configure everything easily. Plus the wiki is amazing. Although it is a pain to setup sometimes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Using Arch Linux for over 12 years now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kubuntu for me. Ive been an on again off again user of either Ubuntu or kubuntu for over a decade now, but that might have to change here soon. The integration of snap is driving me insane, so I've been looking into arch distros recently

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I seem to keep coming back to Arch and/or Manjaro.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Arch Linux everywhere. I'm curious about NixOS but I don't have the time to tinker anymore.

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