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what's your current linux distro? (beehaw.org)

submitted 10 months ago by DreamyRin@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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wanting to hop into the world of linux on a dual boot method (one of my favorite games unfortunately cannot be run on linux at all, and it's a gacha. I don't want to gamble with my account being banned, so I'm keeping windows for it specifically.) this'll be my second go at it, I used Pop!_OS briefly but had some issues with wifi and didn't love the GNOME layout. I have a new distro picked out, but I just was curious what other people are using in this community. was also wondering what made you fall on your current one.

and maybe as some bonus questions, what are some distros you've tried but didn't like? what about a distro you want to try eventually? I've seen distrohopping is a thing, hahaha.

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[–] mlaga97@lemmy.mlaga97.space 3 points 10 months ago

Used Ubuntu for ~15 years, switched to NixOS a couple months ago and haven't looked back.

I've made a habit of clean installing all of the desktops/laptops/servers in my life on the first point release of each LTS (i.e. 22.04.1). That would mean there was time for the dust to settle and for me to tweak my install/customization scripts from the previous LTS.

So since I knew I was gonna have to modify my Ubuntu install scripts to work with 24.04 anyways, I fiigured it was a decent time to try and see if I could get the install scripts converted to a nix config instead, and it ended up working a treat.

[–] arran4@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Gentoo, after a 15 year break where I used Ubuntu / Arch. Might try NixOS or something similar.

KDE for desktop env.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 10 months ago

NixOS on my Laptop, Desktop, Gaming Machine, and around 10 servers.

Still have two servers on Arch, waiting to be migrated, and I'm really itching to but NixOS on the Steam Deck as well.

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Debian stable on Thinkpad 1 and Debian testing on Thinkpad 2. Testing is nice because Gnome is a slightly better version. Stable is nice because it doesn't bother me about updates.

What don't you like about gnome?

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Debian testing on my desktop

Endeavour on my laptop

Gonna switch desky to endeavour soon. Debian stable is great but testing is not a good experience but I need the more recent packages.

[–] Eliteguardians@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Give Debian Sid an opportunity.

[–] termus@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Nobara

[–] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

If you like or need the latest software, use a rolling distro. I use Manjaro (boo, hiss) and really like it. But if you don't want the Arch users to beat you up and pants you, I hear Endeavour OS is pretty good.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

one of my favorite games unfortunately cannot be run on linux at all, and it's a gacha. I don't want to gamble with my account being banned

Yeah, let's keep it to one kind of gambling. I like and use opensuse tumbleweed. Rolling release, never had stability problems.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I recently stumbled upon OpenSuse again and want to try it out but can't decide if I should use Tumbleweed or MicroOS. Did you ever try MicroOS?

[–] Eliteguardians@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stick to Tumbleweed. MicroOS is the container version.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought MicroOS is like Fedora Silverblue and an atomic desktop?

[–] Eliteguardians@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They are very similar. It honestly comes down to what you're comfortable with.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

My first choice is Pop!_OS because my graphics cards are NVidia, but you said that you don't like their DE. My second choice is LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). It is boring and stable and gets out of your way.

[–] linko@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Slackware

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Hey I want to try out slackware real bad (for my own, religious reasons. Praise "Bob").

So anyway I was wondering, I've heard it's more difficult than your average distro, mainly in the sense that dependencies are not managed by a package manager like the dnf I'm used to, but then I've also heard they have tools for that now. Before I try it out I'd like to ask a few people like yourself how they manage dependencies, and if there are any other tips you'd like to share.

[–] wer2@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Slackware was my first real distro (many moons ago), glad to see people still enjoy it.

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Garuda Dragonized

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Ditto. Super easy setup, most stuff just works right off the bat. Super active community on the forum and high participation from the devs.

[–] Stowaway@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wanted this, but it wouldnt boot for me. :( my hardware was pretty new at the time though, so maybe works now?I'll have to try it again some time.

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Hmm, yeah my PC is about 2-3 years old now and it booted just fine. If normal Arch can boot (EFI ideally), then Garuda should be good.

[–] zolax@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Gentoo

[–] SteelCorrelation@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

I run Fedora on my gaming PC (KDE) and my ThinkPad (GNOME/Hyprland). It’s a rock-solid distro. Some may think the release cycle is too fast, but then just don’t upgrade right away.

Distrohopping is an addiction for me. As soon as I get settled, I’m ready to bounce. I want my gaming PC to stay where it is, but I might hop my ThinkPad around. Maybe. Fedora on it is fantastic.

[–] Cilnios@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Arch + riverwm on my desktop. I know barless tiling window managers look daunting, but simplicity is liberation.

I can't imagine doing that on my laptop though, so I've got arch + KDE Plasma and I love how it just works.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Gentoo on my PC, Fedora Asahi on my MacBook

[–] lengau@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

Kubuntu

[–] hazelnoot@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I've been using Xubuntu for half a decade, zero regrets.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

I started with PowerPPC back in the '90s (it did not even ship with a working X system). Then went to Debian a few years later, and it was great. I played around with Gentoo for a little while when it first came out, then ended up back on Debian after a couple months. Then I played around with Arch for a little when it showed up, then went back to Debian. After that I just said fuck it, and have stuck with Debian. I run testing/unstable unless it's some side server I have, in that case I just run stable. I hear good things about OpenSUSE and Fedora, but at this point I'm old and don't feel like trying something when I have no issues. Tiling WM and Vim. That's about all I seem to need.

[–] charliegrahamm@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Debian on servers, EndeavourOS on general PC (mainly because the aur is so good)

[–] joewilliams007@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Linux Mint. Yes, it's not that interesting, but as many others point out, it just works. Both on my laptop and desktop pc. No issues for over two years.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 10 months ago

Agreed. I'm using Linux Mint XFCE edition. Works great. Mint is still based on Ubuntu 22.04 (Ubuntu Jammy), which is the only down side for me as a developer. Since all packages are very outdated in general.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 10 months ago

endeavourOS

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Arch KDE and SteamOS.

[–] average650@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Open Media Vault (based on Debian)

I'm thinking of just using Debian on most of my machines in the future, just have to go through the effort to switch.

[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Kinoite has my heart forever

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

EndeavourOS on my desktop, Arch Linux on my laptop.

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 1 points 10 months ago

EndeavourOS on my desktop and laptop. Works like a charm. By far the happiest I've been with a desktop distro.

On my server VMs I'm running Ubuntu Pro because it's absolutely impeccably stable, Pro is free and I like the idea of having the option of not upgrading them for 10 years.

All running on Proxmox. I have a few appliance type VMs like opnsense and 3CX and they're nice and stable too.

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