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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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I'm currently using a mix of Arch and Fedora, but I've been starting to look in to NixOS.

[–] scarrexx@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ubuntu for life. Unpopular opinion i know, please don't stone.

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

[–] Malin@omg.qa 5 points 1 year ago
[–] open_world@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Endeavor OS. I've been sticking to solely Arch or Arch-based distros since 2017 and I've been pretty happy so far.

[–] lightrush@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] JRepin@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

A couple of them. At home my main distro for desktop and laptop is openSUSE Tumbleweed. I like it the most since it is a rolling release (with fresh and up-to-date software versions) and they actually have some CI/testing setup so they do some basic tests of packages before releasing them and it is thus one of the most stable rolling release distros. On top of that they also ahve a system setup so that a BTRFS snapshot is done before and after each update automatically and a GRUB boot entry is added. In this case if something would go wrong with the update you can always boot back into old system before the update. Also they have one of the best KDE Plasma integrations.

In addition to this I also use SteamOS (Arch-based) on the Steam Deck, PopOS on my work laptop (would use Kubuntu but that is what they forced us to standardise on), and one machine I have is still running Gentoo. All are runnign with KDE Plasma as a desktop.

[–] jannis@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] BasedDebianUsr@monero.house 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] matt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Debian.

Just works, things are made targetting it specifically, able to get latest software if I need it by installing flatpaks.

Can't complain really.

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I use Lubuntu 22.04 on my old laptop from 2009. It still shows it's age while surfing the web, but it's surprisingly snappy and usable otherwise.

[–] deeznats@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Right now I'm using PopOs but I'll switch to Opensuse Leap or Fedora. I hope they don't give me any trouble with the Nvidia drivers

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[–] thatonedude1210 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

openSUSE Tumbleweed on my main PC.

[–] sibloure 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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).

[–] ace@lemmy.ananace.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mainly running Gentoo, on my desktop, laptop, and even my desktop at work. Though my homelab is mainly Debian, with a small number of AlmaLinux nodes as well.

At work it's almost all RHEL though, since support contracts are nice.

[–] Weirdbeardgame@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I'm an arch boi through and through

[–] dirac_field@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My laptop is on Manjaro and has been running flawlessly for years ...such a great experience with gnome 40+

My desktop is also on Manjaro, and things could not be more different. No Wayland, no animations in the gnome desktop, visual glitches since the last update ...guess it doesn't play well with Nvidia drivers. Anyone managing something decent with gnome+Nvidia?

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[–] doncorleone@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
[–] myogg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] floppingfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Linux Mint, it just works

[–] dreimal@fedia.io 5 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.

[–] branchial@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Guix. It's awesome to know exactly what I have installed and be able to replicate it on other machines.

[–] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Pop_OS on both laptop and desktop, since it has integrated nvidia graphic drivers and handles them without too much hassle. Before switching to Pop_OS I used to use Fedora for many years.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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 favorite programs.

[–] TheFrirish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I came back to stay on Fedora and so far I'm really liking it haven't changed for ages. I came from endeavour OS because eventually some updates just broke the system which is why I switched to it in the first place from Manjaro. the only trouble I had was reinstalling nvidia graphic driver after an upgrade from 37 to 38 but I got sorted eventually.

[–] lalay721@feddit.it 4 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.

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!

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago

Pop!_OS because Im a normie lmao

[–] 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

[–] rwxrwxrwx@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These days I'm basic and I use Ubuntu.

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[–] Kaspeti@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] dufkm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] Kealper@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Linux Mint for desktops/laptops (Cinnamon if the hardware can handle it, MATE if it's a bit long in the tooth), and Debian for servers.

I've used several distros (yes, even Arch btw) through the years but I just keep finding myself coming back to the Debian-based ones. I guess I just feel most at-home with the way it has things set up, or something.

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

openSUSE Tumbleweed with Plasma. It's the perfect combination!

[–] Mjb@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Using Garuda (basically just Arch with some bloat) because I'm 1) too lazy to install Arch myself and 2) on an Nvidia card and Wayland WMs still seem buggy for me. Once (if ever) Wayland is stable on Nvidia I'll probably look for an alternative

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] sobersquid 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use KDE Neon. I was and still am a big fan of arch, and while I appreciate the philosophy behind it, I just didn't feel like setting it all up this time around, KDE Neon had the software I was looking for and just got out of my way (outside of needing to deal with NVidia drivers, which seems like a pain wherever I go, I eternally hope for improvements from Nvidia)

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[–] 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.

[–] aes 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Signfeld@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pop!_OS. I have always loved System76 and have one of their laptops, as well as an HP Dev One that I use as a daily driver. The convenience and tiling system of the DE is the simplest I've used so far and works perfectly. I used to run Arch but I just don't want to deal with it anymore, honestly.

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[–] hellothisisdog@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago

fedora and void :D fedora mostly because my work uses centos so the muscle memory is already there for almost everything. void because it is cool and fast 💙

[–] nobloat@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Currently using Fedora. I love the experience

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Debain - cuz my production VMs need to run all day, every day.

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