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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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[–] TooLazyDidntName@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 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

[–] Biorix@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Same for me I really like KDE and their tools

I recently try to go with fedora KDE but Ubuntu and Red Hat is the only distro supported by Nvidia dockers toolbox

[–] carnha@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I'm using Fedora - was using Arch for a while, but realized I didn't want to put in the work to keep up with/migrate to the newest tech (Wayland, Pipewire) but I also didn't want to fall behind. Fedora has been great at integrating new tech without me needing to pay close attention or migrate to it myself.

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

[–] Eufalconimorph@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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[–] domsch@feddit.de 3 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.

[–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Kealper@lemmy.world 3 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.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Arch baybeeee 💯💯💯

[–] cadecomposer@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

fedora all the way babyyy

[–] retnuh@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] atamblingpoder@sopuli.xyz 2 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)

[–] caron@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I am Debian user as of now. Normally I either use Debian-based distros or Fedora.

[–] grandiosocrown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Weirdbeardgame@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'm an arch boi through and through

[–] ScottE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Manjaro, but I run it like vanilla Arch (for example pacman/yay and not pamac). I find this to be a sweet spot for me - rolling releases are so incredibly nice, and Manjaro being slightly slower than Arch is good from a stability standpoint in my experience.

I use ZFS all over the place, including the root storage pool on my home server, which has overall been a great experience with systemd-boot.

[–] Marxine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fedora, ofc. KDE spin in my case. Stable, up to date, no nonsense and well supported, fits well for both my work and personal needs.

[–] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 2 points 1 year ago

I fall firmly in the Ubuntu/derivative camp for the most part. My laptop is on Pop, some of my virtual servers are on Ubuntu. Only exception is UnRAID, which is technically Slackware.

[–] Bretzel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Switch from Windows to Fedora as my daily driver and for some gaming. Works flawlessly and I love every parts of it. Linux has such cool distros and communities

[–] jannis@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] singron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mostly NixOS unstable. I have one machine still on Arch, but i plan to switch that to NixOS too.

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[–] ndr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I currently only use Linux in a VM, but Fedora Kinoite! Immutable distros need more love

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[–] cereal7802@lemmy.game-files.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm using fedora for my main workstation at home. most of my servers are run on almalinux but I do have a few that are ubuntu and proxmox for virtualization. At work we only use and support RHEL.

[–] dufkm@lemmy.world 2 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.

[–] danie10@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Manjaro KDE for last few years

[–] Auster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mint 21.1 Xfce, and if Android counts, ArrowOS 13 (on phone) and BlissOS (on an old computer)

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago
[–] ballogh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] nbailey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Debian and Debian accessories.

Servers - Debian stable. The only choice.

Workstations/laptops - Either testing/RC or stable with backports enabled. Usually use Flatpak as well.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just put Ubuntu on my gaming computer a month ago. it's my first time trying Linux and so far I'm enjoying it a lot. the first couple weeks were hard when I was trying to handle the weird things in my setup that didn't work right away, but now that most things are set up I can't imagine ever switching back to windows. Even just using plasma I stead of gnome feels a little weird now, like it's too windows-y lol

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[–] Perhyte@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

These days I use Linux Mint for desktops/laptops, and Ubuntu Server for servers.

[–] TimekillerTK@lemmyrs.org 2 points 1 year ago

I used Manjaro in the past, now I use EndeavourOS and loving it.

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Alpine Linux with I3WM

[–] aion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've been using Fedora with Cinnamon almost exclusively for more than 10 years.

[–] emr@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Lubuntu. I loved Crunchbang back in the day.

[–] ElZoido@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

PopOs! On my work laptop and Nobara on my home desktop.

[–] root@lemmy.belclayfer.net 2 points 1 year ago

debian stable on servers, sid on daily driver

[–] aha@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I use Arch Linux with KDE Plasma myself

[–] Fryboyter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I am using Arch Linux for more than 10 years.

[–] sibloure@beehaw.org 2 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).

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