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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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[–] Tau@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Usually EndeavourOS

[–] bataklik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Kubuntu mainly and Mint

[–] Mirakulix@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Fedora @home ubuntu @home for my server (eventually switch to fedora server)

Ubuntu @work kinda have to stay in the debian/*buntu universe, probably test mint or popos with the next lts

[–] patiocat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I love Manjaro when I just want things to work out of the box, but I use EndeavourOS on my main machine for better AUR compatibility. I love how minimal Endeavour is. The few issues I've had (always due to me screwing up updates) have been fixed in minutes with Timeshift + BTRFS snapshots. KDE Plasma always. I love KDE software, and you can customize it for any workflow - I've got my system exactly how I want it for the sort of work I do.

[–] mec68nola@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I use Debian 12 with Plasma at home. I'm retired so no work computers.

[–] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I'm currently in the middle of setting my laptop up with a dual boot into Arch (btw).

My reasoning is that it's more customizable and I can more easily know everything on my machine...

...my real reasoning is I like the logo better.

[–] bzLem0n@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (10 children)

NixOS on everything but my Steam Deck which is running SteamOS.

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[–] chanchan@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

i use arch (btw)

on a more serious note i do use arch (btw)

[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use Arch Linux, had to say it :)

[–] rat@lemmy.batlord.org 1 points 1 year ago

For my desktops/laptops I use Void Linux, for my servers I use Debian.

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

EndeavourOS for desktops, Ubuntu for servers

[–] Tovervlag@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I run pop os. But I can see myself moving to something non-ubuntu in the future. For server stuff I'm most familiar with Debian/RedHat.

[–] sws@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Archlinux on all desktops and laptops, Debian on all raspis, FreeBSD on the firewall (pfsense).

[–] ycnz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

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

Servers: Debian/Proxmox

[–] 7ai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nixos since 3-4 years. Arch Linux before that.

[–] bzImage@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What advantages have Nixos over.. lets say arch or debian stable ?

[–] daniel@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use NixOS on all of my servers.

[–] OddFed@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

TuxedoOS, Pop!_OS, and Ubuntu (work forces me to use it 😬)

[–] jaller698@feddit.dk 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] codyofficial@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I had the same experience with ElementaryOS. I really wanted to like it but it just wasn’t a good experience at the time.

[–] BoiLudens@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Been using PopOS for my living room AMD GPU pc, and it’s been the most seamless steam machine experience I’ve had so far. Tried multiple distros on my Nvidia one, and I just had no luck, I’ll move my Nvidia pc into Linux soon for another attempt.

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

Moved from Arch to Nix and loving it!

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[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I wish Arch could be installed everywhere. My Desktop PC, Laptop and Raspberry PI 4 use Arch Linux while my Server used to run Rocky Linux but is abandoned and my Chromebook Duet 3 uses Debian 12 with KDE. I think I could easily install Arch on it after having my Kernel compiled and working with debian.

The Star64 still needs development to be used.

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

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

[–] m105@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Now I am using fedora, before that I used debian stable.

[–] CjkOvPDwQw@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] yozul@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] mjpc13@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I use EndeavourOS with Hyprland on my laptop but I am considering trying VanillaOS (once they move to Debian base). On desktop I have Ubuntu 20.04 and EndeavourOS (both on Gnome)

[–] WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Currently ZorinOS on my Main Machine and Arch on my Notebook, but when i have my new AMD GPU i will use Fedora.

[–] JCSpark@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Mint with Cinnamon is my daily driver on my desktop and laptop for almost 3 years now. I ran a company for a while using Linux and managed to find everything I needed for software to run administration. It was great. I still have a windows tablet for troubleshooting and equipment specific requests, but I always feel weird logging into it.

[–] Mjb@feddit.uk 1 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

[–] CanOpener@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fedora. Used to use Arch but it broke and I moved to Fedora, it's a way more polished experience. I like how Fedora is stable but not "stale" like Debian. Want to try Fedora Silverblue as well.

[–] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I highly recommend silverblue! The only thing that can be frustrating is Steam and other game related things, particularly with wireless controllers it seems. But overall it makes it very hassle free imo.

[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I use Linux Mint XFCE on my laptop and desktop. And the standard Steam OS on my Steam Deck.

[–] honk@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'm currently running Mint on my Computer and Ubuntu on servers.

[–] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a opensuse tumbleweed user on my desktop and laptop. I also have an ubuntu home server.

I really like tumbleweed, but I have been thinking of switching to an immutable distro like guix or nix. I've tried guix several times and found it pretty good, but never stick with it due to its lack of KDE plasma support. Maybe I should give nix a try.

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