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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

NixOS. My entire config is source-controlled and I can easily roll back to a previous boot image if something breaks like cough Nvidia drivers. I also use it for my home router and all self-hosted services.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Because it was my first distro that got me away from Windows. And yes, it's Mint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Nobara: It works well most of the time and has pretty much everything needed for gaming preinstalled. I had a bad update once that prevented booting past the command line though. Now that I'm more experienced I'd probably use a more mainline distro and install the gaming stuff myself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

It works, has the packages I need and they are up-to-date

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Mine's the best, because it fits with what I want. Might not be your best, but it's mine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

How about Qubes? if you have the specs, you get sandboxes (VMs) and all distros are available into 1. Heck, you can even have windows VMs...

And if you don't have the specs, just use any linux and install distrobox (docker) !

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

An alternative to distrobox is toolbx

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

I'm convinced it isn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Because it lets me use a list of packages instead of needing to remember what to install, has every package I need and let's me use them without installing them, and has a good rollback system to go along with cutting edge packages.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Void made Linux fun again for me. It gets so much right with the rolling release model.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

openSUSE Slowroll and Secureblue are my favorites ATM. Slowroll for gaming, Secureblue for mobile device. Both are hardened for security because that matters to me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

This week alone I've used Arch, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, and Fedora. Its Arch. By a short way, and mostly thanks to the wiki. Tbh they are all converging, and I go with KDE variants when I use a GUI and no distro does too much to customise it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I've been enjoying EndeavourOS over the past three years. It works wonderfully out of the box at default settings, and was really easy for me to use and set up to my liking with minimal know-how needed.

It also works really well on the variety of machines I have in my home. My desktop, modded Chromebook, and my husband's laptop.

It's allowed me to get more familiar and confident with the command line, and enough so that I've switched to Sway from XFCE (and previously KDE).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Debian. It works so well that I never even looked at different distros during the last 20 years or so...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

To each its own in accordance to their needs. Debian is great unless you want to add proprietary stuff like GPUs. That's the whole reason so many distros (e.g. Ubuntu) raised to fame and gained popularity while being based on Debian... That, and the fact that until recently Debian installation guide was not updated and called to download an ISO to be burned in 1-2 CDs... that was so f*ing unclear. Of course you can use a pendrive, but if the guide talks about CDs... that's just confusing to newbies. None pointed that out, but to me is like being even less friendly than Arch :P Just my opinion. That said, I have been using Debian based distros for most of my time, even today (desktop PC with MX 'ahs'.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Debian's documentation can be pretty awful. The Nvidia Driver install guide in particular could use a revamp.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bazzite just works, it runs every game I have with zero fuss, it's easy to run Windows programs / emulators / local LLMs, AND it's basically unbreakable.

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

I can't claim it's the best, but it's the best for me right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

On a gaming laptop I'm using Aurora because KDE Plasma btw (:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Bazzite has a KDE version too. I think it is more popular then the GNOME version of bazzite actually. At least according to the results of the latest steam survey

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Does what I want and gets out of my way.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

No further arguments needed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It's extremely stable, and countless other distros are derived from this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I don't know that it is objectively the best - but its the best fit for me right now (LMDE).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mint is Ubuntu minus everything that makes Ubuntu annoying. That's why I like it.

I considered to go back to Debian but... eh, I'm too old and impatient for that. Nowadays I mostly want things that work out of the box.

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

Do things not work out of the box on debian?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

From what I remember*, there was always some rough corner. Such as the wi-fi, or the graphics card. Sure, Stable was rock solid, but you always needed something from Testing; and Testing in general was overall less stable than Ubuntu or Mint.

*This was years ago, so it might be inaccurate as of 2025.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

All the good parts of Ubuntu have long since been integrated upstream. And Debian's release cycle has increased a lot so you're not stuck with old versions anymore.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linux Mint has a Debian Edition (LMDE) if you ever wanted a Debian that Just Works.

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

I did use the first LMDE for some time, and I loved it, it's a great distro. I don't recall why I went for the Ubuntu-based Mint later on, I think it was the PPAs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The Ubuntu version does have all of Mint's tools and stuff. Pretty sure the Debian edition is missing the Driver Manager and maybe some others.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

I use Arch, btw, but I don't consider it the best (yes I do.) I could easily transition to Fedora, for example (I would never do that,) and be completely happy (I would rather continually hit my head with the metal stapler gun on my desk.)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It isn't, it is the least bad

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

Which technically makes it the best, doesn't it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

No because best implies it's good. Least bad doesn't transmit the same message as best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Yeah that's fair.