Opensuse Tumbleweed. Sometimes I try something else, but Tumbleweed is the one I keep going back to. It is quite solid and rolling release.
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Endeavouraos, arch but also easy
I just installed Bazzite about a month ago and love it! Used Ubuntu in the past and it was ok, but eventually went back to Windows. I definitely don't feel that way about Bazzite though, I think I might stick with it as my primary OS!
Tumbleweed was my favourite for years. I’m not currently using it, but I’ll always have a fondness for it.
I switched to Zorin OS (from Windows) at the beginning of this year and never looked back. Great for newbies.
Nix and Bazzite
I can't define one favorite distro. I change my daily driver sometimes but it's always something Arch based, even though I think OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is the ultimately best distro/base.
I think Pop!_OS and Linux Mint are the best no brains required distributions.
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Gentoo, because no other distro offers as much choice.
Manjaro for my laptop, Mint for my HTPC, and Debian for my servers.
I'm sorry but I can't resist mentioning it. Manjaro implemented quite sus telemetry recently so you should keep it in mind when choosing and using it.
Good to know! I was considering switching back to Debian or Mint, maybe LMDE. I'll look further into it. Thanks for the tip!
Try endeavoros and use flatpaks. That’s basically manjaro with the following differences:
- current with the aur
- doesn't have a built in gui software installer
- no modifications-it’s basically just arch with the things you would have probably installed
I was thinking of switching away from Arch and back to something Debian-based. I've never been a big fan of flatpaks (I have a background of not having fast internet or much storage space, it's just stuck with me) and I never used the AUR anyways.
I mainly tried Manjaro to try the bleeding-edge life, and while I do enjoy having more up-to-date packages, I do miss being able to install DEB packages. I think I might try Debian testing and see how that goes.
I've effectively gone that route of moving away from Arch to Debian and although it hasn't been without some minor inconveniences from not having the most up to date software, I've been really happy with the change. I try to avoid flatpaks and for the most part have been successful, with like 2 or 3 exceptions so even if you're not much of a fan, I'd wager you'd be fine for the most part without them.
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Nobody has mentioned immutables yet?!
I finally dipped my toes into trying a new distro over the summer and have been really impressed with Project Bluefin. All the familiarity of Gnome for existing Ubuntu or Debian users but with a completely hands off rolling update experience.
The main drawbacks are the slight complexity of how the fuck to install stuff on an immutable system. In theory you use Homebrew for CLI apps and flatpak for GUI apps but I'm really not a fan of installing from sources other than the original dev.
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Over the course of the last 20 years, I've gone from Arch -> Void -> Pop!_OS -> Ubuntu, and that is what I use on all my machines (laptops, desktops, servers).
Debian (desktop) and Mint (laptop), because I don't need to use the latest version of every app I use and because it works so well.
If I had to chose a single one, it would be Debian but I don't have to chose ;)
I default to xubuntu
Best Distro
Needs dictate preferences. An objective assessment isn't possible even on an individual level, as circumstances change over time. Linux Mint serves as a common starting point, with many users eventually 'graduating' to other distributions. The opposite is also true; many eventually return to low-maintenance distros like Linux Mint, preferring something that 'just works'.
I’m very curious of which distro users loves the most that they have it on their daily hardware?
I daily drive secureblue.
I use Arch for personal and gaming, Debian for self hosting and hacking, Alpine for containerized cloud deployments.
I use Arch for personal and gaming, Debian for self hosting and hacking, Alpine for containerized cloud deployments.
Pretty much the same for me: bleeding-edge Arch for my workstation, rock-stable Debian for my server.
Debian, it Just Works.
Until it doesn't /jk
If you need fresh version of some software, Flatpak is a nice solution.
You can also use Docker, it just works.
Props to the maintainers and developers.
Vanilla Arch.
Xubuntu on my desktop/laptop, debian on a server. Mostly because while I really like tinkering with things, I usually just want shit to work so I can get something done.
I really love NixOS and use it on all my devices. Its not as difficult as people say and it really makes the linux experience a piece of cake once you get it down.
The single config file to control almost everything is just what I was looking for in linux and the fact that it solved any kind of dependency hell I have experienced in the past is huge. If I had to list a top 3 it would be NixOS, Fedora, and Arch.
Arch because I like getting the latest releases of packages
Yeah. It's a pretty good linux distro for Beginners. It was my first distro tho. 😁
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Debian and Fedora. I use Debian on servers and Fedora on my desktop and laptop.
Debian for my daily workstation. Minimal terminal-only install, and then I piece together my environment.
For smaller, headless applications I like Alpine. Containerized projects, VPS, etc.
Okay. What are your thoughts of KISS linux? It's pretty minimalistic and have a very tiny package manager which is written entirely in Bash script.
KISS
Debian is KISS. Grab it and use, no need to overcomplicate things.
KISS-ish. Default init is systemd. Debian also provides customized configuration of services.
Building a deb package isn't that straightforward as Arch's PKGBUILD.
I'm unfamiliar with KISS. I don't really distro hop, since what I use has satisfied all my needs to date.
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