The desktop environment and package manager has a greater effect on your user experience than the distro
I used to use Ubuntu and Mint now I use SteamOS.
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How does SteamOS hold up as a daily driver compared to Mint? I always imagined its like a souped up version of steams big picture mode. Is it a good desktop enviroment that comes with ways to manage files and make web app shortcuts?
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Shirt colours are, or need to be, swapped. Blue guy's shirt is more like the Arch logo's colour and green guy is signalling Mint or maybe SUSE.
I guess this means this is the perfect time to say: I use LMDE, btw.
Well, the Tuxies said it was NixOS...
Warning: Hot take
Who you are and what your needs are will affect which distro is best for you.
Sacrilege! Burn the person bringing a reasonable perspective to the flame war!
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- Bog standard Fedora
You're not wrong.
As my hatred for snaps has removed Ubuntu from my install set, I'm finding myself quietly installing Fedora anywhere that Debian won't do.
My preferences change with the wind, but Fedora is a fantastic default choice.
It's always been Debian on servers for me, any time I've strayed from that I've regretted it. And Fedora has become my home on the desktop, it's just so hard to break. I like fixing things and learning, but it's annoying to always have to do it on your main system.
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The best way to trigger an Arch user is to use Ubuntu and love it.
Heh, I have two laptops: one with Arch and one with Ubuntu. I like both systems. I guess i like triggering myself.
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Part of me wants to main Gentoo just to neutralise any arch smug I come across.
But then I remember I don't really want a 2nd job
This thread once again proving that complaints about arch elitism are 1000x more common than actual arch elitism
This would have been the perfect comment if you were from a slightly different instance
Edit: wait there is (was?) an "I use arch btw" instance right? I'm not imagining it?
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I imagine telling an Arch user you use Gentoo is like telling a Texan that if you cut Alaska into two halves Texas would be the third largest US state.
Gentoo is not that bad. Its just arch with a longer install. You still got to read the wiki when installing something and still have to follow the news.
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I'm literally in the process of switching my main from Arch to Gentoo now. (Yes it's taking a while.) And I intend to be even more smug. Bwahahaha!
It's only a second job if you ever want to add a new app
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arch, debian and mint all belong in 1st place
It's amazing how much the combination of those 3 excell at covering almost any use case.
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Debian
As long as you're not using the distro's 5 year old version of 3D printer slicing software with ancient printer models in it and go for the newest appimage/flatpak instead (just dealt with this last night).
Yep. When it has the package I need, flatpak elevates Debian to the last distro I will ever need.
And when flatpak doesn't have the package I need, there's always Fedora.
(I know - I'm a meme for hating snaps that much. Lol.)