I use Arch btw.
"He said the line!"
Honestly it's just so good. The installation was a heck of a process the first time but it taught me so much, and no other distro I've tried has just worked like this across all my hardware.
I am using NixOS but it's... difficult.
I'm using Arch (btw) but I'm running NixOS in a VM to play around & learn it. It's kind of wild, it's not like any way I'm used to thinking about an OS at all, so I'm still wrapping my head around it. Super interesting though!
I was considering giving NixOS a go. What are you finding difficult about it?
How so? I've always been interested in trying that one.
Pop!_OS
Debian always
I recently switched from Arch to Debian. So far am happy with my choice. I had used arch for about 4 years beforehand but I eventually had enough of flaky AUR packages and decided to just build what I need by hand.
Vanilla Arch and Endeavour OS. Also looking at trying out Nix OS since I'm pretty curious.
See my instance name.
Debian is my true love.
Started using Ubuntu almost a decade ago, never felt the need to switch since then.
Pop!_OS is what I keep falling back to. It helps that I use a System76 Thelio and a HP Dev One.
I’ve been using Void as my daily driver on my desktop for about six years now, I can see myself ever switching. Also have used Solus, Arch, Endeavour, and OpenSuSe on my laptop during that time, which have all been good. But I still prefer Void, it just feels so natural to me now.
Void is just Arch but better.
Fedora KDE spin. I dunno how to feel about the recent announcement but from what I know, it shouldn't affect Fedora itself.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but for anything that doesn't require a GUI, Ubuntu Server is my go-to. If I need a GUI, then it's Windows. I've tried Linux on desktop dozens of times in the last 25 years or so, and there's always something lacking. Most recently, RTX support in Steam. Meanwhile, I have Ubuntu servers with > 1 year of uptime, and it would have been more if not for an UPS failure. Right tool for the job IMO.
Tumbleweed
btw, I use Arch
I am a penguin, quack quack. What is a distro? Is that a type of fish?
EndeavourOS KDE on my laptop, Arch with KDE on my PC, and AlmaLinux 9.2 on my homeserver. Have used Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro, and Mint in the past.
Wow, People are replying! That usually dosent happen on a first post...
You can't just make this post and not add your answer...
Xubuntu - back from the days with a slightly slower laptop.
Arch btw
I run about an equal number of Slackware and FreeBSD boxen.
Started out using Ubuntu since 6.06, tried out elementary OS for a bit, went back to using vanilla Gnome on ubuntu and have switched over to Fedora a couple of years ago
garuda. arch based and beautiful. uses the regular arch repo, plus their own custom one.
Nix OS, because I use both a laptop and a desktop constantly, so having a reproducible environment is key
EndeavourOS, but only since a month ago or so. I used OpenSUSE Tumbleweed before that for over a year.
Sparky, Manjaro, Ubuntu or Debian testing, depending.
I've settled on Manjaro with KDE on my current laptop. On my next one, I'll probably move to plain Arch. Alpine is quite cool as well.
Mint!
Manjaro
Puppy Linux on my already-not-fast-2011 laptop. Many thanks to the Devs on keeping my machine alive! True miracle makers!
Mint on my media box. Still Windows on my daily driver, mainly for gaming. I did try Mint for it and while I did like it, I couldn’t make the full switch.
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