I was a distro hopper once, then I saw the light of NixOS...
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The only reason I might, in the distant future, ever consider changing again is this project, which hopefully would be something between NixOS and Qubes. But that is far in the future and not even that certain.
I use Debian with a patched version of motif window manager. The 90s never ended:
NixOS everywhere (except for one server which I have yet to migrate from Rocky to NixOS)
Debian. Several reasons:
- It's trustworthy.
- It's not going anywhere. Debian existed when I was a kid and it'll probably still exist when I draw my last breath.
- I know how to use it, since, once again, I've been using it since I was a kid.
- It has all the desktop environments.
- It fully supports systemd. I do not miss the unreliability, slowness, and complexity of what came before that. (Normally I wouldn't mention this, but your former distro of choice exists solely for the purpose of not having systemd, so it's relevant this time.)
Fedora, because it just works and it ships recent software versions.
I also like Fedora Silverblue, and projects like ublue are very interesting in my opinion.
Could you explain what you find interesting about Silverblue ?
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Does SteamOS count? My steam deck is my current “Linux” machine.
Yes! My coworker does this and I think it's pretty cool.
NixOS. Declarative config with opt-in state is awesome.
Fellow NixOS traveller. I used Nix for work and never saw the appeal of a whole OA built around it but when I saw a tutorial with the declarative config I was instantly sold.
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Arch, Debian, NixOS, Fedora Silverblue, Raspbian, GrapheneOS[Android]
Garuuuuuda. Love it. Been running it for the past few years. The devs come off as assholes, but they're actually just German;)
Been using NixOS for a couple months. It’s gotten easier to configure and change because of it, and new computers are super easy to setup because I can just change/apply the config and system wide changes will apply with one command!
Fedora on the desktop. I got my start on Red Hat Linux so I've stuck with it since.
For servers I use Debian. Lightweight, widely used, and gets the job done.
NixOS. Declarative reproducible immutable systems are the future.
Debian on my gaming desktop and Ubuntu on the family laptop.
I'm currently using a mix of Arch and Fedora, but I've been starting to look in to NixOS.
Mostly NixOS unstable. I have one machine still on Arch, but i plan to switch that to NixOS too.
I fall firmly in the Ubuntu/derivative camp for the most part. My laptop is on Pop, some of my virtual servers are on Ubuntu. Only exception is UnRAID, which is technically Slackware.
I used to use Void as my main distro, but then the developer drama made me shy away from it (keep in mind, this was like forever ago and I haven’t looked at Void at all since). After that I floated around trying everything, from Gentoo to the BSDs (I know, not Linux). Nowadays I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I got tired of doing everything manually and OpenSUSE just makes everything so much easier to use, IMO.
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xubuntu. when this install gets too messy i'm probably going to try the minimal edition and install my old openbox or awesome wm configs.
EndeavourOS on my desktop, Red Hat and Ubuntu on servers(at work).
Arch on my workstation, Ubuntu on my servers.
I distro hop a lot. After using Majaro (gnome) for a long time I switched to Pop_OS for a long time. I switched back to Manjaro (Gnome) again, but after a week of use I've just downloaded Ubuntu.
I'm getting basic display issues that I've never got in another distro (including tails!) and it's generally annoying me. I'd rather use a distro that doesn't require troubleshooting on Day 1
I use primarily Fedora for desktop/dual boot and minimal Rocky for server. I mess with Arch and Manjaro when I'm feeling adventurous.
Been using nobara with kde for the last 2-3 months
Now I am using fedora, before that I used debian stable.
Fedora, for the “It Just Works”™ experience of an enterprise-supported distro.
Linux Mint, it just works
Debian, for ultimate stability, Fedora for every day, and Arch for my project box.
EndeavourOS on my desktop, Red Hat and Ubuntu on servers(at work).
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)
Alpine is honestly my go to
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.
I use Pop OS! on my daily computer and laptop and Ubuntu on my home server
I've felt in love woth Debian the moment I used it for the first time
openSUSE Tumbleweed, it just works for me.
OpenSUSE, Tumbleweed on workstations (KDE) and Leap on my server.
Slackware
Arch with Cinnamon DE and I use flatpak and not the AUR.
NixOS on everything but my Steam Deck which is running SteamOS.
Thoughts on NixOS? I have heard a lot of positive buzz, but I don't think I understand it fully. (I'm primarily debian, ubuntu, fedora, arch user, and I've admin'd a FreeBSD server too).
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I use gentoo everywhere, from my nas to my webserver and my pc and laptop.
With binhost and distcc it’s really not bad and the customizability is just unmatched.
Arch on everything, including servers. It's just so easy to install everything via the AUR & configure everything easily. Plus the wiki is amazing. Although it is a pain to setup sometimes
Debain - cuz my production VMs need to run all day, every day.
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