yes i did a os one but i am wondering what distros do you guys use and why,for me cachyos its fast,flexible,has aur(I loved how easy installing apps was) without tinkering.
- Eugenia ( @eugenia@lemmy.ml ) English34•11 days ago
Linux Mint, because I don’t like to tinker with the system, I like good defaults (and Mints has them).
Yk what I LOVE THAT, Why i liked linux mint when i was new.
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 26•11 days ago
EndeavorOS. Because I wanted to have a rolling release distribution that is always up to date, and one that is good supported by maintainers and community. Good documentation is very important to me. And I trust the team behind EndeavorOS and Archlinux.
Also the manual approach of many things and the package manager based on Archlinux is very nice. I also like the building of custom packages that is then installed with the package manager (basically my own AUR package). The focus on terminal stuff without too much bloat by default is also a huge plus.
The focus on terminal stuff without too much bloat by default is also a huge plus.
Prob the reason why i hated garauda (Idk if is it because i picked the dragonized gaming ver)
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 4•11 days ago
Probably. I’m definitely not a fan of Garuda Linux (never used it to be honest). The styling and the bloat are not my taste. But the most important thing to me is, if I can trust those developers and maintainers? And I don’t trust most non common distros. Looking at their webpage, they also have a KDE lite version with less bloat and bare minimum packages to get started. This is actually awesome!
Sadly its kde only.
- WalnutLum ( @WalnutLum@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 days ago
What do you mean by personal package manager?
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 3•10 days ago
I didn’t say “personal package manager”. Do you refer to the part “basically my own AUR package”?
pacman
, the package manager of Archlinux that is also used in EndeavourOS, allows for installing custom packages. There is another tool part of Archlinux that let you build custom packages. These custom packages can be installed on your system, which is then seen like a normal package and handled this way with all the defined dependencies and information about the package. You can install the package from a local location, it does not need to be online repository.Then you can upload it to the AUR, which is exactly that: Arch User Repository. But you don’t have to upload it. Either way such a custom build package is what I referred to my own AUR package. For more information see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository
- Baggins ( @FatLegTed@piefed.social ) English1•10 days ago
What they said.
- beleza pura ( @bunitor@lemmy.eco.br ) 23•10 days ago
from the comments, there’s a split between
- linux as a tool: debian, mint, fedora, opensuse, etc.
- linux as a toy: arch, gentoo, nixos, etc.
i wish this split was made more explicit, because more often than not someone comes looking for recommendations for linux as a tool, but someone else responds expecting they want linux as a toy. then the person will try out linux and will leave because it’s not what they want, not knowing that there is a kind of linux that is what they want
- zagaberoo ( @zagaberoo@beehaw.org ) 12•10 days ago
‘Toy’ feels strange to me here. It’s more of a just-works vs power-tool distinction. Sometimes people like tools that require you to RTFM because the deeper understanding has concrete benefits; it’s not just fun. User-friendliness is not all upside, it is still a tradeoff.
You’re absolutely right about hurting new users by not making the destinction, whatever label is used.
- MonkeMischief ( @MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ) 6•10 days ago
Yes! Great way of putting it. It’s hard to explain how just using an OS can be a fun hobby in itself.
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed does it all for me. I work and play games on it and stuff, but my laptop is less mission critical, so I run EndeavourOS on it and experiment with fun layouts and everything is all “frutiger-aero-esque”. It feels like how I nostalgicallyremember those WinXP-7 days!
Snapper rollbacks with BTRFS are incredible for letting you play around with an OS you actually use, and still giving you a cushion to fall back on. :D
My little media streamer / guest PC has Mint. Nice, maybe a little boring, predictable, reliable. Ahhh simplicity. :)
- Libb ( @Libb@jlai.lu ) 14•11 days ago
- Debian + Xfce on the desktop, because it (mostly, see below) just works, it’s snappy, reliable, and I don’t need my apps being constantly updated (I have very simple needs and use cases)
- Mint + Cinnamon on the laptop, because it’s still debian-based and because unlike Debian, Mint was able to connect my AirPods out of the box and I use them a lot when on the laptop… I also quickly learned to appreciate Cinnamon, I must say.
edit: typos
I wonder what you will think of lmde its linux mint with a debian base instead of ubuntu (It keeps some stuff for eg the desktop updated).
- Loucypher ( @Loucypher@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 days ago
LMDE is snappy as hell and stable as a rock
Never tried lmde but love to try it if cachyos started breaking down.
- Libb ( @Libb@jlai.lu ) 2•11 days ago
I’ve seen lmde mentioned on Mint website but if I recall correctly they also presented it like a somewhat experimental version?
I remember there was only lmde 6 with download to 32bit and 64bit
- gramgan ( @gramgan@lemmy.ml ) 14•11 days ago
NixOS because it’s easy to understand—I can pop open any .nix file in my config and see exactly what is being set up, so I don’t have to mentally keep track of innumerable imperative changes I would otherwise make to the system, and thus lose track of the entropy over time.
- subiacOSB ( @subiacOSB@lemmy.ml ) 13•11 days ago
Debian on most my machines. Can’t trust commercially backed distros any more. I’m tired of chacing cutting edge stuff. Like things to just work.
I can agree, my goal now is to find a distro that keeps some stuff updated not everything like kernel etc.
- sping ( @sping@lemmy.sdf.org ) English2•10 days ago
And there is ever decreasing need for cutting edge with containers and sandboxing. And hardware improvement is no longer so rapid so buying the hotness of 2+ years ago is cheap and effective and well supported.
- chrand ( @chrand@lemmy.ml ) English12•10 days ago
Fedora with GNOME.
I’ve been using it for over than 10 years in my main computer.
It simply works, it’s nice, fresh packages, stable, GNOME is productivity champion (at least I know all the shortcuts, and how to tweak it to my daily use). I also know how to build and manipulate RPM packages, so it’s pretty convenient.
- a Kendrick fan ( @greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml ) 3•10 days ago
oh, fedora,
fedora was so stable i had to run to arch-linux as there was nothing to tinker with
- piracysails ( @piracysails@lemm.ee ) 3•10 days ago
What is the benefit of building / manipulating packages?
- chrand ( @chrand@lemmy.ml ) English3•10 days ago
Mostly for fun/learning and to tweak some Fedora packages to my needs. I keep my own RPM repository.
- piracysails ( @piracysails@lemm.ee ) 1•10 days ago
Impressive. :)
- fxdave ( @fxdave@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 days ago
afaik, fedora is the testing distro for RHEL. I also felt this way, when a new gnome version released much earlier than for Arch and it had an obvious bug that could be catched with little testing.
And many issues I found in Fedora’s bug tracker was auto closed by the new release. Which is quite frequent. Reviewing the bugs is not that frequent.
- bitwolf ( @bitwolf@lemmy.one ) 10•10 days ago
Fedora.
I’ve tried them all but found it’s the most reliable. It’s upgrades are even more reliable than Macos and Windows.
Packages are very up to date but also well tested. Sometimes even newer than Arch for short periods.
The community is awesome.
I love Gnome, I’ve found it’s more consistent than even MacOs in its design. And it has perfect keyboard shortcuts.
- Mugmoor ( @Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English10•11 days ago
Ubuntu for my servers, and Linux Mint for my Workstation.
I grew up using Debian-based distros, so it’s what I’m comfortable with. I like how Mint seems to “just work” most of the time, especially with samba shares and usb peripherals.
Ubuntu server is primarily because it’s incredibly easy to get support when you need it.
yeah i love linux mint just works
- woodgen ( @woodgen@lemm.ee ) 10•10 days ago
Arch.
Because of pacman. Building and writing packages is simple and dependencies are slim. Also packages are recent. And most likely “there is an AUR package for that”. Also stack transitions arrive early, like pipewire.
Also let’s not forget Arch Wiki, i bet you have read it as a non Arch user.
I administer Arch on 8 machines including gaming rigs, home server, web server, kids laptop, wifes gaming desktop, audio workstation and machine learning rig and a bunch of dev laptops. I also use ArchARM on RPi for some home automation.
Never considered switching since I switched from Ubuntu over 15 years ago.
I do have experience with several other rpm and apt based distros.
- banazir ( @banazir@lemmy.ml ) 10•11 days ago
After quite a bit of agonizing, I eventually landed on openSUSE Tumbleweed. I chose a rolling release distro because on my desktop I want to be up-to-date. Having used Gentoo a long time ago, I didn’t want a distro that takes effort to install and set up. openSUSE is somewhat popular with an active community and decent documentation in case I run in to issues. I also considered the fact it’s based in Germany, because EU has at least some decent privacy laws. I was put off by the fact its backed by SUSE, but that’s a two-edged sword.
Right now I’m content with Tumbleweed, but I’m keeping an eye on OpenMandriva Lx if I feel like switching.
I wish it was not hard getting nvidia drivers on opensuse.
- beleza pura ( @bunitor@lemmy.eco.br ) 1•10 days ago
i see people saying that, but the process was almost automatic to me. what issues are you having?
When I try to install the Nonfree nvidia drivers, it just doesn’t work and wont show nvidia gtx 1650 it would say my gpu is llvmpipe that’s it.
- letThemPlay ( @letThemPlay@lemmy.one ) 9•11 days ago
Previously arch now NixOS, just love the reproducibility.
- shadow ( @shadow@lemmy.sdf.org ) 9•10 days ago
PopOS. It was the easiest to get my Nvidia GPU set up and plays all the games that I wanna play without too much pain. I’ve been meaning to try something like Arch with KDE, something like what my SteamDeck is using… but I don’t wanna fuck around setting up Arch.
- MonkeMischief ( @MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ) 2•10 days ago
If you wanna try Arch + KDE without hassle, well Arch has an easier installer now, but I use EndeavourOS. It’s a lovely smooth Arch experience!
Very easy installer with lots of options to choose from. :)
Arch based distros if that’s fine?
- JustARegularNerd ( @JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone ) English9•10 days ago
For devices I need to be productive on, I have LMDE 6. It is rock solid being based on stable Debian, but with the niceties you expect from Mint.
For my gaming PC, I’ve got Bazzite on it and so far so good. Just used it for entertainment and gaming but if I were doing coding or app development I’d either have to adjust how I do that to suit an atomic distro, or I’d just use LMDE as I feel I have easier control of what I’m doing on there
- Last ( @LastoftheDinosaurs@reddthat.com ) English9•11 days ago
I use NixOS, Gentoo, and Debian:
- NixOS because I like declarative configuration files.
- Gentoo because I enjoy compiling from source.
- Debian because the other two are more difficult to use.
- Neo ( @neo@lemmy.hacktheplanet.be ) 5•10 days ago
Technically NixOS is all compiled from source too (if you disable the binary caches). It has since taken away Gentoo’s raison d’être a bit in my head. Debian still holds a special place in my heart too, for its simplicity and stability!
- Atemu ( @Atemu@lemmy.ml ) 3•10 days ago
It has since taken away Gentoo’s raison d’être a bit in my head.
I wouldn’t say so. We currently don’t hold a candle to USE-flags. Many packages are already configurable but there’s no standard on anything w.r.t. that.
There’s no technical reason we couldn’t have such a standard but it hasn’t happened yet.
- toastal ( @toastal@lemmy.ml ) 1•10 days ago
I do this with my kernel & a couple of applications that either compile super fast anyhow or at runtime benefit from further compiler optimizations.