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.
Agree on this one, even when i use Windows, i mostly use winget or choco to install things.
So instead of going on the internet and finding where to install a thing, it is just one simple command and i'm there!
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!
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
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.
I also used void for quite a long time, but then for some reason after an update my system bricked.
Also, for some reason, even when i turned on services in sv they would not start, take for example pulseaudio.
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.
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.
Same. I wait patiently for cosmic because I've gotten use to the keyboard navigation. And I've used Debian-based distros for 20+ years and it feels like home.
Wow, People are replying!
That usually dosent happen on a first post...
I am running Windows at the moment, actually... but I will make a dual boot (once I have a working USB).
I have been finding PopOS to be good for me, so that's what I will use.
True that, I second Altair. But hey, there is a strong linux userbase on lemmy so I'm not surprised. I'm lurking for now, trying to figure out how to make my laptop dual boot and trying to decide which distro.
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.
I switched away from Gentoo a few years back because I don't feel I have the CPU time to compile all the packages on my laptop. Now I run Gentoo on my Steam Deck because I need to customise the thing so badly.
CPU time has never been an issue for me, really. I am intrigued by Gentoo on a SteamDeck - how well does that work? I imagine a very tight thermal headroom gets in a way every now and then.
I love Kubuntu. I have had to go back to Windows for some very specific gaming situations, but once Linux gets more support and drivers I will switch right back.
When I came back to Linux in 2020 as a non-technical user, I got recommended Manjaro by a friend. But I found it has issues and when I reinstalled I just went to Arch directly. I found it not that hard to install and use and it really serves me well. So I've stuck with it.
Arch. I've been running it on my laptop for the last 3 years, and I've only switched my gaming PC from Windows in the last couple of months. Really impressed with how much Proton has improved since the Steam Deck has come out.
Moved from Ubuntu as I was having issues with the WiFi drivers on my laptop, and both my systems have been rock solid ever since.
It really depends on what software you have installed. Quite a few packages require Python to function, and removing it will prevent/affect their functioning. This is one of the main advantages of Arch though: you start with a bare-bones system, and build from there as you need.
One question though, why do you need to uninstall Python?
To me it's replaced what Ubuntu used to be, a simple easy to use Linux Distro that is great for beginners. Granted I'm no beginner, but I still like the OS.
I scrolled way too far to find Fedora. I was on Slackware until I ran out of time to download, build and install everything by hand, then Red Hat until they started charging, then moved to Fedora.
Using Debian for headless servers, though. You can't beat the stability if you don't need the latest & greatest.
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.
Ubuntu Server for my home-lab. Fedora for my workstation (dual-booted with Windows, as work requires Windows or Mac, and Microsoft Flight Simulator only runs on Windows.
We should definitely not war on this - all linux is good linux.
If you want, you could try to install said drivers on something like Debian,
which is very similar to Ubuntu, which means you may be able to install your drivers there.
Arch Linux. Installed it 4 years ago and haven't had any issues. I tried several other distro's prior but there always seemed to be some annoying bug that would make me look elsewhere.
Ubuntu studio for it's real time kernel and music software. Connecting a MIDI controller is a pain and I only ever did music stuff few times with it. Now I use it for anything but music.
I've always been more of a "jump into the deep end and learn then learn to swim", so when I originally was looking at trying Linux, I was searching for the most non-user friendly distro (and at the time, the most popular opinion online for that was Arch). So that was my first distro.
Over the years, I've tried Gentoo and Void as well. But I've always been coming back to Arch.
As a long term windows users, I recently switched to kubuntu and I’m loving the kde plasma desktop. I like the look and feel of windows but not the telemetry so kubuntu really is the best of both for me.
Arch for personal and Alma Linux on my servers, but have been playing with the thought of NixOS for a while. With the new Red Head changes though I think I'll migrate my servers to NixOS soon. Maybe my personal setup will follow after that.
Never used Debian, i used Alma Linux because of the RHEL compatibility but fuck that now. I'm mainly a developer so I try to do all my infrastructure as code and NixOS just seems like the perfect match for that.
If you truly care about privacy, I would recommend to stray away from it.
Try something like Debian if you still want apt without all of the canonical things.
My primary computer: (NOT LINUX) Windows 10, I know, shocking.
Laptop for programming: It's an old HP Pavilion from 2015. Linux Mint with i3.
ThinkPad for fun stuff: Artix Linux.
Big ass Cisco servers in my room: openBSD emulation.
Gaming/personal project development gets done on my steam deck running Arch, work computer is Ubuntu.
Home lab virtual servers are all Ubuntu, I have some rasbian pis lying around, and whatever Proxmox uses for my three physical home lab servers.
I'm debating moving over to either Arch or straight Debian for my work computer, but I would have to basically lose a day repaving - so I'll probably wait for my next scheduled refresh to try Debian/Arch.
Been using Linux for the past 10 years and have tried just about every distro. I decided to stop hopping and have been on Fedora for the past year and a half. Fedora has worked great for me and I have no plans on changing it anytime soon. Also should add I use KDE fedora because I can’t stand gnome
On my server I run Debian oldstable until I find the time and energy to upgrade to stable. On my homeserver I run Ubuntu. Probably the latest LTS. Started out as Medibuntu to host a MythTV backend. But we haven't watched TV in a long time so that's not used at the moment.
Ubuntu on my laptop, proxmox on my server, pfsense on my firewall, openwrt on my AP. Computers are less of a hobby for me now than they used to be, so I'd rather not spend a lot of time on sysadmin work.
I have commitment issues when it comes to distros, but the one I seem to go home to most often is Endeavour. I could set up Arch myself, but Endeavour with KDE pretty much includes what I would want on my desktop anyway. Opensuse Tumbleweed gets an honorable mention too, I think their automated testing systems are a pretty neat idea.
Gentoo on my desktop and Mint on my work laptop. At work I just need everything to work, so I don't want to have to deal with some build related issues.
Gentoo's own handbook is very handy. If you're ok with Arch, you'll have no problem with Gentoo. And if you have questions, you can join my tiny Gentoo community here: [email protected]
I like Debian even if that makes me a plebian. It's pretty solid for all my use cases, from little bitty netbooks to my servers, I rarely if ever have issues. As for DE/WM, I alternate between i3 and XFCE on desktop, and only i3 on laptop. I've experimented with many popular distros as daily drivers, and finally settled on Debian about 6 or 7 years ago.
NixOS on two boxes (starting to deep dive big into flakes to try to automate how the separate devices are configured and apps installed, it’s pretty slick if you ever need to reload the PCs). I have endeavorOS for an AI test box since it was easier to get an arch based distro to work with the complicated install chain of Cuda and Python dependency hell. I have Fedora on an PC my wife uses with Budgie. I have a Debian box for my 3d printer controlling. I may move something back to Solus once they release their new ISO, I miss it. I’d probably end up installing nixpkgs on it so I don’t loose too much functionality/package availability.
I started with Fedora, then gave a few looks outside, now when I use Linux, it's 99% Ubuntu/Mint 1% Zorin (to show the similarities with Windows and explain how easy can be for an old newbie used to Win)
I did the same with manjaro, though I split it so I technically can get back to macos if I really want to. Annoyingly that now means I need to keep an eye on the disk usage.
main server is a gentoo beast. I chose gentoo because systems was actually causing some problems and reporting a "degraded" status. OpenRC is really nice after years of systemd :-)
second server, used for backups: NixOS, for no particular reason. I might install Debian 12 on it one day.
I used Pop OS for years until I upgraded my GPU and it had issues with Mesa 22. Now I'm on Manjaro.
I really like Arch and I used it years ago but the way it's allergic to a proper installer has always rubbed me the wrong way and Manjaro is the only Arch derivative that has a proper one.
Debian since '95, (After a try with Slackware and RedHat each for a month or 2-3)
I run testing on my home devices (trixie now). Totally happy with it. (I really don't like the rpm based ones, even more so since IBM bought RedHat) Tried Ubuntu once, didn't know how fast to get back after the 1st major upgrade killed my system years ago.
I used ctwm since '96, switched to xfce4 in '18 (and use it as wm), ctwm is still in use for vnc connections on the rpi.
Since 2008 I am an Arch Linux user (multiple PCs and laptops, as well as some Raspberry Pie devices and a "mini PC" used as home server).
I used Ubuntu since initial release in 2004 and before that I used Debian in dual-boot with Windows since around the year 2000. With switching to Ubuntu I completely ditched Windows and never used it on any non work-related machines again.
Just asking because I see you are a Wayland user, and I do not really get it,
What is the appeal for Wayland? I have seen a lot of people ditching X recently for it.
xorg is bloated and based on a very old protocol, and I generally personally like to support things where devs embark on big architectural changes to make software leaner and more modern. If people simply stuck with GCC because "it just works" we'd never have seen clang or musl.
Debian on servers, Ubuntu on desktop. I've used Linux exclusively since about 1998 and I used to really enjoying dicking about with it and trying other distros but now I just want things to work with the minimum messing about.
I started with it in the late 90s and tried to keep using it for a long time, but I got tired of dealing with dependencies. Eventually I switched to Kubuntu on my desktop and laptop, and Debian for my server. They may have added dependency checking since I gave up on it though. It has been a few years.
Arch and Debian. In the future I’ll probably move to something without systemd, but for now this is what I use. I don’t understand why so many people use Ubuntu and even fedora now with this REHL controversy. Why would choose to use a corporate distro when others are also just as good? Doesn’t that negate the purpose of using linux and free software in the first place? (This applies to popos, linux mint Ubuntu, and all those other Ubuntu OSes)
I recently just set up Mint on a virtual machine. I had the iso image and I knew how it's easy for me to get around, so I did it only to find the program I was looking for isn't what I thought it was. It's kinda my main go to for Linux work on a virtual machine because of how hassle free it tends to be for me.
That VM was made after I made the mistake of making a Liya one but not putting enough memory into the virtual hard disk.
I'm currently waiting to upgrade computers before I make the full jump since I already have everything set up just fine on my desktop, but I'm definitely thinking of starting with Mint for a general easy to use start or going to endeavourOS since I have some experience with that. (That's subject to change if I try more distros on virtual machines and find one I really like...)