To fellow penguins, What is your distro?

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.
Yes, of course you do :) And next week, you'll be using NixOS :)

Linux Mint, the vanilla distro with chocolate.

Mint user checking in. It's easy to use and I like Cinnamon. Only complaint is the lack of Wayland support.

PopOS. I love it.

Also a fan
Agree, the hybrid graphics are amazing but i don't really like the software center)
- Yeah, pop shop is just a pain. It's why I started learning how to use the command line.

Simple: Arch for desktops and Debian for servers.

This is it. This is the way.
Arch
Which tiling window manager? I want to switch to something else, been using i3wm for a long time.
- Most of the time I’m just using Plasma 5. But I had some great time with sway.

Pop!_OS

I am using NixOS but it's... difficult.

I was considering giving NixOS a go. What are you finding difficult about it?
- It's mainly frustrating because the learning curve is steep for no reason. NixOS is not complicated at all in and of itself, but the documentation surrounding it is very, very difficult to make heads or tails of.
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!
How so? I've always been interested in trying that one.

See my instance name.

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.
My man.

Vanilla Arch and Endeavour OS. Also looking at trying out Nix OS since I'm pretty curious.

Started using Ubuntu almost a decade ago, never felt the need to switch since then.

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.

100th comment! tbh, i totally get this. using the command line is much easier and a lot less "restricting" quote unquote than using GUI tools.

Pop!_OS is what I keep falling back to. It helps that I use a System76 Thelio and a HP Dev One.

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.

Tumbleweed

Fedora KDE spin. I dunno how to feel about the recent announcement but from what I know, it shouldn't affect Fedora itself.

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.

Debian is my true love.

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 am a penguin, quack quack. What is a distro? Is that a type of fish?

Tumbleweed

Ah, an OpenSuse user!

Xubuntu - back from the days with a slightly slower laptop.

btw, I use Arch

Void Linux at work, Hanna Montana Linux at home.

Isn't HML a meme distro?
- It's still usable

Arch btw

Wow, People are replying! That usually dosent happen on a first post...

You can't just make this post and not add your answer...
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.
Welcome to lemmy :D
- Thanks! I know the api madness is probably over by now (I am seeing most of reddit going back to full working order),
  but i made this account when it wasn't, so why not use it?

Puppy Linux on my already-not-fast-2011 laptop. Many thanks to the Devs on keeping my machine alive! True miracle makers!

garuda. arch based and beautiful. uses the regular arch repo, plus their own custom one.

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.

Ubuntu with i3

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.

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.

Mint!

Gentoo, mostly. Some Arch and Debian testing here and there.

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.

Nix OS, because I use both a laptop and a desktop constantly, so having a reproducible environment is key

You might also like Atuin, for syncing your shell history.

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 run about an equal number of Slackware and FreeBSD boxen.

you guys are not distrohopping every day?!?

EndeavourOS, but only since a month ago or so. I used OpenSUSE Tumbleweed before that for over a year.

Hobby: Arch Work: Fedora and RHEL

Im starting to lean towards Fedora, but this RHEL news is very concerning.

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.

Currently Endeavour OS, but I mainly daily drive Fedora, because its the right mix between bleeding edge and stable (stableedge?) for me.

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.

Steam os if this counts

The games are running smoothly? Even the heavy ones?

Manjaro

Sparky, Manjaro, Ubuntu or Debian testing, depending.

Kubuntu 22.04.

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.

I'm boring Af, I use Ubuntu with Mate DE.

I would love to switch to Opensuse Tumbleweed, but I need Ubuntu because of some interactive board drivers that are only available for ubuntu... 😭

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.

Is there a risk that my Arch will start slowly disintegrating if I uninstall Python? Because that's what happened to my Ubuntu 18.04 install.
- 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?

EndeavourOS (Arch-based btw)

Fedora Workstation

Endevour OS, with Hyprland WM

I have a T420 running Void Linux, another T420 running Mint, a T430 running Arch, and a T16 running EndeavourOS.

My T420 runs MX Linux, but I've considered switching to Mint. Hows it run?
- Oh it runs great. Mint is so easy and it's basically built for old machines.

Only really ever used Ubuntu, I've tried a small handful of others but I find I have less issues with Ubuntu so I keep going back to it.

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.

Fedora ofc

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.

Favorite? Arch. However I am using Ubuntu on all my server systems. Currently don’t have any desktop Linux systems.

Arch. Super happy with it. Been running it on all computers for a decade or so.

Daily use: Linux Mint

Funsies: VOID

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.

Do you ever find yourself getting mixed up on the commands that you need on Arch vs Ubuntu, for example around updating packages?
- Sometimes, but I really try to manage both systems with respective Ansible playbooks.
  Between that and zsh/oh-my-zsh command history is super easy to navigate to do what I need.

I'm starting in the Linux world, so, my distro is Linux Mint Cinnamon.

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.

Fedora. Cause it's the distro of choice of my employer and I'm just lazy.

Using Fedora 38 right now. Good stuff

Arch with a Sway wm

Xubuntu 22.04.

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

Debian for servers. Darwin for desktop. :)

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.

My other computer has just plain ubuntu.

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.

Any reason to not use debian, new update seems okay?

Debian since 1.1

Main desktop is fedora workstation due to the intel a380 and to get my gpu runnin out the box.

Pinebook pro has manjaro will be going slackware once i order the nvme adapter to install it there.

Old lenovo computer - testing and learning netbsd on it.

Overall im hoping to get good enough to just have slackware for linux and any of the 3 main BSDs on other devices.

Arch with Hyprland on my laptop and desktop, Debian on my server.

Nobara os

void

I had nearly the same path. Win 10 -> Ubuntu 16-18 range. Tried Mint back then but didn’t like it. Settled on Debian with Gnome and have been loving it for 4 or so years.

Ubuntu 22.10

I just kind of settled with Pop but something broke miserably and now in sitting on KDE Neon

Debian

Arch, or, well, EndeavourOS to be exact. Have it on both my Desktop and Laptop. It + XFCE cured my distrohoping

EndevourOS, running gnome and x11 for better gaming performance.

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.

I used to run manjaro, but after some problems I decided to cut the middle man, and jumped to arch.
So now I use arch btw.

Gentoo on my desktop and laptop. I also have an old thinkpad T41 that runs FreeDOS which isn't linux but is still awesome.

Debian or CentOS. But I do server stuff.

Nobara on the Desktop, Pop OS on the Laptop and the Surface (needs a custom kernel though). I'd use Nobara on everything but I am too lazy to switch.

Arch w/ XFCE

Arch on all machines. And I'll keep with it. I'm not interested in NixOS.

Fedora with KDE!

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.

Arch BTW for my personal machine and Debian for my server

Kubuntu

"I was a windows user and am trying Linux, but I am not afraid of hiding the fact that i was once a windows user."
Not saying this is bad ofc, just saying this as a joke 🤣
- Me too, did the migration a year ago. Using Linux now for gaming even.

I am using Rocky Linux 9 on my home PC and Ubuntu 22.04 Server on my VPS.

I used arch btw, now I use NixOS btw

Debian and Alpine

Alpine for Docker containers and Debian for general putpose and sometimes also for containers.

Fedora Xfce spin here!

Same. Big fan of their net installer

Fedora KDE Spin, I like all the options to customize.

I use windows on my main desktop.

I used to use arch btw till the repair guy took my arch lappy and ghosted me :(

MX Linux. I can customize and use many obsecure programs really easily.

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)

when others are just as good

Mint, yet on my old laptop. Still on Windows on my main PC

Linux Mint on Desktop, Arch on my laptop

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...)

Pop_OS on my laptop

I have Linux Mint on my laptop (Windows 10 on my desktop)

I keep trying different distros, but I keep coming back to Mint. It's just the right mix of user friendly and customisable for me.

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)

Gentoo is my prefered distro.

Gentoo!

Even started a community with a whopping 16 subscribers and almost no posts! !gentoo@lemm.ee.

Fedora

Main computer: Arch (BTW) because I am a WM user (awesomewm) and AL has no bloat to remove. Also because of the AUR.

Servers:

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 am running Ubuntu on my machines and whatever Docker containers if I need some other flavour.

I'm very happy with Arch. Before that I was using Mint.

Switched my 15 yo macbook to Xubuntu. Now it works much better than vanilla Ubuntu.

Arch and it's variants, depending on when I feel like reinstalling again, currently testing the waters with EndeavourOS

Switched my 15 yo macbook to Xubuntu. Now it works much better than vanilla Ubuntu.

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.

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'm a Trisquel user. Though, I'm thinking of moving to Guix.

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.

Arch as a daily driver, Debian for my girlfriend and the self hosted stuff, Raspbian for the PiHole

Fedora because they keep the packages updated. I could go with Arch, but the amount of updates per day is too high.

I've been maining endeavouros for a little over a year now. It's oddly easier than any other os I've ever run.

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: !gentoo@lemm.ee

Fedora for me, what I started on. Want to try Slackware though.

Is Slackware still active?
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.
- It's definitely still active, Praise "Bob". Idk about the dependancies though.

The one that works for my use case.