Fedora server on my server, custom blue build image on my laptop based on Gnome secureblue
NixOS, really liking the ability to do package and system configuration as code in a single language, and consolidate the configuration for multiple devices in a single repo.
EndeavourOS (it’s basically arch btw)
Oh fucc how did I miss this in my own comm lmao.
I use NixOS with flakes on all my machines. Having your operating system as code is actually far easier to wrap my mind than other distros and it helps with learning how each of the individual components of a GNU system fit together and with Nix I always know roughly how point A -> point B.
Second would always go to Fedora Atomic Desktop since like NixOS your operating system is basically just a schema to write out before hand and then deploy. The commonality being that the Linux joke of “sudo apt install into broken system” is entirely vanquished in favor of user simplicity and I would recommend something like Universal Blue’s Bazzite to people wanting to see peak GNU/Linux capabilities.
Arch btw, beside the meme it really covers everything I want for my daily driver to do, and I love having all the latest software instead of waiting until it gets added to the official repositories or adding them manually.
If I were to use Linux for professional working though, I would explore Fedora just to have a system that is more stable and can’t cause weird technical issues taking up time from my work.
For servers Debian without even thinking about it
Debian
looks up debian what is this Dreamcast ass logo.
I love it
That’s not the Dreamcast logo, that’s the estrogen logo
Based
Co-winkydink? I think not!
I like that debian just works, its a pretty darn good choice for people who dont want to deal with setting up their computer and just want to use it
Mint out of simplicity and ease of use because I’ve still got my training wheels on.
Will use Bazzite soon as I’ve just recently got myself a handheld but I haven’t had the energy to tinker around on it just yet.
only 72 comments? come on everyone, those are rookie numbers
arch btw
I’m discovering new memes I had no idea existed. I’m scared.
If you pick arch (or something based on arch like EndeavourOS) you get to be part of the exclusive club of people who bring up that they use arch (BTW) constantly.
I use arch btw
I’ve been on Kubuntu for a few years. I’m considering moving to something non-Ubuntu, but I’m really happy with KDE Plasma.
I’ve been really happy with Fedora KDE. To me, the desktop environment determines the experience more than the distro these days, so you probably wouldn’t notice much difference in switching, so maybe not worth it.
I just like Fedora better for installing on a new system, since new hardware tends to be supported faster.
KDE fucking rules. I don’t care how resource intensive it is, it looks fuckin steller and is infinitely customizable.
https://www.linuxatemyram.com/
It’s hard to tell from first glance how resource intensive a program is. Any free RAM is wasted RAM so if someone pulls up an htop and judges based on that you shouldn’t listen to them at all.
It’s basically no more resource intensive than GNOME or Xfce. It’s very efficient and has been at least since Plasma 5.
I have really convenient shortcuts to move a window to full, half, or quarter screen, and to switch between 4 virtual desktops, which makes using my laptop very comfortable. I tested i3 for a bit but I found I don’t like auto-tiling, I want to control where everything goes and hide stuff I’m not using.
Mint.
It just works, I don’t have to think about my OS.
Mint
I run Arch on my desktop and media server. The media server mostly just runs docker images though. I set up Fedora Kinoite on my wife’s laptop recently though and think that’s good for every day non gaming use. If I had more time I’d look into NixOS.
debian so i don’t have to do anything
i use arch btw. if you don’t have console-phobia it’s one of the easiest distros to use, easy to install new software and is not prone to breaking as much as people say (well it depends on your use case mine’s been pretty stable).
