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[–] Mars2k21@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Debian for most of my machines, rock solid and works. I've had 0 problems with Debian on any computer its downloaded on. And I personally don't need very up to date packages.

On my main computer (currently Windows due to hardware compatibility issues on Linux), I've flip flopped between Pop and Fedora depending on how much I need 3D graphics applications.

[–] sibloure@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Fedora Silverblue. Solid like Debian but doesn't break and require reinstall when I tinker around.

[–] feef@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Opensuse tw

[–] Maturi0n@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

SUSE -> Mageia -> Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Mint -> Manjaro. Been on Manjaro for 4 years now.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Kubuntu on some machines, KDE Neon on others. Ubuntu Server on my home servers.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Debian + Gnome: I don't game and have a limited wifi connection and Debian gives me stability, ease of use and I don't need to run an update more than once a week

[–] Junkdata@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Windows -> macos -> pop os -> debian -> fedora ↓ Now

  • linux mint(desktop)
  • slackware(laptop)
  • arch linux(Kvm/Qemu for gaming)
  • Netbsd(older hardware/for fun)
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[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's been over like 10 years but it has gone something like this Windows -> Ubuntu -> Debian -> Mint -> Windows -> Ubuntu -> Solus -> Fedora -> Arch -> Manjaro -> Windows -> POP_OS -> Arch -> Manjaro

[–] brunofin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Windows, then Ubuntu when I started Computer Science, then Linux Mint, and I've been hopping back and forth between both but mostly Mint, then for a while also KDE Neon, then I decided to leave my comfort zone and tried Fedora, and never looked back.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried a ton, and I settled with Fedora just for the mix of stability and support. Though, with Red Hat being asses I might have to mix it up.

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[–] scratchandgame@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ubuntu -> kali -> lubuntu -> debian -> rhel -> arch -> gentoo + alpine -> alpine (-> openbsd + freebsd)

I consider things not in brackets 100/100 trashes (alpine is 1/2, gentoo is 3/4), in experience (because they don't help me to learn anything, I'd take openbsd on platform that X11 support is broken, for example Alpha, than anything not in brackets on amd64. Of course, that should be a personal machine for learning.)

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was on Ubuntu, then I switched to Debian, then Mint. Then I was like wow if this is so good I'm gonna try some more, and I dove headfirst. I didn't run a distro more than a couple hours sometimes, never more than a week.

Then I found Manjaro, which I tried and liked well enough except for all the Manjaro shit. I decided then that I could install Arch, how hard could it be? So I did, it took me like 3 days and I broke it dozens of times but I eventually got there (with sound even!) shortly before they brought back the install script. I want to try Gentoo but I don't have time to compile everything, I understand they ship binaries now which I think is sweet but I'm happy with Arch.

I like Arch for it's KISS philosophy, the DIY attitude with which you approach it, the fine-grained control over every (most) part of the system, the AUR. But my favorite thing about Arch is the Wiki. It's such a great resource, and yeah it applies to more than just Arch but like ... why?

I use Arch btw

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