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Which distro are you using right now? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by not_jov@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@sh.itjust.works

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So, title. Personally after trying out pretty much every major distro save gentoo, I've come back to Ubuntu because it just works and I can focus on my work. Did remove snap and install flatpak, but other than that it's mostly stock ubuntu.

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[–] ItsJason@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I've been running Fedora for many years now. Prior to that, I tried used Ubuntu for a bit. When Unity's search started throwing in Amazon results, I said nope, I'm out.

Fedora is fitting. My very first distro was RedHat 6. I picked up a book from the public library with install discs. (A friend told me all the hackers use Linux, so I figured I needed to get it. After all, I could compile basic C++ programs in Microsoft Visual Studio!) I tried Mandrake too. A coworker of mine helped maintain a compile-from-source distro called Lunar, so I ran with that for a couple years. Then Debian, then Ubuntu, and finally Fedora.

My early distro hopping was a combination of curiosity and a heavy handed solution to not knowing how to get something to work. Some library version isn't easily available in RedHat? Wipe the system and try Mandrake!