Asklemmy

I use Linux Mint and Windows 10. I'm kinda stuck on windows because I'm a gamer. I can run a fair share of my games on Linux but it requires a lot of compromises and there are some games that straight up don't work because of anti cheat.

I wanna go full Linux though.

I’m on MacOS for work, Linux Mint for personal computer.

I’ve been on MacOS all around for over a decade. I found that I liked the mental model better than Windows. I had tried linux at the time (Mandrake and Suse) but they didn’t quite feel like something I could use daily, when friends were on MSN Messenger for comms.

The company uses MacBooks for developers and I enjoy that experience.

For personal, I couldn’t justify the cost of a Mac for the limited amount I’m currently using a personal computer. A year ago I resurrected a computer from a junk drawer and put Mint in it. It’s been a great experience, but the hardware has aged and some things were tricky (like typing, and hearing audio). So I bought a 3-4yo refurb Dell business machine and popped Mint on it. Am happy.

I use Linux Mint. I started using Linux in 2007 and was an Ubuntu guy. When Ubuntu switched to Unity I wasn't a big fan. At the time, Mint was providing an experience fairly close to what I was used to so I gave it a try. It does everything I need so I haven't looked back. I don't tinker as much as I used to and it's very stable.

Also have a windows install I use for gaming and music production, but 95% of the time I'm on mint.

Arch.

I once ran Ubuntu, but the install instructions for so many programs are 'import this key', 'add these dependencies', and the system quickly became a mess. I had install scripts to install and uninstall some things, but it was too much for me to take care of.

Eventually I found that if you want the latest terragrunt and i3, Arch Linux is easier than Ubuntu.

I currently use fedora. I am absolutely fine with Ubuntu, but the setup process is a bit too much for me, as I prefer flatpak and vanilla gnome, so it takes a bit of work for Ubuntu to get there. Also I feel like ubuntu use a different gui for different purpose, it is a bit annoying (for example, there are three app, one update apt, one flatpak, one drivers.) It is not a big deal, but a bit annoying.

Mostly all I need is just a stable os that I can work in, and I don't really want to mess with my os. So I don't choose more cutting-edge/interesting distros like suse, arch, or Nix.

There are also distros like pop and mint, but they don't support gnome well, and I haven't get into the habit of cosmos or cinnamon.

GNU/Linux (openSUSE Tumbleweed, KDE Neon, Gentoo, Arch/SteamOS on Steam Deck) all with KDE Plasma desktop. Because the KDE Plasma desktop is way ahead of anything I've ever used on proprietary OSes. Also in general GNU/Linux is leading both technically and ethically, as it is also being free (as in freedom) and opensource software, respects our privacy, and doesn't bother you with ads.

• Main Gaming/Editing PC - Windows 11 - While I have had good experiences with PopOS as a dual boot, I'm probably staying on Windows on this machine to not worry about hardware compatibility. My main issues on Linux distros came to my WiFi 6 USB adapter not being well supported (running an Ethernet drop to this room is infeasible at the moment, but a future plan), power state issues regarding standby mode and shutdown, and the GPU (3060ti) only really working well on PopOS. Davinci Resolve also apparently only works with H.264 or H.265 video codecs on Linux if you get the paid version, probably because of licensing relating to those, which I may get eventually. I also like Windows 11 way more than 10, surprisingly.
• Laptop - Linux Mint - Rock solid when you're just talking about a machine with integrated components. Has Timeshift for system restoring preinstalled, and is light on resources while still fulfilling my needs outside of gaming and video editing. I can still play light games (it's a slower laptop) like Celeste or Vampire Survivors fine though, but really leave that for the main PC.
• Homelab servers - Proxmox running mostly Ubuntu Server VMs and LXC containers - Honestly as with any homelab, this may change just for the sake of testing things, but having this setup on my previous Ryzen 5 1600 desktop, and an HP mini PC works out pretty well. Most of what I test or use is at the service or development level anyway.

Debian 11

MX Linux. It is a debian based, but uses custom scripts and programs from Antix and Mepis that make it super lovely to use.

It strips out systemd and does a lot of work to make popular programs usable that requires it.

Yet, I can still boot into it with systemd turned on, which is useful and more necessary than I like, increasingly so.

I think systemd is fine though. Linux is not unix, variation is healthy and despite what people say I always found it solid.

MX uses XFCE, which I love, and the desktop has some really smart defaults like putting the panel on the side instead of top or bottom, which gives back vertical real estate.

EDIT: I also use macOS iOS. My mom is a dedicated Apple user and I inherit her stuff whenever she upgrades, which is less frequently because I convinced her that what she has is basically overkill for her use cases, ans she does not need the newest thing.

Anyways, I love my iPad Pro. I don't care if Apple is evil, I got it for free and I reading PDFs on it is a goddamn pleasure.

The MacBook Air is the perfect laptop. Large laptops are just heavy and makes me not want to take them anywhere. Glad I learned that lesson.

I was running Gentoo Linux, but I've sadly had to switch back to Windows due to grad school software I need to run.

MX Linux.

Debian with perks.

NixOS, mostly for the declarative configuration for almost everything. Atomic updates and independent installations of software for different projects are some other notable reasons.

Mac OS is what I use for everything besides gaming. I do have a Windows PC for gaming, but I am really excited about the future of Linux gaming and am a proud & happy Steam Deck early adopter.

I grew up building my own computers with hand-me-down parts, fighting my sister for the phone line in the dial up days, calling my uncle for a working Windows or Office key, etc. Something broke in me some years back where I want everything to "just work" and that's what Apple products provide.

OpenBSD. It is much simpler for me to understand than Linux. However, Alpine Linux is very nice too.

Linux Mint!

EndeavourOS. It's a variant of Arch, I had hopped around different OS and was on Windows for a bit before switching back to Linux. Ive stuck with Endeavour as it feels quick and nimble but performs great on gaming (better than the native windows install on my PC) and the access to the AUR is a massive perk

Windows 10 and 11, with WSL 2 I get all the benefits of Linux with little drawbacks. I used to use various flavours of Linux for quite some time but I got really tired of maintaining that system so I went back to Windows. Unfortunately Windows "just works" while with Linux every update felt like rolling some dice to see if my system still boots with a GUI the next day. Currently I work 100% remotely, I can not afford to have my PC to just stop working for a day or more. For servers I keep using Linux and it has been rock solid for that. Maybe I will make an another attempt in the future, I have a notebook that I use to try some distros. So far nothing impressed me enough to try to make the switch again.

Windows 11 with latest updates. I have prioritized to only use open source apps. Purchased the Lenovo Legion 5 during summer 2020, so it's an relatively new laptop. Also have the latest BIOS, as this have made it work more stable overall. But want to return back to Ubuntu LTS. So hopefully various drivers, compatibilities etc with exactly my laptop gets ironed out. Especially the Fn+Q function with 3 CPU power modes. Also the Hybrid GPU function. Please more battery hours!

Observing Ubuntu's coming LTS with full snap, that might be something suitable for my needs. So going to read about it coming months as Canonical posts in their blog. So definitely want to leave the Windows OS/ place. Have caused so many issues for me.

macOS on my laptop, windows on my PC. Also got a few servers running linux though.

I've been distro hopping lately and landed in fedora gnome, it seems to be a nice, stable OS, good for personal PC use (might try the kde version on my laptop, seems like a better experience). I haven't even checked on gaming tho, haven't touched the pc for that since I got the steam deck

Kubuntu 23.04 With the panel to the left.

I've been using Debian Testing on all my machines the last four-ish years

Edit: I like that Debian is one of the longest running distros, and the basis for many others. I switched away from Ubuntu when I realized it was easier than trying to uninstall all their extra stuff every time I had to upgrade

Fedora! Have been super not a fan of Windows for years now so I avoid it hardcore when I can.

Linux in general is a lot easier to set up programming environments on, and also just generally it's a lot more flexible when it comes to customization, which is definitely important when you're a big picky bitchbaby like I am.

Fedora specifically I like because there's something I just really like about RHEL-related distros (to the point that i use Rocky Linux on my server also). They feel really polished and dnf is probably my favourite package manager of all the ones I've tried so far. I do have a few issues with it, and I miss having access to the AUR when I used various Arch-baseds over the years, but all in all I'm very happy with it and I don't see myself switching distros for desktop use any time soon.

Arch Linux for the past 15 years, Ubuntu for 4 years before that and I still use it on my servers but I might switch back to Debian that I used 20 years ago. I'm also using MOROS, a hobby OS I've been working on for the past 2.5 years :)

I've distro-hopped a LOT, but always come back to Fedora, because it's super stable, gives me no issues and doesn't get in my way when I want to screw around.

I use Arch on my main gaming PC. I did choose to install it a couple years ago based on the chatter and memes around it, but learning to install it taught me a lot about linux and so it just feels like home using it.

Fedora Linux (KDE spin), and macOS (Hackintosh)

I like macOS quite a lot. It's UNIX and has much of the same tools as Linux, with more polish and commercial support.

I use Linux for gaming, macOS for general use.

I used to have a Windows partition but hardly ever used it. And every time I booted it I remembered why I dislike it so much. Also Windows Update is THE worst OS update solution there is.

If I ever get a better VR headset I might reinstall windows for VR gaming. But until then, don't need it.

Fedora 35 or 36. She's a fun one. I've just finished migrating off an old laptop that was running manjaro with i3 (formerly i3gaps) I think my lust for keyboard shortcuts is satiated now lol. I can't wait to find the lemmy equivalent for unixporn.

Debian laptop, NAS and home server, SteamOS on the Deck, and W10 on my gaming PC because VR is still kinda janky with Linux :(

Windows because I am lazy.

Chromebook because I just dont fucking care anymore.

I use mainly arch and windows 11 for games that are borked on linux.

Debian on desktop pcs, Ubuntu on laptop pcs. I know, I know, we aren't supposed to use Ubuntu because it's bad but it's infinitly easier to get laptop drivers working on Ubuntu for some reason.

One of these days I'll try out arch but I've been using apt for so many years and don't want to learn pacman because I'm lazy.

Ubuntu 20.04. My laptop is from 2013 and windows broke itself with an update in 2018 that rendered the computer useless and at 100% disk usage all the time. I already had some experience with dual booting and running Linux on old PC's so I just wiped it and never went back. I really don't miss it aside from excel.

Manjaro KDE for years. I've tried ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, Debian, Antergos and plain ol' Arch. I've stuck with Manjaro for simplicity sake, going through the motions of installing and setting up Arch was great from a learning perspective. It gave me a much better understanding of what's under the hood. In the end though, I wanted a simpler process of getting an OS going.

I have a MacBook Pro which is stock macOS.

Doing software development for nearly a decade, macOS combines that ease of using widely used software tools with the stability of macOS that seems quite rare with Linux (especially in the long term, when upgrading across new OS versions). Also, things like being able to consistently sleep and wake up and my m1’s battery life keeps me on macOS.

With that said, I also have a thinkpad with pop! OS on it. It’s nice, but I have this issue that I can’t alt-tab like I can on windows thanks to gnome. It only alt-tabs the window group, rather than individual windows, and it drives me up the bend.

Windows 10 because I play games. Ubuntu on my laptop where I don't, since its old and Ubuntu runs way better than Windows on it.

MacOS

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, because it's stable enough while also beign a rolling release distribution. I wanted to remove the hassle of updating debian/ubuntu once in a while to jump through LTS versions.