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Fedora Kinoite from ublue.

Windows is a pain to use. Its uncustomizable, lacks pretty much all its features after making it semi-private. Apps look horrible, theming is nonexistent for the apps I use. All the apps I use in exchange of the Windows shit are also available on Linux.

So I distrohopped, stayed with KDE all the time. Everything broke but I also didnt want "stable" outdated software, until Wayland, fractional scaling and more are fixed.

Fedora Kinoite is very up-to-date, and its OSTree model is similar to git. You have an immutable system image that you can change by layering or removing RPM software, but you should do that as little as possible.

The ublue team takes care of adding Codecs and NVIDIA drivers, so client-side layering can stay minimal. This means reproducible bugs, always. You can reset the system, you have atomic updates (either it fails or succeeds) and you can save as many versions as you want.

Updates run in the background, you get your Software through Flatpak (which is more uptodate, isolated and officially supported anyways), its pretty awesome.

Elementary OS because I like Arch, but I want things to be a bit more creature comfortable.

Windows 11 for gaming, EndeavourOS for everything else

Win 11 on my desktop and laptop. Unraid on my home server.

I used to dual boot windows 10 and gentoo Linux before my CPU died ( 😭 ). There’s so many Linux games now I probably will just run gentoo… (I do have a windows 98 build I use for nostalgia)

macOS - because it just works and I like a clean, consistent ui.

I tried Windows, again and again - and it just feels like Microsoft is incapable of designing a ui that is consistent. Drives me crazy.

Linux, well. I like to run it on servers. I love it. But on the desktop it remains a pain. Yes, a lot has improved over the years. But there is still a long way to go before I would consider it user friendly. And the worst part: I do not see how a consistent ui would even be possible.

Heavily-modified, Snap-less Ubuntu 23.04 on my desktop/laptop and Debian on all of my servers. I keep a Windows VM for specialty cases, but hardly ever use it...

• Windows 11 on the main PC
• Windows 10 on the HTPC
• Linux Mint XFCE on my laptop

Part of the reason I steer to windows for main work/play PC's is due to the greater amount of support for the platform and the overall ease of use, however I've looked into various distros for the HTPC which would enable a more native "console" like experience than what I have now via it automatically opening Kodi and Kodi acting as a launcher for steam or playing YouTube, Netflix and Disney+ through the interface.

XFCE meanwhile for the laptop is to enable a familiar desktop environment light on resources (the laptop is over a decade old at this point) and efficient for when I'm at school or need the laptop for work purposes (like a presentation I'll have to give in the coming weeks).

Windows. Use it for school and gaming. Almost never touch it tho.

Home computer - Windows 10, because I didn't like Windows 11

School laptop - Windows 11, because I sacrificed it to see if I would like W11 on my home computer

Work computer - Mac OS, because I don't get a say in it

Linux Mint for my laptop and Artix with S6 on my workstation.

Also, ARTIX USERS REPRESENT! We need to rep our distro a lot more!

Archlinux with KDE. I have windows 10 on a second hard drive but I boot into it idk once a month.

Windows 10 - work PC because I have to + WSL

Arch - Service laptop - because I hate my free time(just kidding BTW)

PopOS - personal laptop - because of nvidia and gaming

Linux Mint - family laptop - because of maintenance and stability

Ubuntu - Server...well I'm lazy

MacOS, because Mac hardware. Dual booted with Mint OS.

This is my exact setup as well. I ran Windows on my laptop for years but Windows modern sleep absolutely ruined it for me. Placing my fully charged laptop in my bag on sleep and pulling it out completely dead 8 hours later is asinine. macOS knows how to sleep properly.

This is my exact setup as well. I ran Windows on my laptop for years but Windows modern sleep absolutely ruined it for me. Placing my fully charged laptop in my bag on sleep and pulling it out completely dead 8 hours later is asinine. macOS knows how to sleep properly.

My desktop runs Windows 11 since I game and use an Nvidia GPU. I also end up having to re-install my OS a bunch if I use Linux on a daily-driver.

Two of my laptops run Ubuntu for greater compatibility with server software I have installed on them (I use them solely for server shit), and one runs Mint. The Mint one is mainly just used to Parsec into my desktop from bed.

I use a form of Linux on all my devices except for my work laptop, but I use WSL2 mostly.

Windows 11 and Arch. Primarily the former. It just works, and I need it for work and playing co-op games with friends.

My main rig and my 3D printing rig are on windows 10, they would be 11 but I'd have to enable to the TPM on both to make it happen and I'm lazy.

My server is on Linux because server. It's currently running TrueNAS Scale and I'm thinking I might spin up some other things considering it's got 24 cores and 200 GB of ram it really should be doing more than just being a NAS.

Windows 10 because I can't upgrade to 11 for some arbitrary reason. I tried Ubuntu years ago but it was so much work trying to get it to just work that it really put me off. So unless the Linux ecosystem improved and by a wide margin and it has decent support for the software I use, I don't think I'm changing anytime soon.

Windows 11. It works better on my new machine even thogh I had to do extra steps to suppress the tracker and such.

Hate to say it, but Windows 10. My laptop doesn't support Windows 11 and Microsoft Office isn't available on linux (though I think I can do it with a windows vitual machine.) Also because of other apps like Proteus and Camtasia, or I would be on linux now. (Is it just me or are linux mint packages usually outdated?)

Windows 11 on my main desktop, Debian + KDE on my garage desktop, and Debian on my home server and cloud server.

Windows 11 on the desktop with an Ubuntu VM, Ubuntu on a Lenovo laptop, and Linux Mint on an HP 13.

macOS on my laptop. I mainly care about battery life, I dislike having to carry a charger or be plugged into a wall. The M1 machines are unbeatable in this regard.

Linux on my desktop, specifically Ubuntu. No particular reason for using Ubuntu beyond that it's free (as in beer) and fits my needs: casual gaming (as in no competitive online games with anti-cheat) and web browsing.

Arch Linux, switched to it some time ago out of curiosity and stayed because I liked the way it works.

My main laptop is on Gentoo, my gaming PC on EndeavourOS, server runs proxmox, and i use a Mac at work