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Hey fellow Linux enthusiasts! I'm curious to know if any of you use a less popular, obscure or exotic Linux distribution. What motivated you to choose that distribution over the more mainstream ones? I'd love to hear about your experiences and any unique features or benefits that drew you to your chosen distribution.

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[–] OddFed@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TuxedoOS

It's just so nice with my tuxedo laptop and made me love Plasma.

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

Same here. I used Fedora with gnome before, but this summer I bought a Tuxedo laptop and saw that they maintain their own distro. And as I have been happy with fedora and gnome for way too long, it was time for a switch.

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

Same here. Have been a Mint user for more than 10 years and switched recently with the new laptop. I like it a lot, really stable system.

[–] superguy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Manjaro.

It does what I need it to in a way that is convenient and accessible to me.

I agree with pretty much all of their design decisions and am just looking for a preconfigured Arch.

Been running it exclusively for the past 3 years and have no inclination on switching.

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[–] ptolemy@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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