I've been using Manjaro and having a pretty good time. I mainly use it because I like the idea of Arch, but not the time investment needed to get everything set up how I like it. I originally moved over because I wasn't happy with Ubuntu putting ads in the terminal when updating through apt.
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I'm a forever Linux noob currently using Q4OS (Debian-based with TDE/KDE) because it is for a toaster with a small storage and I'm used to Windows.
Manjaro
Kubuntu/Plasma on the desktop, plus the Steam Deck
@owatnext At the moment Ubuntu 23.04. But I am planning to hop to Linux Mint or Fedora in order to check them.
Fedora all the way. I've been using it for 6-7 years now, I simply love how it is pretty stable, while still being able to have mostly up-to-date software. And I never had any issues during versions upgrades. And I guess that I can also count SteamOS as a distribution that I use thanks to my Steam Deck.
Fedora for gaming and Debian for the servers. I was an avid Ubuntu user for years, but for some reason snap doesn't do it for me.
Switched from Windows to Fedora Workstation some months ago and really happy with it workflow and feeling.
Ubuntu for my work laptop, debian for my servers. My third choice would be arch, but I'm not using it currently.
I've used linux either as my main or secondary OS for about 18 years. Ubuntu is still the easiest to setup and get started, but in my experience becomes the least flexible over time to tweak to my liking. Arch linux does have its cons, and often requires care and time to address updates, but it is by far my favorite distro — pacman + AUR and the full control of my OS are what makes it truly feel like my own OS and computer
I use Pop OS as my daily driver. It's been hectic configuring things to work at times but I'm pretty happy, I have all the games I want to play compatible with it and I don't really need any Windows apps so it works perfectly for me.
I am Debian user as of now. Normally I either use Debian-based distros or Fedora.
I have been running Gentoo on my desktop since uni(In dual-boot with the popular game loader from Redmond - although Proton is getting pretty good in some cases now). At work I use Xubuntu, again, with Windows.
Debian
- Arch Linux (current)
- NixOS
- Fedora
- Ubuntu
- Gentoo
- Red Hat (first)
Switched often over the last 20 years. Considering Fedora Silverblue.
Choice can be one of the huge strong suits and weak points of Linux. I know over the last 30 years I've switched distros a lot. My first was a two floppy slack distro. One for boot and one for root. There was no pretty X server on top of it lol.
These days for my personal systems I definitely like the rolling releases. Currently have endeavor OS on a few systems. But I still have debian Ubuntu or Fedora running on certain systems for specific tasks. They aren't always the most up-to-date. But they are some of the more stable and secure. And when you're serving that's typically what you want.
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Silverblue is surprisingly good.
I've really been enjoying CachyOS on the desktop, seems it's got the performance tweaks for gaming but without the bloat like in Garuda. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with Gnome for the laptop. I thought I didn't like Gnome but it's a breeze with a trackpad
Arch on the desktop.
I'm using my laptop to try out some distro just because i don't use it very much so i don't have to reconfigure a lot of stuff.
Slackware 15 on desktop, Devuan 4 on laptop, Rocky 8 on my RPI and LineageOS 18 on my phone. Slackware is really awesome.
Mint (previously fedora), I just want a good UI that I can customize more than gnome-shell
openSUSE Tumbleweed on my main PC.
Linux Mint on my main PC (which still has a Windows drive on it) but I really want to get a bigger Linux SSD and I want to try out OpenSUSE Tumbleweed instead.
I also use Fedora on my laptop.
I'm an arch boi through and through
Debian (usually Sid) and Arch.
I'm currently using Linux Mint on my desktops and Debian for my servers.
Manjaro KDE.
Currently using Nobara OS and Vanilla OS. I really like Nobara because Fedora is a well supported OS (Thanks RHEL) and Nobara made setting up fedora really easy on my AMD CPU/ Nvida GPU. The only other ones which I liked as far as the out-of-the-box experience was: Endeavor OS for Arch-based and Zorin OS for Ubuntu-based. I appreciate Vanilla OS, and while they are pitching it as something for beginners; it is absolutely not. You need to understand at a basic level the relationship between containers and the host system, apx is a beautiful piece of software which makes containers incredibly easy to use, but you still need have a basic understanding. You also need to know when to interface with the host system, e.g installing gnome-tweaks. You also need to know when the default Ubuntu container isn't the best container to use. That said, the transaction system for manipulating the two root directories and most software being siloed off in containers ensures that the shitty laptop I am using hasn't ran into the many issues I have had in the past with it breaking updates randomly.
I love Nobara, the initial setup is so convenient!
And since it's based off Fedora, it feels polished.
I'm currently running Mint on my Computer and Ubuntu on servers.
I was a longtime Arch user 10+ years up until recently when I decided to give Void Linux a shot. In hindsight I wish that I'd made the switch earlier as I love it !
I use Arch Linux on my laptop and debian on my desktop. I'm currently working towards setting up a server on my desktop, just need to figure out where to start and what I want in it. I personally love Arch for it's repos as it's all there at my fingertips if I want to download them.
In terms of DE/WM I use qtile on arch and cinnamon on debian. I don't know what I'd do without qtile lol not sure if I'd ever switch it as my main WM.
I use Linux Mint XFCE on my laptop and desktop. And the standard Steam OS on my Steam Deck.
Mint. Mint has largely continued to be good for me and if I build another desktop myself I'll probably put Mint in again. That said I've heard good things about PopOS, and if I end up buying direct from System76 I might stick with that.
I've been mostly using Ubuntu and it's been working mostly well but I do want to switch at some point. I've tried Porteus but I've tried it on two different computers and I couldn't get the WiFi adapter to work on either of them. I know why it's not working on one of the computers but the WiFi adapter in the other one works just fine with Ubuntu so I have no Idea why it's not working.
I've got my eye on some other distros that I want to try but I haven't had the time or the desire to try them yet.
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Arch on my workstation (home and work) and Debian (formerly CentOS) on corporate servers.
Fedora on my regular laptop, Debian on another, and Bodhi on this HP all in one that someone gave me. Twenty years ago I loved the experimentation and played with Red Hat and SusE and now I just want everything to work without spending hours figuring it out. So nowadays I just experiment on non-critical equipment, like the HP all in one on my kitchen table.