yes i did a os one but i am wondering what distros do you guys use and why,for me cachyos its fast,flexible,has aur(I loved how easy installing apps was) without tinkering.

  • Libb@jlai.lu
    12·
    12 hours ago
    • Debian + Xfce on the desktop, because it (mostly, see below) just works, it’s snappy, reliable, and I don’t need my apps being constantly updated (I have very simple needs and use cases)
    • Mint + Cinnamon on the laptop, because it’s still debian-based and because unlike Debian, Mint was able to connect my AirPods out of the box and I use them a lot when on the laptop… I also quickly learned to appreciate Cinnamon, I must say.

    edit: typos

  • monovergent 🏁@lemmy.ml
    2·
    7 hours ago
    • Debian stable (w/ XFCE). No-nonsense, excellent community support, well-documented, low-maintenance, and runs on anything so I can expect things to work the same way across all of my machines, old, new(ish), or virtual
    • Just flexible enough that I can customize it to my taste but not so open-ended that I have to agonize over every last config
    • It’s been around for many years and will be around for many more
    • I often entertain the idea of moving to Alpine or even BSD, but I can’t resist the software selection available on Debian
  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
    18·
    12 hours ago

    Linux Mint, because I don’t like to tinker with the system, I like good defaults (and Mints has them).

  • airikr@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    12 hours ago

    I use EndeavourOS Xfce because it’s Arch with pacman and not Flathub or Snap. Plus, I love the simplicity and the performance boost you get with Xfce (even if it’s a small boost with a modern gaming PC).

      • Jesus_666@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 hours ago

        Flatpak has its benefits, but there are tradeoffs as well. I think it makes a lot of sense for proprietary software.

        For everything else I do prefer native packages since they have fewer issues with interop. The space efficiency isn’t even that important to me; even if space issues should arise, those are relatively easy to work around. But if your password manager can’t talk to your browser because the security model has no solution for safe arbitrary IPC, you’re SOL.

  • kusivittula@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    10 hours ago

    mint cinnamon because on my system it has no major issues and everything is easy to configure. i don’t have a lot of spare time so i can’t spend hours or even days troubleshooting why something won’t install or run. most other distros have been annoyingly buggy or too difficult to set up.

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    14·
    12 hours ago

    EndeavorOS. Because I wanted to have a rolling release distribution that is always up to date, and one that is good supported by maintainers and community. Good documentation is very important to me. And I trust the team behind EndeavorOS and Archlinux.

    Also the manual approach of many things and the package manager based on Archlinux is very nice. I also like the building of custom packages that is then installed with the package manager (basically my own AUR package). The focus on terminal stuff without too much bloat by default is also a huge plus.

      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
        1·
        54 minutes ago

        I didn’t say “personal package manager”. Do you refer to the part “basically my own AUR package”? pacman, the package manager of Archlinux that is also used in EndeavourOS, allows for installing custom packages. There is another tool part of Archlinux that let you build custom packages. These custom packages can be installed on your system, which is then seen like a normal package and handled this way with all the defined dependencies and information about the package. You can install the package from a local location, it does not need to be online repository.

        Then you can upload it to the AUR, which is exactly that: Arch User Repository. But you don’t have to upload it. Either way such a custom build package is what I referred to my own AUR package. For more information see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository

    • Mwas alt (prob)@thelemmy.clubOPEnglish
      3·
      12 hours ago

      The focus on terminal stuff without too much bloat by default is also a huge plus.

      Prob the reason why i hated garauda (Idk if is it because i picked the dragonized gaming ver)

      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
        2·
        12 hours ago

        Probably. I’m definitely not a fan of Garuda Linux (never used it to be honest). The styling and the bloat are not my taste. But the most important thing to me is, if I can trust those developers and maintainers? And I don’t trust most non common distros. Looking at their webpage, they also have a KDE lite version with less bloat and bare minimum packages to get started. This is actually awesome!

  • the w@beehaw.org
    31·
    8 hours ago

    Bazzite (with KDE). My desktop is mostly for discord and gaming - I don’t have the kind of job that can be done from home. So when I get to use it I want it to just work, and look good.

    I’ve used a bunch of distros and I’ve sort of become an atomic evangelist. Which put like that sounds like a great band name.

  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    11 hours ago

    elementary! I like it, been using it since ~2018, I like its style and I don’t mind reinstalling for major updates. They’re pretty seldom if you’re on the LTS branch anyway

  • ComradeMiao@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 hours ago

    Fedora because I like this out of the box look more than Ubuntu and it runs my games well with my nvidia card

  • gramgan@lemmy.ml
    81·
    11 hours ago

    NixOS because it’s easy to understand—I can pop open any .nix file in my config and see exactly what is being set up, so I don’t have to mentally keep track of innumerable imperative changes I would otherwise make to the system, and thus lose track of the entropy over time.

  • Atemu@lemmy.ml
    31·
    5 hours ago

    NixOS because it’s the only usable stab at sustainable system configuration.

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml
    1·
    10 hours ago

    Pop. I just need ubuntu without snap, distro’s default look doesnt matter since I’ll just use sway/i3wm.

    Though the fact that they’re building their own tiling DE could make me stick with it fully when it comes out.

  • Red5@lemmygrad.ml
    7·
    12 hours ago

    I use Fedora simply because I got a Framework and the fingerprint reader didn’t work in (K)Ubuntu so I tried Fedora as a little test. It worked, so I just stuck with it - everything else worked as I wanted, and it gave me the opportunity to try a completely new distribution.