void linux. it uses runit and it’s a rolling-release. i like runit because i don’t like the
systemctlcommand for some reason. doingln -s /etc/sv/serv_name /var/serviceandsv up serv_nameis way nicer imo.Debiain because it’s rock fucking solid.
Arch, because of the AUR and because I can’t get fully used to NixOS. Also, I know my way around Arch better tban any other distro. I tried my luck on Debian and it didn’t go that well, but I’m willing to try again soon. (If only I could get Hyprland on Debian…)
Advantages: has all the software I need, new versions as well.
Disadvantages: lacks a stable branch (I recently found myself with limited/no internet access for about 2 months; if Arch had a stable release, I wouldn’t have had to rebuild my NixOS system over 100 times while I was trying to get a decent DWM setup.
Debain on servers because it just works.
Arch on desktops because you got basically every software package you’d ever need in the AUR and it’s somewhat stable.Is this question going to arise every month?
That’s rather optimistic. I’m pretty sure it’s daily. Although, perhaps it’s only once a month that it gets upvoted
It shows people are interested and exposure to Linux is growing. It’s a good thing.
I just distro hopped to nixos. I was unaware of it until I came to the fediverse. The declarative system, once you get over the small learning curve, I feel is very easy to understand and configure. Creating and being able to roll back system configurations is a great feature too.
Previously I was using void. I quite enjoy it too and am sure I’ll revisit it. It’s a light (no systemd) rolling release distro with an emphasis on stable packages.
Debian for me and Linux Mint Debian Edition for anyone I help with computers, because I don’t want to configure a system more than once and to investigate why some stuff doesn’t work.
This has been beaten to the ground.
Ubuntu because it requires the least amount of hack fixes to get working.
And snap has vastly simplified software installation.
That is a bold opinion my friend.
Debian Unstable. Because I know my way around Debian more than any other distro, but I need the newest Gnome for proper support of tablet mode on my convertible and that’s something you can’t install via flatpak or backports.
Downside is that it pushes package updates that weren’t tested for compatibility with each other, so you need to know if what apt suggests makes sense before you hit “Y”.
I’ve tried Arch and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed in the past, but both rely too much on packages built by users without proper integration with the main repo.
Gentoo because it’s for gentle men
Gentoo because it’s for
gentle menlegendsThere, fixed it for you.
I use Arch BTW.
Manjaro, because it’s rolling release and it’s built on Arch, only the necessary stuff is installed (including a desktop environment), you can set it up with just a few clicks, and it works out of the box, and even proprietary GPU drivers are easily installable with mhwd. Stable and reliable.
In case anything breaks, there’s quick help on their forum, which (when it happened to me once) outperformed customer support of proprietary software.
It’s been my daily driver for almost 8 years without any major issue.
So in short, robustness, rolling release, simplicity, community.
Edit: I have to add, my use case is for a desktop PC for software design/development + a little gaming.
Same here, I used to use Arch but just got tired of constantly tracking down conflicts during upgrades. Manjaro may be hacky but their hacks seem to get things to work smoothly 99% of the time. I install it on computer illiterate relatives and friends because I know it’s not going to create a support nightmare for me, and I still get all the software one could want via the AUR.
Hell, I have one cousin that’s convinced that he has a Macbook because I set up KDE to look like MacOS. I haven’t had to fix anything on that laptop (except printers) since I installed it for him 5 years ago. He just does his updates via Octopi and carries on.
Fedora.
They have solid community and financial backings, they do tremendous work pushing the Linux desktop forward, it’s close to vanilla and the sweet spot between stable and bleeding edge (aka “leading edge”) for me personally.
