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Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

So we can clearly see the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them, please follow this format:

  • Write the name of the Linux distro as a first-level comment.
  • Reply to that comment with each reason you like the distro as a separate answer.

For example:

  • Distro (first-level comment)
    • Reason (one answer)
    • Other reason (a different answer)

Please avoid duplicating options. This will help us better understand the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them.

gravitywell ,

Arch, BTW

gravitywell ,

Great wiki

gravitywell ,

The AUR

djsaskdja ,

pacman goes brrrr

fugepe ,

I do real work. Dont have time to waste

Contend6248 ,

Maybe don’t fiddle with your install non-stop then.

varzaman ,

Isn’t that the reason to use arch?

bookworm ,
@bookworm@feddit.nl avatar

I was distrohopping for like a year or two when I first got into Linux desktop. As soon as I installed Arch for the first time that stopped. Now the thought of a distro pre-installing packages gives me the heebie jeebies. You don’t get to tell me how I sync with NTP servers!

wax ,

PKGBUILDs

Romdeau4 ,
@Romdeau4@kbin.social avatar

Fedora

Romdeau4 ,
@Romdeau4@kbin.social avatar

Stable

Romdeau4 ,
@Romdeau4@kbin.social avatar

Only FOSS software and repositories unless otherwise enabled

Romdeau4 ,
@Romdeau4@kbin.social avatar

Cutting edge application releases so I get the newest toys after they’ve been decently tested

Headbangerd17 ,

Uses the latest tech in linux e.g wayland and pipewire.

FarLine99 ,
@FarLine99@lemmy.world avatar

Applies patches for better programs work under Wayland (SDDM with git patches before long awaited 0.20.0 release).

ar0177417 ,
@ar0177417@lemmy.world avatar

Artix Linux

ar0177417 ,
@ar0177417@lemmy.world avatar

No Systemd. It uses real init

ar0177417 ,
@ar0177417@lemmy.world avatar

Bloat free

ar0177417 ,
@ar0177417@lemmy.world avatar

Bleeding Edge

MyNameIsRichard ,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

openSUSE Tumbleweed

MyNameIsRichard ,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

It’s rolling and reliable

MyNameIsRichard ,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Everything just works

MyNameIsRichard ,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

It’s incredibly well put together

blackbrook ,

The big advantage IMHO, is the out of the box BTRFS set up that lets you simply roll back to a non-broken state, right from the grub menu, should an update break your system. I haven’t had to use it yet, but it is a huge source of comfort knowing it is there.

Also, many people coming to opensuse remark how much snappier it is than other distros.

evadzs ,

Garuda uses this feature on an Arch base, it’s saved me a couple of times. Props to openSUSE for developing the way to make that happen!

kurcatovium ,

Glad to hear someone else uses this awesome tool. I think unstable debian based Siduction uses that too.

shotgun_crab ,

BTRFS has saved my life a bunch, I’m the kind that enjoys experimenting and changing stuff just to see what happens

CrypticCoffee ,

It is up to date so you can often get newer hardware working due to newer kernels.

CrypticCoffee ,

Security by default. Firewall is set up blocking ports for UDP etc. so you are protected out of the box.

sedot ,

YaST

kurcatovium ,

I had to scroll waaaaay down to find this. Mindboggling how underrated this distro is!

CrypticCoffee ,

It’s getting 3/4’s of the votes of Debian. I think their profile has increase a lot in the last year or so.

zbb ,

Debian.

ThesePaycheckAvenging ,

Rock solid.

metacolon ,
@metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Lightweight.

alternateved ,
@alternateved@lemmy.one avatar

Void

bertmacho ,

Supports musl on every architecture I have. ARM, AARCH64, x86_64 - no problem.

cefadroxilthranduil ,

xbps

alternateved ,
@alternateved@lemmy.one avatar

Stable rolling release

abrr1sz ,
@abrr1sz@beehaw.org avatar

Very KISS. Runit is amazing once you get used to it.

Cralex ,

• Rolling release that is remarkably stable. • Supports a wide variety of architectures. • XBPS package manage • Lightweight, systemd free.

zbb ,

Debian.

Spewpid ,

Started on SuSe, but Ubuntu stuck with me since the early releases… Just very familiar to me at this point. Been my goto os on my laptop for ages…

InternetPirate OP ,

Nobara

InternetPirate OP ,

Built for gaming

InternetPirate OP ,

Based on Fedora

InternetPirate OP ,

Stable and easy to set up

nerdschleife ,

ArcoLinux with i3.

nerdschleife ,
  • it’s basically an arch installer plus a bunch of presets and scripts to get you started. The goal of this distro is to guide you to your first Arch install. I did that, but stuck with Arco.
  • the absolute friendliest linux community I have come across. The creator himself is likely to answer most of your queries. The youtube channel is a goldmine. Shoutout, Eric Dubois!
unwillingsomnambulist ,

Have used it before but am not currently running it. Absolute treat for someone who wants to start digging deeper into the inner workings of Linux. The tutorial videos are pretty clearly a labor of love.

maiskanzler ,

Ubuntu

maiskanzler ,

I love the dock

maiskanzler ,

I love the stability of LTS

maiskanzler ,

It's easy to use

maiskanzler ,

A lot of proprietary software is easier to install here

maiskanzler ,

I can use the same OS on my servers

samwise ,
@samwise@kbin.social avatar

easy enough to use for me (I'm a linux newb) and I can setup steam on it!
edit: forgot to mention I can get hibernation working on Ubuntu when I couldn't figure out how to do that in Fedora

jrubal1462 ,

Are you playing steam games that have Linux versions? Or is the “comparability mode” stable and fast enough that you don’t really have to think about it?

greyscale ,
@greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I don’t have time to fuck about, I use ubuntu mate because it gets out of my way and does what I expect it to do.

1draw4u ,

Shit just works

mvirts ,

For when I can’t get stuff to work on nixos 😅

JubilantJaguar ,

Because it just works. Because it’s based on free Debian and not corporate RedHat. Because mainstream Linux needs a flagship distro and that distro needs to be used and supported.

ehyuman ,

but Ubuntu is corporate, no?

NettoHikari ,
@NettoHikari@social.fossware.space avatar

Arch. It’s a “build-your-own” distro without the hassle of compiling everything from source, like with Gentoo (still love Gentoo, though). Also, it has pretty big repos with the AUR on top of that.

And no, it’s not unstable, if you can read. My oldest Arch install was 5 years old and even then, it didn’t break. I just wanted to do a fresh install for no particular reason.

GerryMandering ,

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    digger ,
    @digger@latte.isnot.coffee avatar

    This is subjective, but after distro hopping, Linux Mint XFCE requires the least amount of post install configuration for my use case and personal preferences.

    Also, they show a preference for flatpack over snap but don't lock you in/out of either.

    SteelCorrelation ,
    • Nobara
      • Built for gaming
      • Based on Fedora
      • Stable and easy to set up
    Phoenix3875 ,

    NixOS

    Phoenix3875 ,

    Reproducibility is a blessing for both software development and daily use.

    DataDreadnought ,
    @DataDreadnought@lemmy.one avatar

    Backing up NixOS is very straight forward and easy. It’s kinda the same as docker-compose in that respect.

    zalphoid ,

    This is the way

    mvirts ,

    This is the way

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