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Jayb151 ,

I’ll only mention it because I haven’t seen it yet, I just installed endeavor os and it’s been pretty Great

Laser ,

Depends on what you’re looking for.

I cannot recommend NixOS enough, it’s such a good distribution but on the other hand it’s quite tough to learn as it deviates a lot on how distributions do things. It still uses a standard stack (glibc, systemd, GNU tools and all) but the nix tools which include the package manager are totally different from what other distributions offer. It’s very solid, yet flexible. It offers a lot of packages by default. I’ve switched my machines to it because of the advantages.

Arch is great as a rolling release distribution with solid repositories (lots of packages and quite up to date) and it’s very close to upstream with a more traditional approach to the distribution tools. In fact there aren’t really any apart from the package manager by default. I feel this is one of the most comfortable distributions if you want to learn how a classic Linux system is structured. I ran Arch for about 15 years and didn’t really have anything to complain about and I learned more about Linux there than with Ubuntu and Debian.

Please note that neither of these are what one would consider beginner-friendly distributions.

danielfgom ,
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Linux Mint Cinnamon. Seriously, it’s the best. Fast, light, Ubuntu based, stable, good looking, full featured. All the power of Ubuntu without the downsides (snaps, heavy, slow etc)

sirico ,
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For me it’s tumbleweed at the moment it’s defaults like btrfs and snapper are how I used to setup fedora. Then there’s the tools like OBS and yast that are super useful it’s rolling but well tested before it gets to you

thax ,

Void. I like xbps, and I prefer distros that make as few assumptions as possible.

Twink ,
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EndeavourOS with KDE customized to my liking.

kyub ,

Still Arch on main desktop, but slowly moving towards NixOS everywhere.

ladyanita22 ,

Is NixOS the new Arch?

Zatujit ,

No

krash ,

I read somewhere that NixOS users are really loud and act eerily similar to arch users.

(I use nix btw)

The_Zen_Cow_Says_Mu ,

i like fedora a lot, but its updates got a little too far ahead for me. So i recently switched to debian 12, and with flatpaks and their more-current mesa components, everything is working on my desktop as well as it was before, especially games on steam (flatpak) and in bottles.

Nia ,

I’m using Debian 12 stable and I do everything on it, even gaming. I use flatpaks to keep certain apps that benefit from being up to date, and I install backported kernel and mesa when they release for more performance (amd gpu).

I’ve been on and off with vanilla Debian for years while distrohopping, but I tried out Debian 11 testing and everything just worked for me, am still using that same install but I’m sticking to stable branch now.

Also, proprietary drivers are now officially supported by Debian as of Debian 12, and are available to install out of the box without needing to search for them or add the non-free repositories now, which was a pretty big roadblock for a lot of people.

mark ,

Guix. I like Nix and Scheme so it just makes sense.

jack ,

I wanted to like Guix very much, but eventually found it extremely inflexible. You will miss a lot of packages that are not trivial to create in Scheme yourself. Also a lot of packages have issues that no one wants to fix, or it takes half a year (e.g. being able to use NetworkManager for an eduroam/university wifi connection).

It’s also not possible to just compile a package yourself because the directory structure is totally different.

I don’t think Guix will ever become more flexible, I’ve given up on it

secret301 ,

I wanna move to nix but my monkey brain can’t understand it. Might just take the plunge anyways

halo5 ,

Honestly, I just can’t get past the absolutely horrible logo. Right up there with TempleOS IMO…

Ashiette ,

Tried it, did not understand it (and had no use for immutable packages). Went back to Arch, never looked back.

Zatujit ,

Documentation is not enough good for me to care and I hate when there are multiple ways to do things, I still did not understand how I should install programs on NixOS

comicallycluttered ,

For all the praise I give Debian, I still just run Kubuntu and call it a day.

It’s not that Debian’s particularly hard to install or set up (pretty quick and easy after you’ve done it enough times, though there is also the Live CD with Calamares for an easier install), and it’s honestly better than (*)Ubuntu in terms of official repos (at least Sid is), but I sometimes just find it simpler to install Kubuntu, unsnap it, remove apport, and get on with everything else.

Maybe I’ll go MX or something at some point and just enable systemd because I use it and out of the “anti-systemd” distros, it’s the most “hey, if you want to use systemd, no prob”.

Actually, for Debian, another good option is Spiral Linux. It’s basically just Debian, but with btrfs, snapshots, and zRAM all set up (from the same dude who does GeckoLinux, so very familiar with btrfs). Maybe once the new Bookworm-based ISO is up, I’ll switch over.

gunpachi ,

I have used Gecko in the past. I really liked it. I’ll be checking out spiral linux now. Thanks

skycat ,

Trisquel GNU / Linux. The kernel is 100% libre so you can do your computing in freedom.

Zatujit ,

Unless you really buy specific hardware… I don’t see myself buying 2008 thinkpads like Stallman because the CPU has proprietary microcode lol

skycat ,

I respect my freedom more than anything and I never use CPU newer than core2duo since it has ME

bilyj_mak ,
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Pop_OS

Gush ,
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Is it good for gayming?

halo5 ,

Yes.

ursakhiin ,

It’s forked from Ubuntu, so it gets all the benefits Ubuntu has but it’s also generally more stable.

fox ,

Been using PopOS for the last 2 years (ish) with zero issues. It’s been a delight!

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