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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? (feddit.uk)

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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Void, and I really wanted to like it on account of not relying on systemd, but its package repos are too barren for me.

Like, Void's repos are even more barren than EL's stock repos before you add RPMFusion and EPEL among other third-party repos into it, and its AUR equivalent don't help matters.

And Void's musl port is even more limited than the glibc version because it doesn't support multilib, so you can't have Steam or WINE on Void musl, for example, while you could on the glibc version that supports multilib.

[–] eric 1 points 2 years ago

Fedora, as someone who uses mostly Arch and the AUR, I couldn't get used copr, flatpak, and dnf. I rather just use yay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

i run arch on my surface

my dell runs kubuntu, but i plan to move it to arch as well (after i back up my data)

i liked it for a while and suddenly had tons of issues with snap, especially with firefox, and webusb breaking constantly on chromium (i use android flash tool a lot)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Garuda. I tried it because it's supposed to be "gamer" oriented. I thought it meant it would make it easier/smoother for gaming. What they actually meant was it felt like being locked inside a gaming PC with flashing and spinning RGB lights everywhere. No fucking thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I used Linux Mint for about 1.5 years before transitioning to Arch Linux. For me, the transition was to learn more about Linux and to try something new. Thus far, I'm really liking Arch. There have been a few issues that have popped up here and there, like getting Bluetooth devices to connect properly, but the Arch Wiki and forums often have the solution. You just have to spend time reading the articles or the forum responses.

As for other distros, I've tried Zorin, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Pop OS, and KDE Neon before settling on Linux Mint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I hopped to many distros and found Ubuntu to be my home.

Mint => Desktop looks dated and ugly
POP! OS => Unstable for Ubuntu distro
Rest of Ubuntu forks => nothing special about them
Arch Linux => Too bleedy edge
Debian => stale packages (Really solid distro though but dated version of Gnome)
Ubuntu => Really solid distro (It is a great balance between stability and bleeding edge)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Fedora => opposite of debian. Bleeding edge, but that means you have to spend an insane amount of time updating or it will reach EOL in no time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Fedora annoys me (even though I've been using it for like 2.5 years on my work laptop) because a lot of packages that would be in extra in something like the Ubuntu (and it's derivatives) or Arch (and it's derivatives) is in a separate repository that you have to add.

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