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Void Linux.
Pop OS
My Linux distro is Fedora.
Endeavour OS
Ubuntu 2008 - 2010, Trisquel 2010 - 2014, Debian 2014 - 2019, GNU Guix System 2019 - present
I talk about why I use Guix System here.
I just recently migrated from Kubuntu to Nix OS. While I still don't have a full understanding of what I'm doing, I'm having a positive experience overall and have no regrets.
Arc....hust Manjaro ;)
SUSE
Mostly Gentoo, sometimes Debian. I'm thinking of installing Qubes OS, but first I need to figure out whether my device fulfills its requirements.
I tried Gentoo because I like the idea of it, but couldn't get it properly installed/setup. There was nothing exotic about the hardware, but something or other failed a build step and I eventually gave up.
May I ask what failed a build step for you? (Most likely I can't give you any advice, as I only got into Gentoo a few months ago, but I'm still interested in knowing.)
I actually had some trouble with installing Gentoo myself, though it didn't fail any builds for me. I needed full-disk encryption. I followed this guide (except for the part about configuring the kernel; I'm using the pre-configured distribution kernel for now), but it didn't work. On boot, Gentoo would throw an error message about "Failed to find LUKS device", then exit to the fallback shell. Searching the message gave me this forum thread, I tried several of the things that thread says to. What finally made it work is dracut --force -H --kver <gentoo-kernel-bin-version>. I need to re-run this command every time I upgrade the kernel to a new version so that the new version works.
I can't remember now, sorry. It was BC ("before Covid"), so not recent.
I use a mix. Debian on my "servers", Ubuntu on my laptops, and Arch on my SBCs. Apart from the Arch installs, which are necessary because of the hardware, it's mostly just personal taste - Debian seems "right" for servers, to me, and similarly Ubuntu for individual use (even though I can't stand, and don't use, their desktop environment).
i used to use pop_os but have recently switched to elementary os
MX Linux (and Antix on my old laptop)
I use Ubuntu. Previously I used Debian. Edit: Most downvoted. Why? Letβs get some discussion going :)
Fedora on desktop and laptops. It's really good, and breakage is incredibly rare.
Fedora or CentOS on servers. Recently I've been testing Arch for access to rawer software, and I'd like to figure out how to do a Gentoo binary distribution.
ArcoLinux, an easy-to-install and fun Arch-based rolling GNU/Linux distribution with freedom of choice... of everything. I have been using Linux Mint in the past, too.
Pop!_os, it's been a delight to use.
Fedora is my favorite, but mostly I use Manjaro with Mate on my RaspberryPi 400. The AUR is just too wonderful.
I've been using Xubuntu for years, no complaints.
I'm currently using Debian GNU/Linux, but I am very interested in GNU Guix SD.
Arch with Plasma
Debian GNU/Linux!
I used Arch for a while, but between Arch's habit of stripping documentation out of everything, Debian's general overall fit 'n finish, and Arch's particularly awful Haskell packages, I went back to sid.
Kubuntu + ubuntustudio-performance-tweaks.
For now, Manjaro KDE. I enjoy the powers of Arch with some heavy lifting on the setup and KDE's endless customisability and flexibility.
One day I'll install arch from scratch though.
I've used Debian, Ubuntu, Mint and a bit of Elementary and Solus in the past. Solus sounds nice but it's still to young, elementary was a bit meh, but it has been years since I tried it. Mint was great too, and Ubuntu and Debian have surely changed a bit in the past 5 or so years.
Edit: regarding servers, I still exclusively use Ubuntu, not because I find it the best, but simply because I have not tried anything else yet. On that note, does anyone have any recommendations for me?
CentOS/RHEL and Fedora depending on how long the server is meant to last.
Fedora is nice for prototyping or servers which are going to be rebuilt frequently.
CentOS/RHEL is nice for servers which are going to be around for years. RH is switching to a 3yr cadence for releases, so things are kind of in flux at the moment.
I see, I might try them one day then, thanks!
openSUSE
Manjaro GNOME.
Linux Mint 20 XFCE, I absolutely love it. Haven't got to try others yet tho
Void linux w/KDE (and sway if I am really techy)
I use Debian Testing almost everywhere. It's as comfortable for me as Ubuntu but I never have to upgrade.
Manjaro KDE... just keeps rolling it's updates
OpenSUSE tumbleweed. YaST and snapshots are amazing and I love the rolling release model.
Debian stable on my desktop (GNOME 3.38) and my Thinkpad R52 (MATE). EndeavourOS on my modern laptop partially so I don't have to manually deal with nvidia driver fuckery and partly because GNOME 40+ is infinitely better with a touchpad than any other DE. I particularly like Debian and Endeavour because I dodge the commercial influence and weird decisions which hit Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, etc. As much as I love Fedora and several Ubuntu-based distros, getting out of that game feels great.
I'm a frequent hopper that's trying to slow down. I'm only letting myself change things out on my modern laptop for now so I hopefully don't uproot all my machines every time I have a passing interest in something else. I've recently embraced the flatpak future, so I'm hoping a solid Debian system with flatpaks for the user-facing stuff I need up to date will keep me satisfied. It's going well so far.
Fedora ( or CentOS ) because . . . there are too damn many vulnerable Debian Packages!
XFCE4
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