settled on Arch Linux, after distrohopping a thousand times, it's minimal yet it feels complete...
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Manjaro, although thinking about Arch+i3wm when I get a new machine
POP OS and Twister OS
linux mint, runs team fortress 2 well enough
... and that's all you really need :)
i'm a new manjaro user after almost 15 years of using ubuntu. loving the simplicity >.<
I started with Ubuntu, then I tried fedora, and now I'm switch to ElementaryOS because this simplicity, but i really like Debian. In the future y like try Qubes.
Started with CentOS, then Ubuntu on servers. I finally started to get comfortable in Linux on desktop with Pop!_OS. Now I'm getting into Arch and exploring i3wm and xmonad.
Currently using fedora because it 'just works'. Manjaro and stuff i've always had problems with nvidia drivers and stuff
It's fun to play with all kinds of distros but when I have to set up a box for the mother-in-law xubuntu is my first choice. Xfce is very low on resources and there is a repo for pretty much anything out there.
Fedora with gnome 40
Debian Stable. Old, but it works and that's all I want my computer to do
Tinycore linux
Arch, I like its simplicity (imo if you know a bit about linux there is nothing that hard in Arch)
Arch is good for customization. But I value my time more and so rather have something that works to keep it simple and hence use Debian
Ubuntu for laptop, Manjaro for desktop.
I like Ubuntu's driver support and I can go anywhere (pre-COVID) without worrying as much if a usb device is going to work.
Manjaro is awesome for steam, itch.io, GOG, etc... Most of our games work in Linux now and its been a seamless experience.
Crazy, this is exactly what I landed on as well. I install Elementary OS on family computers.
void linux, musl
NixOS. Once you go declarative, you never want to configure anything imperatively again.
Here's the configuration common to all my desktop machines if you want to get a taste of what NixOS is like.
Windows 10 at home and Windows XP at work.
Debian
Void(TM)
Arch, effectively (started as Antergos). In the past I've used Gentoo.
ElementaryOS. I don't use the Pantheon desktop, I just don't want to distrohop
Alpine Linux. Originally to dogfood myself the packages I maintain for postmarketOS, but I've grown quite fond of it and the developer community around it. I run it on my laptop and desktop and servers now, coming from Gentoo.
Been using Manjaro on my laptop and my desktop for a while now, but I am in a hopping mood so that might change soon.
openSUSE Tumbleweed returning back to the first distro I ever used way back in 2002 when it was called SuSE Linux its had few name revisions in its time.
EndeavourOS (pure Arch )
Arch and Guix
I'm on Stock Debian but seriously considering moving to Ubuntu because it gets more support on stuff like stackexchange
In the process of switching from Void Linux (a systemd hipster distro) to Gentoo.
Pop!_OS
the worst name of all time :)