discussion What Linux distro do you use?

[hmm_85]

I'm relatively new to Linux and I initially started by trying Fedora, but I quickly learned that was a bad first choice.
Then I tried a few live environments before landing on Mint and I've been loving it ever since.

What distros have you used?
Which is your favorite?
What are the pros/cons?

 

[Skux]

NixOS
System is completely configured exactly how you define it in 1 config file. (you can split it if you'd like to be more organized)
Horrible beginner distro. Concepts and file systems don't translate well to other distros (since it doesn't share a lineage with most and breaks some rules)
If you're an experienced programmer coming from Arch, I could see it being not too bad a transition.
Incredible for servers owners, tinkerers, and sys admins. Annoying if you run non-FOSS software (since you'll almost always have to package it yourself)

I suspect there will be a second renaissance now that AI can parse the tea-leaves of 25 years of bad documentation.
Although that could be said about linux in general tbh.

 

[Critraa]

I dont use Linux yet. I am intrested in using one distro. On the internet i read nobara is good for starter who wants wo play games. I will go and change to linux when i have some little bit new hardware.
Someone says bazzite is better to use when going online multiplayer games. Because the anti cheat is not so aggressiv on bazzite. Is there any good video who is explaining about the pros and contras?

 

[Skux]

As a beginner distro Bazzite is top tier. Most things will just work for gaming and you won't have to think about it.

Anti-cheat will be the same anywhere really. Just get used to checking

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for whatever game you want to play.

The joy of linux though is if you want to switch distros there's really nothing keeping you there. Moving your /home profile over is pretty much all you have to do to jump.

 

[SiimonBaz]

I tried out a bunch of distros, used Manjaro for a while, and now I'm back to Linux Mint, it's simpler than Arch's distros, and I don't want to complicate my life anymore...
Plus, I'm a Debian guy

 

[Deity]

I use CachyOS, it's Arch with some nice optimizations applied for gaming. It's served me well for a few years now.
If you're newer to Linux, I would recommend Nobara.

 

[KrealMarks]

Fedora kde, but for new people trying linux, i recommend Ubuntu, people may complain or trash about ubuntu, but most stuff just works in ubuntu. the reason that i switch to fedora kde ,because i wanted to try something new

 

[archaelon01]

I dual boot Windows 11 and Pop OS. At one point, I want to fully move to Pop OS, but I still need Windows for certain things for now.

 

[arukas]

I use Kubuntu, but I'm looking to move away from Ubuntu. If you're moving from windows I always think a distro with KDE makes the transition really easy. When my LTS gets to the end of life, I might look at Debian a bit more closely.

 

[hmm_85]

I dual boot Windows 11 and Pop OS. At one point, I want to fully move to Pop OS, but I still need Windows for certain things for now.

I also dual boot win 11, but with mint. so far the only time i've actually had to use win 11 since starting with linux was for a security browser thing. there are also some games with diabolical anti-cheats that just outright refuse to boot simply because i'm using a linux machine. those games are tempting me, but i don't ever see myself going back to windows beyond playing a game, or something like that.

 

[hmm_85]

I suspect there will be a second renaissance now that AI can parse the tea-leaves of 25 years of bad documentation.
Although that could be said about linux in general tbh.

to be honest, i've been heavily relying on google's ai search feature to learn about mint and fix the problems i run in to. it has genuinely been a boon. i imagine many other people are having similar experiences with different distros too.

it definitely has its down sides and gets stuff wrong a lot, especially when it's referencing outdated information like old forum posts and such, but most of the time it has been very helpful and saved me a lot of time.

 

[lcstb]

Debian, Kubuntu, Ubuntu and Rocky Linux
Kubuntu is my desktop OS (dual boot with Win11) , Debian, Ubuntu and Rocky Linux I use for some servers I run locally.
In the past I also used Slackware (very first distribution used), Suse, Fedora, Redhat, Redhat Enterprise, CentOS, Raspberry Pi OS.

 

[djtoenail]

What distros have you used? Fedora, Manjaro, Arch, EndeavurOS, KDEneon, Ubuntu Studio, Kubuntu, Fedora Jam.
Which is your favorite? Ubuntu Studio because it had the best audio performance for my audio prod. needs.
What are the pros/cons? It was not rolling release so yea. Also, windows plugin on wine sucked. Actually I liked it better than Windows tho. I currently have a 1440p high tier gpu and I will try gaming on linux someday soon.

 

[someguy1178]

I've been using Fedora for years but for work I use redhat ubi and Suse

 

[gizmot]

Ubuntu for school, Pop!_os the better part of a decade ago, and Nobara the last few years.

My favorite of them is Nobara.

Why? When I used Pop!, it was the first "gaming" distro as we would understand it, and I used it with the hopes that it would update quicker and perhaps have customizations that I was too much a noob to do myself. Con? I ended up bricking the install, and games of that era were a massive pita to run still, with very few native or native-like experiences to be had.

Prior to W10 EOL(the first announced time that they then kicked back) I switched to Nobara, mostly because I knew GE was a force in the space and figured his distro ought to be good. I tried KDE for the first time, and it smokes GNOME(which I do also still like). There's some PITA experiences with wayland, and getting discord to observe mouse PTT. Updates can be too slow in some cases following Fedora (ollama specifically). But it has been stable, BTRFS -> Timeshift is great for backing things up on big updates, though I haven't needed to roll it back. It's been stable and up to date enough for my uses.

 

[mrjohndoelawlz]

Fedora personally. Started with Mint on my old laptop for a year or so before deciding to fully jump ship from Microsoft on all my devices. Had some issues here and there over the years but overall I really enjoy using it. Helps that I don't tend to distro hop lmao

 

[Eve D'Apple]

I'm relatively new to Linux and I initially started by trying Fedora, but I quickly learned that was a bad first choice.

There is nothing wrong with Fedora, it's one of the big core distros and for most users is a better choice than either Debian or Arch, any hate for it is coming from opinionated nerds who don't like the Fedora connection to Red Hat.

Anyhow, I use Windows Vista, you can pry Aero from my cold dead hands.