What Linux Operating Systems do you like?

Mr_Orange said:
EndeavourOS. It's Arch with sensible defaults and a kind community.
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EndeavourOS screenshots look interesting. I think I will stick with Debian 13 with the XFCE Desktop environment, there is also a Linux flat pack for it. I might do a Debian 13 installation tonight on a ThinkPad I've got, I just got to hope and pray things work because computers are never straight forward and can be very time consuming although I might leave it until tomorrow when I have more time...
 
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I've just installed Debian 13 on my ThinkPad The installation went quite quickly and everything seems to work... I just need to install graphics driver and sound.

Edit: I could not get sound to work but then learned its probably because I didn't select it to install gnome... I suppose I can install it later in the terminal and see if fixes the sound.
 
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I wish people would stop posting online about how great CachyOS is and how it's now miles ahead of other distros on the charts.

It makes me want to try it, despite having vowed never to use Arch or a rolling release again. :D
 
Ice Tea said:
I wish people would stop posting online about how great CachyOS is and how it's now miles ahead of other distros on the charts.

It makes me want to try it, despite having vowed never to use Arch or a rolling release again. :D
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It's in danger of becoming a victim of it's own success. Don't get me wrong, it's a very polished product, but it is now making decisions that swerve what it was originally intended to be, and making it more "Mint" like.

(Obligatory pimp for PikaOS, rolling Debian distro based on Sid, sane decisions, management and a really nice experience imo)

Edit - Full disclosure; the above was typed on my CachyOS desktop ;)
 
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What makes CachyOS more desirable to other Distro's?

For me its got to be Debian 13 with the XFCE Desktop environment. I'm not a fan of graphical eye candy, I like fast and snappy with stability simple and light weight with a minimal clean look. If the International Space Station uses Debian 13 on there laptops then its good enough for me.

I also like Chrome OS Flex because its ability to run Android apps and has the play store.
 
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Primarily performance and compatibility with all the latest cutting edge of everything; it also has a lot of prerequisites for running games installed and ready to go, or installed with a press of a button. For a rolling distro it's actually pretty stable and a slick experience.

Also as it's based on Arch is has access to the AUR if that's your thing.

Because of all the above it is a nice accessible way to use Arch without the drudgery of managing an Arch install and the fun and games often associated with doing so.
 
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I don't get the "...drudgery of managing an Arch install..." comment. I use Arch and previously used Cachy OS for a while. Arch is not hard to manage these days and I didn't find Cachy any easier. In fact, I found Cachy more of a headache and got into trouble with package issues between the Arch and Cachy repository versions on a couple of occasions.
 
I found Arch a pain on occasion, (and like your experience with the cachy repositories) got myself into trouble with packages from the AUR which is easy to do (mainly from ignorance and lack of attention).

I've found the curated nature of cachy (and it's repos) less hassle. Ymmv of course.
 
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I'm quite impressed with Debian 13 its very fast even on an old DualCore 2 machine. This will be my go to Linux OS from now on.
 
Retro6 said:
I'm quite impressed with Debian 13 its very fast even on an old DualCore 2 machine. This will be my go to Linux OS from now on.
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I always end up circling back to Debian for any serious stuff in Linux and Ubuntu for a more convenience driven usage.
 
Rroff said:
I always end up circling back to Debian for any serious stuff in Linux and Ubuntu for a more convenience driven usage.
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Debian is my goto for Linux too, and has been for many years now. For pure stability you can't really beat it.

I potter about with side projects and other frankenstein builds but always have my main PC on Debian.
 
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I have POP OS on my AI machine, mainly because it had the most current Nvidia driver support built in and I was having enough other issues trying to get a couple of P40's to work. I can't say I've ever really liked it, stupid things like missing min/max buttons on the windows... I could probably fix it if I tried but I only use it to host models.

Meanwhile I installed Mint on a second SSD in my mini PC around 8 months ago when Windows 10 stopped getting updates. It runs pretty much 24/7 sipping a few watts and it just works, a couple of specific windows apps seem to work OK with WINE.
Gaming is a bit random on steam with the limited library and support but as a general desktop I think I've only booted into windows a couple of times and I likely use it 2-3 hours a day.

Sure there are lots of distros out there... but for me, if it works then it works. I'd rather fix some QOL issues like a good GUI tool to read and write memory cards instead of having to read on on DD since I don't use it often enough. On the plus side my Linux skills are improving slowly, but there still far to many things that are now deprecated or different in different flavours that some simple tasks, like sharing a file a or a windows snip equivalent just aren't there yet.
 
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