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I'm currently running XeroLinux. It's an Arch based distro using KDE. It looks very nice and runs well.
What Linux Operating Systems do you like?
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Kali is the only OS I ever use, just for work purposes. Preferred the older non-windows looking versions.
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For a basic server, I use Debian. Used to always use Ubuntu, but it seems more geared towards cloud connected and cluster servers.
For my uses, a lovely clean Debian server is plenty
For my uses, a lovely clean Debian server is plenty
Why not AlmaLinux or Rocky in lieu of CentOS, over Ubuntu? In my experience, it's never too long before Ubuntu Server ***** the bed in production - usually at the worst possible time, and usually because of a cruddy update to netplan or a kernel patch. It's let me down too many times in the last few years (where a VPS provider has made it awkward to *not* use it) for me to want it anywhere near prod again. It's too much hassle. If I can't use *BSD, I reach for a RHEL clone, and if that's infeasible, Debian. I like Debian, but I hate how the 'Debian way' alters things like file locations, switches and/or the way they operate versus upstream.
Just a bit of info to help with context, I'm an absolute linux noob. I know enough to get going and play my windows games and such but that's about it.
edit: scratch that, i'm on team XeroLinux now. Gotta be the easiest arch distro to get going for a pleb like myself and i get my beloved pacman back. Freesync wasn't a hasle to get going and didn't have the cursor stuttering that i experienced using EndeavourOS. Performance has been ffing good too. D2R worked straight outta the gate with lutris and performance in Last Epoch using Proton-GE through steam is just stellar. Anyone new to linux and who wants to use it primarily for gaming should give this distro a try.
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Trying on all the Ubuntu remixes for size
Which flavors are the lightest and the heaviest disk and memory-wise?
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This has turned up on theregister, thought i'd post this here as i didn't think it was worthy of it's own thread.
Pop seems nice as they use flatpacks
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I like Mint very easy to use.
I upgraded my desktop to Fedora 37 beta yesterday, smooth as butter. I prefer Devuan as a daily but Fedora got installed 'temporarily' and... well there's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution, right? LOL I keep saying I'll hose it when something goes wrong. Two versions later, I'm still waiting...
Do / did you have the slow boot issue? And if so is it fixed on 37?
It's not a dealbreaker, but something is timing out on boot and appears to have been an issue for a few releases
Glad it seems to have resolved for you. I never experienced it. You can always look at what services are holding you back by issuing
systemd-analyze blame. It'll give you a list of boot services with the slowest to load at the top. That gives you somewhere to start digging in the logs (or to disable if it's non-essential).
Arch on my desktop - I use it most and have time to keep it up to date. Latest Kubuntu on my laptop for ease of use and being reasonably up to date where I don't need the bleeding edge. Latest Ubuntu LTS on my home server, stripped right back to the necessities.
I've always liked Debian variants. Spent a long time on Aptosid / Siduction, Mint, and Ubuntu. A few years ago, I began to simply remove the desktop environment from Ubuntu and set up a window manager + status bar + app launcher. Simple and fast as f*ck.
My favorite now is Catbird Linux - just Ubuntu with i3, Rofi, and a status bar.
My favorite now is Catbird Linux - just Ubuntu with i3, Rofi, and a status bar.