What Linux Operating Systems do you like?

I think it was to some extent, especially when installing. The addition of a decent installer has made it much more accessible to newer users.

I use Debian for VMs and containers on my (Debian based) Proxmox server but use Arch for my desktop.
 
I still use NixOS. Don’t know about the community as never relied on it but I find it extremely dependable and I think the declarative config is brilliant. Even if I screw up there’s always a way back. Seems to have broad package support too.
 
Ice Tea said:
As much as i love the idea of set once and forget conf files, i just can't be arsed with editing it all.
Click to expand...

Mine has been set and forget for years really. Without any of cult-ish buy-ins. Never understood it all. Had the same i3 config forever now on my main rig. It works across Debian, OpenBSD and everything else I've installed over hte years. I have backups which run as a cron job, and with 99% less work. Maybe people just have infinitely more complex use-cases than I do and maybe I'd get it all if I did something which required more complex software configs. I also have a tiny ansible playbook which installs all of the packages I need, which is basically just an array of packages and then my dotfiles do the rest.
 
I dipped my toes into Linux with Linux Mint.

Which I think means I am using Ubuntu

Which I think means I am using Debian

The only thing I don't like is that the volume icon changes to a wee musical note when something is being played. I think that can be changed but I am not sure how.
 
I’ve traditionally been a vanilla Ubuntu user, then dabbled a bit with Pop.
On my virtual servers I always throw an Xubuntu on for a lightweight management box.

Last night I reinstalled my desktop PC after a lot of deliberation, it was running W11 fine but I use a good windows laptop for work, I have a MacBook so a Linux desktop seemed to be the compliment I needed.

Went for Mint because reading a lot of threads it’s always mentioned and I haven’t tried it yet.

Installed as you’d expect but getting weird artifacts across the screen I didn’t get in Windows. Going to do some digging to try and get rid but yeah, kind of regretting not just installing WSL at the moment.
 
So as if by magic the Linux gods heard my plight. Booted this evening to try and fix the problem and it's fixed. Not sure of moving to Nvidia drivers and a system restart wasn't enough and it needed a cold restart but yep. Working. Installing a few bits and bobs now. Quite impressed so far, Mint is clean, well polished and doesn't have the amateur feel that some distro's have about them.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom