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what's your current linux distro? (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by DreamyRin@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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wanting to hop into the world of linux on a dual boot method (one of my favorite games unfortunately cannot be run on linux at all, and it's a gacha. I don't want to gamble with my account being banned, so I'm keeping windows for it specifically.) this'll be my second go at it, I used Pop!_OS briefly but had some issues with wifi and didn't love the GNOME layout. I have a new distro picked out, but I just was curious what other people are using in this community. was also wondering what made you fall on your current one.

and maybe as some bonus questions, what are some distros you've tried but didn't like? what about a distro you want to try eventually? I've seen distrohopping is a thing, hahaha.

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[–] hazelnoot@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

I've been using Xubuntu for half a decade, zero regrets.

[–] joewilliams007@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Linux Mint. Yes, it's not that interesting, but as many others point out, it just works. Both on my laptop and desktop pc. No issues for over two years.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 0 points 5 months ago

I started with PowerPPC back in the '90s (it did not even ship with a working X system). Then went to Debian a few years later, and it was great. I played around with Gentoo for a little while when it first came out, then ended up back on Debian after a couple months. Then I played around with Arch for a little when it showed up, then went back to Debian. After that I just said fuck it, and have stuck with Debian. I run testing/unstable unless it's some side server I have, in that case I just run stable. I hear good things about OpenSUSE and Fedora, but at this point I'm old and don't feel like trying something when I have no issues. Tiling WM and Vim. That's about all I seem to need.

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago

Q4OS, it's Debian based with KDE, it's beginner friendly. It even has a Windows installer for easy dual boot

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