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Which distro does Linus Torvalds use?
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Fedora. There's a video of him explaining why he uses Fedora instead of Debian.
Edit: Link to Fedora's pages and a Youtube video on why Linus does not use Debian (or debian-based distros)
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Is_Fedora_For_Me#Other_People_Using_Fedora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGTs1NSB1s
Also, incase you're wondering, Richard Stallman uses Trisquel GNU/Linux.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisquel#:~:text=Richard%20Stallman%20has%20mentioned%20that,previously%20used%20the%20Lemote%20Yeeloong.
Why not just Debian without non-free, at that point?
Easier?