Arch Linux. Always very up-to-date and the AUR is huge. No dealing with PPAs or snaps or flatpaks or appimages. Just paru -S any-software-ever-made. Also very streamlined (systemd for everything lol) and well documented. I tried NixOS for a bit but it was very inconvenient in comparison and I felt like it was impossible to tinker with or understand if you weren't good at Haskell. Terrible documentation.

For servers it's definitely Debian + docker.

Debian. Several reasons:

• It's trustworthy.
• It's not going anywhere. Debian existed when I was a kid and it'll probably still exist when I draw my last breath.
• I know how to use it, since, once again, I've been using it since I was a kid.
• It has all the desktop environments.
• It fully supports systemd. I do not miss the unreliability, slowness, and complexity of what came before that. (Normally I wouldn't mention this, but your former distro of choice exists solely for the purpose of not having systemd, so it's relevant this time.)

I was a distro hopper once, then I saw the light of NixOS...

I use Debian with a patched version of motif window manager. The 90s never ended:

Ubuntu for life. Unpopular opinion i know, please don't stone.

Garuuuuuda. Love it. Been running it for the past few years. The devs come off as assholes, but they're actually just German;)

EndeavourOS on my desktop, Red Hat and Ubuntu on servers(at work).

arch

Linux Mint, it just works

I have a few dozen computers and most run Pop!_OS.

Does SteamOS count? My steam deck is my current “Linux” machine.

Linux Mint. Nothing beats your computer just working when you have shit to get done.

NixOS everywhere (except for one server which I have yet to migrate from Rocky to NixOS)

Now I am using fedora, before that I used debian stable.

I use Debian for my docker servers. I try to use it on the desktop. Was using pop-os, games kept crashing, replace with arch? Archinstall wouldn’t work. Back to windows I guess. Maybe I should try Debian on the desktop since it’s the only one I ever get working properly.

Fedora, for the “It Just Works”™ experience of an enterprise-supported distro.

Slackware

Fedora, I'm not a tech person by Linux user standards and I just need an OS that works

openSUSE Tumbleweed, it just works for me.

Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Arch. :) I need to learn NixOs or something that is immutable / reproducible at some point.

Alpine is honestly my go to

xubuntu. when this install gets too messy i'm probably going to try the minimal edition and install my old openbox or awesome wm configs.

NixOS. Declarative config with opt-in state is awesome.

Linux Mint with Mate DE.

I use opensuse with kde and I love it. Have been using it for 2 years now.

For server use at home I use Ubuntu Server and Alma Linux (mostly)

At work it is all RedHat.

I used to use Arch but recently switched to Fedora. I need stability now.

I distro hop a lot. After using Majaro (gnome) for a long time I switched to Pop_OS for a long time. I switched back to Manjaro (Gnome) again, but after a week of use I've just downloaded Ubuntu.

I'm getting basic display issues that I've never got in another distro (including tails!) and it's generally annoying me. I'd rather use a distro that doesn't require troubleshooting on Day 1

Arch on my workstation, Ubuntu on my servers.

Fedora on the desktop. I got my start on Red Hat Linux so I've stuck with it since.

For servers I use Debian. Lightweight, widely used, and gets the job done.

I've been a daily fedora user for the half year. Initially I started off with ElementaryOS but it was so filled with bugs, and glitches, so it didnt last for more than a couple of months. While the fedora experience is way more streamlined.

Right now i am using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. But i am experimenting with NixOS as well. Bdw first comment on lemmy!

Debian, for ultimate stability, Fedora for every day, and Arch for my project box.

Been using nobara with kde for the last 2-3 months

Debian on my gaming desktop and Ubuntu on the family laptop.

I use primarily Fedora for desktop/dual boot and minimal Rocky for server. I mess with Arch and Manjaro when I'm feeling adventurous.

OpenSUSE, Tumbleweed on workstations (KDE) and Leap on my server.

I've felt in love woth Debian the moment I used it for the first time

Arch with Cinnamon DE and I use flatpak and not the AUR.

Fedora. Used to use Arch but it broke and I moved to Fedora, it's a way more polished experience. I like how Fedora is stable but not "stale" like Debian. Want to try Fedora Silverblue as well.

Arch, Debian, NixOS, Fedora Silverblue, Raspbian, GrapheneOS[Android]

Debain - cuz my production VMs need to run all day, every day.