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Guys, what's the best Linux distro to install on my PC? (europe.pub)
submitted 1 month ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/8439640

Yeah I installed that one you're thinking of.

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[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Same but among arch users it's "your config" and "my config".

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 25 points 1 month ago

I use arch btw

[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago

Someone using Arch, by the way, in 3... 2... 1...

[-] atropa@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

BTW i use linux

[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Me, too, BTW

[-] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

Isn't is NixOS, btw now?

[-] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Don’t install NixOS. Seriously. It is insanity

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Don’t install NixOS because it’s got Anduril and Palantir all over it.

[-] SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 points 1 month ago

What does "all over it" mean in this context?

[-] jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

Big users, contributors, and sponsors. Sponsored Nixcon. The nix organisation seems to have no problem with this.

[-] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

I’d be willing to argue that running anything OTHER than NixOS is insanity. Except maybe Debian. Everyone loves Debian.

[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They’ve played us for absolute fools

[-] nil@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

It's a cult that haunts you even after you quit it

[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Is it? Haven't met any very forthcoming NixOS users yet, but time will tell.

[-] mech@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Their recommendation usually starts with a disclaimer, and ends with "But it's worth it, cause you can easily clone your machine".
For me, one look at https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#ch-configuration and https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options is enough to know it's way too much hassle for me. I'll stick with Slackware.

[-] CaptainCancel@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

I use Fedora. It fucks up less than Win11, so I’m sticking with it.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago

Torvalds uses it too I believe, so you're in good company (Debian for me, though my heart belongs to Slackware).

[-] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I can't handle Debian; my heart constantly craves shiny new things.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 10 points 1 month ago

I like baszite. I'm not in love with it, but it does most things I want it to do right out of the box, and it comes with steam installed which is convenient

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I've used debian/Ubuntu based distros most of my life, so that's what I'm most comfortable with, I've used arch/suse/Gentoo here and there but I always go back to debian based.

Currently on pop os and have been daily driving cosmic desktop since alpha, REALLY happy with it. I attempted to install cachyos and the installer was super polished, but then it wouldn't boot on my hardware, so I went back to pop.

[-] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

I don't want to brag, but I have like 5 Linux distros in my garage. And I drive them all, regularly.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Windose users do not understand this meme

[-] michael@piefed.chrisco.me 7 points 1 month ago

Im guilty of this. As long as they are using Linux though it makes me happy.

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

WHY DOES NO ONE GET THAT IT DEPENDS?
... srsly tho, how do you want your distro to be?

[-] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I use a dependency manager, so I don’t need to think about “it depends”.

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Guix; fill your life with parentheses. It's worth it, I tell ya.

[-] jakobmn@feddit.dk 4 points 1 month ago

I drive an e-up! and use Alpine Linux btw. Both gets the job done without too much fuss or unnecessary bloat.

[-] afk_strats@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You use Alpine as a daily driver? With a GUI? How does it do with hardware support?

[-] jakobmn@feddit.dk 4 points 1 month ago

I use it on a Thinkpad x60s where Alpine has a lot better support for such old hardware. But I use an arm based chromebook with PostmarketOS more often (also Alpine based). At work it's either Alpine or NixOS for headless servers.

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

BMW I use

[-] lesnout27@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am quite satisfied with my OpenSuse Tumbleweed

[-] other_cat@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I have Mint on my main PC but I put open suse tumbleweed on my laptop and I gotta say, I kind of love it. I probably won't swap my main PC unless Mint does something to upset me, but I'm glad I have a fallback.

[-] goatinspace@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Could try Nobara for starters.

[-] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I like MX Linux.

[-] yessikg@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Debian slaps hood it just works

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Neon

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