I made the unfortunate post about asking why people liked Arch so much (RIP my inbox I’m learning a lot from the comments) But, what is the best distro for each reason?

RIP my inbox again. I appreciate this knowledge a lot. Thank you everyone for responding. You all make this such a great community.

  • pyssla@quokk.au
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    1 hour ago

    A bit of tinkering. Thoughts?

    Obligatory “There is not a single distro that’s the absolute best for each and every one.” disclaimer aside, my personal favorite is definitely secureblue for being a hardened-by-default distro that adheres to the ‘immutable’ reprovisionable, anti-hysteresis paradigm while enjoying a healthy stream of improvements pushed out by an active group of contributors.

  • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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    3 hours ago

    As with others, I love Debian Stable.

    Most packages have sane defaults, and it’s so stable. It’s true that it sometimes means older software versions, but there’s also something to be said for behavior staying the same for two years at a time.

    If hardware support is an issue, using the backports repo is really easy - I’ve been using it on my laptop for almost a year with no problems that don’t exist on other distros. If you really need the shiniest new application, Flatpak isn’t that bad.

    It also feels in a nice position - not so corporate as to not give a darn about its community, but with enough funding and backing the important stuff gets maintained.

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    4 hours ago

    Bazzite.

    Super easy install and setup. Ready to start installing games at first boot. Just a wonderful OS to use.

  • the_wiz@feddit.org
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    3 hours ago

    Devuan + Trinity Desktop

    Moved over there since Debian switched to Sytemd. It is boring, dusty… but it works and stays out of my way.

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    7 hours ago

    Mint Cinnamon. All my hardware works, and it can do the few things I require my work PC to do. It even remembers things like my default audio device - something Ubuntu refused to do for years.

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    EndeavorOS. It runs smooth, i dont get errors, all my games work, the taskbar and notifications work like I would expect them too. Switching from Windows 2 months ago, I cycled through a few distros but they all were giving something up until i found EoS.

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    7 hours ago

    Mint Cinnamon.

    It’s easy, stable and gets out of my way.

    I haven’t seen the need to dostro hop for years.

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    7 hours ago

    I wanted the awesomeness of pacman and like the way Gardua comes pre-configured as well as packages it installs from the get go. The only thing I hate about it is the “gamer” universal KDE theme it comes with.

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      7 hours ago

      Man, I wanted to try Garuda a couple of weeks ago and the thing would never even boot into the live environment. Went ahead and installed Cachy OS and it’s been great.

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    I like the way Pop!_OS looks. Not gonna pretend it’s the best. But as far as default UIs, it clicked with the most. Default gnome seemed too spartan and all of the Windows-like DEs remind me too much of Windows. Which I don’t like. If that makes sense.

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    12 hours ago

    Debian. Truly the universal operating system. Runs on all of my laptops, desktops, servers, and NAS with no fuss and no need to keep track of distro-specific differences. If something has a Linux version, it probably works on Debian.

    Granted, I am a bit biased. All of my hardware is at least 5 years old. Also came from Windows, where I kept only the OS and browser up to date, couldn’t be bothered with shiny new features. A package manager is already a huge luxury.

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      9 hours ago

      I know. Stop worrying about your computer and install Debian! It just works. It updates without a problem.

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    IDGAF if it’s the best (mint), it was easy to install, easy to transition to from Windows, and in 6 months hasn’t given me any trouble. I just wanna use my computer.

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      8 hours ago

      Yeah I was gonna say, I dunno if my distro is the best (Arch BTW) but it’s the best for me. Doesn’t give me any nonsense and lets me tinker as much as I want. Other people just want their OS to get out of their way, which of course is equally valid. Whatever works for you!

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    8 hours ago

    I’ve been using Ubuntu for years and I like KDE, so I’m using Neon. Ubuntu is familiar, easy to fix, easy to find out how to fix, and neon doesn’t come with snaps.

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      7 hours ago

      My distro isn’t the best, but it’s at least a good starting point: Debian + XFCE.

      Was using Ubuntu from about 12.04 through 20.04, but it is getting too snappy and support contract happy for me these days.