cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35084396
Hej lemmings!
Quick question for you all: do you stick with the same distro across your PC, laptop, and server, or do you pick different ones based on the device and what you’re doing?
For me, I’ve been mixing and matching depending on the use case, but I’m starting to think it’d be nice to just have one distro (or at least one family like Fedora or Debian) running everywhere. That way I wouldn’t get confused about default settings or constantly have to look up flags for different package managers.
Right now my setup is:
- Gaming rig: CachyOS
- Laptop: AuroraOS
- NAS: Unraid
- Various project servers: DietPi, Debian, Alpine etc…
I feel like NixOS might be the only distro that could realistically handle all these use cases, but I’m a bit scared of the learning curve and the maintenance work it’d take to migrate everything over.
Am I the only one who feels like having “one distro to rule them all” would be nice? How do you guys handle your setups? All ears! 😊
I run Arch on my laptop, which is the machine I use most.
My personal desktop runs Cachy at the moment because I felt like trying something new.
The family desktop has Debian for its stability and ease of maintenance (I only have to update it like once a month).
I installed Zorin on my mom’s ex’s computer (and set it to auto update) because he’s a bit technologically impaired.
Edit: I use DietPi on my Raspberry Pi 3B. It was the easiest way to get Nextcloud running.
You use Arch but want to try something new?? I cannot relate!