What Linux distribution you use and why?

[ewitte]

Proxmox - Debian.

I have some virtual mixtures of Ubuntu and Fedora

spare laptop - Fedora

 

TBH besides the laptop and a test VM everything is shell I'm not going to be drawn to any UI elements.

[PCGamer2727]

1 hour ago, Inception9269 said:

Opensuse Tumbleweed I really want to use since it's a rolling release distro, but is more stable than Arch

I use both and in my experience this isn't the case.  IME, they are both equally "stable".  However, Arch has the advantage of supporting multiple kernels.  With tumbleweed, you get a history of recent kernels but there is no easy option to switch to an LTS kernel or a different kernel altogether.

 

1 hour ago, Inception9269 said:

Like I said though, even when I did the install and was then updating my system afterwards my pc was freezing up. When I'd try logging out or restarting the system, the whole thing would just freeze. Those kind of problems were not because of anything I did.

This is sort of the point I was trying to make above.  You didn't do anything that caused those problems but you *may* have been able to do something to fix them.

 

That is one of the reasons I gravitate toward distros with active and helpful communities.  Even if something isn't working, having a community available that will help you get it working is an invaluable resource.

[Inception9269]

5 hours ago, PCGamer2727 said:

I use both and in my experience this isn't the case.  IME, they are both equally "stable".  However, Arch has the advantage of supporting multiple kernels.  With tumbleweed, you get a history of recent kernels but there is no easy option to switch to an LTS kernel or a different kernel altogether.

 

This is sort of the point I was trying to make above.  You didn't do anything that caused those problems but you *may* have been able to do something to fix them.

 

That is one of the reasons I gravitate toward distros with active and helpful communities.  Even if something isn't working, having a community available that will help you get it working is an invaluable resource.

Out of curiosity, would you know how to make a post install script for Arch, or where I can find out how to make one?

 

I was watching some videos by DistroTube on making your own distro using Archiso, and I did play around with that a bit just to see how this shit works, and realistically speaking like Arch Linux itself would work just fine, especially if there's a way to modify the list of packages that it installs, so I can just copy over that list any time I do want to install the distro.

[PCGamer2727]

2 hours ago, Inception9269 said:

Out of curiosity, would you know how to make a post install script for Arch, or where I can find out how to make one?

A post install script that does what?

 

2 hours ago, Inception9269 said:

realistically speaking like Arch Linux itself would work just fine, especially if there's a way to modify the list of packages that it installs, so I can just copy over that list any time I do want to install the distro.

How would that be any different than using EndeavourOS which you have already been using?  The EndeavourOS installer already supports taking a custom package list.

 

You can do the same with Arch using archinstall but there you would need to know exactly what you want as opposed to having a working base.

[mcsimw]

NixOS because I can make it very reproducible using a declarative configuration, and use flakes to lock my inputs. I am able to make / and /home/mcsimw mount as a tmpfs, and set explicitly what I want to persist with the impermanence module or btrfs subvols / zfs pool / regular filesystem partitions. I like the nix ecosystem in general when it comes to developing application and doing system administration. NixPkgs contains literally all the packages I could ever want ( 80,000 + packages) and contributing to NixPkgs is not particularly difficult.

 

Also I literally can't break it, I have not had to reinstall a nixos installation ever.

[Blackwolf_Oz]

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[worldsoftech]

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[BankHealthy]

I currently use Linux Mint with XFCE on my ThinkPad E595 and EndevourOS on my much older Toshiba Satellite C40D.

 

Linux Mint runs well on my ThinkPad and is very stable, not to say that the Arch-based EndevourOS is unstable. Linux mint run a bit slow on the C40D, so I decided to put Arch on it. I use AntiX on a much much older ThinkPad SL410 that I own.

[wusky]

for servers: ubuntu, for everything else when i do use linux: linux mint. i'm just very used to debian and ubuntu based distros is why i use them.

[HeroRareheart]

I grew up with Windows XP and 7, I got very familliar with them.
Linux Mint Cinnamon reminds me of them, and it feels like home. It also has a ton of QOL changes that make using it simple and I always enjoy my time with it.

That said it tends to tread in safe waters a lot and makes it a bit "boring" to use at times, so I am often tempted by other distros. Fedora is always looking good and I get an itch to try it every now and then, I also can never fully escape my first distro Ubuntu. Always gotta try the new Ubuntu release.