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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Opensuse Tumbleweed after the whole Red Hat situation i started looking for similar distros as i really liked Fedora went to Opensuse Tumbleweed had no issues almost as if i never switched distros (obviously package manager is slightly different but not too hard to get used to honestly) i mean i can even still install Rpms

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I prefer Carbon6 for my daily work. I'm considering going to Silicon, but it's just not user tested yet and I can't risk the disruption to my work flow.

[–] jsveiga 2 points 1 year ago

Android, because between this one, Linux, and Windows:

  • it's the one I need to care less about the OS. The OS (or how does swirling transition animations look better in your beloved distro GUI) should be just an invisible, unobtrusive tool to run your apps, not something that matters or requires babysitting nor tinkering.

  • it's the one running the apps I use the most, FOR ME, as opposed of for work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've always used Windows as my main OS, but I have experience with Macs as school computers, and now I'm exploring Linux. I gotta say Linux is probably my favorite. It's so configurable and my workflow is so smooth now that when I try and use my Windows laptop instead I find myself trying to use keybinds from my WM lol. I miss my terminal! WSL is just not the same. I have to have Windows on my school laptop, and I still have it on my PC. My hope is that I can switch my PC to Linux when Win10 loses support. Hopefully Nvidia will play nice. But I do prefer Windows over Mac simply cause I've used it longer. I've only ever used Macs on a surface level, never had my own or was able to tweak settings and such. So idk I might feel differently if I had one. But I'm definitely liking Linux a lot more cause of the customization and no update badgering lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I'd say don't bother waiting for Windows 10 EOL and just go for a Linux install on your PC whenever you feel comfortable with it! You can always dual boot also for those weird cases that you absolutely need to do something in Windows

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I want to but my dad said "no more Linux projects" Idk I told him I wanted to do it with a different drive so I would still have a windows install but he wants me to wait ig

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

manjaro kde + bismuth for tiling

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Arch Linux all the way. I love the AUR, the Arch wiki (though it applies to a lot of distros) and customizable it is.

I’ve had a Mac for a few years, but the Linux « itch » came back and I couldn’t scratch it with macOS.

Now I see just how snappier Linux is compared to Windows or macOS on the same hardware and I really don’t wanna go back.

[–] Serval 2 points 1 year ago

So far I only ever used Windows and Linux Mint, but I'm happy with the latter so I guess I'll stay with it for a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My favorite and the longest I’ve used was Antergos until they stopped maintaining it. At the time, it was the most popular Arch-with-an-installer distro. Before that, I was a fan of Peppermint OS simply because it was a beautiful looking distro. I’m currently running Mint because I don’t have time to maintain an OS and I just want something that works. It’s pretty good I’d say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
  • windows

  • because it was already installed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

1? Linux 2? Freedom

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Xubuntu

  • Simple, somewhat retro interface
  • Highly customizable
  • Stable as hell
  • Fast
  • Simple to setup
  • Regular OS versions upgrades
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you did not recommend arch, you basically recommended poop on a stick

[–] yoshipunk123456 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

My favorite is chromeOS because it requires zero maintenance and I can access all my data, apps, and preferences in minutes on any compatible device by just signing into my account.

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