Which one(s) and why?

  • Haven5341@feddit.de
    3·
    1 year ago

    Which one(s)

    Arch.

    why?

    1. The Arch-Wiki
    2. I like pacman
    3. The Arch-Wiki
    4. I wanted a rolling-release distribution.
    5. The Arch-Wiki
    6. It just works. I had only one more serious problem in ~8 years of running Arch
    7. Did I mention the Arch-Wiki?

    Edit:

    Having said that, I have an eye on immutable distros. Maybe one day I’ll try one out.

    • sarchar@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The Arch wiki really is amazing. It’s also still very useful for Linux stuff in general. The qemu page has come in handy more than a dozen times.

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
      0·
      1 year ago

      Is Manjaro good if I want in on this Arch goodness but don’t want to spend hours configuring stuff? Coming from Fedora

      • Luella@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve been using manjaro for around a year. It broke on me once, probably my fault, idk. I enjoy it! I’ve distro hopped many places and a year is a long time for me, so much about it is right for me. You’ll certainly get a worthy experience of what arch is capable of, I believe.

        That being said, I plan on swapping to arch really soon.

      • Haven5341@feddit.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t used Manjaro myself but I heard that it is not as good as Arch. Rumors I heard where that it is not as solid as vanilla Arch. YMMV.

      • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Endeavour is better for that, after the install you’ll have plain arch but with a bunch of stuff installed and already set up

  • MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    I settled on openSUSE Tumbleweed because it’s rolling and reliable. I chose KDE Plasma long before I chose my distro.

  • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Fedora atomic GNOME aka silverblue

    • It has very good defaults, works out of the box, I can switch anytime to another de or a ublue image without messing around with my setup
    • selinux
    • podman
    • flatpak centric
    • auto updates
    • widely used

    Current Cons:

    • openssl is not installed by default (for gsconnect)
    • gnome-tweaks is not installed by default
    • uses toolbx instead of distrobox. Toolbx is better for servers, distrobox better for desktop, imo.
    • flatpak firefox isn’t used
  • HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    I went Ubuntu -> Xubuntu -> Debian -> Manjaro -> Arch -> Nix

    Arch is still the longest lasting and I’m dual booting with Nix right now, but Nix has been a dream when it comes to gaming stability and I think if it continues I’ll stay.

  • Engywuck@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    Arch. Minimal, fast, rolling and it doesn’t break. Plus, the AUR and the Wiki are unvaluable.

    Had been on: RedHat (199something), Mandrake, Slackware, Ubuntu and Debian before.

  • rambos@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    Am I the only one who doesnt distrohopp?

    Installed debian for homelab and bam it works. Installed PopOS on desktop and bam it works.

    Many years ago I tried ubuntu and didnt like it, this time I was thinking Ill just switch distro until I find the right one, but it happened sooner than expected 😉

  • Krognak@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Debian, because it is boring, predictable, and I know how to tweak it to suit my use case

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Debian. Seemed like the most generic “Linux” there is. Nothing special, nothing weird. Just Linux. Gray, boring, system defaults Linux.

  • matcha_addict@lemy.lol
    1·
    1 year ago

    Stopped hopping when I realized most distros are just debian with certain things pre-installed or pre-configured. Decided to compare base distros, and settled on Gentoo for its powerful features, transparency and customizability.

  • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    1 year ago

    I learned, and learned, and learned, and every step led me to simplify, simplify, simplify.

    Now, I’m a Debian man. If I didn’t install it, it probably isn’t on there, just like I like it.

  • Maturi0n@feddit.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    SUSE -> Mageia -> Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Mint -> Manjaro. Been on Manjaro for 4 years now.

  • wildflower@lemmy.world
    01·
    1 year ago

    Not sure if it qualify as distrohopping, but for a long time I tried to test every major Linux distro release, and they all had problems with sound, but when Ubuntu 5 came out everything worked out of the box, so I switched my desktop to Linux. A couple of years later, Ubuntu began some introducing some (IMO) questionable things, so I tested the main distros again and landed on Debian, most of all because I knew the system relatively well from Ubuntu.

    The first desktop distro I tried was Mandrake (back in 1998), but since I use my desktop for making music, it was just too much work every time I wanted to record something back then.

    As for servers, I have always just used what the customer wanted or had, and for most parts it was Red hat.