Which Linux distribution do you like the most, and why? Follow the previous with your favourite desktop environment.
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#Ubuntunotesenter to follow with default #Gnomenotesenter to follow. It just works.
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In my storm and stress phase, I tried many things, but nowadays I tend to choose boring technology when it comes to work, for me that is Ubuntu or Debian with XFCE4 Desktop.
On my personal System I currently run Omarchy though.
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Omarchy looks interesting! The guy on the video gives me anxiety, but read everything about the distro and I am going to play with it tonight.
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Omarchy scares me a bit but it looks promising though I'll wait for it to mature first.
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I tried Omarchy to explore Hyprland, Waybar, and similar tools. I'd seen them in beautifully riced tiling desktops and wanted to experience that myself. Mainly, I wanted an opinionated, different desktop experience to break from my usual setup.
Next time I reinstall, I'll probably take my custom Hyprland and Waybar configs and move to a Debian/Ubuntu-based system.
Have you had the opportunity yet to play around with Omarchy?
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Following up on that with this article I just now found on HN...
blog.happyfellow.dev/merchants-of-insecurity/One Happy Fellow - blogMerchants of InsecurityFirst, a PSA: Do NOT use Omarchy if you care about security of your machine even a little bit. You can't polish a turd Omarchy 4.0 shipped with a collec...
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That's funny, from the title I was expecting insecurity to mean "unsure of oneself" or "fear of missing out", which DHH is also a master of marketing toward.
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I use Fedora with GNOME. Fedora gives me the latest packages with more stability than something like Arch. I appreciate GNOME's minimalistic approach that stays out of my way. I find the combo very symbiotic, as many Red Hat devs contribute to both projects.
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It has been a long, long time since I used Gnome but back then "minimalistic" would have been the last word used to describe it. Has it changed beyond all recognition to a streamlined, bloat-free joy in the last 15 years? Might give it another spin if so.
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I use Ubuntu with the default Gnome Desktop. I like it a lot and it just works. I've been using it since the beginning. It is not perfect (what distro is?) but it works fine for me.
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i'm a loyal debian fan but i've revived my 2012 MBP as a homelab server with arch. it's been a fun experiment!
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Mint, because Ubuntu keeps pushing for pro in MOTD and apt. My desktop environment is XFCE4, because I love its minimalism and simplicity while it's still very customizable. Debian or Ubuntu on servers.
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I absolutely love #nixosnotesenter to follow for fact you can just rebuild into a clean state at any moment. I also share configs between 2 linux devices and 2 mac devices.
Initially started with hyprland, but eventually switched to kde plasma.
Nixos without LLM's would have been a pain tho, so would definitely recommend using one.
Nixos without LLM's would have been a pain
I've been using nix for a few years, and I definitely still don't understand 90% of what I'm doing.
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I've been leaning hard on NixOS in my latest attempt at a linux desktop box and have been really enjoying it. LLMs definitely help as there's a tremendous amount of information you need to use it effectively, I feel. I also started with Hyprland but then moved to Niri and have really enjoyed it.
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After using Fedora for a long time I switched to CachyOS with KDE Plasma, it's awesome.
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After quite a bit of time on Mint (Cinnamon), I am dipping my toes on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. KDE because of course.
So far, it has been a pleasure.
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mint cinnamon, its what they put infront of me at work and im pretty happy. ill try out another distro when i upgrade, not really sure what im missing out on though.
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I've been using kubuntu for the last 3-4 years, it was the easiest for me to get working on a 2015 MBP which was a daily driver until a few months ago when I went back to Mac OSX because I got a Neo, hoping that these things get Linux on them once this gets long in the tooth. Linux has allowed me to extend the lifecycle of my hardware for 2-3x than machines I've had in the past.
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I like Artix with CWM. Very few surprises and good maintainers.
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I use fedora with the default gnome desktop.
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Arch, because I feel you cannot use Linux without knowing how it works, and sway for window manager because it is highly stable, wholly keyboard driven, and tiling