openSUSE Tumbleweed, it just works for me.
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I'm currently using a mix of Arch and Fedora, but I've been starting to look in to NixOS.
Fedora on the desktop. I got my start on Red Hat Linux so I've stuck with it since.
For servers I use Debian. Lightweight, widely used, and gets the job done.
Fedora, I'm not a tech person by Linux user standards and I just need an OS that works
Mostly NixOS unstable. I have one machine still on Arch, but i plan to switch that to NixOS too.
OpenSUSE, Tumbleweed on workstations (KDE) and Leap on my server.
NixOS. Declarative reproducible immutable systems are the future.
SUSE
For my desktops/laptops I use Void Linux, for my servers I use Debian.
EndeavourOS for desktops, Ubuntu for servers
Nixos since 3-4 years. Arch Linux before that.
What advantages have Nixos over.. lets say arch or debian stable ?
I run pop os. But I can see myself moving to something non-ubuntu in the future. For server stuff I'm most familiar with Debian/RedHat.
Archlinux on all desktops and laptops, Debian on all raspis, FreeBSD on the firewall (pfsense).
Desktop: Ubuntu, mainly because that's what we support at work
Servers: Debian/Proxmox
I use NixOS on all of my servers.
TuxedoOS, Pop!_OS, and Ubuntu (work forces me to use it 😬)
Been using PopOS for my living room AMD GPU pc, and it’s been the most seamless steam machine experience I’ve had so far. Tried multiple distros on my Nvidia one, and I just had no luck, I’ll move my Nvidia pc into Linux soon for another attempt.
NixOS on everything but my Steam Deck which is running SteamOS.
Thoughts on NixOS? I have heard a lot of positive buzz, but I don't think I understand it fully. (I'm primarily debian, ubuntu, fedora, arch user, and I've admin'd a FreeBSD server too).
For me, NixOS is like someone took the archwiki and made a distro with it. I can just do
services.lemmy = {
enable = true;
settings = {
hostname = "lemmy.union.rocks";
database.createLocally = true;
};
caddy.enable = true;
}
in my system config (example from Nix manual). It will install lemmy, install caddy, start lemmy backend on port 8536, frontend on 1234, expose it with a caddy reverse proxy to that hostname, and initialize a postgres database. This is also reproducible across systems, so it's pretty much guaranteed to work the same on one PC and on another.
This is very useful, because some programs require some more configuration, and this can remove the need to know where to put their config files, their package names, systemd service names from your head. It's all in there.
Also, when I fuck something up... when changing the config, it makes a new boot entry with it, so when booting I can just press arrow down when booting to select an older, working config. Magic.
Packages are also nicely separated from each other. I don't have to install stuff globally, when I need a program one time I can just do nix shell nixpkgs#audacity and have an ephemeral shell with the package installed.
There are (optiona) binary caches, so you practically don't have to compile anything from source when updating your system.
I have all my configuration on GitHub, like a lot of people, which makes it easy to share information.
A con is that when a program hasn't been packaged for NixOS (whether it's in nixpkgs or has a flake.nix in the repo), it's not that easy to use it, so learning to write derivations (packages) for NixOS is pretty much a must have.
Also another must have is being in some community that uses NixOS, because it is really hard to learn without someone to help and guide you IMO.
Worth it though
Ooooh. That sounds amazing. I will have to try it out. Does it play nice in v box or VMware?
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I wish Arch could be installed everywhere. My Desktop PC, Laptop and Raspberry PI 4 use Arch Linux while my Server used to run Rocky Linux but is abandoned and my Chromebook Duet 3 uses Debian 12 with KDE. I think I could easily install Arch on it after having my Kernel compiled and working with debian.
The Star64 still needs development to be used.
I used to use Void as my main distro, but then the developer drama made me shy away from it (keep in mind, this was like forever ago and I haven’t looked at Void at all since). After that I floated around trying everything, from Gentoo to the BSDs (I know, not Linux). Nowadays I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I got tired of doing everything manually and OpenSUSE just makes everything so much easier to use, IMO.
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Void Linux as well here. Actually keep using it because I maintain some packages there.
Currently ZorinOS on my Main Machine and Arch on my Notebook, but when i have my new AMD GPU i will use Fedora.
Arch with Cinnamon DE and I use flatpak and not the AUR.
I use EndeavourOS with Hyprland on my laptop but I am considering trying VanillaOS (once they move to Debian base). On desktop I have Ubuntu 20.04 and EndeavourOS (both on Gnome)
I use Pop OS! on my daily computer and laptop and Ubuntu on my home server
Have been using Fedora for a year now. Had used Pop OS for about 6months before that.
Using Garuda (basically just Arch with some bloat) because I'm 1) too lazy to install Arch myself and 2) on an Nvidia card and Wayland WMs still seem buggy for me. Once (if ever) Wayland is stable on Nvidia I'll probably look for an alternative
Arch.
I've done a reasonable amount of distrohopping, but I always come crawling back because I've never found anything that can compete with the AUR.
Haha yes, I have to stay out of arguments involving Snap vs Flatpak for this reason. I ended up leaving Mint through issues with my HTPC install - with Plex, the 'Home Theater' app died it's death, and options were tough to install - so I went for Arch, failed to get that working well, then tested KDE with Manjaro - bingo!
Until a couple of months ago, I was installing PlexHTPC via AUR which unpacked the snap and installed it - that's so awesome... though now it's dead so I had to jump onto the newly opened Flatpak option (AUR stuck at 1.30.1-1 whilst Flathub is up to 1.39.2).
After the PPA nightmares I had with 'buntu, and later with Mint (PPA's made for 'buntu often don't work) it's like a dream.
I haven't experienced an issue adding PPA's in about four years. The package manager simply does what it's meant to do and things just work.
Fedora. Used to use Arch but it broke and I moved to Fedora, it's a way more polished experience. I like how Fedora is stable but not "stale" like Debian. Want to try Fedora Silverblue as well.
I highly recommend silverblue! The only thing that can be frustrating is Steam and other game related things, particularly with wireless controllers it seems. But overall it makes it very hassle free imo.
Linux Mint for desktops/laptops (Cinnamon if the hardware can handle it, MATE if it's a bit long in the tooth), and Debian for servers.
I've used several distros (yes, even Arch btw) through the years but I just keep finding myself coming back to the Debian-based ones. I guess I just feel most at-home with the way it has things set up, or something.
I use Linux Mint XFCE on my laptop and desktop. And the standard Steam OS on my Steam Deck.
I'm currently running Mint on my Computer and Ubuntu on servers.