What Linux distribution or distributions do you personally use?

I myself am a daily Void user. I used to use Devuan, but wanted to try rolling release and ended up loving Void!

  • @Gerryflap
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    21 year ago

    My laptop is my oldest install, running Ubunutu. Started out on 14.04 and I’ve been updating ever since. My desktop runs Arch, although it used to be Antergos. I kinda convinced it to be Arch after Antergos died so I kept getting updates. Finally I’m currently trying Fedora on my secondary PC filled with old hardware from previous builds.

    Honestly, out of these I personally like Fedora most currently. It seems to have up-to-date enough packages and seems quite stable. The AUR on Arch is a powerful thing, but it can also be quite hit or miss. While Ubuntu was fine as a first distro, I don’t really like how outdated all the packages are. I’ve had quite a few cases where packages where more than a year out of date.

    • @kolorafa
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      21 year ago

      Antergos <3 I still use it on my main desktop.

      Did you test or know some good gui arch installers? (As I was thinking of reinstalling my laptop running some random dystros to also use Arch, so I’m looking around for alternative arch installers with good setup that would still be in the end just nicely setup pure arch for longevity)

      How is your experience as a long time Arch user on switching to Fedora, pros and cons?

      • @Gerryflap
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        21 year ago

        I heard some stuff about Arch actually coming with an installer itself nowadays, but I haven’t tried it yet. Fedora has been nice though. It felt very polished and I haven’t had any big issues yet. Packages seem quite up-to-date. But of course it’s not on my main PC, so I’m not using it as often as Arch.