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So, what's the best Linux distro? Right answers only. Give details...

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

anyone else roll their eyes at this one?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hannah Montana Linux.

/thread

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Well guys. He did say "/thread"

The rules are the rules.

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

I see that you too are a person of culture.

[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Obviously ChromeOS. What's not to love about a web-only operating system?

/s

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Azure Linux, because why wouldn't you want Microsoft in your Linux? ^/s^

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Personally I like SpywareOS

[–] tal@olio.cafe 12 points 2 days ago

Clearly you've made a mistake by even getting onboard the distro train in the first place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_from_Scratch

Linux From Scratch is a way to install a working Linux system by building all components of it manually. This is, naturally, a longer process than installing a pre-compiled Linux distribution. According to the Linux From Scratch site, the advantages to this method are a compact, flexible and secure system and a greater understanding of the internal workings of the Linux-based operating systems.[5]

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Tbh, that's a kinda boring question. Only total beginners will have a strong opionion. Everyone who's been around the block for a while knows that you use the right tool for the right job and also understands that people have different preferences.

If there really was a clear "best Linux distro" for all use cases, then there would not be Linux distros but one clear winner that everyone uses.

There's a bunch of good distros, there are enough lists of them, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. That's as far as you'll get with posts like this.

And it's quite plain to see that the crowd here is a bit more adult than the kids in the Linux subs on Reddit.

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 5 points 2 days ago

The one you like better

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago
[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago
[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago
[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago
[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Arch, newest drivers and shit.

[–] waspentalive@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I like Debian, for the many ways to customize, adjust, and change settings

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Slackware is all anyone needs.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Are you looking to switch?

In general, though? Biebian: https://biebian.sourceforge.net/

Or Red Star OS: https://archiveos.org/redstar/

Depends if you are a systemd or openbox person.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Nobara, user friendly, game ready, easy for windows plebs to pick up

[–] salacious_coaster 2 points 2 days ago

Asking the hard-hitting questions when no one else is brave enough

[–] Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Source Mage GNU/Linux

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Use any distro you like! Just make sure it is without systemd

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why? I mean I've read talking points for having systemd and for not. What's your take?

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TBH it has not really been an issue for me. My biggest real beef is just that I prefer just having regular text files in /var/log instead of using journalctl. And I feel like it's a Microsoft-style monolith that flies in the face of the Unix philosophy that I honor and revere.

[–] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 2 points 2 days ago

If it helps, you can turn that crap off and get log files, I need to do this on the homelab. But at work we setup syslog so that we can get Aws to ingest them, yes I know AWS and all that. Not my choice.