What did yall end up settling on?

  • MorPolitics@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    I was like this before I tried regular Arch. I probably would’ve settled on NixOS if I had tried that first. I feel like Linux Mint could be the end of the line because it just works on a lot of old machines & does so quickly.

  • Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 hours ago

    Ubuntu, then Pop OS, and now still on Mint. It really just works and is still really easy to customize.

    I’m thinking of trying Cachy OS though, but I’m not sure

  • Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I’ve tried hundreds, I have a laptop I just use for bare metal distrohopping… but I’ve just hit 6 months using NixOS on all my PCs and laptops. I strongly recommend everyone give it a go.

  • ikt@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Ubuntu 7.04 -> 7.10 -> 8.04 -> 8.10 -> 9.04 -> 9.10 -> 10.04 -> 12.04 -> 14.04 -> 16.04 -> 18.04 -> 20.04 -> 22.04 -> 24.04 -> Fedora J/K Ubuntu 26.04

    I like how sh.itjust.works

    • OR3X@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Haha, I feel that switch to LTS only releases. I was upgrading to every release in the beginning as well but it started to get old real fast. I run Mint nowdays. In the early days I loved testing new distros and tweaking around with my system, but after over a decade working in tech the last thing I want to do in my free time is have to fix my own computer.

    • TeaWithDani@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Hell yeah! I was using Ubuntu 10-14 in college and now back on the train with 24, 25 and 26. Everything just works every time and all the professional apps I need are first class citizens and well supported.

      Ubuntu Server, FreeBSD and OpenBSD are my server distros of choice as well. FreeBSD for a NAS. Gotta pick the right tools for the job!

    • festnt@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      same. not having those big version updates and having control over everything i want from the start just feels so good

      and how incredible stable it is

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    At least we can distro-hop. Different needs, different preferences, and we can choose what works best for us. Heck, you can even go hardcore with Yocto and create your own distro!

    Compare that to the poor sods on the Apple and Windows side of the fence. They have to cope with whatever some bigwig thought was best for them. A mediocre one size fits all solution, stuffed to the brim with whatever they fancy. Including ads, malware, and AI everywhere.

    • festnt@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      i liked using cachy for a while, but it broke plasma’s login manager once so i gave up on it and went to base arch

      though it did have snapper which i liked a lot, so i added it to my arch install too

  • nil@piefed.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I settled on Solus but I broke the laptop itself somehow. Now I’m back to using NixOS with my new thinkpad with trackpoint disabled…

    • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      Same. But I went atomic, bluefin.

      For a stable every day driver? It’s gonna take a lot to get me to switch away.

      Still Debian for my proxmox VMs though

  • A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl
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    1 day ago

    Linux mint and often LMDE.

    is funny, I always end up back at mint.

    It just good, it just works yet let’s me customize.

  • TwilightKiddy@programming.devEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I have this handy little bash function, I think you should use it.

    get-english-ordinal-ending() {
  case "$1" in
    *11 | *12 | *13) printf 'th' ;;
    *1) printf 'st' ;;
    *2) printf 'nd' ;;
    *3) printf 'rd' ;;
    *) printf 'th' ;;
  esac
}