If you have been using Linux for +10 years, what are you using now?
Been using Linux for over a decade, and last few years Ubuntu (on desktops/laptops), plus Debian on servers, but been looking to switch to something less “Canonical”-y for a long time (since the Amazon search fiasco, pretty much).
Appreciate recommendations or just an interesting discussion about people’s experiences, there are no wrong answers.
Edit: Thanks for the lots of interesting answers and discussions. I will try a few of the suggestions in a VM.
On my server I run Ubuntu and on my desktop I’m running Linux mint because it just fucking works and I don’t got to mess with shit.
i used to use debian heavily in the past, but switched to ubuntu because of kkkernel liveeeeeee patching.
now that i have to switch back because of age verification; i find myself wishing that debian has live patching so i can go back to it.
Debian for work and my home machines that I don’t need to be the latest and greatest (nas, media centee).
Arch on personal, éess implrtant machines
Debian. I like my computer to work.
I’ve been using Linux for more than 20+
First distro: Slackware, then Debian for many years, finally Fedora, since 2014, very happy user.
What I like in Fedora: the 6 months release provides bleeding edge experience without compromising stability.
Desktop: Pop!_OS 24.04 (thinking of rolling back to Gnome as cosmic is too rough around the edges still)
Servers: Ubuntu Server 24.04.4
Containers: Debian Trixie or specific images for the project I’m working on
Nix for home server Cachy OS for daily driver I was using gentoo+openRC and later gentoo+runit before coming to nix os. But still I love arch based cachy and gentoo over nix
Hi, been on Linux for over 20 years now. Very recently (less than a month ago) I switched my personal system to NixOS, I also switched one of my servers to it. Some of my other systems are on Arch as that’s what I was using before. My work computer is on Ubuntu as that is company issued.
I liked Arch because of its simplicity and the AUR, but I missed the package sets from Gentoo, NixOS is excellent because it brings the package lists and also includes configuration on them. A pain to do the initial setup, but then you get reproducible systems very easily and most of the time you want your systems to be mostly the same.
In the process of moving over to NixOS right now. It’s been fun, but I definitely sometimes hit a wall where I don’t know what to do and it takes me a while figure things out. But I also love having a file that defines my system instead of having to remember how I set everything up. I was using fedora before which is great too, and I’ve used most of the other ones in the past as well.
I’m making the switch because I want using my computer to feel more like a hobby
Debian Trixie headless on my router/server raspberry pi and NixOs on my laptop.
However I’m planning to switch from Nix this summer since one of the maintainers of NixOs is the one which added age verification to systemd, still haven’t decided on which Os I’ll switch to probably Devuan os but may give Alpine a shot since it’s more stable than Arch btw, so I’ll just be ricing and distro hopping this summer until I pick my new favorite again.
Depends! Bazzite on ROG Ally X, Debian for servers, CachyOS for my desktop and laptop and Fedora for my sons PC
Most answers seem to be Debian. Sort of just works for me as well. With KDE Plasma and couldn’t be happier with it. I keep on forgetting how I did stuff though because it’s solid set and forget most of the time.
20+ years. Found myself feeling at home on a uBlue base for a few years now. Music software in an arch container + brew for various tools. I do love it, though I admit I’m keeping an eye on OpenSuse Kalpa if RH/Fedora get weird with the Apple APIs.
Fedora
OpenSUSE if you want something non American and not directly related to RedHat
age verification is a world wide effort and opensuse will embrace it as much as redhat when it becomes law
Have been using Linux since Slackware in the early 90s, both for work and at home - been through a lot of distros since then.
Currently use Debian on my servers and VMs, and CachyOS (with KDE Plasma) on my main desktop. I like the bleeding edge of Arch for my desktop, and find CachyOS to be a very sensible plug and play way to get into Arch (I tried to run Arch before, and also EndeavourOS, although that was a while back and not the smoothest experience for me - things might be more mature now, but CachyOS was the one that finally reached the point for me that allowed a full switch from Windows on the desktop to Linux)
Most of my servers run virtualized on Proxmox, which itself is Debian based though. I also run pfSense as my firewall/router which is FreeBSD based.
I’m using Linux.
