Ask HN: Why do you use the Linux distro that you use?

#1

Post by nwotnagrom » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 7:49 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Why do you use the Linux distro that you use?

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Post by geophile » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 9:20 PM UTC

Pop OS:

- Well integrated with my System 76 laptop.

- Never a problem with drivers, wifi, bluetooth, etc. It all just works.

- Good looking, out of the "box".

- Good availability of packages.

- Never had a problem with package upgrades.

- Excellent support from System 76 (although that's not a property of the distro).

Re: Ask HN: Why do you use the Linux distro that you use?

#3

Post by kjjjjjjjjjjjjjj » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 10:26 PM UTC

I used to use Arch because of AUR and pacman, rolling distro, and the cool factor but then I switched to Mac OS because of stability, features, and the Apple ecosystem (there is absolutely nothing like it)

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Post by bloak » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 10:51 PM UTC

I use Debian, not because of the quality of the software but because of the bug tracking system and the mailing lists and because I know how to find the source for any package and rebuild it if I have to. Perhaps some other distributions have bug tracking systems and so on that are just as good, but it would be a lot of work for me to learn how to use them, so I stick with Debian where possible.

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Post by slipwalker » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 12:22 AM UTC

Slackware: reliability & simplicity

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Post by simonblack » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 12:23 AM UTC

Works well out of the box, has all of the proprietary codecs and drivers that are required, and I prefer that particular desktop layout.

Mint MATE.

Otherwise: Debian Testing with MATE Desktop

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Post by carmen_sandiego » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 1:35 AM UTC

kjjjjjjjjjjjjjj wrote: post #3

I used to use Arch because of AUR and pacman, rolling distro, and the cool factor but then I switched to Mac OS because of stability, features, and the Apple ecosystem (there is absolutely nothing like it)

I took the same path but package management on OSX makes it seem almost worth going back. Almost.

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Post by meekins » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 8:19 AM UTC

Fedora (KDE Spin): Good compromise between reliability and bleeding edge, decent compatibility with my laptop (ThinkPad Carbon X1), the best KDE experience out of the box, some sysadmin skills directly transferable to RHEL

Re: Ask HN: Why do you use the Linux distro that you use?

#9

Post by atsaloli » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 2:31 PM UTC

Lubuntu: lightweight, well suited for older laptops.

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#10

Post by andrefuchs » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 4:09 PM UTC

I'm using Ubuntu for the sane default settings, community, available tools, regular OS updates, ease of use.