Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by dv35z » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC

theandrewbailey wrote: post #11

I'm usually running Debian everywhere, and currently running OpenMandriva on my desktop PC. I work in the refurb department of an e-waste recycling company, where I install Linux Mint on most of what I sell. (If it has a touchscreen, it gets Debian with KDE.)

Give Linux Mint Debian Edition a try (https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php). I am in Latin America (Colombia) and I have been installing LMDE on 5-10 year old computers (former POS systems - old Dell Optiplexes and Latitudes), and its amazing how much it brings them back to life - fast & stable.

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by Cheese48923846 » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC

Debian. The big fat daddy that carries all the other distros.

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by SHaD0S » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC

PopOS! I used arch for my intro but shortly got tired of the setup. I like Rust so I tried it and fell in close with cosmic. with auto tiling turned on, of course ;)

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by Kab1r » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC

Arch for PCs

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by arkwin » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

Fedora with KDE as the DE.

OS is solid, everything works, I'm happy.

The older I get the more I feel myself thinking like Linus. The OS should just get out of my way.

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by addajones » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC

arkwin wrote: post #35

Fedora with KDE as the DE. OS is solid, everything works, I'm happy. The older I get the more I feel myself thinking like Linus. The OS should just get out of my way.

Sounds like a solid idea

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by frm88 » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC

addajones wrote: post #36

arkwin wrote: post #35

Fedora with KDE as the DE. OS is solid, everything works, I'm happy. The older I get the more I feel myself thinking like Linus. The OS should just get out of my way.

Sounds like a solid idea

I run Nobara, which is basically a beautyfied Fedora variant. It's pure Fedora with addons that make it easier to handle for Windows-damaged users. I left Windows last year, no regrets - Nobara just works and doesn't need any attention. Support community on Discord always up to help and very friendly.

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by tripleee » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 5:16 AM UTC

I went Windows -> Mac -> Ubuntu -> Arch -> Debian (current)

With Ubuntu I didn't like how Canonical was trying to push things I didn't like into the OS

Arch was fun for a bit but turned into a bit of a pain in the ass needing to fix things, or manually configure it

Debian Stable has more or less just worked and I have no reason to switch

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by yellowapple » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC

I have multiple answers, since I routinely use multiple machines:

- Primary desktop (custom-built): NixOS + Windows 11 (latter currently unbootable because installing NixOS nuked Windows' UEFI; whoops lmao)

- Primary laptop (Framework 16): Aeon (immutable openSUSE variant) + Windows 11 LTSC

- Secondary laptop (Framework 13): OpenBSD-current (+ occasional Windows, Haiku, NixOS by booting from Framework expansion cards)

- Band room recording laptop (Dell G5 15): AV Linux

Re: Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?

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Post by Natalia724 » Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC

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