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Re: Ask HN: Which Linux distribution you are currently using?

#31
ArchLinux[0] with no desktop environment and openbox[1] as the window manager with a few custom keyboard shortcuts to launch every day use applications (xterm, sublime text, internet browser, bashrun2[2] (an application launcher)).

Pros:

- it uses ~80MB on idle out of 3GB of RAM with my setup

- the wiki[3] covers everything you need to know to install, maintain and troubleshoot your box

- community-driven packages repository[4] where you can find nearly everything and it's always up-to-date

- great package manager[5]

Cons:

- installation process is not straightforward and there is no wizard for initial configuration. It personally took me a couple of attempts before managing to install AL on a machine with a UEFI motherboard

- systemd

[0] ArchLinux https://www.archlinux.org/

[1] Openbox http://openbox.org/wiki/Main_Page

[2] bashrun2 https://code.google.com/p/bashrun2/

[3] Wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/

[4] Arch User Repository https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

[5] Pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman

Re: Ask HN: Which Linux distribution you are currently using?

#33
post #9

#! - http://crunchbang.org/

Do you have plans for an alternative now that development has ceased? ( http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=416493#p41649... )

I didn't even know about that, but I'll keep using it till my computer falls apart!

Re: Ask HN: Which Linux distribution you are currently using?

#34
lubuntu right now because my current pc is an old laptop (c2d, 2gb), works well enough.

In the past I've used manjaro with xfce and OpenSUSE with KDE. I've found manjaro quite a good compromise between a bare arch install that requires hours and hours of configuration, and a more 'full-featured' distro, which in my experience with OpenSUSE, felt a bit bloated.

The good about these three is you have good access to community-driven packages, PPAs in the ubuntu ecosystem, the AUR is absolutely great (manjaro is arch-based), and for suse you can find most things through the Open Build System

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