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Ubuntu 17.04 for Machine learning/Cuda because anything else takes more time to work.
Alpine-Linux for Dockerfiles because it's the bare minimum.
Arch Linux for learning Linux, because you're responsible for installing what you'd like to have a stable machine.
LineageOS - Nougat for 'obsolete' phones, though I might switch to postmarketOS if they get calls working!
It's sort of minimal. It's a derivative of Ubuntu which means it's not Red Hat.
It uses Moksha for a desktop, which is a continuation of Enlightenment 17. You can read about Moksha here: http://www.bodhilinux.com/2015/04/28/introducing-the-moksha-...
I use it because it's not annoying; it mostly works; I didn't have to fuck about to get it working; it's sort of minimal; it uses sensible defaults; I like the philosophy; I had a bad experience with Fedora and so I avoid anything red hat.
Desktop/Homeserver/VPS: VoidLinux + DWM(only on desktop ;)) - Simple (runit as init system, no default logging daemon [I'm using socklog on servers], LibreSSL), cutting edge and not bloated
Work: Ubuntu Mate LTS + ArchLinux in chroot - Ubuntu Mate - same reasons as with elementary on my laptop :) ArchLinux in chroot - cutting edge, AUR with everything and because it's a chroot I can easily snapshot/share/move my development environment, lot of information/solutions out there
I also use:
Alpine - containers with weird things[LXC] on home server - small(almost nothing inside ;)), LibreSSL
Slitaz - old Pentium-M laptop without DMA(I don't know what happened - I got it for $0 so no questions asked), old P4 machine - perfect fit(and toy...) for those machines
LineageOS - no google inside, only f-droid
Need to install Archlinux, because I need it at work. Want to install Gentoo, because it should be useful experience.
Its like with languages on earth. Many things might be easier if there were only one. But probably also something would get lost.
On servers I most often use debian, rigorously with unattended-upgrades enabled, for its stability and attention to security.
As a base image for containers I prefer Alpine for its slenderness and security, escalating to debian or ubuntu as a last resort when needed for exhotic packages and such.
Finally, when I setup a linux box for inexperienced users, I usually use manjaro for its ease of use and attention to the inexperienced-user-experience.
My phone is still android though! What are people's experience of LineageOS? Am I in for a nasty surprise if I try to switch without completely knowing what I'm doing?
Very much looking forward to Bionic Beaver and Mesa 18!
Am still looking for a good distro as bootable usb thumb with persistence. Alpine is very convenient if you just want a quick shell. Tails for situations requiring more privacy. But apart from running mkusb and creating my own ubuntu live stick. Is there anything really specifically tailored to this use case?
I used to use arch, but you have to be selective and careful with updates otherwise you find you can't boot into x. Takes time to go and fix.