Experienced Linux users, what are you using?
2026-03-31 00:08 UTC
Replies (40)
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@vikingtons@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 00:13
You’ve had me realise how long I’ve actually been using Linux for, though not quite at the ten year mark unless you count some very early endeavours with ubuntu. fully agree with you on Debian as a rock solid server. my “don’t fuck with it, just work” client system for several years now has been fedora workstation, though I’ve only relatively recently switched all of my personal computing over to it (still have several windows installations for work-related testing).
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@Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-31 00:23
Started on Ubuntu as anybody, then PopOS, and then Garuda, but then I realized that the Garuda community is a completely POS so I ditched the whole distro. And now I’m using vanilla Arch with my own settings. Between those hopps can be like an average of 3 distrohopps per day, because ‘this distro is better because have this and that’, but when you start using WM and need to configure each config file with an different programming language and all that, you really stop caring about if that distro have blur or not.
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@Captain_Baka@feddit.org 2026-03-31 00:38
Started with Lubuntu in 2011, then I used Bodhi for many years. 3 or 4 years ago I switched to Linux Lite. Now I use Debian and Lite for myself and my wife’s laptop is set up with Mint XFCE. Right now I’m testing out what works best with a detachable laptop that has limited hardware capabilities. (Please recommend me some Distros with good touch integration that’s not KDE Plasma, Debian with Gnome or PostmarketOS)
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@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 01:02
rotate every few weeks months
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@otacon239@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 01:01
I’ve bounced around for nearly 15 years in the world of Linux. Some of the ones I’ve used over the years: Ubuntu Linux Mint (+LMDE) Debian Arch KDE Neon Bazzite/SteamOS The one I use currently is EndeavorOS. I landed on it because it’s been the most reliable and consistent for me personally at running games out of the box without extra configuration.
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@HorikBrun@kbin.earth 2026-03-31 02:25
Never was a distro hopper. Used ubuntu for 10 years. It's not great, but it's good enough. 2 years ago, I made a jump (for me) and loaded up Fedora. As a daily driver, I absolutely love it. That said, I also just recently partitioned a Debian boot, just because there are some few things it does better with no flash or sparkle.
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@A7thStone@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 02:59
Opensuse since back in the SuSE days. I’ve dabbled with other distros and even had a somewhat extended run with Fedora when their Gnome implementation was better, but I’ve always gone back to SuSE.
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@DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2026-03-31 05:48
I used a lot over the last 25 years of Linux, started with Debian, Suse Linux, then some years with Gentoo (i learned so much in that time, I can recommend it), and now I am using Arch. Arch gives me lots of the freedoms and possibilites that I am used to from Gentoo but without the constant pain of compilation. I have Arch on my Desktop, all my servers, my NAS
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@gergolippai@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 05:39
using linux for 30y, and the last ~5 of those is manjaro. on laptop, that is. servers still all run debian.
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@strlcpy@programming.dev 2026-03-31 06:01
Debian mostly. I appreciate the democratic, non corporate governance, the classic Free Software ethos, the stability, and their not going blindly along with upstream defaults (e.g. telemetry). My server runs OpenBSD because I find it more tightly designed, and simpler. Laptop Fedora because the hardware wasn’t originally well supported by Debian stable.
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@pelya@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 07:03
Debian
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@BaraCoded@literature.cafe 2026-03-31 07:04
Now using CachyOS, I recommend Bazzite to newcomers.
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@jcr@jlai.lu 2026-03-31 07:08
Devuan now
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@dwt@feddit.org 2026-03-31 08:26
Used Linux 15+ years professionally. Love NixOS right now, but also Debian
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@fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2026-03-31 08:43
Mint, after about 20 years of Linux. I think I tested a bunch of Linux distros about 2006, and settled on running Ubuntu v6 on an old laptop for occasional use and learning. Ubuntu was brown and it looked beautiful. Later, I dual booted Ubuntu and Windows XP on my main computer from about 2008 until about 2014ish - I remember being annoyed that I had to install some launcher thing called “Steam for Linux” so I could play this newly released Linux game called “Crisader King’s II” (I was sure I’d never use this “Steam” thing for anything else). 2 laptops and one desktop bought since 2014 have been Linux exclusive. The old desktop still chugs along on Ubuntu, having been upgraded through versions for over a decade, and somehow still works. The old laptop and newer laptop (my main machine) have only ever run Mint. Turns out that “Steam” thing was quite useful.
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@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 09:47
Debian on everything.
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@Alberat@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 12:29
what’s the amazon search fiasco?
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@IratePirate@feddit.org 2026-03-31 13:51
Started out on Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon ten years ago. Looked around, got into other distros and DEs, window managers, file systems, bash scripting and server administration. Yet here I am, still on Linux Mint. It just works extremely well for me, never broke down (unless I broke it) and stayed out of my way to let me focus on my actual work.
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@TBi@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 14:01
Fedora for main machine. Bazzite for gaming machine. Debian (OMV) for servers.
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@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 14:11
Started with Slackware, basically when Slackware came out. Now either OpenSuSE Tumbleweed or Fedora because I can’t be arsed to meddle with my machine for days to make it work. I just want to use it, not tweak it.
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@mech@feddit.org 2026-03-31 14:14
Been on Linux for 20 years and I’m on Debian and Arch. Both are very different but equally great systems. I tried Slackware a couple of times cause it combines the simple design of Arch with the stability of Debian, but it’s a bit too much in both regards. As for desktop environments, I used to use Gnome on laptops and Plasma on desktops, but I recently stumbled upon Niri with Dank Material Shell and feel like it combines the advantages of both (fast keyboard/touchpad control, fully featured, lots of GUI customization options).
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@balian@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 2026-03-31 14:30
inb4 everybody except the people who have actually been daily-driving linux for 10+ years have an answer fwiw I use Mint
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@neutrino@feddit.nl 2026-03-31 15:30
Linux user since 1992 (with FreeBSD interruption from 1996-2004), started with slackware (actually with minix and the first 0.9 kernel), moved to Gentoo in 2004, and Arch linux since 2007. Gentoo was too much work (both for my and for my CPU’s) in the long run. It has been more predictable (in spite of being a rolling release) for me than anything else,
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@ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2026-03-31 16:05
I hopped around a little but settled into Debian a long, long time ago. My son loves Arch, I like my stuff to be a bit more stable and don’t have the time to update between commands all the time (its a joke but has a little truth to it).
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@coltn@lemmy.ml 2026-03-31 16:17
i’ve been using arch as my daily driver for 4 years. but i am thinking of switching to chimera linux. i really like apk, i think using dinit, llvm, musl and *bsd core utils would be great. for server, i use proxmox as my hypervisor, and debian for most vm’s, starting to use alpine on lxc. I am using openwrt on my router.
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@RattlerSix@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 16:41
Slackware. In 27-ish years of using it, it’s never once crashed or failed to install
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@orc_princess@lemmy.ml 2026-03-31 17:14
Debian stable, it works fine for a workstation and for the few games I play
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@callcc@lemmy.world 2026-03-31 17:54
Debian.
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@gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 2026-03-31 21:27
Debian on everything (well except the router is on OpenWrt). First installed Debian more than 25 years ago. Tried some other stuff, Debian is still best for me.
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@kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-31 21:45
Ive swapped around but for now im good on Arch, I like the AUR too much and tbh it does what I need (other distros are great and I installed Debian on my families computers but for me I use Arch).
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@fxdave@lemmy.ml 2026-03-31 22:47
I started using Linux in 2016, I stopped distro hopping with arch and I’m using it since 2019. But I’m looking forward to try nix like OSes like guix. I see the value of it, it’s just too much hassle right now. Meanwhile I’m using aconfmgr for tracking my modifications in my system.
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@osanna@lemmy.vg 2026-04-01 03:18
debian on my server. it’s rock solid. I run a LOT of shit on it, and it rarely cracks about 4-5 GB RAM out of 32GB.
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@trougnouf@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 07:30
Arch everywhere (desktop with KDE, personal laptop with GNOME, work laptop with COSMIC, a remote raspberry pi) except a Raspberry Pi Zero (Raspbian) and the Steam Deck
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@SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 16:05
I’m using Linux.
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@Raffster@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 18:58
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.
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@lps2@lemmy.ml 2026-04-01 20:05
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
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@titanicx@lemmy.zip 2026-04-01 20:12
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.
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@plc@feddit.dk 2026-04-01 21:47
Switched from Windows in 2002, did FreeBSD -> Gentoo -> Ubuntu -> Arch. Finally switched to NixOS in 2012 and never looked back. The builtin isolation meant I never actually got properly acquainted with Docker until I switched jobs and had to use it.
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@Hexarei@beehaw.org 2026-04-01 22:58
Arch since 2018, mint for a few years before that, Ubuntu from 2008-2014
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@comfy@lemmy.ml 2026-04-01 23:47
Oh hey, my anniversary is coming up. For base daily driver on desk and lap, just a stable standard beginner friendly distro. I’ve customized it a lot, added custom hotkey scripts here and there, but it’s so close to base that a stranger could use it. VMs for anything specialist, a couple of portable USB distros for presentation/demo/one-purpose OS environments, but for the most part I’ve just kept it simple and clean.