What's your favorite Distro?

Worztron · 24-06-2019 10:09am #1

Hi.

I'll start: Debian Stable.

Despite the packages becoming somewhat outdated - this isn't too much of an issue anymore with the availability of AppImages, Flatpak, & Snaps. The Debian Backports are also great for getting a more recent kernel, etc.
I was on Ubuntu/Linux Mint for years, then jumped to Debian a few years ago.

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chonix · 24-06-2019 2:29pm

Hi,

I'll jump into the wagon too

I started with Debian Testing back in 2005, and nowadays I am onto Debian Stable.

Albeit I'm always eager to try every and all eye-candy distros and explosive/unstable stuff, I used to switch to Ubuntu a few times cause I had to test stuff. so my second choice is Ubuntu LXDE/MATE flavoring. Beware, I'm a sucker for eye-candy/new stuff over stability.

Johnboy1951 · 24-06-2019 2:30pm

What's your favorite Distro?

Whichever one works for you.

For me that is PCLinuxOS ....... has been stable for more than 10 years

chonix · 24-06-2019 2:45pm

Johnboy1951 wrote:

What's your favorite Distro?

Whichever one works for you.

good man! /standingovation
this little paragraph did the day for me

mcmoustache · 24-06-2019 7:02pm

I used to have multiple partitions back in the day where I would test different distros for a few weeks.

Then I stopped being cool so now I just run Kubuntu and don't really play around with distros.

rayzercork · 25-06-2019 10:26am

Debian, i usually start with stable then upgrade to testing when the packages start to age.

ubuntu went through a stage a few years ago where everything started breaking so jumped to debian instead and havent looked back.

PropJoe10 · 25-06-2019 8:33pm

Its very hard to name a favourite distro, but I have to say, over the last couple of years I haven't found anything that's better than PCLinuxOS. Current, stable software and a nice helpful community. Can't go wrong.

I ran Arch for about 18 months on my main laptop and never had a crash. Must get back to that again soon.

Manjaro is also nice if you want something Arch based.

Linux Mint Debian Edition is great too - stable base with up-to-date Cinnamon desktop components.

Running Fedora 30 on my main PC currently. Excellent as you'd expect.

MX Linux is all the rage these days. Also an excellent distro if you enjoy XFCE.

As John said, whatever distro works for you I suppose! It's a great time for Linux desktop users, in my view.

Keplar240B · 03-07-2019 12:30am

The paradox of choice.

Johnboy1951 · 03-07-2019 1:26am

Keplar240B wrote: »

The paradox of choice.

One word ...... terrible. :eek:

/end

rayzercork · 03-07-2019 11:02pm

what id recommend is learning how to do a net install and build a distro to your own needs. prebuilt ones always have something you dont like about it

Worztron · 04-07-2019 7:13pm

Keplar240B wrote: »

The paradox of choice.

Debian it is then.

Sir Oxman · 04-07-2019 11:56pm

I'm a recent switcher from the telemetry hell of Win10 and I hopped for about a month until I learned that there really are only about 4 choices (for me) - Arch, Debian, openSuse and Fedora. The hopping around was only for the looks of it bar the odd extra system tool here and there.

Debian is my choice for my desktops/laptops I love it, netinstall and choose my desktop environment and what I want installed.
Ubuntu Server for my file and media server with Atomic Toolkit <--fantastic

I'm loving Linux (I am very much a novice when it comes to to it but enjoying learning it) and now hold only an old laptop with a Windows LTSC install for old times sake, everything else is switched over.

I'm building up to trying an install of Arch, wish me luck!

mcmoustache · 05-07-2019 4:49pm

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Its very hard to name a favourite distro, but I have to say, over the last couple of years I haven't found anything that's better than PCLinuxOS. Current, stable software and a nice helpful community. Can't go wrong.

I keep hearing this. Maybe I should go back to it. I don't think I had any solid reason for abandoning it. I just ended up trying kubuntu and found it fine for what I was going.

I do remember really liking the all-in-one settings program which stood out at the time when compared to other distros.

Worztron · 05-07-2019 4:56pm

mcmoustache wrote: »

I keep hearing this. Maybe I should go back to it. I don't think I had any solid reason for abandoning it. I just ended up trying kubuntu and found it fine for what I was going.

I do remember really liking the all-in-one settings program which stood out at the time when compared to other distros.

One thing that annoys me about PCLinuxOS is the awfully generic name. I know it's a small issue but there was zero imagination put into naming the distro. It does seem to have a large and dedicated userbase though.

PropJoe10 · 05-07-2019 5:22pm

Worztron wrote: »

One thing that annoys me about PCLinuxOS is the awfully generic name. I know it's a small issue but there was zero imagination put into naming the distro. It does seem to have a large and dedicated userbase though.

Yep

Its an old distro but the name really hasnt aged well. Too late to change it now I suppose!

Johnboy1951 · 05-07-2019 5:31pm

Worztron wrote: »

One thing that annoys me about PCLinuxOS is the awfully generic name. I know it's a small issue but there was zero imagination put into naming the distro. It does seem to have a large and dedicated userbase though.

I would guess that the name was not a huge factor when the distro first began, more than 15 years ago

Worztron · 05-07-2019 5:33pm

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Yep Its an old distro but the name really hasnt aged well. Too late to change it now I suppose!

Yes, I'm afraid so.

moonlighting_1 · 05-07-2019 5:39pm

lubuntu with lxqt.

The high horse brigade · 07-07-2019 8:31pm

Fedora, I absolutely love it, I've been running it as my laptop daily runner since Fedora 22. I use Centos on 2 home servers and Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS on a Hetzner remote dedi

Worztron · 08-07-2019 9:51am

For the PCLinuxOS fans here: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/271912/index.html

Johnboy1951 · 08-07-2019 12:23pm

Worztron wrote: »

For the PCLinuxOS fans here: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/271912/index.html

Yes the mag has been going for a long time now.

Personally I am not as enamoured with it as I used to be.
The content is not as 'interesting' to me these days ..... I have no interest in the puzzles, recipes for meals or the little ditties.
There is not a lot left these days if you take those out.

I preferred the more Linux technical nature of the older issues.

There are some specials and compendium issues also available.

The full range can be accessed here
https://pclosmag.com/index.html

and the special editions here
https://pclosmag.com/special.html

No doubt it is still a valuable addition to one's general reading.

PropJoe10 · 08-07-2019 2:18pm

Debian 10 "Buster" released on Saturday, I believe.

Worztron · 08-07-2019 7:25pm

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Debian 10 "Buster" released on Saturday, I believe.

Yep, currently seeding a few iso files. :-)

source · 10-07-2019 11:31am

Solus 4 is my current favourite distro. The only issue I've had with it, is the login screen displays a chosen image from the os instead of allowing you to use your desktop wallpaper.

It just works, no WiFi issues, no battery drain, no overheating (all issues I had on the same machine with Ubuntu).

PropJoe10 · 13-11-2019 9:46pm

Over all my years of using numerous Linux distros, the distro that has spent the longest in one spell installed on my machine is Arch. Must go back there fairly soon when I can find the motivation to do an install!

limnam · 13-11-2019 11:32pm

I guess it depends on the job.

Personal use I've got stuck on Fedora for years now mostly due to time constraints. As it tends to just work and don't have a lot of time to be "playing" to get things done.

Smiles35 · 07-05-2020 5:37pm

Great thread. Can't reccomomend a favorite as I just started looking at Linux Distros. Just a quick thumbs up for Puppy Linux. It was only 340mb's and seems to have everything on it. Have it on an old laptop. PCLinuxOS is getting a spin-up now on my main pc. What will a 2.5 gig instal have on it compared to Puppy I wonder. Keep the recommendations coming!

Worztron · 08-05-2020 8:10am

Debian Stable + Mate DE.

PropJoe10 · 08-05-2020 10:53am

I believe that Fedora has just dropped a new release there recently. Not been Linux-ing much lately but must fire that up in a VM to take a look.

Read somewhere recently that Ubuntu has seen a massive surge in users since the demise of Windows 7. Good to see!

Worztron · 08-05-2020 12:11pm

PropJoe10 wrote: »

I believe that Fedora has just dropped a new release there recently. Not been Linux-ing much lately but must fire that up in a VM to take a look.

Read somewhere recently that Ubuntu has seen a massive surge in users since the demise of Windows 7. Good to see!

DT covers it here:

Tom Dunne · 08-05-2020 1:21pm

I'm using Anti-X on my ancient Sony laptop and can't recommend it highly enough. All the other distros I tried were slow and sluggish on this machine, but Anti-X brought a new life to it.

I've even managed to get Microsoft Teams working on it, say no more.

What's your favorite Distro?

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