@Benmh I have Aeon (the immutable desktop) on a laptop. Tumbleweed on a desktop. And MicroOS running as a server. I have all my services running in containers.
@grrrr_shark I installed Debian on my son’s laptop, and left him to it. He began configuring all sorts of stuff, happily sudo-ing all over the machine. I had to alert him to the dangers of rm -rf.
He already despises Windows, and it just occurred to me that now he probably can’t ever use MacOS either, because he’d just be annoyed at the golden handcuffs.
Aurora; based on Fedora and the Universal Blue projects. Or other Universal Blue distros like Bazzite for gaming. I just think this image based model is the future of Linux.
It’s rock solid on stability and plays very nicely with Dell hardware. Ubuntu based without the snap nonsense and has a PopOS themed Gnome UI. They make a version with bundled NVidia drivers that works perfectly out the box.
I've been using #Manjaro for the last three years after 15 years on ubuntu based distros. I really like the idea of a stable yet rolling distribution (so no more version upgrades every now and then) and Manjaro proved to be reliable and hassle free for three years now on my hardware (a Thinkpad T450s laptop).
I have mainly used Arch in the past (or Arch based distros) and i have become fairly familiar with the packetmanaging and some basic terminal stuff. But lastly i heard a lot of positive stuff about Fedora and i am thinking whether i should try it out. Is it that big of a difference to the user compared to Arch?
Fedora is a desktop OS for me because I like how cutting edge it is, yet it is really stable. I don't bother with command line managing my Fedora laptops.
For servers, I use Debian and manage that all via the command line (like what you mentioned with package management).
I've been using Fedora Silverblue and really like it. It's basically Fedora Workstation, but immutable so that I can't destroy my install when I do silly things.
steve mookie kong
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JoYo
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I used to run servers with Fedora and CentOS. But, like you, it was always janky. Debian just works so much better for server.
Ben
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It’s been a while since I’ve played with openSUSE. I need to give it another try. Are you using the rolling release Tumbleweed?
Ben
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Nice! Will have to give Tumbleweed a try on one of my laptops.
Bryan Redeagle
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steve mookie kong
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✊ That’s what I use for my servers.
Krista, Darth Moose Shark
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in reply to Krista, Darth Moose Shark • • •@grrrr_shark I installed Debian on my son’s laptop, and left him to it. He began configuring all sorts of stuff, happily sudo-ing all over the machine. I had to alert him to the dangers of rm -rf.
He already despises Windows, and it just occurred to me that now he probably can’t ever use MacOS either, because he’d just be annoyed at the golden handcuffs.
I’ve created another Linux user…
steve mookie kong
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Thanks really awesome!
steve mookie kong
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Hehe. Kids!
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Sam
in reply to steve mookie kong • • •Aurora; based on Fedora and the Universal Blue projects. Or other Universal Blue distros like Bazzite for gaming. I just think this image based model is the future of Linux.
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Linux Is Best
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I want the current software, but I want it to be stable, and I want it to be so easy to use, that your grandma could use it.
Bryan Redeagle
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No snap nonsense is a winning feature.
Dave Thacker
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I have a T450s in storage. Great machine!
Chewie
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Fedora is a desktop OS for me because I like how cutting edge it is, yet it is really stable. I don't bother with command line managing my Fedora laptops.
For servers, I use Debian and manage that all via the command line (like what you mentioned with package management).
It depends on what you're use case is.
Frederik Noeske
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I've been using Fedora Silverblue and really like it. It's basically Fedora Workstation, but immutable so that I can't destroy my install when I do silly things.