Discussion Any Linux people here?

[shrizoid]

I use Windows on my main computer, but I also run a server with Ubuntu server, another one with TrueNas and a third one with Ubuntu desktop, to top it off I usually use a Chromebook as a light task really portable pc!

Yeah I use an 11inch macbook air with mint, it feels liek a cute machine, closest I'll get to a UMPC and I love it

I have been using Linux for around 4-5 years. Right now I'm using fedora for a year.

The windows was super laggy on my older laptop and i like how i can tweak things with linux.

I initially messed around a lot and broke the system way too often. I don't do much these days and it's stable lol

What type of specs did that laptop have and what winver were you using?
I also gave fedora a go but tbh I didn't enjoy GNOME much and tbh fedora just feels meh to me, I know you can probably use other DEs with it but that distro never resonated with me

I use the Linux Mint 22 on an old laptop. This laptop is about 12 years old so Windows was a little bit slow and Windows 11 doesn't even work with this.

I have tried Damn Small Linux on a computer from 1997. It actually worked.

I forgot that Mint 22 exists now, I stay on 20.3 because 21 and above feels ruined for me, I hate that metacity was fucked off a few years ago

The first distro I used was debian if I don't count trying out Slax, that was when I was a teenager. Currently, I'm using Ubuntu mainly because I have fairly new hardware and with Ubuntu it mostly works (I had to wait for an update for the touchpad to work and I still can't change the brightness of the screen, but that's a detail).

Slax? Haven't heard of that one tbh, I avoid Ubuntu as well since it just feels meh to me, but since it's still very popular I'm sure it isnt that bad of a distro, idk any other reasons people hate on it other than snap

Linux Mint.
I have it on dual boot (with Windows 10 being the other one, unfortunately...) because I was afraid I might need some Windows software for university at some point.
The main reason I switched was some kind of deep paranoia onset in August this year, so... security and privacy I suppose.

Also, Windows sucks.

Has windows updating ever ruined your Mint partition?
I hear alot that windows destroys linux dualboots alot but I've never dualbooted linux with windows for long since I don't like dualbooting much

I love linux and wish it supported gaming more. I love the privacy and customization of linux so much.

Sadly, I am stuck on Windows as I game too much.

I use windows 10 on my main PC mainly do to gaming as well, Linux is great for alot of older and more simple titles though so it goes on some of my laptops

I like Debian.

I dailied Debian for a good amount of time, great OS but their pre-historic update times can get annoying and I hear alot of others complain about that as well

 

[MidnightCat]

Yeah I use an 11inch macbook air with mint, it feels liek a cute machine, closest I'll get to a UMPC and I love it

What type of specs did that laptop have and what winver were you using?
I also gave fedora a go but tbh I didn't enjoy GNOME much and tbh fedora just feels meh to me, I know you can probably use other DEs with it but that distro never resonated with me

I forgot that Mint 22 exists now, I stay on 20.3 because 21 and above feels ruined for me, I hate that metacity was fucked off a few years ago

Slax? Haven't heard of that one tbh, I avoid Ubuntu as well since it just feels meh to me, but since it's still very popular I'm sure it isnt that bad of a distro, idk any other reasons people hate on it other than snap

Has windows updating ever ruined your Mint partition?
I hear alot that windows destroys linux dualboots alot but I've never dualbooted linux with windows for long since I don't like dualbooting much

I use windows 10 on my main PC mainly do to gaming as well, Linux is great for alot of older and more simple titles though so it goes on some of my laptops

I dailied Debian for a good amount of time, great OS but their pre-historic update times can get annoying and I hear alot of others complain about that as well

That macbook with mint sounds really cool! Great combination!

 

[noname37]

I still use it on my home servers, Debian specifically, but not really for desktop usage. Linux is still unbeatable for server use. For desktop usage I use Windows 11 with as much of the nonsense disabled as possible. Windows 11 is hardly perfect and I still miss the glory days of Windows XP, 7, and 2000, but for me personally, desktop Linux still has a ways to go. I tried Mac in the past and it just wasn't my thing.

With that being said when it comes to desktop Linux I like using Ubuntu with XFCE. Distros don't matter all that much, except for maybe Gentoo and Arch. I just use Ubuntu cause it has the most support and is quite stable in my experience. Snaps aren't a problem for me and you can easily remove them.
As for XFCE I like how lightweight and fast it is, it just feels the most robust for me. Cinnamon is quite nice as well.

My first exposure to Linux was sometime back in 2008. I remember the school computer lab had an ancient version of Ubuntu, back when it still used GNOME 2 and it very much intrigued me.

 

[shrizoid]

That macbook with mint sounds really cool! Great combination!

Yes it's so tiny I love it alot, thanks

 

[MidnightCat]

Yes it's so tiny I love it alot, thanks

Huge pcs with 2/3 monitors are great if you need to multitask.

But people tend to forget about the benefits of the small form factor, battery lasts a lot more, they're way easier to carry around and use in a pinch.

It's nice to see someone who also appreciate them!

 

[ebg]

I used Linux Mint for about a year and I also have a cheap laptop I bought to test Kali Linux on. I returned to Windows because I couldn't install certain things.

 

[shrizoid]

Huge pcs with 2/3 monitors are great if you need to multitask.

But people tend to forget about the benefits of the small form factor, battery lasts a lot more, they're way easier to carry around and use in a pinch.

It's nice to see someone who also appreciate them!

I mean i have a pc with 2 monitors too, but i still love my mac, only thing is that its from 2012 so the battery isnt too great and on top of that, linux isnt good with battery life on laptops most of the time as well

 

[ben_]

Slax, Damn Small Linux, ... You guys bring back memories..

I avoid Ubuntu as well since it just feels meh to me

My main gripe with APT-based distros is that they tend to do too much. You install something, bam, it's running. But I said install, not install and run. Also, they sometimes make way too many modifications to packages. I like to use the software the way it was created, not the way the packager likes it to be. I can totally see how this can appeal to someone else, though. It really is about taste.

 

[shrizoid]

Slax, Damn Small Linux, ... You guys bring back memories..


My main gripe with APT-based distros is that they tend to do too much. You install something, bam, it's running. But I said install, not install and run. Also, they sometimes make way too many modifications to packages. I like to use the software the way it was created, not the way the packager likes it to be. I can totally see how this can appeal to someone else, though. It really is about taste.

Weird, I don't really remember dealing with the auto run thing but I've only dailied 2 apt-based distros (debian and mint)

 

[ben_]

Weird, I don't really remember dealing with the auto run thing but I've only dailied 2 apt-based distros (debian and mint)

Maybe it's not the case anymore. But it used to be that if you installed e.g. Apache HTTPD, it would start the service right away.

 

[shrizoid]

Maybe it's not the case anymore. But it used to be that if you installed e.g. Apache HTTPD, it would start the service right away.

When was this?

 

[itistoomoot2beit]

I get attached to the distro I use, and no matter what can't change.

Last time I switched into my current distro is after I finally decided to ctb but changed my mind the last moment. I was flying back home that I was sb and installed it using hacked airport wifi.

 

[shrizoid]

I get attached to the distro I use, and no matter what can't change.

Last time I switched into my current distro is after I finally decided to ctb but changed my mind the last moment. I was flying back home that I was sb and installed it using hacked airport wifi.

Is the distro left ambiguous on purpose

 

[itistoomoot2beit]

Is the distro left ambiguous on purpose

kinda yes lol. people often guess so much wrong stuffs just by knowing distro.

 

[shrizoid]

kinda yes lol. people often guess so much wrong stuffs just by knowing distro.

alr

 

[ben_]

When was this?

It's probably still the case, I can see people asking about it, e.g. this thread.

kinda yes lol. people often guess so much wrong stuffs just by knowing distro.

People guess so much wrong? I'm guessing Tails or Kali then

 

[itistoomoot2beit]

People guess so much wrong? I'm guessing Tails or Kali then

neither.

 

[L9my]

I've used (in order):

1. Ubuntu
2. Archcraft
3. EndeavorOS
4. Ubuntu again
5. Kubuntu
6. EndeavorOS

I've really enjoyed using EndeavorOS, it might just be baby's first arch based distro, but it hasn't broken on me yet.

EndeavorOS is great because the way I have it set up, it uses way less memory than windows and doesn't force me to interact with bullshit.

 

[shrizoid]

I've used (in order):

1. Ubuntu
2. Archcraft
3. EndeavorOS
4. Ubuntu again
5. Kubuntu
6. EndeavorOS

I've really enjoyed using EndeavorOS, it might just be baby's first arch based distro, but it hasn't broken on me yet.

EndeavorOS is great because the way I have it set up, it uses way less memory than windows and doesn't force me to interact with bullshit.

I gave EndeavorOS a go before, it was alright, I really liked the aesthetics of it

 

[EmptyBottle]

I use Peppermint OS, ever since 2023. At first I used it in VM, then installed it alongside windows on a server laptop (and eventually had to reinstall coz I lazily changed permissions to allow all access in /etc (when changing in /var like that didn't show errors somehow).

I now have it installed on a Desktop, and 2 laptops (the first laptop, I accidentally had the Documents folder selected when I confirmed delete... and after ext4magic and testdisk tried their best, I didn't boot that copy of Peppermint again)

However, it has been smooth sailing on the Desktop and current laptop; I rarely use Windows anymore.

I use Peppermint OS, based on Debian, and it works quite well. SSH can be better than remote desktop, but Rustdesk is an excellent tool for remote desktop.

I installed puzzle games, ran a chat and coding related site (more about mini code projects than blogging about it), typed Documents with it, and do most (if not all) of my work and web browsing on it, smoothly.

Unlike Windows 10, having no swap and no antivirus actually boosts performance. Common sense is a more effective antivirus imo (eg, don't enter password onto thesanctionedsuicide.net, only sanctioned-suicide.net, assuming the first one is phishing and the 2nd one, what I'm on... is legit)

Oops, I replied to such a question before. But I didn't list some things to be careful of (like removing nvidia drivers to install different ones... not worth the hassle)*

*PS: Driver Booster on Windows removed a camera driver... even windows isn't immune to driver issues.

 

[MatiSendiri]

Dual boot of linux mint xfce and windows 10 ltsc here. Have been using them for 3 months. So far its fun using both of them, although I'd like to change os again since linux mint xfce isn't the best on touchscreen devices.

 

[Forveleth]

Linux Mint Cinnamon. Switched during lockdown (I had time to kill so I learned to use it). I have an old computer that was starting to get bogged down with all of Windows' bullshit. I also started to have privacy concerns with Windows 10. I have now put it on everything I own, including a Surface. I thought about checking out other distros but Mint is working so well for me I probably will not bother with it.

My next goal is to learn self-hosting and get a home server set up. Never done anything like that before though so I have a lot to learn.

 

[Pluto]

 

[shampoo sniffer]

I was a Linux user for about 3 years, I loved every minute of it. I was just a casual user (my pref was for Mint) but it was such a relief from the monstrosity that is Windows. Sadly I had to go back to Winblows because I needed to use programmes that had no Linux equivalent. I really miss it.

 

[EmptyBottle]

I was a Linux user for about 3 years, I loved every minute of it. I was just a casual user (my pref was for Mint) but it was such a relief from the monstrosity that is Windows. Sadly I had to go back to Winblows because I needed to use programmes that had no Linux equivalent. I really miss it.

I dual boot for scenarios like that. Microsoft SQL server being a notable example (for uni). That way, one keeps the benefits of both OSs (freedom and tooling)

 

[Grav]

I am on linux machines for work but since I'm not an admin I don't really care too much about it since I'll never be doing anything with the guts of it. If I retire everything I know will gladly be erased from my brain.

 

[noreason.toexist]

I am getting a new computer soon, and I've seen a lot about cachyOS. Can anyone vouch for it?
I absolutely do not want to get Windows 11, which is why I am thinking of making the switch.

I was dual booting Ubuntu on my old PC as well, so I think the switch should be easy.

 

[EmptyBottle]

I am getting a new computer soon, and I've seen a lot about cachyOS. Can anyone vouch for it?
I absolutely do not want to get Windows 11, which is why I am thinking of making the switch.

I was dual booting Ubuntu on my old PC as well, so I think the switch should be easy.

While I personally never tried CachyOS, (I tried SpiralPlasma, cool... Void OS... nice and simple, DSL Linux, nice and retro, antiX, probably got the no desktop version, unfortunately... or idk how to get to GUI on it) these sites have their opinions on it:

I Tried CachyOS, and Now It Might Be My New Main Distro

At first glance, CachyOS looks like another "Arch Linux but Easy" distro, but here's why I'm such a fan of it.

www.howtogeek.com

CachyOS isn't for beginners but it's great for those looking to get into Arch Linux

This fast Arch-based Linux distribution aims to serve users of all types. Minus one small shortcoming, it hits that mark.

www.zdnet.com

 

[nobodycaresaboutme]

Ubuntu, for years, and a Raspeberry Pi. I have several computers and all the preinstalled Windows are already removed. Microsoft needs to refund me the license fee
I love Linux because almost all of errors and troubles can be fixed after some searchs on DDG. Proprietary software is trying to hide even what is happening behind the "Something went wrong" uninformative error messages.