What if the perfect distro were the configs we made along the way?
But like…yeah, that’s kinda it IMO. None of the distros come out of the box absolutely perfect for me and my use case, but Debian is close enough, well-documented enough, and flexible enough to be configured into a “perfect distro”. I haven’t really had a reason to distro-hop on any of the systems I installed Debian on.
I keep switching between Debian and Arch cause they’re very different but both close to perfection. I think I’ll stay on Arch for my gaming PC (newer drivers) and Debian on my laptop (just works).
I need newer software versions for my work
Understood, although I have had good luck with either using the Flatpak or installing the .deb distributed by the app developer for packages where the Debian version is too old.
I haven’t really had a reason to distro-hop on any of the systems I installed Debian on.
MX has entered the chat
There’s no single perfect distro.
Some are stable, some run light. Some are fully featured. Some are bleeding edge.
And some are for plotting world domination.
But there’s only one for saving the world.
Wrong, my distro is the perfect distro, everyone else is just adding to fragmentation
So, you’re on the world domination kick.
and them there’s nixOS being everything that you said
Dude. Why are you telling people how to stop me?!
Arch can be whatever you want it to be 😇 you just have to form it yourself.
i tried that with the GF. she laughed. hysterically.
Nice😏
she uses hanah montana linux
Thats umbuntu base? 😳
Kubuntu, with Debian apt and kde
Endeavor. It’s just Arch but approachable, or Manjaro without the AUR issues
My experience tends to be
For me it’s become all about convenience. Is Ctrl-Alt-T preconfigured to open a terminal? Can I move it around with Super-[arrows]? Are all the drivers and codecs I need in the standard repos? No (or little enough) bloatware? Then I’ve found a distro for me. I don’t care about anything else anymore.
so anything kde
Fedora KDE Spin also does not have a lot of the mentioned feature. I don’t think it’s about the de but more about the maintainers
MABOX Linux may be the distro for you!
The perfect distro doesn’t exist, YOU make it then you add it to distrowatch
the only perfect distro is gentoo
Weird way to spell NixOS but ok
We all end up using fedora.
Fedora made me stop hopping.
I’m distro hopping because Ubuntu was perfect for me in basically every way, but I don’t want to be locked to a closed distro…
I haven’t found anything I like yet, and I don’t have the skills (or motivation) to make core Debian feel the same.
I’ll probably end up back on Ubuntu, at least for my server machine… it just worked the way I wanted it to, and the ui was lovely for me. Plus it’s stable enough that I can just keep it up indefinitely without issue.
I use Ubuntu too, because it works and has wide compatibility for everything, any software that supports Linux is generally tested on Ubuntu, etc. I use Ubuntu because if I tried anything else I’d end up becoming a distro hopper lol
Debian. It gets shit done.
NixOS for the exact same Reason.
At some Point you just stop hopping.
Ironically i started using NixOS in order to distrohop. I thought it’d be nice to have everything in one config file so i can easily recreate my system if one of my hops explodes.
Well, that didn’t quite go as planned. Using it for 2 years now.
Remember the famous meme scene in Skyrim where you wake up for the first time?
Debian is the horse and cart you don’t even pay attention to but faithfully and reliably carries you where you need to go. It may be old, but its careful and safe and won’t harm you.
Arch is just an angry pissed off dragon. Very powerful. Good luck taming it.
where you need to go
My execution. That’s where it carries me. A black screen of death. The only thing that can save me is:
I haven’t been converted to a Linux person just yet but I love all the watamote around here
Try linux mint in your free time :)
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This is why I own 10 guitars 😅
And why I own 6 bicycles (yes, they’re all necessary).
I’m jealous of that actually! I have a nice Jamis hybrid that I setup for commute but I would really love something built for speed for when I’m taking things serious during the summer. I’m not into trails riding so a second ride would be enough, plus I live in Michigan where it’s winter almost half the year.
Ok let’s guess
Track bike, road bike, mountain bike, fat tire, ebike, and a BMX?
Like damn, do you ever walk?
Fixed gear gravel bike, vintage road bike, vintage MTB, touring bike, folding bike and cargo e-bike.
Yeah but you have two daily drivers. Admit it.
3 lol. The schecter E1 FR S is my main baby but I do reach for my S series Ibanez when I still want speed but with the half the weight and my Fender Strat for that classic sound.
I hop and hop but always return to POP
Eh, I feel everyone has a main distro, and experimental side distros. Am I wrong?
I still try interesting distros but the ones I daily drive are usually Arch or Tumbleweed (Void linux came close)
My favourite arch based distro is CachyOS so far, been working really well for me for the past 5 months or so.
Arch is the answer. Arch is the way.
