I’ve messed around with Linux before, mostly in VMs, but I’m looking to switch over from Windows permanently on my laptop because I think Linux is cool.
Most people in this community talk about pros and cons of this distro or this other distro, but I’d like to hear your opinions based on entirely subjective factors.
I think Arch is neat, I think Ubuntu isn’t as neat, why? Who knows. Tell me about how you chose a specific distro because you thought the name was cool or because it ships with some completely unknown utility no one uses.
Tell me about how you chose a specific distro because you thought the name was cool or because it ships with some completely unknown utility no one uses.
Alpine Linux: musl, minimal, fast
OpenBSD: correctness, simplicity, easy to use
Arch.
Neat logo, and adding IAmCandy in pacman’s config file enables a pacman when downloading packages
But the real reason is that it’s on the bleeding edge… if there’s a new feature in a program, I can use it today.
And if (when) something doesn’t work, I can raise a ticket or even contribute to the work, get it fixed and get on with my life.
Debian and all it’s derivatives are still using applications from <insert vague hand waving gesture> “years ago”.
I like lizard, i use tumbleweed
I have a tendency to use “DIY” systems, basically systems that leave the administration up to me, and either have a minimal base or a customizable, powerful but convenient installer. Then comes the package manager’s strengths and weaknesses, and the package repository and its release cycles.
My favorite OSes of all are:
- NixOS
- FreeBSD
- Arch/Endeavour
- Debian
- To some extend Alpine
I never used Gentoo so I don’t classify it, but i believe I would like it a lot if I used it.
And yeah, I have a logo bias lmao. NixOS, FreeBSD and Debian have amazing logos. Something that is neat is when a distro has multiple kernel versions in the repository.
I usually don’t order my distros on the rocks, so they’re all neat.
