What distro do you use?
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@pacopata
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@pacopata I just looked around at Sparky Linux, Now I'm curious about GNOME Shell Sparky 4.x Minimal ISO, I might play around with it on an old PC that's been chillin in my closet..
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Kubuntu, with KDE5.
It's quite comfy to use, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for something serious.
I sometimes tell myself I should switch to OpenSUSE some day. -
Linux Mint 18.1 with Cinnamon. It works great to me. Install lot of software and it's already fast and stable (actual pc is not that performing hardware). Plans for the future is Mint on KDE... when i buy new pc, and try some distro's (Manjaro, Antergos) with this one that i'm using now.
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I recently switched to Elementary OS, a distro that is closest to having good design in usability and aesthetics, and has made me even more enthusiastic about trying to switch to Linux for good. I've been using Linux Mint Cinnamon since version 18 came out, and while it's good, I find that Elementary OS has the best user-friendliness, best stock theme, the Pantheon desktop is very lightweight, fast and works very well, and everything more or less worked out of the box without me having to configure a whole lot of stuff. It was very much an "it just works" experience that I had gotten with the Mac when I use to own one from 2009-2013, except when it came to Beats Audio on my laptop(which could be fixed with external speakers).
It's possible that it's perfection in usability, user-friendliness, consistent interface and design, could make Elementary OS usurp Linux Mint from the "best desktop distribution" for 2017, according to Jack Wallen. I don't know about 2017, but it's definitely coming along and I see great potential in it. You can check his review of Elementary OS Loki here, which he describes it as "Linux Nirvana".
I believe it's this kind of design and innovation in the Linux desktop that we need draw users in and grow. I'm excited about this, and hope that Vivaldi will someday integrate into eOS' Human Interface Guidelines for users if it grows on it. I know Electron apps aren't allowed in eOS' AppCenter, as they want native apps, so I'm not sure a Node.js app like Vivaldi would pass, but there have been a bunch of integrated apps not in the AppCenter before.
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My Linux OS History Summary.
Lappy's SSD:
Linux Mint 17.x KDE4 [12/7/14 - 16/9/16];
Linux Mint 18 x64 Xfce+Compiz [< 25/12/16];
Maui Linux 1.0 - 2.1 x64 Plasma 5.8.4 [<16/3/17];
Maui Linux 17.03 x64 Plasma 5.9.3 [<18/6/17];
openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma 5.10.3Tower's SSD:
Linux Mint 17.3 x64 KDE 4.14.2 [7/6/15 - 26/9/16];
Maui Linux 1.0 - 2.1 x64 Plasma 5.8.4 [<5/3/17];
Maui Linux 17.03 x64 Plasma 5.9.3 [<11/7/17];
Maui Linux 17.06 x64 Plasma 5.10.2 [<22/7/17];
openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma 5.10.3Being the rolling-release paradigm, TW KDE on both PCs is now at Plasma 5.11.2, & i suspect will get to 5.11.3 within a week.
Am simply loving TW KDE. Can't say enough good things about it.
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I use Raspbian on Raspberry Pi 3.
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Ubuntu under WSL
Sometimes SSHing into a CentOS server.
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I mainly use Windows 10, but i do have eine machines running openSUSE Tumbleweed. I tried PureOS and Fedora, but I like Suse.
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Ubuntu for my desktop, but i prefer CentOS for all my servers.
At home also i have a laptop with Zorin OS Ultimate. Easy to use and really fast on low spec computers. Puppy Linux is allways with me in a pendrive, ready to use when i need it.
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desktop: arch -> gentoo (as time permits)
travel laptop: win8 + arch dual boot
serious laptop: win8 + arch dual bootserver: esxi -> fbsd + bhyve (as time/hardware upgrades permit)
-> terminal server: 2012R2
-> sandbox: win7 x86
-> file/app server: debian
-> dvr: ubuntu, soon to be defunct (only because zoneminder is the worst to get running properly on other builds) -
Fedora Design Suite 27
Fedora Workstation + Photo, Video, Audio, Raster/Vector Graphics, DTP. Just add WebDev Apps and good to go*Everything a Web/Graphic Designer would need to kick Microsoft, Apple and Adobe to the curb!
This is why I switched to Open Source & Linux: Freedom, Privacy, Security, User Control of Everything.
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I'm a newbie so I keep it simple. For now I use Linux Mint.
Most of you speak a foreign language to me. For the most
part I have no idea as to what you are saying. -
Xubuntu.
I like the xfwm4 window manager but remove the xfce4-panel and use plank and tint2. -
@steffie Approaching 12 months on from that earlier post, & status for both PCs now is:
Linux Manjaro [Stable branch] 18.0.0 KDE Plasma 5.14.1.
Very very noice!
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I'm enjoying Lubuntu right now on my main PC. It's small and simple, And it's great for older computers. The only browser I use is Vivaldi, Lubuntu comes with Firefox...Slow as molasses on Lubuntu, so I removed it.
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Archlabs linux, Xubuntu, MXLinux-17
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Kubuntu 18.04 LTS Plasma
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@mahrakib said in What distro do you use?:
Archlabs linux
Interesting; shall look at this in a VM out of curiosity.
OT a bit: Today out of that same [but rather morbid] curiosity i downloaded & setup in a VM the RC of ReactOS. OMZ; it took me back decades. Tis extraordinarily hard to see any rational use-case for this. I quite enjoyed this three year old comment i found abut it; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10748961
I've always been strangely fascinated by this project. I don't understand it. I appreciate the technical skill involved, and the amount of effort expended. But, I can't imagine working on it.
From my perspective, Windows is an inferior system to any UNIX-based system on almost every front. It has a very strong application ecosystem, but technically it's unpleasant to work on (for me). So, given that, if there's something I want an OS to do that Linux can't do, I would be motivated to work on making Linux able to do that thing so I could do that thing on an Open Source OS I enjoy using, rather than work on replicating Windows so I could do that thing on an open source OS I don't enjoy using.
But, it seems there are people who genuinely enjoy Windows more than Linux (or BSD), and are willing to work for 17 years in pursuit of being able to run an Open Source Windows version. I admire them for it, but still can't understand it.