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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What distro(s) do you use? (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by owatnext to c/[email protected]

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What Linux distribution or distributions do you personally use?

I myself am a daily Void user. I used to use Devuan, but wanted to try rolling release and ended up loving Void!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm using Mageia at home.
I like its stability, and ease to do almost anything with CCM.

Also Raspbian on a raspberry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mageia is one I really liked, but felt limited with the package manager, or more precisely the repository.

I will definitely try it again. It seems so solid yet underrated. I love that it uses .rpm, because it opens up a world of software without the pain of installing from an archive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What was missing/limiting you in the repo ?

Yes, it's very stable.
A new release is coming in the next weeks/months, maybe a good opportunity to try it again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do not remember, probably something I don't even use anymore.

Anyways, stability is more important than anything else. I don't want to be good at troubleshooting my OS, I just want it to work! I have gotten comfortable with installing software manually.