Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition
- very stable - I haven't managed to break it yet
- lets me focus on getting shit done.
- very little system maintenance required, just applying updated
- feels like there's a gui for everything
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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Arch Linux
- AUR
- Great Wiki
- It just works comparing to other distros like Ubuntu
- My home PC for programming, I just love it
- I'm not a heavy gamer but games are much better on Arch Linux, including Steam Deck
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Fedora
- Better defaults than Ubuntu
- Stable enough for production servers
- I have many self hosted apps and containers and I have only a few issues time to time which is easily fixable
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Debian
- It's just stable and fast
- My 2 servers are running on debian for years without any single issue
- Great Wiki
- It just works comparing to other distros like Ubuntu
- My home PC for programming, I just love it
- I’m not a heavy gamer but games are much better on Arch Linux, including Steam Deck
Sometimes, I feel sick of such simplistic questions. They look like they're just for triggering people to response.
Alpine Linux Hyperbola OpenBSD
Last is not linux based though.
Arch
It's lightweight and efficient
Arch is also not more lightweight than other distributions.
With Arch, unlike other distributions, there are no extra dev packages. Thus, everything is present in a single package, so they require more storage space.
Arch's packages also have fixed dependencies on other packages, which in turn have other dependencies. So you can't only install what you actually want, which is often claimed. For example, I would like to uninstall various Bluetooth packages, but I can't because they are dependencies for packages I use.
The basic installation including base-devel requires more than 1 GB of storage space without the GUI. Some distributions need less including the GUI.
There are indeed more lightweight distros. But if you want something that "works out of the box", contrary to, say, PuppyLinux or Gentoo, then Arch is interesting.
It is however harder to configure than Fedora, Manjaro, SuSE, etc. It's a great inbetween.
Thanks to Pacman and the AUR there is an extensive list of apps to install very easily.
And you don't have to keep the build dependencies on your system, so you have more disk space.
Personally, I currently prefer Arch for the following reasons.
- AUR
- The Wiki
- The many vanilla packages
- Because you can easily create your own packages with the PKBGUILD files.
- Because, based on my own experience, Arch is quite usable despite the current packages.
If I had to choose another distribution, it would definitely be OpenSuse. Their rolling version, Tumbleweed, is also highly recommended.
Zorin OS
It is a very clean and neat Linux distro.
It is easily customizable (via a preinstalled app) and is intuitive for Windows and MacOS users.
There is no need to tweak anything to get it working
Debian
- It’s just stable and fast
- My 2 servers are running on debian for years without any single issue
Fedora
- Better defaults than Ubuntu
- Stable enough for production servers
- I have many self hosted apps and containers and I have only a few issues time to time which is easily fixable
Debian and FreeBSD
Wtf is going on here
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endeavourOS
- arch + installer + an awesome community
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spiral linux
- debian + btrfs + snapper with snapshots in grub
- I run it with sid and the snapshots are great if anything goes wrong with an upgrade
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