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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I dualboot Windows 10 Pro and Fedora 38 KDE Spin on my home desktop.

I use Fedora for programming and to administer my other systems (Minecraft server, NAS, Raspberry Pi), and Windows for gaming.

I plan to move gaming to Linux too, but so far I've been too lazy to make the jump. I'm also not sure if I should go with an extra install of Arch or just try to do it on my Fedora.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

macOS, and after having to use virtual desktops on windows for work, I appreciate macs spaces implementation so much more.

I have windows 11 on my gaming computer and that’s fine with a third party clipboard manager, and powertoys.

Windows 10 in the office even with powertoys and a third party clipboard manager still annoys me.

The virtual desktop includes all monitors as one desktop. If you switch one screen to a different desktop it switches all of them. On my Mac I can switch per screen with a swipe.

Also the virtual desktop overview is laggy so moving windows between virtual desktops is a pain. Furthermore in that overview you can only move windows between the same monitors virtual desktop, you can move across monitors for whatever reason.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Fedora, first I just went with it to try it, but now I stick with it. It's great because things just work, and I haven't come across problems I didn't know how to fix.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think there's a single "main" computer anymore. My home computer is Linux Mint Cinnamon. My mobile computer (which I use nearly as much as my desktop OS) is Android.

My next smartphone is going to allow installing a privacy-respecting custom ROM (because Linux on mobile really isn't there yet). Once I do that, I'll focus on f-droid apps only. Something to look forward to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I dual boot Arch Linux and Windows 10, which came preinstalled and is pretty much only used for games at this times.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Usually Linux Mint and Windows 11, but recently installed Manjaro on my Linux partitions to check it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Debian Bookworm (with MATE as desktop environment, and i3 as window manager).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Fedora KDE feels like the perfect blend of customization and stability for me. Oh, and the packages are up to date. I have been on Linux since the early 2000's and finally stopped distrohoping with Fedora about 1 year ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

FreeBSD 13 and Fedora KDE spin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Linux all the way, using OpenSuse

[–] MooseBoys 3 points 2 years ago

Windows 11 for my gaming PC. Debian running KDE Plasma for my work PC. Debian without a DE for my various home lab PCs.

[–] mobcharacter 3 points 2 years ago

I've been using Windows 11 and Ubuntu with dual boot on my laptop, but a few days ago I tried Linux Mint, and it's awesome. Now I plan to switch from Ubuntu to Linux Mint.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Windows 11 for gaming PC, Windows 10 for work laptop, Mac OS for personal laptop and Fedora for my old laptop. Also using both Ubuntu and Rocky Linux for servers. Steam Deck is still on Steam OS, Pi's use Raspberry Pi OS (aka raspbian). I don't really have a 'main' computer as it mostly depends where I am and what I'm doing.

I'm pretty comfortable with any OS at this point, even on mobile devices (both Android and iOS/iPad OS). I'm not a big fan of Windows but it pays the bills working in IT. I was in the process of migrating servers away from Ubuntu and onto Rocky (rip CentOS) although with the recent changes in Red Hat Land... We'll see how the rest of the migration progresses.

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[–] astropenguin5 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Windows 10 + linux mint dual booted on my desktop which is my current main, but I have windows 11 on my laptop that will become my main computer because college. Unfortunately windows 11 is required, i dont even know if stuff like solidworks that i will have to use would run on linux. I am also just more used to windows in general

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use Gentoo because it's quite customizable. What's more, building a whole system from source is more secureπŸ˜„.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Windows 10 but I use WSL for VS code and docker.

I love Linux, 20+ years I’d use, but the desktop experience is inferior to Win/Mac in my opinion. I do hope that changes though.

[–] indepndnt 3 points 2 years ago

My desktop runs Linux (Ubuntu), and I have a Win 10 and a MacOS virtual machine on it for when those are needed. I also have a Windows 11 laptop that's nearly also "main" because I do need to be mobile a lot. Increasingly, RDC from my desktop to the laptop is replacing the VM. I have spent a lot of time trying to set them both up to be able to do anything I need to do on either machine, but I greatly prefer my desktop when I'm in my office because I built it for myself for my birthday and it's kind of overpowered. 😁

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Fedora Linux with either Gnome or Sway depending on the device.

[–] owsei 3 points 2 years ago

xubuntu cuz im too lazy rn to configure anything else than vim

[–] Venomnik0 3 points 2 years ago

I use Gentoo. It's nice and comfy and I can actually control what I want to do on there.

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[–] pixelprimer 3 points 2 years ago

Fedora, used Arch for many years but decided to try it out and have really enjoyed it. After Red Hats RHEL decisions I might swap to arch or nix os.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Debian Unstable on my laptops and desktop, Debian Stable on my server, Windows 10 is dual booted on my desktop for gaming.

[–] jetsetdorito 3 points 2 years ago

Windows.. for gaming on my desktop and Photoshop on my laptop.. I know there's alternatives, but not without compromise

[–] kartonrealista 3 points 2 years ago

I have win11 and Pop_OS! on separate drives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

For everything but VR, Arch Linux with KDE Plasma. For VR, Windows 10

I've played VR on Linux before with my Vive but it's definitely not feature complete yet. I just got Knuckles for it though so I've been using the Vive with them a lot recently, so I might start trying it more often. The lack of desktop view in SteamVR on Linux is really annoying though (I got it to work once, but that was the only thing that worked at the time lol)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Linux Mint. When it first came out, it was the first distro where sound and wifi worked out of the box on fresh installations by shipping with restricted drivers. It made installations so easy that I just stopped trying other distros.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Dual boot Windows 11 and EndeavourOS on KDE

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Proxmox.

I spin up VM's and pass through my graphics card. If I'm studying I'll but into kbuntu. If I'm playing or streaming video games, windows 10. I also have several VMs for different purposes. A Win10 with quicken for tracking family expenses. A Proxmox backup server to house backup images from my primary Proxmox cluster, using three old PCs. As an example.

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[–] Zozano 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Fedora Workstation 38. Dual boot Windows on a separate drive, but this is solely for gaming. I know gaming on Linux has gotten better, but I want the best experience, which is much easier on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Debian Bookworm, I like to live on the edge. The extremely stable edge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Windows 10 dual boot with crystalOS for coding

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[–] frantisek 3 points 2 years ago

MacOS Ventura

[–] TheL3mur 3 points 2 years ago

EndeavourOS with GNOME!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Arch on desktop and laptop, debian on server.

Have to use Win 11 on my work laptop though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure which one is my main. I have an old MacBook Air, haven't updated the OS in a long time because I got tired of MacOS becoming merged with iOS. I have a desktop that dual boots between Windows 10 and Ubuntu. I use them all about the same amount. Honestly, I use my phone more than either.

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