Debian with fluxbox, cause I am tired and want things to just work and not change.
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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Bazzite on desktop because it actually just works and headless Debian on my server because stuff like CoreOS is such a pain in the ass with SELinux.
i dual boot windows and solus linux. it was a good distro when i got it but the lack of support has made me just use the windows side for a while now
Fedora KDE for half a year now
Debian on my workshop computer
Debian on my Minecraft/plex server
Debian on my NAS
EndeavourOS on my old laptop that I fuck around with
Linux Mint Debian Edition.
Opensuse tumbleweed Plasma 6
debian so i don't have to do anything 
Void Linux
I have two devices, one runs Arch and the other runs Gentoo. Arch because I got used to it a while ago and really like the flexibility, and Gentoo because I took it as a challenge and ended up liking it.
only 72 comments? come on everyone, those are rookie numbers
Mint out of simplicity and ease of use because I've still got my training wheels on.
Will use Bazzite soon as I've just recently got myself a handheld but I haven't had the energy to tinker around on it just yet.
Just slap proxmox on it and use them all
I think I went Ubuntu > Xubuntu > Mint > Lubuntu > Kubuntu > Arch (LXQt) > Arch (DWM)
Mint was great as a relatively new linux user. LXQt is fantastic on old hardware. After KDE I really wanted to try a tiling window manager, really enjoying it so far.
i usually just use debian but im lazy lately so i started using mx (debian with some convenience tools), no complaints
Fedora, because it works so well. I use the GNOME desktop because I need the bigger UI elements to use a computer effectively, and I like the workspaces. It's also Fedora's default, and is really seamless.
Fedora gnome. For many years
CachyOS btw.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu LTS on server
Zorin, because it's very slim for my shit ass laptop. To be honest, it gives me grief sometimes, and I thought about switching until the other day when I needed to turn my laptop into a router, and it only took me about 2 clicks, because it was built into the network manager.
Arch (btw)
Arch, but I don't really use desktop linux very much. On servers I usually run debian
At this moment I'm using fedora with KDE and I'm quite enjoying it. It blends together the pros of rolling release with the managed aspects of other distros
Alpine. It’s pretty lovely, but usually when I’m setting something up for someone else it’s either Debian or Fedora.
Mint 
KDE Neon but I might move to fedora or ~~KDE Neon~~ Tuxedo OS eventually
KDE Neon but I might move to KDE Neon eventually
it's so good that they'll install it twice! 
Just to be sure
Lmao my brain farted big time. I meant Tuxedo OS
mint but i had to update the kernel to get some games to work, it was a little intimidating but i ended up getting it to work just by googling and following what other people did in forums
apparently mint is more for ease of use and stability, and less about being cutting edge
Mint.
It just works, I don't have to think about my OS.
EndeavourOS (it’s basically arch btw)
By the way...
Fedora on my laptop, I switched because I wanted to use the Plasma cube but I think I ended up getting GNOME, which works well enough so I don't mind.
I put Mint on an old laptop for my kids. The laptop is so old windows stopped supporting WiFi drivers for it, but it could connect to the internet with Mint out of the box.
And I've got an old Dell off a guy I put Debian on. I went with xfce so it uses less than a gig ram at idle and I plan to use it as a server once I can figure out docker
NixOS
Declarative configuration is so good
I like the idea of NixOS but didn't like how it worked in practice. The custom language for configurations was annoying, the errors it spat out never made sense to me, I couldn't run binaries compiled for a regular linux distro, docker didn't seem to work properly, some stuff needs to be setup in a shell.nix file instead of the global configuration file for some reason. I would probably get the hang of it eventually but I just couldn't be bothered, the annoying shit outweighs any potential benefits tbh.
Yea, the custom lang was annoying, got used to it, but like, why not just take something already made instead of making yet-another-language.
I luckily rarely have to run binaries, but when I do, I chuck the games into lutris, and non games something like steam-run.
Not sure about shell.nix, too vague to talk about. I will say though, that I found direnv + lorri + shell.nix (or flake.nix) very useful, lets me cd into a dir and all the packages needed for that project are available, without having to install them globally, other people will also benefit from this if shell.nix and .envrc are checked in to git.
I would probably get the hang of it eventually but I just couldn't be bothered, the annoying shit outweighs any potential benefits tbh.
Yup. I didn't have too many annoying problems for it to outweigh the benefits. I also have a server, so that weighs on benefits.
Arch btw, beside the meme it really covers everything I want for my daily driver to do, and I love having all the latest software instead of waiting until it gets added to the official repositories or adding them manually.
If I were to use Linux for professional working though, I would explore Fedora just to have a system that is more stable and can't cause weird technical issues taking up time from my work.
For servers Debian without even thinking about it
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