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[โ€“] hjpoijnerflkjn@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Debian. On every computer with a physical keyboard. And all servers. Mainly because of philosophy, stability, release cycle (2 years for major updates which I find neither too longnkor too short) and having gotten (is that proper english lol) used to it.

Arch Linux, since 2012. Before that, I ran Lubuntu, Ubuntu and some other stuff since ~2004.

Arch Linux. Been using Linux exclusively for about 10 years now, in various flavours, and will never go back at this point.

[โ€“] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Linux (Pop OS) . It's amazing how seamless gaming has become with Steam and Proton. Never thought I'd use Linux on my main PC but here we are! There are still issues but hopefully it keeps improving

[โ€“] OptimizerPrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use Manjaro. I know not everyone likes it but it's an easy way to get into Arch based distros and i really like the rolling updates instead of incremental. I still use Ubuntu for servers at the moment.

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[โ€“] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago

Nobara Linux

[โ€“] happyhippo@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TIL that KDE Plasma is probably the most represented DE on Lemmy ๐Ÿ˜

KDE@lemmy.kde.social

[โ€“] MasterCelebrator@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Windows 11 and honestly am pretty happy with it. My laptop runs on fedora. I would Consider Switching to Linux on my Desktop but i do music production and some of my soft and Hardware (NI maschine mk3 and some VSTs) dont run on Linux. As long as that is the case, Switching doesnt make sense for me.

Edit: if anyone has suggestions how to get maschine, vsts from NI komplete and VSTs in General to run on Linux, i would be super happy. As a second DAW i usw bitwig which supports linux but as all my other stuff is windows Based im pretty much tied to Microsoft

[โ€“] None_S@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Linux mint for almost 2 years now. Finally stopped dual booting windows about a month ago after realizing I was running out of things I knew how to do better with microsoft.

[โ€“] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Windows 10. And seeing the replies of our fellow fediversers, I think Iโ€™m not mainstream here ๐Ÿคฃ

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[โ€“] ShaggyDemiurge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows 10, even despite me being a software developer. It's just more convenient than to bother with Linux, and Android Studio works on Windows just fine

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[โ€“] skunch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I use Linix Mint. Close enough to Windows for the basic user, with all of the Linux versatility. Not a fan of the UI on other distros tbh. I've been able to run games on it with minimal extra configuration for the last six or so years. Keep it updated and do a fresh install of the new version every couple years and you're golden.

[โ€“] nilaus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Another Ubuntu user here.

[โ€“] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Gentoo (Linux).

[โ€“] happyhippo@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Linux

Opensuse Tumbleweed

[โ€“] Simplesyrup@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] bakarel@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I used manjaro for quite some time but the aur packages being out of date caused some major issues so I switched to archlinux. I've been happy with it and have been using it for about a year now.

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Windows 10 BUT im using chris titus's powershell script and winaero tweaker and openshell to remove all windows apps and customize the os, plus chocolatey automation and fastcopy scripts to automate my installation process. i havent timed it but on a good day i could reinstall windows and have my system up and running in the hour, including formatting and installing windows 10 to the disk.

I've been using FreeBSD for close to 15 years now as my main operating system. Very rarely I have to boot into windows.

[โ€“] AAR@rdr.lol 5 points 1 year ago

Debian Testing. I ran Ubuntu for years but really didn't like the changes in GNOME they made, decided to try Debian Non-free and I've loved it.

[โ€“] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

MacOS Ventura because my industry is Mac-based.

[โ€“] mlsw@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] ThaijsClan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Windows 11 because I'm too lazy to try and figure out how to run applicationa/games on a Linux based OS.

[โ€“] EDRBd97kWbT2KzK@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

NixOS!

Some screenshots here: https://lemmy.ml/post/1507647

[โ€“] tiny_electron@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu, it has a great community and works well. I don't need more

Wouldn't this thread be super biased to Linux users since those who use linux as a daily driver tend to talk about it more often than win/mac users?

[โ€“] mundane@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Popos on my personal laptop and Debian on my workstation at the office.

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[โ€“] demesisx@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Desktop: Windows 10

Laptop: MacOS

Mobile: iOS

And I use an iPad for DND character sheets/notes and generally running sessions for my players.

[โ€“] Efwis@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

EndeavourOS, been on Linux for 25 years

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[โ€“] Vorthas@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

EndeavourOS on my desktop and Pop!_OS on my laptop (it's a System76 laptop).

[โ€“] Leafimo@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

MacOS and I'm certainly never going away from that. Just perfect for my use case with nice unix base and a great gui. best of both worlds

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[โ€“] nodoze313@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Alpine Linux

[โ€“] wilberfan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

MacOS Ventura on the iMac, Manjaro on the laptop.

[โ€“] Jocho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I am ChromeOS user with Debian linux in terminal.

The funny thing is I am beginning to struggle using the chromebook (Acer 714) for actual work, because of increasing hardware requirements of my everyday software.

I know it is an everlasting road to disappointment, but needed to take it out of my chest.

[โ€“] CylonBunny@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wow, am I the only ChromeOS user here? That surprises me

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[โ€“] headlesscyborg@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Arch Linux on my desktop, laptop and server. It just works and I don't have to deal with any issues, I've been using it since 2015 and I found it to be the easiest and most rock solid OS I've ever used. I use Syncthing to sync files across all the computers. Then there's my work laptop, my employer provides Windows 10/11 and Ubuntu, so I chose Ubuntu.

[โ€“] Devgard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Windows 11, but I want to eventually go back to Linux, waiting on better fractional scaling then I think I can head back.

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