Asklemmy

I am using POP_os! It has been very stable and up-to-date, so it has been my daily driver for about 3 years. Sometimes I think about switching to nixos for its declarative system though.

My main rig and my 3D printing rig are on windows 10, they would be 11 but I'd have to enable to the TPM on both to make it happen and I'm lazy.

My server is on Linux because server. It's currently running TrueNAS Scale and I'm thinking I might spin up some other things considering it's got 24 cores and 200 GB of ram it really should be doing more than just being a NAS.

Windows 11. It works better on my new machine even though I had to do extra steps to suppress the tracker and such.

I'm using Linux Mint on my laptop simply because it's the one I'm most comfortable and in love with.

Windows 10 - work PC because I have to + WSL

Arch - Service laptop - because I hate my free time(just kidding BTW)

PopOS - personal laptop - because of nvidia and gaming

Linux Mint - family laptop - because of maintenance and stability

Ubuntu - Server...well I'm lazy

Manjaro GNOME w/ Pop Shell for tiling and the launcher. I mostly use it as a sophisticated virtual amplifier (Carla & Gx/LSP plugins) and for gaming. Can't imagine going back to Windows, which I have to use on my work notebook for the time being.

Windows 10 for my main PC, with Linux Mint in dual boot. I code in mint. I might switch over to Linux full time soon as things keep getting better and better there. Gaming was my main holdup and that seems to be less of an issue especially with the steamdeck making huge new inroads.

My laptop is the same.

My server is Unraid, which has VMs for a ton of OS just for fun. I rarely use them anymore but they exist for testing and learning and stuff.

Opensuse Tumbleweed.

I use it because I want a up to date stable system and it seemed like a pretty good option. I've been on it for a few years and really like it. I have tried to switch to Guix several times with however never quite stuck, mostly due to its kde plasma support. I think it's getting better recently though which is nice. Maybe I should try switching to nix instead which offers a lot of the same sorts of things but with mature kde plasma support and a wider package offering.

Arch, purely to keep up to date as possible without needing to compile everything. Been working fine for me since 2017

MacOS, because Mac hardware. Dual booted with Mint OS.

Windows 10, mainly because two factors: I use a lot of macros on office at work, and Clip Studio Paint... But I'm considering going full Linux once Windows 10 goes EoL, since CSP is going with their subscription model I plan on using Krita. I just need to see if I can use my work files with office+wine

Archcraft with hyprland because it works exactly the way i want it to.

Windows 10 because I can't upgrade to 11 for some arbitrary reason. I tried Ubuntu years ago but it was so much work trying to get it to just work that it really put me off. So unless the Linux ecosystem improved and by a wide margin and it has decent support for the software I use, I don't think I'm changing anytime soon.

I have 2 laptops (work and personal) and both run Arch Linux.

Reason:

• Rolling release
• AUR
• ArchWiki

21 years on Linux, because master race

I have a MacBook Pro which is stock macOS.

Doing software development for nearly a decade, macOS combines that ease of using widely used software tools with the stability of macOS that seems quite rare with Linux (especially in the long term, when upgrading across new OS versions). Also, things like being able to consistently sleep and wake up and my m1’s battery life keeps me on macOS.

With that said, I also have a thinkpad with pop! OS on it. It’s nice, but I have this issue that I can’t alt-tab like I can on windows thanks to gnome. It only alt-tabs the window group, rather than individual windows, and it drives me up the bend.

Zorin OS right now

Garuda Linux on my laptop, because I need a system that can play my absurd steam library, emulate like a champ, compile a wide variety of things easily, and support an array of random other tasks like media dumping and ham radio programming. It's treated me well thus far.

Windows 11. It came with a license, I'm depending on the Adobe Suite and several productivity tools that run trouble free on a Windows machine. My instance has been cleaned up by Windows 10 Debloater and Shutup10. I feel like I need to make excuses for using Windows but when it's set up properly, it is very familiar and intuitive. Plus, whenever you get new equipment or need a niche plugin, you can count on it that they'll have a well maintained Windows application.

M2 Macbook Air for personal use and my freelance work and an AMD Ryzen 5600 with a Radeon 6700 XT with Ubuntu for ML/AI hobby work and Windows 11 for some minor gaming here and there.

I dual boot OpenSuse and Windows. Windows being the main installation. I think I may try to go full AMD next build and main OpenSuse the main installation. I just need to get used to DarkTable instead of Lightroom since thats been the only think shackling me to Windows thus far.

Fedora, because it works well out of the box, and I like GNOME.

Windows 11 for work, though I am getting a MacBook shortly. At home, I guess SteamOS? I have two young kids so I don't get a lot of time to do much on my computer besides play games. If I ever need a desktop environment and don't want to use my work laptop then I use my Steam Deck and load into the desktop. Previously I was using Fedora.

Windows 10. I got a Ryzen 5900x that works fine on an old bios version. Upgrading to windows 11 requires me to upgrade the bios or get tTPM stutters. However, the new bios versions reduce the (single core) performance...So I'm sticking with windows 10 for now. I have windows 11 on my laptop and don't mind it. Tried Linux multiple times over the past 15 years, but it always kills itself within weeks. As a server it works well though.

Windows 11. I play games and my PC is hooked up to an HDR tv, so it's easier than 10. I also don't want to be left behind on tech/UI because of my stubborness.

I don't think it's an improvement over 10, especially the Start Menu. I've had to do some 3rd party tweaking and change to Enterprise edition so I can get rid of "recommended" stuff.

I've had some small experience with Ubuntu and Linux in general via a laptop server and seedbox but I just find it too bothersome to do small tasks compared to Windows. I'm sure it'd change eventually but I don't want to have to look up a command every time I want to change something.

OpenSUSE on Desktop, macOS for laptop. I’ve used macOS on portables for years now but only in the last 3ish months have I gone the linux Desktop.

As to the “why” - macOS because it’s polished, tightly integrated with the hardware, the ecosystem works harmoniously, it’s secure and Unix-based (Darwin is the name of the base OS used for both macOS and iOS).

For Desktop - I used Windows pretty much all my life but it’s gradually turned into a bloated advertising and tracking engine. I’m speaking as a home user and a 10+ year IT professional. Linux has come in leaps and bounds and OpenSUSE is an enterprise-grade OS that also happens to run games and other personal things nicely. If I wasn’t using it I’d probably be using Red Hat but I dumped it largely due to their shitty business practices.

Windows 10 because I need Windows for work but am trying to move past it

Ubuntu on my home desktop

Raspian on my Pi home server

Artix. Windows free since around 2001-2002