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Whats your favourite Linux Distro?

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Mint is my favourite in the Ubuntu era. Gentoo before that, and Red Hat before that.
 
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I have a PI4 so i have a lot of OS,s and Twisrer is one of my favs but you are spolit for choice on there. :)I wish the other single board computers could do the sameo_O,but that is another subject.
 
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I always find myself going back to Ubuntu, currently set up on two of my four linux boxes, so I suppose that would be it.
I don't really feel anything about it though. It's Gnome, and I'm used to it. That's about it I guess...
 

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Im a big suse and ubuntu fan.
 
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I've only tried Ubuntu and Mint so far. They're both alright :) (I haven't even noticed much difference, if at all, to be honest).
 
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They seem to be the two most populer ones. :)
Not to mention, their app store makes them usable for people like me, who have an aversion to memorising code.
 
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Software Fedora Workstation 38 / Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
I've currently settled on Fedora on my main machine, although I'm not the type to distro hop until I tune the system perfectly to my needs. It's been rock solid for me, Ubuntu always had the odd issue here & there and it's only gotten worse since snaps started being such a big focus.

If you want to learn a little more about Linux/Unix, I'd suggest trying out Arch, Gentoo or FreeBSD (not linux lol). I don't consider myself at all experienced with those operating systems but using them has been a legitimate learning experience.
 
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Software W10 Pro (both machines)
can't tell much about it, only had manjaro and Raspberry Pi OS. my Plan is to switch to Linux when W10 support ends and i thought about Pop OS or Steam OS. It's primary use would be gaming, programming, simple video production/cutting and websurfing
 

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OpenMediaVault, as its a fairly easy to use NAS OS.
 

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Yes it's real. Yes I've tried it.
 
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ubuntu cinnamon w/ liquorix kernel or for super low end pc mx/antix w/ again liquorix kernel
 

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Ubuntu 23.10 just came out today, I am going to use this until July 2024, but sadly its been pulled from download...


so now its just a waiting game as I wait for the download to return.
 
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Ubuntu 23.10 just came out today, I am going to use this until July 2024, but sadly its been pulled from download...


so now its just a waiting game as I wait for the download to return.

Haven't seen that root cause for a download pull yet. Fancy.

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Is there a way to install Debian with root on ZFS directly from an install medium?
 
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Ubuntu 23.10 just came out today, I am going to use this until July 2024, but sadly its been pulled from download...


so now its just a waiting game as I wait for the download to return.
Maybe they could upload a version with no Ukranian in it in the meantime, so at least others could use it while it's being fixed?
 
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