Hi. I am using macOS. so, what UNIX like OS are you using?
I use NixOS on my pc, laptop, and server, although I dual-boot windows on my pc to play some games.
My phone is android, I have a pinephone but I can’t get discord and other things to work well on it so it can’t be my daily driver right now. (I know Matrix chat is better than discord, I even host my own instance, but everyone in my school uses discord so there’s no way to switch).
How easy is it to setup nowadays? I tried it 3-4 years ago and it was a pain to set almost anything up, even after learning the NixOS way.
I want to like macOS but Apple, IMO, is doing scummier and scummier things with it. For instance, I haven’t signed in to iCloud. Once a day it seems, I’ll get a little notice telling me that not all functionality will work until I’ve signed in. Ok… So I click the little ‘X’ on the notification. It opens the settings to the iCloud setup screen. That’s not what ‘X’ is supposed to do!
Arch. I got it working 3 years ago, it’s still working, stable. On my main laptop, though, I’m running windows, and planning to install Fedora when I get the chance.
My work machine is macOS as the company won’t let us use Linux. My home machine is Arch Linux (obligatory “BTW”) which I migrated to after Ubuntu dropped Unity and started forcing Snaps on everyone.
However, a nice shameless plug for my Terminal file manager: DF-SHOW which is designed to work on all Unix like systems.
Same exact story for me (mac and manjaro (btw)). Nice project!
this advertisement is ok, I’ll check it and see if I can use it with tdsr. if not, I’ll report back with issues that I found.
Run Arch on my main PC. Proxmox on my home server with Ubuntu server as VM and random containers.
Arch Linux. It’s too convenient. The AUR hosts a massive amount of packages, wiki is super detailed and covers solutions for all sorts of edge cases. Needs a bit of tinkering to get started but once things are set up it’s very stable, and still gives you a lot of freedom to tinker with your system however you want. The only other option I’ve considered is NixOS which has some pretty interesting features
I wonder if we could feed the AUR Wiki into a GPT and get a useful support desk for all Linux distros.
NixOS for several years now. It’s a big up-front cost but you can’t go back from atomic upgrades and rollbacks.
What makes it a big up front cost? I run Arch and I’m a big fan since I get a lot of control over it and I really like having the rolling release type of distro.
Rather than installing packages from the command line you need to write a configuration file in nix language. This can be as simple as
services.nginx.enable = true;but for complicated, multi-purpose machines (like end-user devices) the configuration can get complicated and you need to learn the language at the same time.Ah thank you!
Linux Mint has always been my recommended for beginners to Linux and if I just want something stable and quick to set up.
Arch (usually EndeavourOS) when I want to do fun stuff.
linux mint is not good if you are trying to have new software.
Not true? Obviously rolling releases have newest software but they have their own drawbacks. Debian distros still get normal updates
It used to be MacOS, but I jumped ship as soon as iOS stuff started creeping in years ago. Because I had already jumped ship from iPhones for the exact same stuff. Arch is my *nix of choice these days, or Linux Mint if I’m recommending it to someone else who doesn’t want to learn Arch.
But with that said, my daily driver is a Windows machine these days. I’m getting lazy as I get older, so (relatively) effortless compatibility is king.
I’ve been using Fedora for a while now. I love it
Linux Mint Xfce here - just right for me - not too splashy, not too hard core :-)
I have tried them all. The one wo never let me down was Debian stable. I use it for 8 years now on desktop, gaming rig and server.
The ones that come close are Alpine Linux and Ubuntu LTS.Arch because my installs keep working, and I’m really used to it at this point. In the future I’d be interested in trying something like NixOS/Guix, Silverblue, or Qubes.
The mobile landscape is just a privacy clusterfuck. I flip flop back and forth between Android and iOS a lot. Maybe one day I’ll take the Graphene plunge, not sure.
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Currently running Fedora on my main desktop after distro hopping for a while, and really loving it so far. I find it really polished and am having a lot less issues than on most other distros I’ve used.
I’ve also enjoyed openSUSE (tumbleweed) in the past.
Void Linux and NetBSD.
ok, net BSD probably for server stuff: void linux sounds so evil. lol. btw let’s discuss why we are using the systems we use I’m using macOS, because apple’s ecosystem, and voiceover is more reliable than orca on linux, and all bsd’s don’t have a screenreader.
Nope, I also use NetBSD as a desktop OS. But yeah, mostly for server stuff, lol.
I mostly use Void cuz… it’s not as “getting your hands dirty” as Gentoo, but it is somewhat minimalistic. Plus it supports most popular architectures, including some not so well established (or just EOL, like x86). Has xfce out of the box, which I love, cuz I use that DE anyway, so I don’t have to set up the DE manually as well. The other stuff is pretty much like any other distro, except for the package manager tools, those are really helful. The community is great, they don’t get too much into ideology and politics, they just want to get things done and working, regardless of licensing issues. They don’t do too much tinkering, even though it’s a rolling release distro (for example, they’re still on kernel version 6.1.x, while Arch is on 6.3.x I belive, so basically, they’d opt for a bit more testing and stability then having an absolutely bleeding edge kernel and packages). Basically, IMO Void is a nice balance between having a rolling release distro and not have to worry too much about stuff breaking when you update.
Don’t use stuff like screenreaders (even though I do work in a TV station, lol) in BSD or Linux, I just use it for general purpose stuff, everyday nonsence, remote asistance, music, movies, etc… sometimes for flashing EEPROMs, microcontrollers and electronics related stuff, but very rarely nowadays (lack of free time).
