Best Linux distro and why. GO

ubuntu

>>728382312
why?

>>728382231
centos for servers, fedora for desktops. RPM wins.

>>728382312
You couldn't be more wrong. Gentoo is what you want op

>>728382231
Debian

>Best window manager
i3

>Best text editor
vim

>Best terminal emulator
urxvt256colors

I've tried everything and always end up going back to Mint.

>>728382439
RPM is shit and so is RedHat and all of its cancer.

Gentoo/Funtoo gets my vote for allowing unprecedented choice, an actually stable example of rolling-release, and leaving the most control in the hands of the user. The manual compilation can be a pain in some environments, but for servers at least you can make one into an update server, saving a ton of hassle.

>>728382473
Everyone starts on Ubuntu

Probably Ubuntu

Best overall experience, not so much for specialized stuff like servers, etc, but most accessible imo. I also like the UI better than most other distros.

>>728382710
Wrong. I didn't, RMS didn't, Linus Torvalds didn't, anyone with self-respect didn't.

Windows 10. It's fast, secure, and runs all the latest games. I've never been more satisfied with my computer, than after I got my free upgrade, generously provided by Microsoft. Did you know that Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has a charity that does amazing work all around the world? Just one more reason I'm glad I switched back. Linux is nice and all, but nothing compares to the streamlined grace of a polished, professional OS. Nothing compares to the ease of use of the most popular OS in the world. Nothing compares to Microsoft Windows.

>>728382668
If you're going to go rolling release at least go arch. Gentoo is weak shit.

Ask me how I know you haven't used linux in any environment but your crusty thinkpad.

>>728382231
If you have no idea what the fuck you're doing start with Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Partition them next to Windows just in case you don't like using a Linux distro.

>>728382231
Slackware. Because Slack.

based debian oldest distro

openSUSE

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>>728383148

All shit.

>>728383039
KALI LINUX
BITTTCCCHHHHH

Kali

>>728383313
I love you

>>728382793
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as UI is in fact Ubuntu/UI, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Ubuntu plus UI. User interfaces are not an operating system unto themselves, but rather an extension to an already functioning OS as defined by POSIX. Furthermore, you can make any distro look like any other distro. Saying "I like how it looks" is the equivalent to saying you like a car with a shit engine and nice body more than a car with a great engine and the exact same body. Now that you understand your retardation, I hope you fix it and I bid you farewell.

>>728382231
mint master race

>>728383222

your mom is shit

>>728382231
I love Arch.

I'm too lazy though to install from scratch whenever I get a new computer, so I use Antergos instead. Still arch, just an easier install.

>>728382231

>Best Linux distro and why.

This like asking which kitchen utensil works best. You use a fork for one thing, a knife for another, a spoon because youre a faggot, and a spork when you mean business.

ubuntu (preferably xubuntu) for day to day desktop

anything debian-based for servers that need a light-weight, but up2date environment

fedora if you drink bleach on the reg

rhel/centos for longterm deployment web stacks (or related)

blackbox/kali/tails/qubes for security or pentesting oriented applications

gentoo or arch for power users or neets and autists that prefer 100% control over every aspect of their pathetic existence

and your PC always has windows on it somewhere if you enjoy gaming to any real degree

Linux from Scratch is the most fun, but all depend on your definition of fun.

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/thread

>>728383545
Wow look at you. You sure do know a lot!

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>>728382231
I use Linux Mint.

>>728383760
He sure does.

>>728382231
Windows 10

>>728383760
complete genius. wow.

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>>728384141
I bet he gets all the ladies wet with how intelligent he is.

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>>728382857
Enjoy your spyware.

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>>728383545

this is you

>>728384219
I bet they all want his gnu seed.

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>>728382857
t. CIA Nigger
>most popular OS in the world
Pajeet's 1337 Java hackering made Android more popular

>>728382558
sooth speekst (Thou)

>>728384327
Don't insult the GNU overlord. You will perish under his mighty GNU plus Sword.

>>728384617
He does not have time for peasants.

>>728382231
Mint cause I like the color green :)

>>728384943
Gotta save it all up for those power compiles.

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>>728383906
Mint is the official /b/ distro and here's why

>>728382231
arch linux. it somehow managed to run on a machine with a factory defective motherboard... 2 more months than it was supposed to.

>>728385113
Must be magic as fuck

>>728385046
>using products solely because of political agenda
Wow you're very smart

>>728385238
Yep, I'm sure he really thinks for himself and formulates his own ideas and opinions

I hate ubuntu after they rehauld the os. Crunch bang was dope. I still have bunsenlabs on my laptop but I'm probably going to switch it over. Kali is dope but it's not some shit I want installed on my desktop.

Mint all day long baby.

>>728385238
>>728385534

samefag

>>728385165
maybe. to be fair, it didn't become apparent that the issue was that big until it had just about given up. the exponential decline was telltale, though.

>>728385594
fagsame

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>>728385653
Samefag

>>728382710
I started on Ubuntu. Really liked it. I'm not sure what to try next.

>>728385748
debian is worth a try

>>728385748
A life

>>728385748

Try mint. Clean af.

>>728385884
>defaults to systemd as of late
No thinks. Take your PID 1 botnet elsewhere

>>728385829
that's not nice

>>728385884
Yeah I've been looking to mint but wasn't too sure. I think i'll give it a try once this semester is over.

>>728386224
Nor was your mom's skanky puss after I was finished filling it with my milky cum

>>728382231
Kali linux - for the keks

>>728386048
systemd actually works pretty well if you like having a modern OS.

>>728382857
how much did they pay you?

I started on PCLinuxOS. It sucked out loud, but it at least gave me the basics of the command line. I played around with Ubuntu Gnome 6.06, but I didn't switch to it permanently until 7.04. Broadcom wrappers sucked. I've pretty well stuck with Ubuntu because it does what I need. Although I've not successfully moved Skyrim over (it's been done, just not enough time in my day to do it) I have gotten San Andreas and several other PC titles to work well by copying the exact install from windows to the appropriate places in the .wine C:/ drive folders.

I rather like Mint 17.1's gnome interface. I use it on my home entertainment laptop that's connected to the tv, but it's still too buggy for my everyday use at work.

>>728386365
Systemd is a botnet and you know it, CIA nigger.

If you don't believe me, just look back at heartbleed, which was caused by a single typo. The guy even admitted to doing it on purpose for the government.

Now, the creator of systemd worked for redhat, which is a confirmed botnet. What do you think he's "accidentally" put in the 100,000 lines of systemd?

OpenRC is better anyway.

>>728387255
Oh you've actually read some source code for an init process?

>>728383906
mint+kde ftw

>>728382857
Shill, go away.

>>728387462

init insofar as an upstart proc? PID 1? yeah systemd is almost like choosing cancer

>>728385113
>arch linux
Shittiest, edgiest, most broken distro.
kys

>>728387462
https://github.com/systemd/
Not exactly difficult. It's also not difficult to research instead of mindlessly following what people tell you on 4chan

>>728387255
Crazy people who spout crazy shit should at least attempt to provide some evidence supporting their crazy claims.
>durr durr redpilled as fuck durrrrrr alexjones

I use Arch + i3

>>728387860
I mean the source code for sysvinit or upstart, not an upstart process. You can read a systemd service as easily as what you're talking about.

>>728387954
>https://github.com/systemd/
So then you've read it to know it's not a botnet?

I know it's not a botnet already.

>>728388037
>I don't know how to verify facts so I b8 people into being my own personal wikipedia
You're not fooling me. Why don't you go look for yourself you lazy nigger? You do realize you have actual nigger mentality right now by being lazy and expecting to be spoonfed, right nigger? Fucking nigger.

>>728388286
>oh look i found a line it says
>if (personal information, 1);
>send to ([email protected]
>then turn on webcam

>>728388361
So why don't you read it, find the botnet, submit a patch and make it public? You got this shit bro.

>>728388423
Oh fuck. How could I be so wrong? Thanks for pointing that out.

>>728382231
Chrome OS

Because it's simple and only faggots think they will ever do more than surf the web and masturbate on a computer

>>728388361
>i cant provide evidence, i just say crazy nonsensical shit and hope people come to the same crazy nonsensical conclusions based on nothing
>durr conspiracy tard redpiled durrr
fuck off to pol

>>728387954
here is a link proving you are retarded:
https://github.com/systemd/
btfo

>>728388286
>what is heartbleed
>how was heartbleed exploit caused

>>728388700
Yeah, it's not like openssl is one of the most horribly short on developers piece of critical codes out there. Have you ever seen how many people develop it?

Fix it or stop bitching.

>>728388700
>oh yeah
>well
>there was that exploit that one time
>that was patched
>and is a non-issue by now
>btfo...

Ubuntu

Just to piss you off

>>728389289
linuxmint=(ubuntu - thebullshit)

>>728382231
Debian, because I say so.

Install gentoo

Anyone have the linux penguin r34???

>>728382655
This.

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>>728382439
>CentOS for Servers

That opinion is bad and you should feel bad.

CentOS was_literally_ invented by company that was too f*ing cheap to pay for RedHat support so they pulled all the proprietary modules from it and put in open source ones.

So it's a fork of a f*ing fork from the cheapest bastards available who were too lazy to just start their own fork.

Suse, Ubuntu, heck Debian is a better server distro than CentOS, which represents everything wrong with Linux.

OpenBSD

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>>728382231
i use Debian 8. ive never had a problem with it, its fast and reliable. i use linux mint on my desktop computer. mint can be a pain in the ass though, its glitchy

>>728382655
Third.

>>728382231
Fedora workstation because that's what Linus T. uses.

>apt-get update
>apt-get upgrade
>reboot
>everything breaks
>gui is dead
>wewew

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>>728388694
>>728388818
>>728389069
>Robin Seggelmann confessed to purposefully causing heartbleed
>he surely wasn't paid by government officials to do it
>he just wanted to hack anyone using openssl to steal their waifus and cp
Of course guys, of course. And surely now Lennart Poettering, a man funded by RedHat, which is an OS with the biggest amount of ties to the government, is developing systemd and making sure it's secure, even though anyone outside the project can't audit it as fast as it's being developed. Of course we can trust them, right guys? They deserve a second chance, right guys?

>>728390396
sounds like linux mint

>>728390419
>German developer Dr Robin Seggelmann admitted he wrote the code
It was then reviewed by other members and added to OpenSSL software
>This addition led to the Heartbleed flaw in the open-source program
>He said the mistake was ‘trivial’, but its effect was severe
>Code was added on New Year's Eve in 2011 and no-one picked up the error
>These sites have fixed the flaw and users should change their passwords

>Despite speculation that the Heartbleed flaw was deliberately created by government agencies to spy on us, a developer has now come forward and confessed to causing the problem.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2602277/Heartbleed-accident-Developer-confesses-coding-error-admits-effect-clearly-severe.html

Shitty tinfoilhated retard

>>728383471
Useful info, anon.

>>728389946
>so they pulled all the proprietary modules from it and put in open source ones.

Sounds good to me? RedHat isn't worth the dollars with CentOS around.

>>728385564
Oh, i miss #!

>>728390677
>it was just an accident, nothing fishy going on here haha
>I conveniently killed your SSL and can now has all your datas without you realizing it
>what a convenient accident
>Snowden is full of shit, just another tinfoil-hat wearing retard
>Wikileaks is Russian propaganda
The government wouldn't pull any crazy shit like that, right guys? They surely wouldn't hoard exploits either, right guys?

>>728390677
""" accidentally stealing all your data"""

>>728390396
I haven't had that happen in about 7 years

obvious reply is obvious, but it entirely depends on what you want. sometimes Ill run multiple distros to save the effort of hopping, just experiment and you'll find what you like. besides, the process is a lot of fun.

>>728382473


did they ever fix the emerge creep, dependencies expanding until the system no longer compiles?

>>728382231
I've always wondered why the linux mascot is a club penguin character

>>728390677
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f
>a couple of very small changes
>looks harmless
>does this https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/
>Full root privilege escalation
When discovered they claimed it to be a denial of service exploit and silently patched it.

Whatever, I'm done spoonfeeding you. If you want a real initsys, with real security and a real dev team then get OpenRC.

>>728382231
Debian. Stable af.

>>728382439
Pacman ftw.

>>728385748
If you enjoy Ubuntu, Debian will be quite an improvement without learning all over again. If you're looking for something different, Fedora is the way to go. It's nice.

>>728393163
> Only systemd has root exploits.

Why use lunix at all? Windows is good enough and mostly free or cheap these days.
Either you have a very old pc because muh security is irelevant since all backdoors are already inside the hardware.

>>728382431
it's the normie way to go.

>>728393688
No but only systemd devs label discovered root exploits as potential denial of service attacks.

Also, google OpenRC vulnerability all you'll find is systemd vulnerabilities with people telling you to switch to OpenRC lmao

>>728387644
>kde
Pleb. Try Mate instead.

>>728382231
Windows

They all have some form of telemetry, Ubuntu has ads as well, why not just stop being a contrarian and use Windows. Poor?

>>728393968
You have one example of a systemd root exploit, and silent patches are more common than you think.

Also, OpenRC doesn't even come close to systemd in feature support.

So what's the best way to manufacture a tin foil hat to avoid government snooping?

Retarded question. It all depends what you need.

>debian

If you want a secure and stable server this is fine, but for desktop it's pure shit with it's old outdated packages

>>728393798
>Windows is good enough and mostly free
If you torrent it, yes.

>>728394466
Woah it boots 2 seconds faster, is that all it can do? You're selling out your security for 2 seconds.


https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=Systemd
>yields 17 exploits
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=openrc
>yields 0 exploits

>>728395137
>systemd root exploit
You do know what a root exploit is vs a normal exploit right?

>>728395405
Still, nothing for OpenRC at all and you didn't explain why systemd is better. Besides, you're missing the main point, what kind of developer labels a fucking root exploit as "potential denial of service"? To make things worse it was Poettering who wrote it; the lead dev. You can't make this shit up.

Anyway, fuck you CIA nigger. I'm gonna go install some more updates.

imo the only good distro for everyday use is Ubuntu. Having worked with Linux for years I can easily say that anyone who claims to use Arch or something without issue on their everyday desktop is full of shit. For servers, CentOS or Debian.

>>728382231
Ubuntu MATE
Is one of the best general distro's I've worked with. A lot of them have better uses for specific things but Ubuntu MATE is the way to go when it comes to the average consumer looking to get a little more out of their pc

>>728395700
1. ties in containers to init
2. ties in well to dbus
3. system process supervision in pid 1
4. fast log support via binary
5. run GUI as non-root
6. very good boot analyzer
7. excellent cgroup support
8. timers are better than cron
9. unified interface for services

Almost none of that has to do with speeding up boot. Do you even use linux professionally?

>>728395980
Your opinion is wrong. I use Arch and it works flawlessly every day and has been for months.

>>728396202
>has been for months.

Until a major release arrives and everything gets fucked. That's why I left Arch ~4 years ago.

Once you go .deb you never look back

>>728396182
>selling out your soul for a few half okay features
I bet you use Windows 10 and Opera VPN don't you?

>>728396949
You still haven't proven that it's selling your soul. You've shown a single significant CVE which was patched. It's a vast conspiracy, clearly.

Now what do you even do? Install linux on your cheese crusted computer and talk about security cause clearly the government is after you?

>>728382655
Yup.

Windows is the biggest POS on the face of the earth and a great example of what an OS should not be. Google BB and Ubuntu all fall into the windows catagory as they are soy ware and insecure like windows. Any other Linux/unix and even Mac OS is better

>>728382857
POO

>>728396949
You're an idiot. Not contributing my opinion per OP - since you bunch are out - just phoning in an opinion of your silly ad-hominem.

>>728393603
Want to try something new for everyday use.
Debian or Fedora. Which?

>>728397216
If you're incapable of reading commits and understanding them then you shouldn't be discussing this because clearly you have no idea what the difference between a purposeful error and an actual accident is.

What do I do? I chew ass and kick bubblegum on a daily basis while fucking your mom in the back of my spacecraft. What do you do exactly?

>>728397743
t. CIA nigger

>>728397775
Make it Ubuntu or Fedora and you'll be fine with either. Both use very modern packages and are easy to setup. Ubuntu will be way more beginner friendly though, but fedora will more easily guide you into the enterprise world of redhat/centos.

>>728383002
Everyone should have to deal with it once.
>once

>>728397906
>Everyone who works on systemd is a government shill who conspired to introduce a quickly patched bug that didn't even make through one release.

>Professional basement dweller

>>728398090
Okay, I see I've upset you. Your precious systemd is like a retarded, disfigured baby you have and you secretly hate it but you can't do anything about it because it's immoral and also you worked really hard on it and if you get rid of it, it's like you wasted all that time so you just have to stick it through and hope it works out, even though you know it won't. You installed Gentoo didn't you.

So much rivalry among the 1/4 of 1% of people who have in common that they even have an idea what they have opinions about! Incredible.

Why you try so hard kopai?

>>728397918
I've used Ubuntu for many years. It annoys the piss out of me.

>>728398449
>still no actual technical contribution, basement dweller career confirmed.

>>728398449
Syndromed

The d stands for down

>>728398529
I'd give fedora a whirl then unless you really like apt.

What annoyed you about ubuntu and what is your daily use? Knowing that will help you pick a distribution that will fit you better

>>728398575
I told you, but my daytime job is boringly mediocre. Go back to configuring SyndromeD or something - the d stands for down, or disfigured, I haven't decided. Anyway fuck you I'm out. For real this time cause I really need a shit.

>>728385748

smelling the panties of your grandma late at night, and filling it with loads of cum, you fucking basement dweller,

>>728393798
Windows is slow and obnoxious. And fucks up at least once a year. Try harder.

>>728388361

you suck and can't say anything because you're stupid so you only spewed out "nigger"

weak

>>728398908
Better check for CIA cameras in your toilet first.

Wifislax

>>728382231
fedora 25
first fully integrated wayland

Ubuntu mate. It's fast as can be and very customizable. Arch for advanced users.

>>728399323
None, but I did find something interesting in your mother's cunt - my dick.

>>728399101
You suck more.

>>728382793
Ubuntu Server is the most stable server OS i have ever run.

>>728399871
>you mad

>>728400086
No, you are.

arch linux

>1. it sounds cool
>2. it has a cool logo
>3. it looks cool
>4. it is cool
>5. its blue

>>728400411
lfs beats arch's ass

>>728400500
That sounds pretty gay, dude. Not sure it's something to brag about.

Arch
/thread

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Arch.

>>728400500
doesnt sound cool
doesnt even have a cool logo

>>728400826
arch's claim to fame is that you build it from scratch. except you don't. you pick a framework based on your architecture and compile their prepared packages for that architecture. Arch is a "paint by number" compared to LFS. Linux From Scratch you do every motherfucking thing yourself. Arch doesn't even bootstrap itself

FreeBSD

>>728382231
Wtf i thought this was /b/ not /g/. Go back to/g/ and suck stallmans cock.

>>728401789
OP here
/b/ love linux newfag

>>728401084
>arch's claim to fame is that you build it from scratch
source?

>>728402062
do you even arch bro?

>>728402211
I use it. I'm asking where it has ever claimed that you build the entire system from scratch. That's not the point of Arch.

>>728402491
that's the primary thing i've always seen archfags bragging about

>>728382231
Tails for misc
Qubes OS for home
bc security

>>728403020
I tried qubes, I prefer Kali and Ubuntu
qubes and tails are good for tor

>>728402839
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux

It's designed for users who already know what they want and don't want to deal with uninstalling the bloatware on standard distributions. That's why it's recommended for advanced users. The motto for Arch is actually "Keep It Simple". It's not designed for pissing contests.

If you've used linux less than 6 months, fedora or ubuntu. If you've used it more than 6 months, Arch.

>>728404055
i'm just saying, this bread is the least of a pissing match ive ever seen when it comes to archfags.

>>728404677
Once you go rolling release you never go back. I don't give two shits what other people find the easiest for them to use, and I don't think using Arch makes me a better *nixer than anybody. It's just so damn convenient.

Hell, I use Mint whenever I want to get a machine up and running, it's convenient and friendly.

>>728382655
This. Mint is the only one for me.

>>728404997
i fkn hate rolling release. i want minimal updates. i want a system that stays the way it is

>>728405173
Its is better, i guess. Rolling release due to constant updates can crash and break the system and you have to reinstall everything again.

>>728406090
>reinstall everything again

lol. One time in six years is how often I've had a breakage because of rolling release, and it was my fault because I didn't check a release note. If you do break something it's as simple as downgrading the package that broke.

win10, id rather get spied on by a man who does charity work than some smiling penguin

Slax is pretty cool

>>728406746
I once had kernel problems while upgrading. I couldn't boot to downgrade. That's why I prefer lts.

>>728404677
There are a lot of people who use Arch purely because they read it was difficult to use. They're the ones who brag about just having it installed. I don't think you should let them represent the entire Arch userbase though.

I think the best example of misuse is Kali Linux. The majority of people who use Kali are using it as a home desktop, which is completely opposite of what it is designed for. But, that doesn't make Kali and the twelve people who actually use it correctly faggots.

>>728406746
This. I've never had mine break

>>728407158
Here's what it would look like if your google search history, that the goverment has complete access to, was leaked: http://not-secret.com/
The only way to escape is to install TempleOS.

Also there's nothing wrong with Tux.

elementary

Zorin

>>728407982
i dont have any child porn or dodgy shit to hide

>>728382473
Love Gentoo + KDE, never had any problem

>>728383545
I concur, especially the xubuntu and windows part

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>>728408790
The worst I have to hide is some weird furry porn searches. However, if I have the choice of not having my name attached to them, then I choose not to.

Depends what your doin but i use debian. Newfags saying kali: its a pentesting os its not great for day to day