What's your favorite Linux distro, and why?

GNU/Linux/Arch because muh minimalism and muh pacman

Windows 10. Because it just works.

>>57178533
Fedora for workstations:
- It just works for me.
- Sane defaults.
- Repos are up-to-date and well maintained.

CentOS on servers. For some purposes FreeBSD/OpenBSD.

Currently using Elementary OS, but I really only do simple web browsing shit on it.

Ubuntu, because I've used every other distro out there and this one is just comfy and nice.

Arch because AUR

>>57178711
This. I went full potato for years running Gentoo after a long period of distro hopping. Ubuntu works and gets the most third party support. Maximum comfy.

>>57178741
You're lying so hard.

FreeBSD because it just werks

Arch on desktop and netbook and gentoo on laptop

Manjaro

Antergos (Gnom3 on desktop, i3 on Laptop)

>>57178748
>nobody would ever settle for less than maximum autism forever
Thankfully you'll be forever alone and we won't have to worry about your mentally handicapped progeny in the future.

After trying almost everything (other than Gentoo) my favorites are >>57178732 and [spoiler]Kali[/spoiler], no Live CD is close to be as comfy

>>57179126
/g/ tier spoiler:

                                                                                                                                                         is this 

>>57178533
Xubuntu LTS on laptop
Arch/KDE on Desktop
Ubuntu on a server

The one with games
oh wait :^)

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>>57179151
Grown ups don't play video games

>>57179151
so SteamOS :*D

>>57178533

I don't have a favorite because linux in general is awful. I use debian for my desktop because it's the least worst. OpenBSD/FreeBSD for server and embedded stuff.

>>57178533
Debian has failed on me, X breaks whenever I use chromium and other cancerous programs that are now using opengl on its interface. I even switched to sid, now the screen goes completely black after a while, no chance of switching to other tty. Well I guess Debian is good only for servers on my case.

Ubuntu is partner with Microsoft, so an alternative to it would be nice to stay away from the botnet.

Fedora is a potential pick, any other suggestions?

>>57179201
>Debian
>>>/trash/

>>57178533
Arch because it's lightweight and has the AUR

>>57179175

 echo "Team red."

void because am no arch crybaby

>>57179378
dumb voidbabby

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Arch Linux

>always the new packages

there was this feature I wanted to have, and it was added to the newest version of GIMP but none of the noobuntu/fedoralord/debian/mint newbs could have it because their packages were still dusty. bleeding edge is good, you get whatever new first

>doesn't come with bloat or unnecessary shit

this is very important as everything is easy to install but a pain in the ass to remove

>AUR

couldn't live without it anymore. I was just thinking if my friend's mint was useable for me but nah, there just simply isn't enough shit for it

>comes with systemd

I know people who legit do not want it and for good reasons but for an average user it really simplifies a lot of things

>CLI install

this is a big thing as it taught me a lot of things about linux and people undermine this shit. it shows a GUI is not necessarily better and in most cases it's just a slower way to do shit

>arch wiki

NOTHING has better documentation. provided, the wiki is cryptic, but it comes much more useable when the user learns the basic thigns and how to interpret instructions

>stable

it is stable unless the user fucks something up. the days of pacman breaking xorg are over

>good thinkpad support

couldn't live without it

>>57179378
Why is /g/ filled with the new kind of hipsters?
>Wake up in the morning
>Go back to the terminal you left open last night for increased uptime and powerlevel

>It's Void Linux with no Xorg

>Runit instead of Systemd
>LibreSSL instead of OpenSSL
>Clang instead of GCC
>Musl instead of glibc or
>Uclibc instead of libc
>Busybox instead of coreutils
>ZSH instead of bash
>rEFIt instead of grub
>Patrician ed instead of nano
>Screeny instead of screenfetch
>Wicd instead of Network Manager
>Organic water instead of tap water


>Compile herbslutwm and install vivaldi
>Go to 4chan, browse /soc/

>Manages to chat with a "fem"anon
>"What do you do in leisure?"
>My choices of entertainment are somewhat recherché
>"Tell me more"
>Euphoric.gif
>Eat no proteins, only dead, organic vegetables
>I prefer Ballad to what you call "mainstream songs"
>I don't like smokers, I prefer vaping, guilty charged
>I own a Penny-farthing vélocipède for transportation
>femanon freaks out and stops responding

>>>/g/
>Fuck systemd botnet
>Fuck bash, noob
>Fuck GNU
>lol are you still using gcc in $currentyear?
>I personally use BSD for my primary operating system
>Muh Unix
>Muh philosophy


ISHYGDDT

>>57179378
This. Void is everything Arch ever wanted to be

>>57179411
Void is trash and so are you

>>57179417
Arch is trash. Void is a great distro.

>>57179425
Arch > 50ft pile of steaming shit > Void

>>57179425
>great distro.
vegan* distro

>>57179444
>thing > shit > thing
The trips of a taint-licking archfaggot.

>>57178533
Kubuntu

consistent UI
good support
just werks

>>57179444
Trips can't lie. Void confirmed for a piece of turd

>>57179135
How did u do that mate

Void is what you get when you are too hipster for Arch

debian netinstall

>pros
fast
stable [all my drivers/device work without hiccups]
no sjw pre bloat
like a middle ground distribution
i like apt

>cons
nothing really

for everything else i am happy with arch and slackware

if i must use windows i have a 7 machine next to me

Linux Mint with Cinnamon (muh botnet, muh security issues)

Don't care about the ubuntu/debian security update "problems" at all, it doesn't concern me I don't do anything important or shady on my computer, I just like it to work

I don't get down and dirty like some of you cowboys and any shortcomings of this distro for real pros don't bother me

the cinnamon desktop is better than the other 4 environments I've used

Ubuntu Gnome, Lubuntu, Mate and Xubuntu

I still run Kubuntu on my desktop and it works fine, but Cinnamon just blows it the fuck out of the water

>>57179403
>NOTHING has better documentation.

Gentoo has until they fucked up.
Debian, Ubuntu and Manjaro have good (and large) community to compensate the weak documentation.

Antergos, it's Arch without the autism

>>57178557
Haha lmfao good one m8

>>57178711
This, but never Unity, Ubuntu Mate or Xubuntu are best

>>57179515
*kubuntu, never tried lubuntu

>>57179516
This is true, Arch wiki is the true successor to the Gentoo wiki

Declarative Nix master race

openSUSE because it is the only distro with thumbnail preview in Firefox's file picker.

arch

easy to use. AUR pacman. upto date


I get shit done way quicker once it's done due to the AUR and pacman

Slackware 14.2

>>57178533
Debian, because WindowMaker Live is the jam, and happens to be built on Debian,

>>57179783
mein nigga

Tfw I am the only person in this thread using my distro.

Feelsuniqueman

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If you aren't using nix, you are just an update apart from a shitty maintainer to brick your system!

Ubuntu Studio because of the niche target

http://golivelively.com/2016/10/03/5-reasons-to-use-ubuntu-studio/
http://ubuntustudio.org/tour/

Slackware. No systemd, and I happen to agree with the design principles of Slack's "Benevolent Dictator." Community-driven distros are messy and bloated as fuck, often succumbing to feature creep and eye candy.

I don't mind manually resolving dependencies. If you can't do this shit, you shouldn't be messing with GNU/Linux in the first place. Windows and OS/X exist specifically for people who don't want to tweak anything under the hood, and want an OS that "just werks" out of the box.

>>57180498
we get it man. but not everyone wants to deal with having a huge issue. if you know it or not. I don't think you need to know how to install gentoo to enjoy and us elinux

>>57180498
tweaking is fine but there's no justification for manually resolving dependencies

>>57180498
Is OS/X some weird version of OS/2 Warp?

>>57180498

stay mad, ubuntu, mint, debian work just like windows and macos

sorry some people prefer working computers

>>57180539
What? If you don't do it manually then what sort of control do you have over your box man? Why don't you go back to your surface pro and leave the big kids alone to talk, k?

Slackware because it is literally perfect. Any faults or problems arise only with the upstream software, and for the most part only software that is (relatively) issue-free makes the official list.

Illumos/openindiana on desktop and homeserver
macOS on laptop

commercial Unix > slapped together BUG_ON() hogshit that is GNU Linux

>>57179238
Mint is an option. Haven't used it, but people seem to like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>57180539
a) if you do a full install, you get a /lot/ of useful software with all the dependencies already present. this includes two major DEs, a handful of smaller WMs, several different options for office suites, media players, text editors, development tools for literally every single language imaginable, a /lot/ of drivers, even for museum exhibits, etc.

b) a number of third-party packagers for Slackware include many build dependencies in their binaries. for example, AlienBOB's ffmpeg package includes most of the two dozen optional build dependencies except for the non-free ones, and he offers a separate package with those included in his "restricted" repo. and if that doesn't work for you, you can just make your own configuration, save it as a queue, and have it automatically process whenever there is an update.

c) there are unofficial package managers that perform automatic dependency resolution

>>57178533
Arch because it Just Werks™
I'd run gentoo but the AUR is just too good.

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>all these Archfags who are too baby to install Gentoo

>>57179403
Typical opinion of an archeschoolkid.

>always the new packages
Debian sid

>doesn't come with bloat or unnecessary shit
Debian netinst or debootstrap if you so like install it in chroot environment.

>AUR
https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository

>comes with systemd
Debian

>CLI install
debootstrap

>arch wiki
No one forbid use it with another distro + local community

>stable
Debian

>good thinkpad support
Debian

In other words. Arch is shit. Debian isn't shit.

Antergos with KDE on laptop.

Ubuntu on server.

>>57181248
agreed

>>57178533
Anything Debian-based. They all work alike and I'm way too familiar with it.
Funny thing is my first distro was Mandrake then Red Hat (7.3). They were awful.

>>57181290
Aww debibabby is mad


enjoying your bloated SJW distro?

I'm a big fan of Backbox with Gnome shell. But I plan on moving to Arch soon.

>>57179403
>>doesn't come with bloat or unnecessary shit
>>comes with systemd
>>CLI install
>>stable
>>good thinkpad support
You get all this by doing a Debian net-install.

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>>57178533
Debian. Easy to use, has all the software I need, and it's stable.

>>57178557
Enjoy your reboots, faggot.

>>57179240
Delet this

>>57180498
My girlfriend uses Debian. She doesn't really mess with too much and only uses Firefox, Libre office, and some other weird shit. Normies use GNU/Linux too.

>>57178556
>Arch
>minimalism

https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2015-July/039443.html

>It's another episode of Archfags vs SJWbianfags


>>>/g/fglt

>>57178533
Manjaro XFCE - super comfy.

>>57178533

Ubuntu because it has official support by AMD and many other companies. Everything just works.

I've grown out of my l33t linux install phase which means I no longer use Gentoo or Arch because I enjoy my time in life and the benefits of a computer is simplifying mundane tasks.

How is debian sjw? I thought that was just firefox and github?

>>57178533
If you have decent hardware, try qubes

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>>57181953
Enjoy :^)

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>>57181937
This desu senpai.

>>57181966
wow, that really affects the system

>>57178556
It's Arch Linux, not Arch GNU/Linux.

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>>57181983
Nice bugs tho

>>57182010
>>57181966
>2020
>Debian replaces $man command with $human
>$touch is replaced with $contact
>No master-slave terms on DNS servers

>>57181953
Since its inception, Debian has been governed by communist/progressive ideology. The devs wrote a fucking manifesto before they even started working on their POS distro. They call themselves the "universal" OS - one world OS that is all-inclusive and all-encompassing - clearly the choice of the single-party state that progressives are trying to establish in the western developed world.

>>57181983
Ideology and culture has a profound deep impact on how a software project turns out. Software is made and used by people. FOSS especially is community-driven. When you have a community of techno-novices shilling for a foreign tech not-quite-billionaire, you get Ubuntu. When you have a community based on professional enterprise users, you get Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS. When you have a community based on autistic levels of faggotry, you get Arch. When you have a community based on globalist socialist ideology, you get Debian.

>>57182056

$ touch new-file
touch: error: consent bit for new-file is not set
this incident has been reported

>>57182056
>$humMAN
Not
>$person

>>57182096
>$person
>not $neuchacho

>>57182096
>$perSON
NO

>>57182112
>$perSON

Point Linux, because it's Debian with the crap removed.

>>57182115
>>57182112
>>57182096
hello 5th grade

>>57178533
Ubuntu with Cinnamon, because it werks.

>>57182131
sis scum

>>57182094

This is some seriously new levels of retardation, even for /g/

>>57182094
>>57182190
yet debian runs faster. uses less memory than arch and is more light weight than arch

cool huh

>>57182275
Cool blog, let me get that trash bin

>>57182275
i've used both long enough to start hating them. they both suck but for different reasons, but it all boils down to the fact that neither of them are Slackware.

>>57182094
Good post anon.

>all these linux fags
>not using FreeBSD

kill yourselves

>>57182358
I tried FreeBSD once, they don't even have my broadcom running

>>57180539
sbopkg will tell you what deps you need and slapt-get/gslapt will resolve them for you.

>>57182366
>I tried FreeBSD once, they don't even have my broadcom running

Liar.

https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi&sektion=4

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>>57182414

>>57182380
slackpkg info {package}
sqg -p {package}

>>57178533
Antergos with Cinnamon on my desktop and laptop

>>57182366
I got it running with my Broadcom wireless, but it was not what I would call a smooth process.

>>57181290
Dude you can't say to use Debian Sid and simultaneously say that Debian is stable. I've used both Arch and Debian Sid, and Sid is a complete basket-case most of the time, in my experience. Arch breaks, but not nearly that often.

Again, just my experience. I would be okay using Debian Stable for servers, or testing for desktop though.

>>57179182
SteamOS is essentially Debian + Steam preinstalled with custom theme
nothing in it you cant do in any other distro

>>57181215
>even for museum exhibits, etc.

If you've got "museum exhibit" computers, Linux is not really the best option available. Most distros don't support anything older than the Pentium Pro (Gentoo excepted). You're better off with NetBSD if your running truly ancient shit.

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>>57180498
>manually resolving dependencies

People actually enjoy doing this?

>>57182826
>what is slackpkg and slaptget
tl;dr: You don't have to be turbo-autist if you don't want and that's been around for many years.

>>57179175
>Grown ups don't play video games
This is why they look so depressed all the time.

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>>57182826
Confirmed for turbo mong that actually listens to /g/ arch users

>>57182949
Holy fuck this autistic desktop

>>57183020
Its slapt-get with gslapt fullscreen you fucktard

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>>57183040

Debian Testing kernel still hasn't been patched for new bug.

>>57183078
>taskbar

>>57178533
PClinux os

>>57183087
Testing has no security team

>>57178711
This. I fell for the Arch meme and hated installing shit for my system to just werk. I use my laptop for school so I need something stable to I settled at Ubuntu Gnome
>inb4 gnome sucks

>>57178533
Slackware, because its comfy and makes the most sense as far as software goes.
>>57181215
AlienBOB is a fucking lifesaver with some of those packages.

>>57178557
Windows 10 can't even install its own mandatory updates without breaking and forcing a rollback.

>Ubuntu Studio
Just works and has everything I need on the base install. Everyone calls it bloat, but that's because they're talentless cunts who don't need anything in their lives but tendies and a browser for animu.

>>57183205
Alien surely is a supreme hacker.

Arch master race

>>57179238
If you're gonna use Fedora, use Korrora. Try out Mint like >>57181184 said, or ElementaryOS

>>57178533
I want to try alpine linux. Is it a meme? 5mb distro size (excluding kernel) is pretty appealing.

>>57183356
Are you running on a 128MB hard drive? Must be hard being this poor

>>57178711
>Ubuntu

Bantu for "I don''t know how to configure Debian".

>>57184206
>Ubuntu

Bantu for "I'd run Sid, but the driver support is shit."

>>57184206
Debian is for people too stupid to configure Arch

>>57184315
Arch is for non-developers too stupid to compile and install Gentoo.

Trisquel

100% respects your freedom and just works

>>57179175
Teach the little fat fuck to mow the yard.

>>57183183
>installing shit for my system to just werk
maybe you shouldn't be using computers

>>57183205
he also made actual Live DVDs with MATE and Plasma 5
check out his talk about Slackware if you haven't already
https://youtu.be/Xh2eah5L4b8

>>57184206
enjoy your ridiculously out of date packages and dependency issues.

>>57178669
How good is Fedora? Is it legitimately good for workstation use?

>>57185375
It's legitimately bad for everything. Dev work is best done on Ubuntu.

>>57185386
Yea, I'm not a developer. Care to back up that hot opinion with some facts?

>>57178557
you come in here saying windows. at least pick a proper version.

Arch of course, that said I'm interested in giving NixOS/GuixSD a try, they are the only distros outside of Arch to pique my interest.

If anyone is running NixOS/GuixSD, please chime in and give your experiences.

>>57179541
>>57181776
>>57183223
>>57185534
>all these triggered replies

lol

>>57186512
XD

>>57179175
They also don't watch anime, yet here you are

>>57186629
Hit a nerve, didn't I?


Manchild

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Funtoo.
>portage (BSD-ports inspired) system from Gentoo with speed enchancements
>profiles system to easily set USE flags for whatever use case you have
>software is compiled for your specific microarchitecture
>easy to compile everything with extra security features (stack protection, PIE, etc) for the truly paranoid
>can emerge specific versions of a package
>USE flags allow you to remove shit you don't need (systemd dependencies, GUIs when running headless, etc)
>USE flags also have security benefits: for example, as soon as the heartbleed bug was found, you could easily recompile OpenSSL without ssl-heartbeat rather than having to wait for a patch
>easy to blacklist certain licenses if you are a freetard and want that
>OpenRC as default init system instead of SystemD/Poetteringware, but you can use whatever you want
>doesn't change shit around all the time for no reason like Arch
>more minimal than almost every other distro by default
>more choices than any other distro, you can build the system with uClibc and LLVM/Clang no problem

Gentoo is a close 2nd.
Slackware is nice too, and gives a nice classic UNIX feel. Fits right in with my Solaris, BSD, and IRIX boxes.

When it comes to binary distros, Debian is my go-to. It just works and isn't loaded with shit.
Alpine is also good, as it's very lightweight and takes like a minute to install.

I've worked with Slackware, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian and Ubuntu so far and right now I'm running Ubuntu. It's easy to install and to tailor to my needs. So why should I experiment with other distros?

Btw. I tried Gentoo once, and never went back to it after it wiped out a partition that had data on it I still needed.

>>57186884
>Btw. I tried Gentoo once, and never went back to it after it wiped out a partition that had data on it I still needed.

it didn't do anything
if this happened it was likely your own damn fault, since Gentoo pretty much requires you to do everything manually

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>>57178557

>>57186943
Who do you think you're responding to?

>>57186913
I've been installing and running Linux since 1994, and no, it wasn't my fault.

>>57186975
Jack, is that you? How many years has it been?

I use Gentoo, I like its flexibility at the level of customising compilation.

>>57186819
Where can I buy this OS?

>>57186954
A nigger

>>57187094
Son of a BITCH!!!

Antergos with KDE

>>57181290
Arch has a very good balance between bleeding edge and stability that you dont get in debian. You either get 1 or the other. AUR is difrent from adding a repo (you can do that in arch too). And pacman is comparable to apt too.
They are both good distros with difrent use cases.

Ubuntu for sure. Massive 3rd party support, easy as shit to rice, stable. I've used damn near every distro that gets talked about on /g/ and ultimately I always fall back to Ubuntu

>>57185386
Yeah, that's why most developers use Fedora, because Ubuntu is better... riiiiiiiiight...