Which stage are you on?

Fedora and CentOS on my home server

>>60431377
That's pretty much like this.

I've gone a step further and gone all the way back to Windows.

I returned to (((other os))) after realizing Linux isnt good for desktops.

I've ascended and installed macOS

Lubuntu and 'am preparing for arch, when I'm thinkibg about, I maybe do it right now. But lxde is just fine, ram usage minimal, but what sucks are occasional bugs and system isn't stable at all.

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Joke's on you, I have been running Gentoo GNU/Linux for 10 years now and am still not sick of having complete control over my software.

all the way back to windows 7, I'm not a child any more and I need an OS to do work on, not something I have to fuck around with for half of my computer time so I can feel like a leet haxxor

I'm on the OpenPEPE stage.

>>60431377
went from arch to debian, then realized debian was slow as fuck in comparison.

Yay Manjaro

You skipped the last step where you finally settle on Manjaro, all the power of arch, and the simplicity of n00buntu

>>60431377
where exactly does kali fit in?

entering arch phase. wish me luck.

I went from wangblows to gentoo to arch.

>>60431514

This. But where would you put it on the OP's picture?

>>60431377
Arch to Fedora. Also started using Windows 10 in a VM a bit. Dunno. Not gonna ditch my Arch installations unless something gets very fucked, setting something new up would be too much effort to waste. But I'm probably switching to Fedora next time I reinstall stuff.

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>>60431377
Ubuntu > mint > Debian > opensuse > fedora > Debian > rhel > arch > Manjaro > lfs > gent-
*Got a well paying job*
> Opensuse> Fedora> Ubuntu > windows 8.1/10 + Ubuntu lts on servers
I'm done.

>>60431377
Holy shit that picture is so true. I'm on the second Debian right now, I thought this was the final stage.

>>60431377
I'm outside the cycle.

>1
Wrong. I started with Ubuntu, but not because I wanted to be 1337, and so when I wasn't, I didn't care. I used it because it was what came with my laptop.

>2
This one is accurate. After I realized nothing was ever going to work on my shitty laptop, I got a Surface Pro 3. After I realized I really, really hated Windows 10, I installed Mint because it looked nice. Then I switched between Windows and other distros over and over again until I finally decided I didn't need Windows software, and that left me with Elementary OS.

>3
Wrong. I only ever customized things to make them easier for myself, and I certainly never installed something like gentoo or arch. I did customize everything down to the font in my terminal, but only because I have a hiDPI display and there's literally no desktop environment out there that looks nice; has a setting for hiDPI that's modular, readable, and not humongous; and doesn't constantly crash on Surface Pro 3.

>4
Wrong. I never made everything difficult for myself, I stopped switching distros long before reaching anything remotely like this stage, I'm sticking with my package manager because I like it, I already know there's no big difference between distros, and I only ever posted in desktop threads ironically.

>5
Wrong. I never left Debian-based systems. I figured out you could customize Linux to make any distro exactly like any other long ago, but I still install the one that looks best out of the box because I just don't feel like going to the trouble. I never cared how popular anything was. I still post in desktop threads ironically, which is the only way I've ever posted in them. Customizing IS quite important, because I have a hiDPI display and need to be able to actually see what's on my screen. I've been getting real work done all along; I couldn't do otherwise, because I'm a college student.

>>60431644
Autism spotted

>>60431377
The last one. I use Debian to get real work done.

>>60431680
I'm the least autistic person here. I'd be more inclined to say anyone who cares so much about being in with the /g/ crowd that this picture actually applies to them is the autistic one.

>>60431644
>Dear diary
>Autism
>Never tried pacman
>Never tried gnome for hidpi
Your autism is shaky at best

>>60431644
>I'm outside the cycle.
I always moved deeper out of necessity, not for some trend. Started with ubuntu.. 7? because window was a pain in the ass to develop on and I needed better package support. Then I moved to arch around 2010 because I was sick of backporting and needed fresher packages. Been using arch since and I think I might want to move to gentoo since it only takes me a few minutes to compile the kernel and I might as well. I think I'd enjoy better multilib support with gentoo instead of dealing with outdated AUR packages that are broken or maintaining a chroot

>>60431377
true story but the last stage should be gnome 3

>>60431638
same

>>60431761
>Never tried pacman
Don't need to, apt suits me fine.
>Never tried gnome for hidpi
I did. It sucks.

>>60431377
Still using Windows 7 but planning on switching to Ubuntu when it stops getting security updates in 2020.

OSX/Windows 10 for gaymin. I used various Linux distros for the better part of five years, mostly the stuff in the image but some obscure crap too. Linux is cool, but I'm done with it personally. There's just aren't any compelling reasons to use it.

Just started using arch.
Haven't done all that much customization, but I like the package management / user repo.

>implying its even complicated
>implying it breaks as much as people think

>>60431377
antergos - like arch but without making things difficult for yourself

anyway all I do with my laptop is browse the internet

>>60431467
I'm also using Lubuntu because it's the only distro that would fit on my flash drive. What issues are you having? The only bug I think I've encountered so far is that the weather applet is broken.

>>60431377
Shit son, that's incredibly accurate. Glad I was too busy to fuck up my desktop with arch, just a few VMs, but been there, done that.

Running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Cinnamon now. Only thing I'm considering changing up these days is to go and see if KDE is more reliable.

I've had no issues at all with Debian... What's breaking for you??

>>60431809
Ie when I do "open with" from manager, menu-cached goes crazy=cpu usage 50%.

>>60431377
I went from Windows, to Fedora, then back to Windows. The process was something similar.

>>60431854
Sounds to me like you fucked up before first stage.

>>60431585
At the end, it's normie tier.

>>60431377
i was on the last stage then recently i go backwards to the previous stage

is that bad?

tfw unix 8 -> mac os -> debian -> os x

>>60431377
>Which stage are you on?

My stage isn't shown in OP's pic.

In my stage, you realize that you want the most popular distro and the biggest repository. That's because when you encounter a problem, you want the biggest number of google hits when you research it, and you want the maximum choice of software.

That's what caused me to start with Ubuntu -- and when Ubuntu switched over to the Unity desktop, I switched to Mint because Mint has a keen understanding that you don't fuck with a successful desktop paradigm. I stayed with Mint because they also understand that stability is important, so they (now) base their releases only on LTS versions.

I started out in this stage in 2007, and I'm still in the same stage today. Pragmatism isn't a "stage" -- it never goes out of style.

>>60431377
Fug, i jumped directly to arch because i wanna be cool and fit in with /g/ and make those amazing desktops with i3,
Because i Still have some doubt that Ubuntu can be looked like arch, i doubt it.
I tried installing arch in vm, got till pacstrap than got a power cut because 3rd world

I've just enetered my i3 phase from my xmonad phase. That's a step in the less pointless ricing direction i guess. Tried to go back to unity alltogether but the keybinds are too shite.

My journey

Windows XP > Ubuntu > xubuntu > lubuntu > Gentoo > graduated and got a job > windows 10

Went from windows straight to kali.
Completely worth it

>>60431997
>power cut
Do you live in North Korea?

I'm on the second Ubuntu stage, feels enlightened man

>>60431851
>unironically using a gui

>>60432072
PAKISTAN.
Also is there some big difference in installing arch on vm and on real thing, and also does tricky part come after pacstrap?

>>60432088
Just saying from top of my head, was executing something via adb, it was quicker and that happened.

Ubuntu -> Debian stable -> fedora -> Debian testing -> Ubuntu LTS.
I'm happy with it but I never really cared for gnome so I might switch to kde neon after 18.04 rolls around.

>>60431377
I'm on GNU/HURD stage.

>>60431749
being autistic is nothing to be ashamed of. its just sad that it is used as an insult.

>>60431915

bump

>>60431377
Just Ubuntu -> Debian Sid. Haven't looked back in three years so I'm safely on the last one.

>>60432098
The only real differences between the real thing and a VM is that your network connection works by default in a VM and you don't need to deal with UEFI. Those are the only two potentially tricky parts.

>>60431377
I've never used linux except at my friends house when I was 12 because no games.

stage 2-3, using customized Xubuntu, next goal is install Gobolinux, install xfce, apply all the customizations from my former Xubuntu install and install all software as appimages

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Pretty much stage 5, though I skipped 3 and 4. 1 and 2 are completely true for me [Ubuntu then Mint]. I'm on Debian stable and have no intention of moving. I need to get too much shit done to mess around with Arch or Gentoo.

>>60432053
>HackerMan

>>60431431
>>60431438
>>60431452
fuck off shills

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>>60431514
same family

>>60432186
Does arch installation automatically utilize unallocated space? Like while installing all the unallocated space will be shown in cfdisk?

>>60431377
stage 5. ubuntu at work, manjaro at home

Stage 5, but stopped on Manjaro. I enjoy Arch infrastructure a lot and the only problem it has is the installation process. Manjaro is an Arch that is easy to install, and that's just what I need.

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>>60431377
>Which stage are you on?
Arch/Gentoo stage, best stage.

>>60432147
>You're autistic.
>No, you're autistic.
>Hey now, don't use autistic as an insult.
kek

>>60431377
the last paragraph hit home
ive been a super android fanatic over so many years
and after trying out custom roms and customizing my homescreen and transitions and icon packs i came to a point where i asked myself: is that it? whats the point of this gay ass shit and then i bought an iphone and its fine, its all i need

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>>60431377
I've been in the last stage for probably 6 or 7 years now, but did go through all of those phases.

>>60431377
Rather than move to Arch and waste my time I moved to Manjaro and stayed there
Pacman and yaourt make Arch worth it

I'm on the stage where I'm an adult so I use Windows.

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>>60432638
>an adult
>4chan pass
>pic related

>>60431535
No-one "runs" Kali unironically.
Just use it in a vm for 1337 WEP¨haxxing

>>60432638
>pass as well
Decent bait.

>>60432638
Same to be honest

>>60431377
>before biting the Loonix bullet
Windows 98 > XP > Vista > 7 > 8.1 > 7
>trying out GNU+Linux on a live flash drive
Mint 18.1 KDE
>bought thinkpad specifically for GNU+Linux
Absolute Linux > Lubuntu >Windows XP + Lubuntu dual boot > Lubuntu
>maxed out RAM to 3GB
Lubuntu > Trisquel (for 5 minutes) > Lubuntu
>upgraded to Intel T7200 CPU (64-bit)
Lubuntu > Slackware > Lubuntu > Ubuntu > Lubuntu > Windows XP 64-bit > Slackware > Mint 18.1 XFCE > Lubuntu > Slackware > Arch (lol how do I wi-fi) > Windows Embedded 7 Standard > Xubuntu

Help

My journey was

ubuntu -> slackware -> debian -> ubuntu

>>60431377
Ubuntu Mate for pi-seed/watchbox
Manjaro openrc on thinkpad
Windows 10 on a 2006 selfbuild gayme PC I haven't touched in months -> got all my civ V achievements
a PS3

im on solus

>>60431377
started with arch now thinking of switching to ubuntu

>>60432704
>ubuntu -> slackware

how/why?

Ubuntu and never left. Debian is antiquated with no good drivers for newer hardware. Fedora is a meme living off the scraps of Red Hat. Only thing I do is occasionally swap DE because I can. Mostly stick with MATE though

>>60431377
how much canonical/kekhat paid you to shill that dumb image?

>>60431377
I just switched from Gentoo to Debian two days ago.

>>60431377
Windows until age 10 --> Ubuntu for a long while --> Windows 7 / Ubuntu ---> tried out Elementary OS when it came out in 2011 --> os X for college --> changed back to Ubuntu

>>60433158

Would be interested if you could elaborate a little more on your choice there.

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Back from Arch to Xubuntu.

>>60433287
>leaving the os x master race
Why?

>>60433333
What a waste of quints. Checked nonetheless.

>>60433333
checked

>>60431792
>it sucks
I've never had one problem with gnome 3 scaling on my hidpi notebook, aside from the display manager login which has been fixed.

I started with Linux mint kde edition, and I really like it.

>>60432696
Holy shit nigga, what are you doing

>>60431377
Arch/Gentoo, about to switch back to Ubuntu

>>60432696
what's with your obsession with Lubuntu

>>60433355
> Caring about numerals on a slow board like /g/.

My grandma could've gotten a quints too

I've been in arch stage for 6 years now

>>60431514
>>60432252
dumb frogposters

im on the freebsd stage

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>>60431377
Final stage, I use Debian, Arch, and Fedora for different purposes. Never cared for the ricing + curry meme though.


Ubuntu is actually the least stable distro out of the ones you posted right now, and Mint is by far the least polished.

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>>60431377
Not funny, bro!

>not using manjaro with KDE

it just werks

>>60431377
The last one.

>>60431431
literally this lmfao

>>60433781
> ubuntu least stable

...you're joking, right?

>>60433781

Least stable? You don't know what you're talking about.

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>>60433975
Shitty, unfinished features, changing the DE all the time (current one crashed all the time before and still has a ton of bugs).

Also, PPAs are cancer. Mint takes all the flaws of Ubuntu and amplifies them. Only advantage of Mint, albeit a rather big one, is the default DEs aren't complete shit like Ubuntu's and their derivatives. The defaults, like with Firefox, are absurd so I'm surprised anyone takes Mint seriously.


Fedora is pretty good if you want new packages in a stable enviroment, Debian and Debain testing are solid, stable, and despite their flaws are still more professional than Ubuntu, and despite Arch's gimicky autistic install process which can be solved with a script it's okay. Gentoo is great too but I don't develop too much on the kernel anymore.

>>60431377
i'm on Antergos, and I don't think i'll switch anytime soon

easy to set up, pacman is best packagemanager, no new release every year.

I started on Mint. Haven't changed. Just works.

>>60434039
Ubuntu crashes a ton, plus they patch their software with all sorts of weird bullshit. It's not particularly "stable" when they swap out their DEs all the time either, half of the version upgrades broke my install or left tons of redundant and obsolete packages.

Still the most polished user experience, but hardly user friendly. I recommend even Elementary before pajeetbuntu.

>>60431377
gentoo level

>>60431377
I only use Sorcery.

Ubuntu studio. So i guess I'm at the end.

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Void Linux is the real end game. XBPS, LibreSSL, easy to install, minimalistic, and it uses runit instead systemd

>>60431377
On the windows 10 stage where everything works and not just the handful of open source office programs.

>>60434151
>XBPS
Shitty meme.

>LibreSSL
Knee-jerk tier meme.

>easy to install
So is Windows.

>minimalistic
Get a job and buy PC components from this decade?

>and it uses runit instead systemd
Edgy, but not actually useful.

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>>60431377

>>60434120
>Elementary

So literally the same thing but with a dumbed down DE.

I'll give you the version upgrades, those do tend to be kinda shit, but I disagree on the crash part. My Ubuntu 16.04 install is all sorts of tweaked, packages were upgraded, downgraded and thrown around, PPAs added and purged, graphics drivers installed in at least 3 different ways for SLI tests, etc. Still rock solid.

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>>60431377
I went back to Windows 10 subsequently.

>>60434120
>Ubuntu crashes a ton

kek

Windows until 8 came along, then used Mint for a full day before going Arch. Still haven't gone back.
Tried Debian, too unnecessarily complicated/hard to use and outdated.

>>60434338
Apt is stable, the system as a whole kind of starts to break down depending on the packages you give it.

Plus they did something witht he boot sequence where systemd takes a solid 45 seconds whereas it used to take only 10 or so before. Debian still boots up quickly but both Ubuntu and Fedora spend close to a minute launching daemons.

>>60434368
>>60434120
>implying fedora's SELinux doesn't cause more crashes
>using Fedora on a workstation at all
>not just using an arch-like if you want new packages.
Kek

>>60431377
Final, I skipped the 1337 haxxor stage

>>60434446
Check systemd logs, I've never seen that happen before, something must be up.

>>60431431
this LUL

>>60431431
lmao

this

Someone should update that image.

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>>60432249
>>60433854
>>60434904
>>60434945

>>60435147

You are back with telemetry and have no respect for your own privacy or your data. You basically don't care who sees your stuff or knows what you're doing.

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>>60435147
You forgot to add

>You no longer worship a false idol who eats the fungus of his feet.

I went through this entire cycle and then went back to arch. aur too good.

>>60435147
>life of a GNU/Linux user
>adds Windows and mac OS

Well then they're not a GNU/Linux user anymore, are they now?

Fucking hell you people are retarded.

>>60435147
>familiar desktop and applications

Nigga my familiar Windows apps existed back on 2000. This shit going on right now is as retarded as it gets.

Mine was like Windows -> Ubuntu > Kubuntu > Debian > OpenSUSE > Windows > Mint > Windows > Ubuntu > Windows > Manjaro > Ubuntu > Windows

>>60431377
I'm a professional linux sysadmin with 10 years experience, starting with Mandrake (the Ubuntu of the time).

I vouch for OPs image. Gentoo is for stupid ricers, Arch is for Gentoo users who don't wanna compile. Debian sid/experimental is great for desktop and Ubuntu LTS is great for servers.

Fight me faggots.

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>>60435147
FTFY.

Manjaro on PC and Fedora on Laptop

I like how easy it is to install Software on Manjaro that isnt that Popular (AUR) but need the Stability of Fedora on my Laptop to get work done

>>60431377
I am on the 6th stage, where you stop giving a shit about constant system breaking updates and wants something as stable as the Everest. There are two choices: CentOS and Debian. If you aren't a poorfag you can pick Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux or Suse.

>>60431377
The windows stage. I just decided to use windows 10 instead of debian after arch.

yeah ive just never used any other linux aside from ucuntu because theyre all basically the same

>>60431377
Does Manjaro count as Arch or Ubuntu? Because it's easy as Ubuntu, and as 1337 as Arch.

>>60433333
Checked.

Also, I left because I had to sell my machine to pay for a couple of debts I wanted to take care of. I was going to return with the 2016 update, but I can't stand the meme keyboard. I will buy the refreshed iMac or the Pro, so long as they don't fuck it up.

>>60436247
It's neither.

>>60431377
I've been at the last stage for a few years now. Fedora 25 is comfy.

I skipped the Arch/Gentoo stage though.

>>60432527
It was more of an observation based on that reply, than an insult, mate.

>>60434855
I don't know man, across the computers it's the same: Debian boots FAST whereas the recent versions of Ubuntu-based distro and also Fedora boot very slowly; almost as slow as Windows.

I thought it was because Linux was getting more bloated but even Debian testing is super quick. Arch worked quite well for me too when I tried that on a PC of mine.

My journey: W3.11 --> W95 --> W98 --> W2k --> RedHat --> XP --> Mandrake --> XP --> SuSe --> XP --> Ubuntu --> Xubuntu

>>60431619
>window10 + Ubuntu on servers

this near enough

>>60431377
>GNU/Linux is customizable enough to make any distro like the other
Pretty much this, but already being on Arch there's no reason to go "back" to Ubuntu or Fedora. Still haven't found a package manager that beats pacman, and the AUR beats hunting for PPAs any day. Especially with convenience tools like yaourt that automates AUR shit for you.

Debian ^-^

>>60431377
this is pretty accurate for me

started out with fedora because I felt like it was slightly better for showing off the e-peen and I liked the desktop

used arch for a little bit because hackerman

switched to suse a while after that because stability and I liked the logo

then recently I installed the most barebones version of ubuntu possible, tossed i3 on it, and haven't looked back. just werks.

lol at all the winfags pretending they left linux for windows. you fags never left windows in the first place. I'd be surprised if over a third of you even knew how to make a bootable USB in the first place.

>>60431489
13 years on Gentoo here.

Whoever thinks this is a "difficult" distribution is probably retarded and should stick with smartphone apps or whatever else is fully managed by someone else.

Not that it's a distribution for everyone's needs. But it is is not really difficult.

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Lubuntu on one laptop (via flash drive) and Bunsen Labs on an old Dell with a Pentium Dual Core (installed to the HDD).

For anyone with a broadcom wifi card: Bunsen Labs works out-of-the-box, which is unusual for a Debian-based distro.

I switched directly from Windows 7 because I just want to use my fucking computer.

My fiance currently runs windows 10 and is on the verge of switching as well. That piece of shit OS is so bloated you literally cannot be productive on it.

I'm planning on putting Ubuntu on a flash drive for her to use whenever she wants in place of Windows. If she doesn't like it she can get a mac.

Fuck windows.

>>60437760
systemd-analyze, optionally with "plot".

It should tell you where the problem is.

i use Fedora at work. windows at home

>>60431377
Home
Ubuntu/Xububtu > [testing various distros for comfy defaults] > Fedora
Work
??? > Scientific Linux > CentOS
If I ever have the time I'll make a LFS machine. But until then Fedora is fine

>>60431431

went back to windows and installed GNU/NT from the store

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>>60431377
>start to get real work done

>>60431377
Windows 7(shit the bed and bricked my laptop and desktop (((mysterious))) in the same week when they were pushing 10->

Ubuntu to recover my files that were "lost". Ubuntu was cool. Spent time learning to cut and paste code and began to appreciate how downloading and installing programs works in terminal. Hit a wall getting a net gear wifi card working, and really started learning to cut and paste code. Started messing with WINE and virtualization. Got excited and built a top of the line PC. Setup dual boot with Ubuntu and Windows 10........

Havent used Ubuntu since, because I just don't have time to fool around with sudo this and that. All my content is legal and I guess I can afford all the software I want.

LINUX is cool, but I'm not. So I am botnet windows 99.99% of the time.

About to go to Peru and bring back a lot of OC. If you guys want to help me learn some video editing in freeware I guess I'll have a reason to learn again

>>60435147
>implying the only reason people use GNU/Linux is to escape telemetry

How is Debian (test) any worse than Fedora?

>>60431377
I have tried all types of distros, However I keep coming back to debian, It has a versatility that cant be beat.

>>60431377
not using temple os so the glow in the dark fbi niggers can't acess your data

>>60431377
Ive done
Arch -> OpenSUSE -> Debian -> Ubuntu -> Fedora
Fedora is really good IMO

>>60431377
I have achieved enlightenment and switched to BSD.

>>60438203
Blender works on Windows too so that is not your reason.

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>>60431377
Above your realm OP

>>60438272
Does blender handle all the oddball audio and video codecs?

I have a friend with JVC that uses some strange ones. I have a Canon and Nikon and a zoom that does . wav and mp3 so I ought to have an easy time right?

>>60431377
Mint.
On a Asus notebook I haven't used in months.

>>60438326
All? Nah, don't think so. Its just a capable editor, but if you start / end with extremely odd codecs you might need a reencode outside of blender first / last.

Wav and mp3 are supported, IDK about Canon or Nikon's video encodes.

>>60434307
this post is cancer

>>60431377
Not moving from stage 3. I keep mint on my laptop though.

>>60438392 (cont'd)
>>60438326
Here:
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/data_system/files/media/video_formats.html

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>

$CURRENT_YEAR

>not exiting the distro reincarnation cycle and using glorious VOID Linux

>Windows
>Ubuntu
>Mint

And I've been here for a few years now.
Though I might try out funtoo

>>60431377
Never leaving Stage 3 because I'm way too 1337

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this is the ultimate red pill

>>60432260
just skip the trouble and use arch-anywhere

>T410
Windows 7
Ubuntu 16.04
Debian 8 (Stable)

>Sold the T410 and got a maxed-out X230 on October of last year
Windows 10: Getting fucking tired of it. I'd move back to Windows 7 but doing a fresh install of it as of late has become a total shore due to problems with Windows Update, no OOTB network drivers, etc.
Ubuntu GNOME: Making backups of all of my stuff before I nuke the W10 installation and make the transition. Going with the GNOME flavor for now so I can have a taste before Ubuntu makes its full transition from Unity to it in 18.04.

>Got another X230 last month
Windows 7/10: I'll probably stick with Windows on this one just so I can have a backup machine to encode/organize my music and edit a video or two when I need to.

I'll try my best to ditch Windows as much as possible as I don't see much of a future to it and I don't want to wait until 2020 when the support for W7 dies to start learning Linux seriously.

So yeah, I'll be on phase 1 for a while.

>>60431377
I did this
Mint-Debian-Ubuntu-Elementary-Arch-Ubuntu-Manjaro-Debian-Fedora/Arch
I just hate adding ppa for shit but keep Ubuntu as a failsafe when shit goes south

Hmm. I used Slackware from the mid 90s all the way up to around 2012ish, when I switched to fedora because I use RHEL at work and it seemed like a good idea to maintain consistancy. Right now I am thinking about switching to OpenSUSE, but I havent really made any decisions.

Ubuntu -> Slackware -> Arch -> Slackware -> Gentoo -> BSDs -> Fedora

I still use the BSDs for lots of work / projects, but graphics drivers continue to keep them from being "daily drivers" for me. Fedora is the best linux distribution and you can't really appreciate it until you've gone through the cycle for yourself.

Gentoo isn't bad if you've got a fast desktop, but I rarely use anything other than a laptop these days. I'm also sorry to hear about the end of the GRSEC public seeing as that's the end for hardened Gentoo in all likelihood.

We use RedHat and FreeBSD at work so that also helps consistency.

I am still on Windows, I want to leave but am lazy as fuck.
Gonna take baby steps into GNU/Linux. I've used it in the past but not for long.
Whenever I get an extra SSD I guess.
If I can last more then a month on Linux (Only switching for games) I'll make the effort to change completely.
What's the best distro to try? I was thinking either Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Fedora, or OpenSUSE.

>>60431540
I've been on arch for about 3 years now. Love it.

>>60439535
Ubuntu

>>60439777
>>60439535
If you choose Ubuntu, you may want to use Ubuntu Gnome since it will be the default desktop for the next release and you won't have to relearn anything if you upgrade to the new release.

Ubuntu: Stage one

>>60439379
Why do you like Fedora over Ubuntu? I'm tempted to try it

>>60431377
Final stage. Feels good to give up on the bleeding edge meme

>>60431377
arch linux had the shittiest install system I've ever used that managed to wipe my bootloader so that made me skip the idiot step

>>60431377

I can';t even use terminal yet LMAO; don't know why I installed Linux in the first place. I am learning computing from scratch again.

I ENJOY making Arch installs. I build """"custom""''" operating systems, repackage them for installation and let them sit in a pile. Fixing bugs is F U N.

But srsly though I just use Arch and an environment manager of whatever I feel like at the time. The only time my fingers leave the keyboard is generally when I'm on windows or a laptop. Linux is pretty fluid with a keyboard and I don't use Linux to watch YouTube or use Facebook, just as a development environment.

My computer usage is limited to Rainbow Six Siege tournaments on windows, Minecraft with my girlfriend on windows, and develop/video editing. Development done on Linux. Video editing done on my MacBook air.(seriously though. How the fuck can a MacBook air render 1080p at almost a 1.5s:1s ratio. I rendered a 15 minute gameplay video in iMovie, Adobe Premiere, and Adobe After Effects. I didn't wait long at all.

System D: Fourth Stage

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>>60431514

>>60440099
SELinux and Butrfs set up in a way that doesn't involve wasting my time is great. Gnome has come a long way, wayland (upcoming), sensible defaults (read: less work), and much more. If you know anything about SELinux or are curious about using it, Fedora starts in targeted mode which is a good way to learn how to write policies.

>>60431377
First distro was arch. I am considering switching to Debian

My desktop has run Arch for over 6 years and I'm way too used to it to change now.
My server runs CentOS.

>>60431377
amd64-stage3-20170516.tar.bz2

>>60431377
Ubuntu to Gentoo to Fedora

feelsgoodman

>>60435178
I see you use the internet as well

>>60431514
openPEPE on my laptop
Windows 7 on my desktop

>>60431377
I use both Fedora and Arch.

>>60431377
I've been on fedora for 8 years now

The final one but debian and derivatives are fucking garbage so I'm still on Arch

>Antergos for daily usage
I haven't encountered a single issue I couldn't resolve in under a minute in over a year and I'm a heavy user and have a high workload.
>Winblows for gaymes
The amount of bullshit I've had to deal with puts me off gaymes. The ONLY thing it's good for, aside from gaymes is rufus.
>Tails for CP
Probably NSA botnet, but also probably more secure than doing it on my main OS.

Went straight from windows to manjaro. Haven't switched since.

>>60431997
You can obviously make Ubuntu look like it. Why wouldn't you?

>>60431377
im def behind 3rd

now im just looking for the right distro for my lap.

having mint right now. its kinda okish but the wifi bugs annoyed me yasterday. thinking about fedora.

I never actually tried gentoo, but used the rest for a good while.

Well, and a few more. But yeah, I don't bother these days. I just use Ubuntu flavors. I know their flaws, and I can live with that.

>>60432137
So GNU?

final step but i only went as deep as debian
>:^)

>>60431377
Jumped from the first to Debian and the fifth stage, due to getting a work and because I don't need neckbeards' appreciation in "desktop threads".

Void Linux #1

>>60434437
Wait, you actually think Debian is harder than Arch?

>>60435147
I don't get why the logos don't correspond to the assocoated texts.

>>60431377
Windows|Fedora|Debian|Mint|*BSD|LFS|back to Windows.

Last stage. That's why I use ArchLinux. I don't want a silly distribution to interfere with me.

>>60435147
Perfect.

>>60431377
Skip debian and I'm here on ubuntu again

>>60431377
1 week Manjaro realized why not just arch, then just used arch

Fuck offv

>>60431377
I'm at the stage where my system is so customized to me that I don't even notice it anymore, aesthetically or otherwise.
I also no longer care what anyone else uses, because everything is exactly how I want it.

I am...at peace.

>>60431377
Debian -> Arch and I'm done. Haven't changed in a few years, not planning to

>>60435790
What about OpenSUSE Leap?

>>60443553
That is just step 3 mate.
Some day you get a job and you will come back to the popular distros because having the same version everyone else uses makes life easier.
It might not be ideal, but it is good enough.

>>60431431
Same desu. These fucking wannabees will never know the feeling.

>>60443741
Nah, I've been through 3, and this ain't it.
I haven't changed more than my wallpaper in 4 years.

>>60431377
I went Mint > Arch > OpenSUSE > *distro hopping intensifies* > Arch
Nothing else feels the same and I never really got into Gentoo. More control than I need.

i like my Debian

>>60431431
Pretty much

>>60431377
daily using Debian for 20 years.
daily using Gentoo for 14 years.

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>>60431749
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as autism, is in fact, Autism/Asperger's, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Autism plus Asperger's. Autism is not Asperger's unto itself, but rather another component of a fully-functioning NEET made useful by his Autism Spectrum Disorder as defined by the DSM-5.

>>60444107
How mad are you?

>>60444205
Is that question a form of projection?
Is THIS question a form of projection?

>>60431960
>Mint
>Stable
>Not fucked

Mint is total shit. It's a distro that should be a DE. They've trampled on the repository namespace because they're too autistic to name their own stuff something new and certain updates, including security updates, are never made available. Go back to Ubuntu, and I mean that unironically

>>60443426
How dare he question your 1337 Arch skills!

>>60444260
Mint just needs a change in management, that's all. Unfortunately I don't think anyone is going to do anything but shoot the dog in the shed on this one.

>>60444266
Totally Lame Normie Command:

apt-get upgrade

Super Elite Hacker Command:

pacman -Syu

See the difference? Being readable is for normies and posers!

>>60431377
>Call you a n00b and so you switch
I don't.

>>60435147
this desu

>>60431960
Did you try the Windows distro? I've heard it's the biggest distro around.

>>60435671
Exactly. The reason I'm using GNU/Linux is because it's the only OS that protects me from CIA finding out that I'm planning to kill a bunch of niggers. I hate those fucking monkeys. I'm currently researching on how I could poison their water supply in their fucking nigger town.

They're subhuman apes that the world needs to get rid off. I'm doing you a favor and you should be thankful.

>>60438049
>>60431489
I can feel the autism, it's too strong

I've been using Debian stable since 2009. With backports its comfy as fuck.

I don't really care if my DE is out of date as long as I can backport a newer browser. Some stuff is old but at least it works. I lived through the Gnome 3 and KDE 4 releases so I was glad that shit didn't filter to me until it was halfway usable. Plus I write embedded software in C for work so I don't really need newer stuff anyway.

>>60431377
None, I started with ubuntu on my laptop after studying a course that introduced me to Unix and was simply curious.
Switched to Xubuntu the moment I found out that my hardware supports GPU passthrough so I can have my cake and eat it too. Wanted something lightweight and stable for host OS that works with minimal maintenance.

I couldn't give any less of a shit about E-peen, the extent of modification I have done so far was simply installing i3wm and playing with the panels for easier access to information and scripts I use regularly.
Frankly I might go back to standard Ubuntu with Gnome3 once Wayland matures.

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>>60444036
>>60443764
>>60438155
>>60434945
>>60434904
>>60431431
>>60431438
>>60431452
>>60431499
>180 Posters
>245 Replies

>>60431377
Last stage, fortunately.
Back to Ubuntu.

started with xubuntu on the laptop, then installed mint on the desktop. May go for arch/manjaro next but i'm a pleb so i may just kick around mint and learn some more shit.

I started out with Ubuntu Hardy Heron in 2009 and then the distro hopping began. I tried Debian, all of the Ubuntu flavors, Mint, Elementary OS etc.

Every distro had some annoyance and I just couldn't settle until last year I finally could not resist the Arch shills anymore and installed Antergos with i3. Haven't looked back. It is so fucking superior, rolling release that just werks, AUR and pacman are incredible. Also, i3 is as good as it gets.

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>all these fags using linux because it's a /g/ meme and don't have any other reason
>all these fags using windows because they don't understand why people love linux

you're both cancer

>>60431431
OP's post and this literally summs up my last 6-7 years when it comes to doing anything with PC.
so true lol

>>60431761
>never tried pacman
why would anyone ever need to try that? apt has probably 20 times as much packages and its not complicated unlike Arch, which is made hard on purpose for autistic elitists, same about its installation. using Debian, will never switch to any other distro ever other than Ubuntu because im not wasting my time doing nothing.

>>60431797
>just started
>implying it breaks as much as people think
how can you know that? you literally said you just installed it.

>>60432696
Debian stable
you will end your struggle there, forever.

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>>60434307
>>60434151
I love how people say XBPS is a good thing when it has 30 packages in total. give me one single reason on why its better than apt, pacman or yum, just 1. inb4 nobody knows about it, thats why its cool even though its complete and utter shit

I was at stage 4, til I got frustrated trying to download openjdk-8 on Jessie and accompanying dependencies. I ended switching to arch just to have the latest shit. Still don't customize much though.

>>60431431
Same here..

>>60445606
Or go for a debian based distro that has almost all drivers out of the box along with a nice wallpaper and some other fun extras

>>60431377
always been on ubuntu/mint :^))

>>60434151
This

>>60435671
>>60444624
>He doesn't know how to setup a firewall with a RPi for his home network
Do you even /g/?

>>60435147
This so much. I even got a job when I switched to Windows

>>60431431
Me too

I don't know which distro to use.

I've used ubuntu/debian/arch/gentoo/

I plan on watching series/movies and occasional playing games. I know Overwatch got a wine patch that makes it somewhat workable.

any tips?

>>60431431
>all that samefagging
Too lazy to click your 'replies'.

>>60431431
Pretty much this. I even installed the Ubuntu WSL but realised after about 10 minutes it was useless because I could do everything I needed through GUI quicker than typing shit.

I started with arch and the only change I made is in the 3.5 years I have replaced systemd with runit.

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My first was installing Gentoo on a laptop, but the fiddling and manual reading never seemed to come to an end so I stopped. Then tried Debian Lenny and I've installed Ubuntu on a few laptops. Now I migrated my desk completely to Debian aside a few toy laptops with Win95 and Win10, only because it made an impression on me years back.

Editing important files with visual editor and learning its cryptic binds makes sweat drip down my forehead. But it's not like I have anything better to do during evenings.

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>>60431377
It went about

win 95> xp> vista > win 7 >
ubuntu > kubuntu > xubuntu > lubuntu > mint
arch > "fucccckkkk" > ubuntu > arch >
xubuntu > backtrack 4 > crunchbang > tails
debian

now I'm win10 because I bought new laptop and fedora 26 alpha didn't yet work and had not the time to troubleshoot. Waiting for the stable release now in June. Sometime I'll try slackware and bsd for muh private security.

>>60448557
> I plan on watching series/movies
Works easily with any of the distros you just mentioned.

> Overwatch
Probably just use your Windows gaming machine for that.

>>60439819
why is it changing again?

>>60448843
I don't want to read this, but here you go:

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence/

>>60448843
Actually it looks like the 17.10 release may still be using Unity.

>>60438049
It's not difficult, it's just not convenient.

10 seconds installing the newest Firefox version on Fedora and having it work the same way it works on everyone's box vs 3 hrs emerging the not even newest Firefox version on Gentoo and fall into the placebo that your CFLAGS make it so much faster and leaner than the "bloated" precompiled binaries that you get from Ubuntu/Fedora/Debian.

>>60439819
Isn't Ubuntu GNOME dead after 17.10? Can Ubuntu GNOME users even upgrade to standard Ubuntu?

>>60431377
windows on my home pc, arch on my laptop for work

OpenSUSE for about a year. Tumbleweed is pretty stable and no need to change

>>60431377
>testing the waters
>seeing what differences exist
>trying to learn
>this phase doesn't exist
>successfully learned/decided not to further pursue
>>60431431
>gave up, dropped out, muh games

>>60435514
>anyone ever including the death in a biography
>but why tell us how they died if this is about their life? They're no longer alive if they die!!!

>using anything except KDE Debian experimental with a dark theme and terminus font
>ever

I don't know which distro to use.

I've used ubuntu/debian/arch/gentoo/

I plan on watching series/movies and occasional playing games. I know Overwatch got a wine patch that makes it somewhat workable.

any tips?

>>60431377
>Debian
I had no choice in the matter. Got used to it.
>opensuse
Internalized a seething hatred for all things GUI.
>Debian
It's not really so bad, but my libraries were always out of date and I wanted to do more compiling.
>Gentoo
>tfw gentoo is suffering on a P2 with 128MB RAM
>Arch
Oh I'm liking this.
>years pass
>it's garbage now

Going back to gentoo lads

>>60444196
Lel

>>60449987
This >>60446821

Skipped first steps and started in arch, just finished the install.

>>60449352
Yes. My guess is they'll upgrade both Unity Ubuntu and U-Gnome users to the main branch.

>>60449987
bunsenlabs

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>>60431377
>tfw went from Debian to a hackintosh macOS

>>60431377
>2012
Ubuntu
>early 2013
Arch
>2013-2016
Gentoo
>2017
Ubuntu

Feels good man. No ragrats using other distros though, they are fun to tinker with. The choice is pretty simple when you actually want to get something done though.

>>60431377
But arch is comfy and gets my job done, it makes my life easier.

>>60431377
>Fedora

Too unstable, I experienced it and I didn't like it. Other distros like Manjaro would be a better choice. For the optimal Linux experience you have to LFS, though.

>>60431377
windows->Slackware->Arch->Gentoo
tried debian and ubunto but i hate apt with a passion
The conclusion is you don't choose a distro, you choose a pkg manager, as it is the only thing you can't change in a distro.

>>60448557
If you want to play Overwatch and have fun doing it you'd be better off dual booting Windows and playing it there.

>>60431644
>dat 11 lines of pure autism

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>>60431377

I'm on a different timeline

## Stage 1
I installed Linux Mint because it looked more familiar to Windows. It branched from Ubuntu, so I guessed that I'd have the most amount of support.

## Stage 2
I emergency changed from LM to Ubuntu because I accidentally `chmod -R -x /*`. I tried out other distros on a VM, because I knew that driver support was a gamble, and I didn't want to reinstall everything every week or so.

## Stage 3
Got another laptop as a hand-me-down. Installed obscure Bunsen Labs on it. It looked really nice. Printing anything was hell.

## Stage 4
Back to Ubuntu, but Ubuntu Minimal. It's just like Arch, but I don't have to worry about updates breaking everything. I'm tied to Ubuntu because I have to rely on `bcmwl-kernel-source` for wireless. I use AwesomeWM because I like tinkering with Lua.

## Stage 4.5 -- I am here
On sddm, I have both AwesomeWM and KDE to select. I use AWM when alone and KDE when with anyone else because I have some sense to know that AWM will confuse the hell out of any normie.

## Stage 5
I now always use KDE because I realized I have deadlines to complete.

>using arch
>I don't use my computer that much
>500MB of updates on every boot
>this is stupid
>install ubuntu
>ethernet doesn't work
>yeah, I'm not troubleshooting shit
>install debian
>lol your gpu is only 3 years old we don't have drivers for it sorry
>try to install opensuse
>it did something to my /boot/efi and my computer refused to boot until I reformatted it
>install manjaro
>delayed feature updates with timely security ones break a lot of version-dependent software
>go back to arch
>aside from too many updates, it just werks
>I thought arch was supposed to be a timesink

>>60431377

Stage 2. After reading all the retards and their time spent in stage 3, I think I'll skip straight to 4.

>>60456970
I've never heard of ethernet not working with Ubuntu

>>60448627
What's wrong with Fedora 25?

>>60431377
Not accurate for me. Started with mint but then kept breaking it with openbox. Left for lubuntu (has openbox already). Stayed there and realized all distro's are pretty much the same without what I like and are a pain in the ass to make how I like so I stay put for now.

>>60455387
This. I installed Debian testing yesterday because I kinda missed it (ran it for years) but I realised last night that I had spent hours getting it set up how I like it, and installing Ubuntu GNOME would've taken a fraction of the time. So yeah, probably gonna chuck that on my lappie this morning and just accept the fact that Ubuntu is the only choice if you just want to get shit done.

>>60431431
I came here to post this

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>>60459287
>>60432249
>>60433854
>>60434904
>>60434945
>>60438155
>>60443764
>>60444036
>>60445408
>>60446359
>>60448537
>>60448564

>>60431377
accurate...

>>60431377
I'm at the stage where you realize the only important difference between distros is package management, and they're all about equal so it's just a matter of personal preference

for me it was
window 98 > XP > Vista (2 weeks) > 7 > 8.1 > Ubuntu > Mint > Xubuntu > Fedora > Debian > Ubuntu mini + i3 > Arch + i3

Got my system pretty stable now and I'm enjoying the FUCK out of pacman/yaourt and AUR

> read thread
> want to kill myself because i'm unemployed arch user
Why

>>60431377
It went.
WIN ME>Ubuntu>Redhat>XP>Gentoo>Debian>Win 7.
I still have a linux server setup but thanks no thanks for everyday use.

>>60431377
Let's see.
I think I started with Mandrake Linux, then I went to Gentoo, then Arch and now I use Debian.

Haven't touched X since Mandrake.

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>>60431377
Where is opensuse tumbleweed at senpai? It legit has updated software like arch but far far more stable.

>>60431377
I've done it all. I'm back to mint. yes botnet. Kaiten infected ISO, but I always torrent ISO's so no probs.

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>>60460292
>opensuse
Literal meme.

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>>60460292
>far far more stable

>>60435147
came here to post this