Switched from Ubuntu to fedora recently.. I'm pretty happy with it and it's package manager
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Arch on everything with a screen. NixOS on everything without.
Whats a good way to start with nixos? Are there default configs to start from?
Everytime I go to the site to try I postpone for some reason, but mainly apprehension of deviating too mudh from debian base which has been my most used distros.
And how recommended is it to have nix package manager in popos or any debian based?
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Linux Mint because it just works.
I'll only mention it because I haven't seen it yet, I just installed endeavor os and it's been pretty Great
I'm also on Fedora and love it, but I'm thinking of switching to OpenMandriva ROME. OpenSUSE's Tumbleweed is another option.
I'm old too :-/
- CP/M
- DOS
- Windows3, 95, 98
- BeOS
- some Debian and Mandrake
- Windows XP
- Ubuntu (a long time)
- Mint/Cinnamon (I hated it, it was quick, maybe a year)
- MX/Xfce (since ~2016)
I may try Arch on a old laptop just to play with it.----
CP/M. Ya got me there. I guess I can say EOS though ( Coleco ADAM ) and Tandy DOS 2.1.
If you don’t want to jump straight into Arch, give EndeavourOS a go. It is only 20 packages on top of the 90,000 you get in Arch ( so, it is Arch ) but it is a breeze to install and is sensibly configured out of the box. Once installed, it is Arch ( don’t let the elitists tell you it isn’t ). It uses the real Arch repos and runs the real Arch kernels. Of course, if you have the time, vanilla Arch may be even more fun.
I hated it, it was quick, maybe a year.
I think we have a very different definition of quick, my friend. I've been on Linux for about a year and a half, most of which on Arch and recently on NixOS.
TW
Elementary It’s just like Mint but I had way less issues than with any other distros.
I use Debian with kde and its been great. Went from debian 11 to debian 12 without reinstall and then use void and devuan on my other computers and arch mobile on pinephone.
EndeavourOS with KDE
Same systems as vanilla arch for packaging such as pacman and AUR
Archwiki instruction work without modification
Great forum community without the incessant RTFM
Artix
Fedora (with Plasma) and I don't plan on moving to another distro until something tangible happens. Switching my distro based on hypothetical situations would keep me from ever staying on any distro for very long.
That being said if I had to use another distro, I feel like I'd try out Debian stable, while using Flatpaks and Distrobox to get up-to-date software. That feels like it would be a good approximation of the excellent middleground that Fedora has.
I recently Switched to Fedora Gnome and have been liking it.
Lot more user friendly than Mint imo.
Neon right now i will try pop os when the new cosmic desktop drops