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    [–] Roundcat@kbin.social 72 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Me: I know, I'll choose..

    Linux community: WRONG!!!

    [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago

    Linux is not the way, but TempleOS is.

    [–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    picks Bulbasaur as the starter

    [–] frshmt@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

    Boo this man!

    [–] drbi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    You can't tell me there is an option better than Hanna Montanna Linux.

    [–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)
    [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago

    It finally crossed the road

    [–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

    It accidentally opened Vim and was never seen again

    [–] akippnn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

    selection process because it wasn't included in the "best linux distros 2023" search result

    [–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I thought I was finally finished distro hopping after I landed on Fedora, but then I found Nobara and then the whole RHEL drama started so I went back to Debian stable but then NixOS caught my attention.

    It will never end

    [–] akippnn@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

    i just don't do distrohopping, it's a pointless venture imo. started with arch linux as my main desktop, never went back.

    tried some things occasionally, but i already sunk the time learning all sorts of things that may not even exist in other distros, configuring my system and the DE (and other things like zsh and vim setup), so it's just a waste of time honestly.

    i'm thinking of using NixOS instead of Debian (what i used previously) for my upcoming server project though.

    [–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Fedora

    M'federation

    [–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

    I hopped for ages and finally landed on Arch (btw), and I thought I was settled. I've been on it for like two years now.

    But lately I've been hearing the call of NixOS too...

    [–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    NixOS was for me the thing that stopped me from distro hopping and re-installations. I just don't care anymore to switch to anything, everything works how I want and I can focus on using it.

    [–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I’m using Debian right now, and it has been the most stable, and battery efficient distro I’ve used on my laptop. I see NixOS a lot on here, and went to look it up. I couldn’t discern really what makes it good, so may I ask for your β€œreview” of it compared to Debian?

    [–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    If you happen to customize your OS a lot, with NixOS you can define everything from one configuration: all your packages, your shell aliases, kernel parameters or for example the desktop wallpaper.

    You can push this config to GitHub and clone it to another NixOS machine and that one will have exactly the same packages, kernel parameters, shell aliases and wallpaper. Even the package versions, including all the libraries will be the same everywhere.

    You can even patch your tools from these configs, have custom kernels and go really crazy. When you commit your changes, they work exactly the same in all your machines. And on boot, you get a list of configurations, so you can boot to the previous config of your current changes broke something, go fix what you broke and retry.

    And, with nix the tool, your team can provide the flake.nix and flake.lock files in the software project you all work for. It will then make sure everybody gets the right versions from the dependencies, compilers, linters, etc. If it works for one, it works for all.

    Nix the tool let's you try this out in systems like other Linux distros or removed. NixOS is an OS that is taking a step further and requiring you to define the whole system with Nix.

    Oh, and a sibling project Home Manager is great for reproducible dotfiles.

    [–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

    Thank you so very much for your review. It helped me understand it a lot more than their webpage did! I’m a casual when it comes to Linux in that I just want to set it up, and never touch it again unless I get bored or have to. This sounds like a tinkerer’s dream OS, and that is awesome in itself. It’s just more technical than I have the time for right now.

    [–] smollittlefrog@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    Adding a little to the other comment: Nix packages are fully reproducible, so you can verify they're built from the source they're claimed to be. That makes package distribution more secure. (E.g. Debian could add malicious code to some packages before compiling them, and you'd never know. Not saying they do that, but they're able to.)

    [–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

    Thank you for the further explanation! I was able to see from the above that it may not be an OS for a casual Linux user like myself, but I think it is awesome for someone who wants to tinker to their hearts desire and make their system their own!

    [–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Maybe adding a warning to my previous comment. Going full-on NixOS is like learning vim for the first time. It is complex, takes a lot of time and you need to re-learn lots of things. Maybe evaluate are the good parts enough for you to spend a year re-learning how you use computers worth it. For me it definitely was.

    [–] init@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I swear, the only reason I haven't continued distrohopping is that I'm waiting for Pop_OS!'s Cosmic desktop and they are holding out on me

    [–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I'm just dipping my toes into the Linux world and searched up something like "Linux distros for beginners," and Mint with Cinnamon was on like five lists.

    It's like having sex for the first time. Don't know what I'm doing, but I'm having fun.

    [–] Acters@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

    I dont understand the analogy because I didn't get any. For me, it was like riding a bike or driving a car, I got a hang of it, but didn't know where to go and went wherever the internet/maps said was popular. Or when I first went to a buffet, didn't know what I wanted but started taking everything available in small portions and taking what others(friends and strangers) took.

    [–] h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago

    Decision paralysis in a nutshell. If we choose something, there is always a better thing (that we think there is).

    [–] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

    You'll pin down what you like about the underlying systems you experience, and then go hunting for that, just streamlined.

    Like, I love Archlinux. I love the config files, how simple and straightforward they are. I love pacman and the structure of it... but I use Garuda.

    So I know every cool default or awesome app that could help me out just by happenstance? Nope, lol. I like being surprised by features. With Garuda, I get both the system I like with the Ubuntu polish.... and... dragons. You can change the theme.

    [–] aport@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

    You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free

    [–] gutter564@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

    I see Vinland, I upvote. Simple.

    [–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

    I'm trying to set up a server for the first time and am jumping into Debian and Docker almost blind.

    [–] regalia@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago

    Wait until you show them the world of WMs

    I like the usability and how Elementary OS feels. Before that I was using Ubuntu.

    [–] nakukono@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My opinion is Choice is an illusion. There isn't much to choose from. Its all unix like.

    [–] someguy@lemmyland.com 3 points 2 years ago

    Try out haiku, serenity, menuet, or templeos? Depends on how non-Unix-like you'd prefer.

    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

    Not really. For example NixOS is vastly different from any other distro I've seen.

    [–] Yttra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

    Turns out distrohopping won't make fprintd work with my laptop fingerprint sensor or give me equal Proton performance on my (admittedly) low-end iGPU, so uhh...

    [–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

    I did debian.

    My rational was I like the package management style and raspbian. That's all you gotta do, just find some feature you like. You can always wipe your drive and choose another later.

    [–] Lolen10@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 points 2 years ago

    I'm not that much into distro hopping. I first used Linux Mint and then switched to KDE Plasma. That's the one I'm using now and I feel actually pretty comfortable with my choice.

    [–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

    Just go Debian and then hop when you get itchy.