What is your go-to Linux distro and why?
What is your go-to Linux distro and why?
I'd like to settle on a distro, but none of them seem to click for me. I want stability more than anything, but I also value having the latest updates (I know, kind of incompatible).
I have tested Pop!_Os, Arch Linux, Fedora, Mint and Ubuntu. Arch and Pop being the two that I enjoyed the most and seemed the most stable all along... I am somewhat interested in testing NixOS although the learning curve seems a bit steep and it's holding me back a bit.
What are you using as your daily drive? Would you recommend it to another user? Why? Why not?
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Manjaro - because everyone else seems to only be voting for Arch itself here. Manjaro is actually very stable, but I did sometimes have some trouble with AUR updates clashing. I like it because it stays relatively up to date and I don't have to do any major reinstalls or upgrades. I've been on it for a few years and never have lost data or was not able to get it started (even if it did need a manual kick-start once or twice). Like any distro, over time you become savvy around what to use and what to avoid.
I thought we're supposed to just mention what we're using and why. Should we also tell others why they should not use what they're using? That could start the distro wars all over again, just when we all became united in our differences ;-)
I use Manjaro only because it makes others upset.
Also, I installed it a few years back and it just keeps working fine for me.