Yo /g/, what is your perfect Linux distro?
i'll let you know when i find it
Ubuntu MATE
Windows 10
>>51785421
Arch.
It's the only distro that doesn't manage to fuck up my nvidia graphics drivers.
I use gentoo for my server.
>use Ubuntu
>bloated shit
>use Lubuntu
>buggy shit
>Use LXLE
>it's lubuntu but with even more bugs
So yeah, >>51785446
Arch and gentoo.
Haven't gotten around to learning all the things gentoo can do, but I'm loving it so far. Portage is nice.
>>51785421
Mint comes close.
Honestly, probably Arch or Gentoo since you set those up exactly how you personally want it.
>>51785421
They all have something to be desired.
>>51785421
Manjaro.
It's arch compatible, with all the things that i would want if i setup arch myself.
if you want super bleeding edge stuff, just swap the kernel in settings, and now you're running a full arch system instead of the manjaro "special snowflake" kernel
>>51785509
This.
You cannot really compare a stability-oriented binary distro like debian with a rolling release source based distro like gentoo.
That's why there are a lot of people who use both, hell there are a few debian devs who are also gentoo devs.
>>51785575
>binary
>>>/tumblr/
My perfect distro would definitely be Xubuntu (core). No bloat, all the drivers I need straight away, apt/deb
Slackware strong.
>>51785605
My perfect distro would be something like ubuntu lts with the very latest drivers, kernel, wine and other software that's not a core part of the system
>>51785601
windows user detected
>>51785563
Seconding Manjaro, it's good
>>51785563
Does it have the latest gnome desktop? What about proprietary drivers for GPU?
>>51785563
>>51785690
Is manjaro a rolling distro too? Their site has releases.
My perfect distro is Debian sid, which I'm currently using. In principle I'd like Arch, but I'm sticking to what I know; I've been using Debian for nearly a decade.
Ubuntu Gnome, but in my dream scenario it would have AUR and pacman instead of synaptic. I just don't want to deal with arch anymore
>>51785754
>I just don't want to deal with arch anymore
Exactly how I feel. Have you tried manjaro?
>>51785421
Arch if you have the time
Manjaro if you don't
Debian stable if you don't have brains
Crux, Gentoo and Source Mage are my favorites
Slackware is alright too I guess
> using anything other than Trisquel
Why do you all hate freedom?
>>51785872
Because Trisquel is shit, just like all of the FSF approved distros
>>51785872
Because freedom hates a wide range of hardwares
Debian stable.
>>51785934
packages are old as sin
>>51785934
>3.2
Move along, Grandpa
Elementary
Solus
>>51785478
Maybe try something that's not Ubuntu next time you dummy
picture related
>>51785958
I use Crunchbang++, kinda like it
>>51785956
horribly memed my friend
>>51785944
Good. I don't need the latest GNOME with all its bugs to do my work. I need a non-changing, predictable, stable environment. Version upgrades should happen every year or two years, not continuously.
>>51785946
What?
>>51785460
Bullshit. Last nvidia drivers don't work with the last xorg.
>>51785421
opensuse
Mint
Based off of Ubuntu but without Unity (can't stand it). Just werks.
Arch or Gentoo otherwise. Arch for the slower systems, Gentoo for the faster ones. (dat compile)
>>51785994
Is the latest 1.18? Than yes, it does.
>>51785994
>xorg
I'm using wayland. I kinda have to since watching movies is impossible with all that tearing.
Arch for me.
Granted I'm not much of a "power user". I just really like Pacman+Aur.
And it has a nice mix between requiring tinkering while not being too overwhelming. So It's fairly cozy to use I think.
>>51785421
from scratch
>>51786000
Which mint?
>Arch + MATE/XFCE/i3/Openbox + compton
>Gentoo if you're willing to set it up
For general use
>Debian Stable or Gentoo if you're willing to set it up
For servers
Objectively the correct answers
>>51786087
>Not listing the most patrician setup of Slackwate + CDE
>>51785762
I actually have not, I did consider it, but just wanted gnome 3 and could not be bothered with the extra effort to get it. I just wanted to be up and running, I have a master thesis to write, data to be analysed, I just don't want the extra stress.
>>51786086
MATE usually. Cinnamon sometimes on a newer system.
>>51786122
Antergos?
It gets a lot of shit from Arch elitists on here but it's a pretty good distro. I used it a lot before I started using Arch myself.
I prefer Arch with Cinnamon myself.
Fuck I like Cinnamon. It's like Gnome but usable.
>>51786160
It's nothing like Gnome actually
>>51786144
The Arch elitists have proper reasons to get angry
>>51785421
Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X
>>51786144
Have not really looked at it, thanks for the recommendation. Maybe next time
>>51786179
Isn't it? I mean. They pretty much fork everything from Gnome.
Is LFS even worth anything other than as a learning experience? Is there anyone who actually uses it as a daily distro?
>>51786182
True. But that doesn't mean it's not a useful distro.
If I didn't use a distro because of annoying fuckers I wouldn't be using Arch right now either.
>>51785421
While maybe not perfect (what is), xubuntu has been pretty fuckin great. Does what I want with minimal fuss and a small footprint. I use to use lubuntu and am looking forward to their qt based release. I'm sure itll be buggy as fuck at first, but with exposure it should shape up fairly nice.
>>51786226
No
5 days old arch Linux user here. Used fedora for almost 2 years and Ubuntu collectively for around 4 months.
Also messed with opensuse and Debian for a few days. Didn't like them.
Arch Linux is so far the best Linux experience I've had. It's lightweight, fast, relatively aesthetic(still have some menu tweaks and stuff to fix so it doesn't look like rice mixed with NT), and it give some full control over everything whether I need it or not.
I'm not a power user. I searched up tutorial after tutorial to try and figure out how to do everything and I learn more about how to use the OS. It's comfy. Download, set up a UI and mpd service, exit some config files and boom. Clean set up.
>>51786310
Isn't that GNOME shell? How did you obtain this?
>>51785478
XUBUNTU
Android
>>51785888
Have you used it? What didn't you like?
perfect distro should be stable, have huge repos, drivers installed out of the box, use kde and be apt free
>>51785872
I can achieve full freedom in Gentoo thanks to License Groups.
Fedora in a release or two.
I CAN FEEL THE SYSTEMD OVERTAKING ME, IT IS A GOOD PAIN
>>51785421
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
>>51785478
Ubuntu is only bloated if you install the full version with all the preloaded software. You can get a minimal install and get only the packages you want. This is not a very good argument for Ubuntu being bloated.
I live and bleed for Debian
>>51786723
Richard Stallman spotted
>>51786723
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just.Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Most computer users who run the entire Linux system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.
There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just.Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.
>>51785447
my senpai
I like Gentoo, but I fucking hate to configure the kernel every single time. I had to reinstall Windows, and for some reason it decided to fuck my EFI partition up, deleting my kernel configurations and vmlinuz.efi
I settled on Lubuntu for my second laptop and my USB persistent stick.
>>51786723
Stallman pls go
>>51785563
>using manjaro
http://archive.is/JeOLo
>>51786723
https://ptpb.pw/cZCs.webm
>>51785421
Debian net install + slim + lxde
Below are hosted locally:
Transmission-Daemon for torrents
OwnCloud for a lot of things
Subsonic for media
>>51785421
debian testing
>>51785575
debian has a rolling release aswell.
>>51785421
Windows 7
Slackware, I guess. It's the only one I've used that I would use again. I'd rather stick with FreeBSD though.
>>51786232
Working on this at the moment myself. Lets just say, once you boot into your first login prompt, after spending all weekend getting it setup...holy fuck, what a tight and compact linux system. It is PRECISELY what you make it, and nothing more. I'm hooked. I want to make it work if I can.
>>51785421
Another vote for Slackware.
>>51785421
Mint MATE Edition comes closest for me.
>>51785447
Probably not much difference between Ubuntu and Mint if we're comparing the MATE editions of both, but I dropped Ubuntu for Mint when Shuttleworth ignored the entire userbase and rammed Unity down everyone's throats... Pretty much the entire reason Mint is as popular as it is today.
>>51785892
It's the other way around, to be fair. Many hardware manufacturers hate freedom, and won't publish what the open source community needs to write good drivers.
Nixos
Mint cinnamon
>>51790312
faggot
>>51789598
this
>>51785618
There hasn't been an update since over two years. I fear we may receive bad news any day now (i.e. that it either adopts systemd, or that it's discontinued to avoid the former).
Btw Pat said he "would adopt systemd if he is forced to". If any distro maintainer would be *forced* to adopt systemd at any point, it would practically mean that Linux as we knew it is dead in general, and the one who's in control now isn't Torvalds or Stallman, but Poettering.
>>51785421
Arch bang
It's a minimal distro but not too minimal to be useless without setting stuff up.
>another "what's the best Linux distro" thread
>almost everyone suggests something entirely different
>none the wiser (as usual)
>fuck this gay thread
Every. Fucking. Time.
>>51791112
>your perfect distro
>your
everybody likes something else.
>>51790992
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>>51785618
>>51785845
>>51786117
>>51789287
>>51789498
>>51790992
>Slackware
Vote for your opnion about the future of Slackware.
http://strawpoll.me/6101272/
http://strawpoll.me/6101272/
http://strawpoll.me/6101272/
>>51788541
>Using antergos
https://antergos.com/wiki/install/installing-antergos/
>>51788541
>antergos user bringing in the salt
>>51787222
Use genkernel. With or without your old config.
Gentoo worked fine for me for over ten years now.
I'd say that's pretty good.
Arch is the lowest denominator. Gives me the least bloat and the best functionality. I love it. Been using it for 6 years straight.
>>51788541
>browsing 4chinz
:^)
Slackware
>>51790992
There have been plenty of updates and -current is ramping up to a beta. Also, the systemd issue is stupid. They're doing a good job avoiding it right now and it definitely won't be in the next release, but most of the best parts of Slack would still exist even if they adopted systemd.
>>51790511
Takes one to know one :^)
>>51792202
At least I don't use Mint
None because Linux won't boot on my computer
Tried out all the main non-obscure distros (including gentoo) and always gone back to Arch. It just fits my needs perfectly.
>>51785421
Arch master race here ... (Bonus points for manjaro and antergos but you know you should rather be using clean arch)
>>51789455
You can configure it much more than even gentoo?
>>51785421
Out of all the ones i tested so far, opensuse seems to be the best all around os
>>51785421
openbsd
So far Debian
>>51785509
i use different distros on each of my computers, and a different distro at work, and yet another distro on my VPS
doesn't matter what distro you use, long as it's right for the job
