Hello g. Which linux distro do you use and why?
lubuntu, just works
now using windows 10 bc free games from kat
besides games, no big difference
Ubuntu with i3wm.
Ubuntu due to aptitude and because it's fairly supported and "just werks".
i3wm because I think it's good lookin.
I use arch linux because I'm a huge overcompensating faglord
I have several jelqing utilities installed to help remind me to stretch out my micropenis
>>52180240
gentoo and arch because i like dicking in confs when things break
>>52180240
Slackware.
Dont know why been using it since forever.
>>52180356
I keked hard
I use kubuntu because I like XFCE and aptitude
Also apt-get moo
Fags who say lubuntu need to cut off their own dicks because idgaf
>>52180356
muh bleeding edge
Slackware because fuck systemd
Fedora with nonfree codecs and i3. I installed arch on my laptop but just didn't like it.
gentoo
>muf CFLAGS
>muh USE flag
>muh versions
>muh openRC
>muh portage
>>52180430
i forgot to add that
>>52180240
If you really want to feel Linux you should try: Slackware.
>>52180240
Mint because driver support and muh windows like environment.
>>52180493
Yeah people dont understand that when you use a standard distro, you use a distro.
When using Slackware, you use Linux.
>>52180546
No I would say it's about as Unix you can be on Linux.
>>52180600
Yeah agreed.
>>52180240
Alpine on my laptop and Funtoo on my Desktop.
Thinking of trying Alpine on my router in the near future.
>>52180670
Id love to give that alpine a go.
Arch, because it has a decent package management system (albeit not as great as Gentoo's). That's one important thing to keep in mind when choosing a distribution, especially if you're a developer and/or maintainer. Most differences between distributions are really cosmetic.
>>52180600
This, its what i like about it.
>>52180704
It's actually really simple to use in my opinion.
There are minor obstacles given that it's musl libc instead of glibc along with the differences between the Busybox and GNU userland but it's been a pleasure to use on my laptop for light usage.
Xubuntu because it just werks and I need something reliable for school.
I also have a gentoo box but that installation and the maintenance is mostly just academic and so I can feel l33t when we post our screen fetches too.
>>52180240
>all these arch shills ITT
Honestly are there any non-autistic reasons for choosing arch over any other distro?
Arch, because it is objectively the best
>>52180240
Elementary OS. It really keeps out of the way, promotes a good fast workflow, and looks alright.
>>52180903
>accusing others of autism
>posts anime shit
>>>/a/
or juts kill yourself you loser
Linux Sexy
>>52180930
I'll take that as a "no."
>>52180903
There are two kinds are arch users
trolls who post about it
and trolls
>>52180896
my screenfetch has a bug in it
>>52180240
Archmeme. I just found it to be the most stable thing I've installed that gives me the features I want. Ubuntu's drivers didn't work, had various bugs on it; wanted to try Fedora at one point, but ended up just settling on arch and not installing distros like a maniac anymore.
Fedora/i3. I like the new package manager and it was simple to set up the way I want. I'm done screwing around with arch.
Why Arch
>rolling release
Everything is fresh and when I read some news about new kernel it is on my machine within few weeks. When theres new version of whatever application, its extremely fast in repos.
>AUR
The huge community driven repository that arch has - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/
It feels like what was promised when I switched to linux, but has not been delivered in other distros. When I read about something, I can find it on AUR, when I see someone mention a new project, theres very likely a git package on AUR of it. It's incredible and makes arch feel much more comfortable than dicking around with google and PPA on buntu distros and such.
>ease of customizability
Of course you can play with any distro and switch stuff around, but arch is build from the ground up and maintained in the spirit that you get to choose your combination of packages, and if you want i3 on top of KDE with custom kernel running, it is absolutely prepared to guide you and deliver that. You have this ease of switching between DE/WM without leaving your distro in any way.
>the community
When I was choosing distros and was hopping around my most important requirement was that it has to have larger active community to have somewhere to turn for news and help, and feel like project is moving and living. Arch community goes beyond this. Its incredibly vibrant. Even some programs I use like Deadbeef or Bomi seems to originate on arch forums.
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>>52180240
gentoo on my good desktop because it can handle the compiling
arch on everything else because it's the best binary-based distro, and the AUR is great
did not like slackware nor debian
>>52181000
>clean packages
I dislike modified packages that you sometimes get in other distros, some can be of interest, like opensuse firefox-KDE has better file picker dialog(btw its on AUR). But generally I really like having packages to be vanilla without modifications. You know what you are getting and wont get some surprises, making you wonder why something is different.
>using it provides knowledge
I've been on linux almost a year, on arch 6 months, I feel that if I would stay on mint/opensuse that I was on first part of my linux experience, I would learn a lot less. Maybe this knowledge is virtue out of necessity, but in the end it still knowledge.
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>>52181000
>{cont}
please dont
why do people advocate so much for the lego of linux? it's not nice to use lol. just nice to play with
Lubuntu 14.04 (LTS) - it just werks. Looks pretty nice too.
No systemd on this version, LTS support is good for another year.
Have another year to decide whether I'm gonna bite the lennart bullet, use an autist distro or just keep using a deprecated system.
>>52180430
>>52180600
>>52180615
>>52180861
Are you guys using Slack at the moment?
I have an old HP laptop here. I was thinking of deviating away from many years of solely using Debian. I was thinking of Slackware
>>52180240
i use centos mostly cause that's what we use in production.
I use it because it's nothing special and everything is the same as tens of thousands of other computers
>>52180970
Jesus
>>52180240
Xubuntu 15.10, because its the best.
>>52181083
tbqh
>>52181029
Because once you install drivers properly and learn what to do (which varies from person to person and computer to computer, admitedly), it's actually a pretty easy to use and robust distro, IMO more robust than Ubuntu and other one-size-fits-all distros.
Admitedly, the large learning curve and the length of installation is a disadvantage.
>>52181050
Yup, main os. It works good on old hardware, only thing your gunna have to change is making tgz packages instead of using deb's. Alien is a good tool if you wanna use old binaries.
>>52181083
wow, looks great
>>52180912
>>52181050
I use slack everyday. I had a hp lappy that died last month and i had it for 15 years.
You will have no problems with slack+hp.
The huge kernel will take care of drivers.
You may want to compile a different kernel afterwards for performance reasons if the huge kernell is too slow.
The community are really laid back too.
You have nothing to lose.
>>52181050
Yup, main os. It runs good on old hardware, the only thing your gunna have to change is making tgz's instead of using deb's. Alien is a good tool for using old binaries.
>>52181131
SHIT
>>52181121
The lappy is around 6-7 years old. Its an HP DV6 I think with a mobile 4650(?) graphics card. It should be fine.
So you are saying instead of dpkg -i , installing will be a case of configure, make, makeinstall etc?
>>52181108
kernel modules and libraries are not hard to install or start. maybe they are nice learner distros but fact is having things prepacked and ready to roll is nice. and tested.
>>52181147
>>52181157
Thanks. OK, I am sold. I'll give it a shot
>>52181147
that is the most disgusting desktop I've ever seen.
>>52181183
I agree, however Ubuntu manages to hide some things too well, and then you end up with weird bugs.
On the other hand, next patch I heard is switching to Mir, so I'll def install it on one of my secondary partitions.
Ubuntu because its like papa Gates, but free.
>>52181171
Yup, so either you can use slackbuild scripts, or you get the source, "./configure, make && make install DESTDIR= /tmp/wherever" then make a package from there "makepkg -l y -c n ../package.tgz" .... "installpkg package.tgz" and your done. Normally its better to make a package then to just install it directly from the source because developers don't always make uninstalling a dream, that and you can do some version control that way.
Mint. Stable, tons of software, Cinnamon looks good with minimal ricing and just werks the way I want a DE to work.
>>52181231
not free as in freedom though
Arch because I absolutely must have bleeding edge, and I learn far more from things not working than I do when things do work.
>>52181239
Thanks.
I have used XFCE for years here as well. If I wanted to try another DE what goes well with Slack?
>>52181204
I made it for that purpose because i knew you would have something bad to say, you know, because it isnt the same theme you use.
>>52180903
Because you like it? You don't need a list of reasons to run a specific OS. Unless you need it for a job or program it doesn't matter.
Arch.
Because I don't like adding repos or compiling packages.
>>52181239
Dont forget to tell him about slapt-get/gslapt with different repos if hes feeling too lazy to compile
>>52181266
absolutely, it comes with kde xfce and a couple others and if you want to switch between them for different users, you can use xwmconfig, slackwares kinda strayed away from gnome, with good reason in my opinion but again the community has some slackbuilds for that and some more ricier stuff like i3 and awesome ect and adds them to the xwmconfig menu. You can build um yourself, but getting the DE libraries to work together is some of the most annoying shit to work with on the planet truth be told.
>>52181297
Thanks for the heads up
>>52181266
The 2 main choices on install dvd are xfce and kde.
You have wm's aswell (fluxbox etc) but i just use xfce. You could use whatever you like though.
Xubuntu, it's easy for a linux noob like me to use.
>>52181358
Thanks again. I am grabbing the dvd iso now.
>>52181379
I have never played about with WM's. My Debian / XFCE desktop is very plain and has remained the same for years. Might be a good opportunity to have a go.
>>52180240
None, it has no games, no thumb nails, no compatibility, and no advantage in any way over Windows.
You have to be irrational and a submissive fedora cuck manchild faggit to use Linux.
AntiX with IceWM because my netbook is shit and can't run anything more demanding than that. AntiX is based on Debian Jessie
arch, because great repos + aur, pacman is nice, and i like to have the newest software
>>52181456
I dont play with them either but hey, it could be fun i guess.
>>52181493
Fuck me go away, idiot.
>>52181493
Have fun sucking Microsoft's micro and soft dick
>>52181577
Nice fedora lad.
You have no reason at all for using Linux, do you
>>52181669
not
>>52181577
but this is a linux thread. Go start a windows thread. Who cares whether he has a reason or not.
If one prefers linux, one prefers linux. Simple.
I use plan 9 for no reason at all. So what?
>>52181767
Rational people have preferences. And if we compare features, there is no rational reason to choose Linux.
The only explanation for this behavior is that you are a submissive cuck
>>52181893
Fuck you are retarded.
Speaking of submissive cucks, hows freedom under windows going?
I use xubuntu... I love xfce and apt-get... I know how to use arch... Debian... But with ubuntu distros everything is just easier...
>>52180240
Android because it is production ready
>>52181934
What can't I do that Linux can do?
Do you know what freedom means cuck?
>>52181950
Ever tried compiling from source before?
>>52180240
none, because linux is a meme
>>52181964
Oh but i do. Remember that thing about preferences you speak of?
>>windows
>>freedom
choose one
Im not even mad
>>52180240
Debian Jessie w/fluxbox
just clean installed, i checked out gentoo the other day, first non apt based distro i have used.
would not recommend gentoo. i did get it installed, however it was just not for me. apt >portage
>>52181964
>>What can't i do that linux can do?
Debian because apt-get and freedom.
>>52182020
Yes, you have preferences which are based on values. When you compare cuck Linux with Windows, you find no rational reason to use Linux.
As a result, there is no reason to prefer windows over cuck Linux.
My only guess is it fulfills some submissive cuck fedora wet dream fantasy for you
>>52180240
debian.
It seems to feel faster and lighter then any *buntu/mint type.
It has yet to break for me and tend to test the shit out of distros by stressing it out via workload or visualization/sudden shutdowns.
Linux Mint, because Ubuntu based and they make a pretty decent desktop environment.
>>52182091
what wm/de do you use?
>>52180240
Debian.
Because Ian Murdock took his own life.
I'm a /r9k/ user.
>>52181964
Im very interested in this "fantastisc" windoze you speak of..
May i have a copy of the source code to have a browse at?
Dont worry ill be sure to give you credit to any modifications you have made if i make changes myself.
Credit given where credits due right?
Dumb ass.
>>52182084
Freedom is rational.
>>52181992
Yes I did... Just several programs. Not in gentoo style no.. Why? I have strong computer so speed is not a problem. What else can i gain from it?
>>52181964
>You can't run a server for the rest of the hardwares life without a single shutdown.
Not to also say
> use a much more reliable raid configuration using linux raid which has been tested to be faster then windows software raid.
Heres a few features
>Never turn off after update
>Run critical applications using HA applicative software (installed by default in debian/redhat)
>Run a simple proxy that can be configured to run as a deep packet scanner and a router gateway on the same system as your fap machine
Further features
>Turn your system into a full featured router which offers god mode security and a much hardened kernel (Anything windows sucks with this application since you cannot touch the kernel)
>Configure any aspect of the system in the form of the ENTIRE ISO model and software model.
I hate to say it but windows cannot do everything that unix like machines can do.
>>52182184
Customization of the build i guess.
It was just out of curiosity, nothing else.
>>52182200
Correction is this valid response
I did not intend to misspell OSI* with ISO
>>52182200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model
Linux can change and comply with this entire stack.
Every aspect of the system can be changed.
If you tell windows can do this then I would say your a shitty gay faggot
>Nigger faggot
perhaps
>>52182200
Dont bother.
I liked how he asked me if i knew what freedom meant.
Freedom is a good enough reason for him.
Im sure his age consists of a single digit.
>>52180240
Arch, pacman is easier to use
>>52182288
I agree.
When freedom and windows are together my cancer grows bigger
>>52180903
Use arch, anon. You'll never go back
>>52182313
>>52182288
Nice fedora. All of those reasons are insignificant.
Provide a substantive advantage, perhaps on Linux cucks shit compatibility
>>52181493
Why the fuck are you in this thread, winbabby?
>>52182239
What distro do you use? I will probably switch to debian in next reinstall and do gentoo in virtualbox just to see how it's done... Debian and xubuntu install are the same as in time consuming.
>>52182351
Compatibility with what? Hardware, games, what?
>>52182351
>Mum I posted it again
>>52180903
AUR AUR AUR AUR AUR AUR AUR AUR AUR AUR
>>52181249
Its still pretty free, and while it didn't work out of the box by any stretch of the word, I didn't have to spend too long setting it up. That, and user settings were alright by default.
>>52182397
Hardware you fucking retard. Everyone knows Linux can't even run simple games.
>>52180240
LFS, because just werks!
Gentoo.
Why? USE flags.
Also Hardened Gentoo for my servers, because grsec is baller as fuck.
>>52182421
Keep away from the AUR faggot or your packages break
>>52182470
Eww
>>52182390
Slackware mate. Im used to compiling but i also have slapt-get like apt-get and gslapt front end like synaptic.
Pic related gslapt.
Excuse the theme.
>>52182469
RETARD I DONT PLAY GAMES.
Also i have NEVER had any hardware problems with slackware....
Not one at all.
Its past your bedtime child.
>>52180240
>mint
Ubuntu but with less dumb shit (amazon ,software centre and totem)
>>52181493
>muh gaems
>muh memeposting
>muh hardware enthusiast
>>52182617
>caring about hardware on the technology board is /v/
Linux on the desktop will be dead outside of corporate funded projects in 15 years and you are why.
>>52181493
>This many buzzwords
>No solid examples
>>52182634
At this point the only thing that stands in the way of Linux becoming a major player in the desktop world is its fucking terrible driver support, which is currently being improved.
>>52182634
sadly, this.
>>52182634
Not while free software and the biggest single cs community on the face of the planet exists.
No i dont believe you at all.
>>52182665
See also: most casual computer users don't know how to change an OS
>>52182472
>grsec is baller as fuck.
Indeed it fuckin' is.
>>52182665
Have you looked at what the initial kernel in slackware has in the way of driver support? (Huge kernel) that is.
Take a look you may be surprised.
>>52182690
Yes it sucks big time that winbloat skynet edition is pre installed on most computers these days.
>>52182767
You're implying as if they have some magically special kernel.
>>52182912
Nothing magical about it.
But you dont typically use it after install.
You compile a custom kernel afterwards.
Read about it.
I dont think any other distro handles drivers this way.(Although i could be wrong).
This thing is massive.
>>52183032
Yes, this can be the case for nearly every distro.
If you use a base kernel with almost every option enabled with everything compiled into the kernel, of course it's going to be huge.
I use arch linux because it's what i want in an OS
>>52181083
Can I ask how you made it look like that? I'm really liking yours. Pic related
