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@Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

Experienced Linux users, what are you using?

If you have been using Linux for +10 years, what are you using now? Been using Linux for over a decade, and last few years Ubuntu (on desktops/laptops), plus Debian on servers, but been looking to switch to something like “Canonical”-y for a long time. Appreciate recommendations or just a interesting discussion.

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@uuj8za@piefed.social on piefed.social Open parent

Been daily driving Arch on my laptops for the last 10 years. It’s been great. Getting the latest software has been especially handy for laptops, where the kernel sometimes needs time to catch up to the latest hardware.

I ran Guix for a few months when I had some extra time and I liked it, but it was very different and not all software I needed ran on it (or ran well). I ended up going back to Arch, but I brought Guix with me, as a package manager.

I also ended up trying Fedora for the first time (ok, I was unemployed) recently and was pleasantly surprised. Turns out Fedora is pretty close to how I configure Arch. And it’s got some extra polish that was neat. I ended up installing Fedora Silverblue for my parents 6-8 months ago and it’s been working out great for them.

Anyway, Arch has been my reliable companion for the last 10 years.

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HulkSmashBurgers in !linux

@HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 17d

I run Guix and agree that unfortunately a decent amount of applications (that I use) aren’t packaged for Guix. To me it’s the biggest con of using Guix. I have the Nix package manager installed on my machines and will install an application using that when no guix package exists. Not a perfect solution but it works for me. The benefits of Guix makes it worth it. Maybe one of these years I’ll get around to learning how to package software for Guix.

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