No.2789 [View All]
What's your favourite desktop distro for actually getting shit done and why is it Debian Testing?
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No.10149
Fuck the normies and Fuck informants.
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No.10880
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No.10940
>>3266
Stick with stable. I did the testing thing for a year or so, but things break, and while I generally know how to fix them it's still a pain in the ass. Stable is rock solid. If your priority is getting actual work done rather than dicking with your rig, stable is better.
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No.11532
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No.11540
>>2811
I've just started working through Linux and it seems to me that Fedora is quite comfortable for many purposes during work process. I also tried to use Debian. I work in the software development industry and I used to provide proof of concept https://spdload.com/blog/poc-vs-prototype-vs-mvp/ to my clients and Linux is very attractive option in this case.
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No.11553
Fedora, for sounding like the most autistic option, is probably the least; Close to bleeding-edge, 6 month major release-cycle, 1st class GNOME experience; But also a solid KDE offering. RPMFusion is actually a maintained, trusted source for non-free software / codecs and not a weird 3rd-party that is 'apt' (heh, Debian Multimedia) to break things. Though not used a bunch, have contributor-repos (copr) that are actually properly namespaced unlike from what I can tell in AUR,
It's also obviously somewhat a testing ground for RHEL / CentOS and with it a lot of new technologies are developed and pushed on it first and gets released to other distros later -- this sounds 'risky' in-theory but in about 10 years of it being my primary Distro I've not run into any show-stoppers; The release team is always careful and conservative where it matters.
Maybe wouldn't recommend to brand new users; There's 'better' options (not-as-legally-encumbered) that will automatically grab non-free drivers, codecs, and the like -- but besides that am confident about anyone can get productive in Fedora 'Workstation' within a few days.
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No.11567
Started out with Mint, which is great because it treats you like the retard you are, switched to Arch because the stone age packages were starting to drive me insane.
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No.11606
>>2789
>actually getting shit done
I'd say Arch. I prefer Gentoo but I guess the compile times can sometimes keep you from getting shit done. Arch just works and doesn't get in the way like many Debian based distros. I haven't used pure Debian in ages though because it is infamous for having relatively old packages. Something like Ubuntu does to much shit on its own, runs a ton of services in the background by default and the most aggravating thing is that it is either trying to auto-update packages by default or will at least nag you with a GUI dialog to do it all the time. Such things are distracting and therefore bad for productivity, you might as well use Windows 10 with such mechanisms in place. It's better to have a clean minimal system on which you install exactly what you need and want to use on a daily basis, and nothing else. This way you can keep control over the system. I tried some Arch based distros like Manjaro and they obviously make the same mistake.
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No.11677
>>4237
Uhm, yes.
>>6067
Correct, only serves a purpose to
>>9535
be the cocksleeve of Ubuntu.
>>9535
Stellar 80IQ spic post.
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No.11700
>Best GhanoSlashLonoox is Literally tinycore
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No.11702
I have a somewhat old laptop and Peppermint OS has really breathed new life into it. It just works.
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No.11704
>5 years later
>first post is still best post
Unix weenies will never get their heads out of their asses, will they?
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No.11720
>>8910
>anything vaguely resembling a spiral is a pedo symbol
This is what conspiratards actually believe
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No.11724
>>11704
It wasn't so much that linux sucked me in, it was more that windows 10 pushed me away by being shit. And I didn't want to spend the money to buy an apple product
>>11717
Not having systemd is always going to be a headache if you're going to use programs which have it as a dependency. fuck you anki
Best systemd free distros are mxlinux, devuan and void linux.
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No.11734
>>11730
I know of things like elogind to substitute logind, but I don't know if there's one for systemctl. Normally you manually create a symbolic link yourself to enable services or use something like e.g. rc-status to check their status.
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No.11738
>>11724
>complains about win10 being shit
Fair
>suggest devuan
Do you have brain damage?
That thing is a barely alive fork leeching off a niche flavor of a niche OS, you get all the incosistencies of Windows plus shit docs, nonexisting support, additional bugs, and retarded defaults.
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No.11782
>>11738
Excuse my recommendation then, I mentioned it purely because I've exclusively heard positive things about it, have never used it. We all make mistakes.
>barely alive fork leeching off a niche flavor of a niche OS
You're going to have to explain to me how debian is a niche OS, brother
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No.11783
>>11782
>I've exclusively heard positive things about it
They got "hacked" a year or so ago, still unclear if it was a joke or an actual hack.
>You're going to have to explain to me how debian is a niche OS
Desktop Linux is a niche OS, and debian is only a fraction of that niche.
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No.11816
>>11783
>Desktop Linux is a niche OS
I get what you're getting at, but if you're going to level that as a criticism for being a debian distro I'll assume that you think all linux distros have that problem, so why bother to even point it out if the point is to recommend a Linux distro in the first place.
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No.11824
Void linux as a base strata for a systemd-free bedrock linux.
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No.11837 
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No.11838
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No.11840
>>11824
Stratum, if it's one.
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No.12002
Debian testing, not too bad, not too awful. Might try guix.
>>8518
>T60
My nigger, though mine has the thinkpad logo instead of IBM
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No.12016
>5 year old thread still up
this place is dead
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No.12022
>>12016
To be fair, from 2015 to 2019 /tech/ existed and was where people went for tech related stuff, so it's expected for /g/ to have old threads
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No.12358
>>8935
Joke's on you, Epstein (big pedo guy) was using macOS (look at the drone/raid video) because apple doesn't comply with FBI and it offers babby's encryption for noobs, most pedophiles probably use apple devices too as abuses happen about 30% with relatives and even snapchat shit are mostly applefagspedos, most Linux are those faggots who wear programming socks (contrary to homOSeX meme) and probably indulge in gay 2D.
Winbabbys
>manbaby who plays vidya all day and have fucked up eyesight, soyboy fat neckbeard who leech off parents bucks for their rainbow shit and mlp plush, probably a cringe student npc or a FuLl tImE gAmEr but would end up a complete disappointment with parents for all that big boy toys
Linuxfags
>faggots who either rice computers or wear programming socks or both, most likely into gay shota or yuri or whatever fuck, economical and would buy a used thinkpad and have thinkpiles lying around. gpu support sucks and only watches anime or reads books with it anyway
Macpedos
>literal pedos who encrypt their device, no arrests ever about applefags being pedo because they "probably" don't want to scare 70% customers. disagree with FBI to break encryption to protect pedo customers. OS approved by Epstein.
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No.12359
>>12016
Ron spawned /g/ but not /tech/ I think, not all boards are recovered, maybe you can contact him directly if you're the BO
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No.12365
>>12359
>Ron spawned /g/ but not /tech/ I think, not all boards are recovered, maybe you can contact him directly if you're the BO
/pol/ hasn't been respawned. Can you tell me why? In detail?
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No.12372
My distro of choice to get things done is OpenBSD. Why?
>8000+ packages on the repositories plus there are mirrors near me which are fast
>default install already comes with everything I need to operate my computer, and the utilities in question are of top quality (sndio, Xenocara, etc)
>ports system which provides the kind of granular control found on systems like Gentoo to mitigate bloatware and unwanted dependencies
>media keys just werk out of the box even on barebone window managers (no need to use a key daemon in the absence of a desktop environment like on Linux)
It literally just works even though it is not tailored towards normies. It has everything I would want from an OS.
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No.12549
>>12372
>8000+ packages
That doesn't mean much.
>default install already comes with everything i need to operate my computer
This again doesn't mean much, what is your use case? If you just browse the web, watch stuff and code then your use case is covered by so many distros.
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No.12550
>>3029
Even her. Foh certz!
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No.12551
>>3082
TIGHT. As your daughter
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No.12552
>>3434
That’s what I’m Falkland about
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No.12553
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No.12570
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No.12571
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No.12580
>>2789
I don't do work on my computer, I am not retarded, but Linux Mint is pretty based.
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No.12593
>>12571
You resort to insults because you know i'm right.
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No.12622
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No.12624
>Best Linux distro for actually working?
bickering over what platform to use is peak procrastination. it could be any distro, given it has support for whatever software you need.
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No.13080
>>12624
this is objectively the best, least-retarded answer.
However,
>Ubuntu
>Fedora
>Linux Mint
>Debian
are all great choices. All other distros are memes or for hobbyists
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No.13084
>>12580
Virtue signalling for shithole countries has never been based, fuck the middle east.
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No.13085
>>13080
At this day and age only Slackware is worth using. I tried Alpine as well but the package maintainers fuck their shit up all the time. Dillo is not compiled with SSL support, mplayer is not compiled with ffmpeg support and such and such.
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No.13089
>>13084
based = "woke"
/pol/ is basically liberals at this point
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No.13095
>>5981
memeing aside I think arch or arch variants are a good blend of flexibility and ease of use.
Ubuntu is easier to install and to get going, but once you get going with Arch you can do so much with little extra effort.
Also AUR
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No.13120
>>13085
Is Slackware hard to get into for a novice? I like the Subgenius theme.
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No.13121
>>13084
Any country that hasn't had a civilian airport since CY-15 and gets shelled, (((gassed))), blown up and poisoned on a daily basis would turn into a shithole country. I also wonder if this is Hasbara's new strategy to say
>fuck the middle east.
instead of
>Israel dindu nuffins and is our greatest of ally
because it didn't work on their target demographic. Also don't forget that Zionist Occupied Palestine is so afraid of BDS that they have pushed through legislation that punishes calls for boycott of Israel; raising awareness of important issues is not virtue signaling.
>>2789
Guix is run by SJWs who wants Stallmeme gone but at least software is updated very quickly. youtube-dl is rarely more than 2 weeks old, so if you archive videos it might be good for you. Might change to OpenBSD after some research.
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No.13124
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No.13125
>>13121
>fuck the middle east
I agree with that general sentiment, though I would add "fuck the jews 46656 gorillion times harder".
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