No.99
What is the best linux distro and why is it not Arch?
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No.100
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No.121
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No.125
personally
I want something easy to install
something where I can just burn an .iso to disk, re-insert it, and install off of that.
I don't want to install it from a usb - personal preference.
I like having that "Hard-Copy" available
Another thing I don't like is systemd.
If it has systemd, then screw it.
I understand that in some circumstances one cannot avoid it, like when someone installs the music-production distro (I forgot the name of it)
But then, they can still dual boot into another distro that doesn't have systemd
I tried manjaro, and I was uncomfortable with pacman, so I took it off.
I have Devuan installed on a laptop which isn't bad at all. I only did a minimal install and then added my own DE to it.
I have another laptop (in the kitchen) which has MX Linux on it
and I have a Desktop with MX Linux on it.
MX Linux has treated me well for over the almost 3 years that I have been using it. Had some glitches (due to my idiocy) and reinstalled a few times, but I have found it a very comfy distro. I have two screens, Installed on an SSD, a decent GPU, and a decent CPU, so it runs good and boots up pretty quick.
I'm not complaining.
so I guess I'll make an endorsement for MX Linux
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No.129
>>125
hmm.. ok, i think i have just the thing for you..
have you heard of 'Windows' by any chance? It's relatively new and it checks all the boxes; easy to install, plenty of hard copies available for purchase (hell even amazon has some in stock!), and no systemd! I've only heard of it the other day and I've been loving it so far! this is the unix killer!
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No.130
>>99
Fedora, but CentOS can come too.
Delta RPMs reduced 200.4 MB of updates to 0.5 MB (99.7% saved)
Delta RPMs are the technology that Google thought would permit the Stadia to work prior to consumer hyperspace communications.
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No.132
>>109
Definitely unironic Gentoo. I switched to it a couple years ago and haven't looked back.
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No.149
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No.164
>>130
How comes it reduces so much for you? For my today's upgrade:
Delta RPMs reduced 58.4 MB of updates to 8.4 MB (85.1% saved)
Oh, that's still a big saving. I guess I just got used to that.
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No.240
>>99
I like arch. I have no problems with it. Not a single crash or bug.
I'm currently installing Gentoo so I can have them both but Arch is pretty comfy IMO
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No.244
>>99
I like Arch and run it on my laptop. It's nice, slim and pretty low maintenance, so it's good on a secondary machine. On my main machine I run Gentoo though and it's a bit better than Arch. It's feels a little snappier (because I don't compile many features I don't need) and a little more stable in general, because Portage will never let you do things that would break your system. On the other hand you have more work to do if you use lots of obscure software with obscure dependencies.
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No.287
>>99
Void linux. It’s arch without bs.
> inb4 hurr durr brony fag
Bronies should die, but void is good os so idc.
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No.307
Which distro allows me to configure my disc with btrfs subfolders while I'm in a live mode, and then I can install (or sync) onto that disc and into these folders?
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No.309
>>307
Pretty much every one as long as you have the btrfs utils and kernel modules loaded.
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No.311
Debian
its libre by default, biggest repo, most stable stable, 50% of servers use it and NASA uses it
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No.331
>>311
For a server, sure. But for a desktop or laptop? I'd rather not do that. Debian is easy to manage, but gentoo (or arch) are better for customization from the getgo.
>>311
>its libre by default
Yeah that could be a plus for some. I always use some proprietary stuff personally. But I think every bigger family of distros offers a shootoff like that.
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No.348
So is the Librem 5 a joke now? Been out of the loop until today and I see a real mixed bag of reviews
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No.356
>>309
Have you ever done that? In my experience the installer would do a lot of configuration which you would have to do on your own if you tried it manually.
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No.360
Anything that uses btrfs.
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No.385
>>360
No. You don't get from the live distro to the installation without the installer.
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No.485
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No.614
>>485
Yes - I have a laptop with that on it
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No.651
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No.747
>devuan
>Instead of continuing the Debian practice of using Toy Story character names as release codenames,[15] Devuan aliases its releases using planet names. The first stable release shared the Debian 8 codename Jessie. However, the Devuan release was named for minor planet 10464. The second stable release is named ASCII for minor planet 3568, while the permanent alias for the Devuan unstable branch is Ceres, named for the dwarf planet.[16]
<it's like debian but without big boy release names and no systemd, mannn
wow gee i'm sure happy there is a big boy OS to pander to my big boy needs
>the UNIX community
actually i need to use a non-gentoo OS for the first time in 10 years soon so i might use this since systemd is probably impossible to set up
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