Nick H. Supervisor Posted December 31, 2018 Supervisor Share Posted December 31, 2018 With the new year upon us, it's time to refresh the poll. Let us know what you prefer to use. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWDweller Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I installed Solus Linux on New Years Eve. Been pretty happy with it so far. Boot times are simply faster, and overall liking the overall feel of it. I am coming from 3 or so years in the Ubuntu variants so it takes getting used to the package manager (instead of apt-get or apt install, you have eopkg) From what I have observed, it is much faster for installs than .deb based packages. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598404604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 5:57 AM, Nick H. said: With the new year upon us, it's time to refresh the poll. Let us know what you prefer to use. Surprised to not see Manjaro on the list considering how popular it is. medhunter 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598404627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted January 9, 2019 Author Supervisor Share Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 12:26 AM, adrynalyne said: Surprised to not see Manjaro on the list considering how popular it is. Much like there is Ubuntu (any flavour), wouldn't Manjaro be Arch? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Mint here on most machines (5) still have Lubuntu on 1 ThaCrip 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Nick H. said: Much like there is Ubuntu (any flavour), wouldn't Manjaro be Arch? On the same token, why mention Mint or elementary, which is built off of Ubuntu? Same idea, different base. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted January 9, 2019 Author Supervisor Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, adrynalyne said: On the same token, why mention Mint or elementary, which is built off of Ubuntu? Same idea, different base. Fair enough. Added. adrynalyne and BetaguyGZT 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ve7878 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Slackware once again. The only distro which doesn't try to get in my way. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Nick H. said: Fair enough. Added. Sweet! I use manjaro though currently I am using elementary for a router project I am working on. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted January 9, 2019 Author Supervisor Share Posted January 9, 2019 I forgot to mention what I'm using at the moment. I'm on Linux Mint using Cinnamon, and I'm really happy with it. Katastrofe 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 11 minutes ago, Nick H. said: I forgot to mention what I'm using at the moment. I'm on Linux Mint using Cinnamon, and I'm really happy with it. Was going to ask you since you started poll 😁 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverQueen Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I typically run Ubuntu or Mint, but I occasionally install Fedora or CentOS. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598405963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted January 9, 2019 Author Supervisor Share Posted January 9, 2019 2 hours ago, cork1958 said: Was going to ask you since you started poll 😁 But you knew this after our last conversation. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted January 9, 2019 MVC Share Posted January 9, 2019 Ubuntu gets my vote. I have various Ubuntu Server LTS VM's running different things. In addition I have a couple of Nettop PC's running Ubuntu which just boot in to Kodi. I like that Ubuntu generally just works, rather than me feeling like i'm working for Ubuntu. If i ever encounter an issue, usually someone else has before me so resolving the issue is not a problem. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 CentOS and Mint have been my go-to's over the last few months. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkusDarkus Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I'm running stock Ubuntu but I'm not happy with it. Too many hardware issues like My triple display setup going wrong, external sound card not being detected or entire USB hubs. Not impressed. Is there another Distro I should try before going back to windows or will they all be basically the same? Oh and user switching is not a slick experience at all. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, MarkusDarkus said: I'm running stock Ubuntu but I'm not happy with it. Too many hardware issues like My triple display setup going wrong, external sound card not being detected or entire USB hubs. Not impressed. Is there another Distro I should try before going back to windows or will they all be basically the same? Oh and user switching is not a slick experience at all. How new is your hardware? Something like Manjaro will be much more bleeding edge in comparison to Ubuntu. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaguyGZT Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Still running Mint (Cinnamon) here, dual-booting with Windows 10. Same old, same old. University computers are all on Windows 7, Debian and RHEL. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Global Moderator Posted January 9, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted January 9, 2019 I'm on Mint now, but might move to straight Debian or a Arch-like distro. Looking at Archlabs right now... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 16 hours ago, Nick H. said: But you knew this after our last conversation. True, but if anyone else wanted to know that and didn't know what you had, it was nice that you posted what you were running. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Global Moderator Posted January 10, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) If you wanted to know that and didn't know what you know, then how would he know what you know? You know? cork1958 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598406387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raphaël G. MVC Posted February 7, 2019 MVC Share Posted February 7, 2019 Ubuntu 18.10 here. I find Ubuntu to be a good balance between "everything works out of the box" and "has the latest and greatest software". Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598416085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raphaël G. MVC Posted February 7, 2019 MVC Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 8:58 PM, adrynalyne said: How new is your hardware? Something like Manjaro will be much more bleeding edge in comparison to Ubuntu. Isn't that dependent on the kernel version? Does manjaro use more recent versions of the kernel? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598416086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, Raphaël G. said: Isn't that dependent on the kernel version? Does manjaro use more recent versions of the kernel? Yep. It uses the most recent versions of just about everything. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598416089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Global Moderator Posted February 7, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, Raphaël G. said: Isn't that dependent on the kernel version? Does manjaro use more recent versions of the kernel? Well, Manjaro is based of Arch, so you get the bleeding edge of software. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1378162-which-linux-distribution-do-you-prefer/#findComment-598416090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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