Which Linux distribution do you prefer?


Which Linux distribution do you prefer?  

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  1. 1. What is your favourite?



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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.

 

 

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. 

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. 

 

 

 

 

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.

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. :(

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. 

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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?

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.

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