Hi everyone! Just curious, what Linux distro are you running and what made you choose it?

#Linux #linuxgaming #StarLabsSystems #distro #linuxmint

@starlabssystems Debian It Just Works, and now that I have a history with it I can fix it when it doesn't.

@starlabssystems I am using plain Debian because I don’t like the current Canonical approach and I don’t like snaps. I tried mint but I prefer not being on a derivation of another distro. I was an arch user but now I need stability over bleeding edge software. I have to try opensuse but I don’t have the time right now

@starlabssystems I swear on Bluefin. Fedora is already a dev-friendly distro, and Bluefin-DX even more so. It's also basically maintenance-free.

The only exception among my work devices is my Starlite Mk 5 tablet; it's still running the Ubuntu it came with. 😊

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Ubuntu, because back in 2004 nothing else seem to work stable or recognise all the peripherals (did try Fedora, Mandrake, and others) or had poor battery management.

Now, I run Ubuntu out of inertia. I've recently tried Fedora and Debian and both worked well out of the box for consumer laptops and desktops.

@starlabssystems I am using Void Linux, because it's the best!

In all seriousness, I chose it because I had issues with systemd before and it was one of the main distros still using an alternative by default.

I stick to it because I like the package manager and the community. I have it installed on all my devices. No matter whether laptop, NAS, tablet or even phone. 🙂

@starlabssystems Ubuntu because I am lazy and have been using it for a while.

@starlabssystems Debian Trixie (testing). I've used it for years. Both the distribution and the organization supporting it inspire confidence. Went from stable to testing for the newer kernels when I got a Starlite Mark V.

@starlabssystems I am a distro hopper. These days I am hopping between Mint (because it is stable and I like Cinnamon) and Manjaro (because it is flexible and up-to-date, and I can also get a Cinnamon version of it). In the past, I have used RedHat (since 4.something), Corel Linux (who even remembers it?), SuSE, Arch (since version 0.6), Mint Debian and a bunch of others.

@starlabssystems Fedora 42

@starlabssystems bluefin! Based on fedora silverblue! Secure, stable and future of Linux :)

@starlabssystems Trisquel in an old ThinkPad, and Arch for the gaming PC. I also use Debian in a small server at home.

@starlabssystems I recently switched to Manjaro. Because it's using KDE that I've been using with Fedora for 10 years, and Fedora is now courting AI cancer in its development.

@starlabssystems, Devuan, because there is still a choice of init system (and none of them are systemd).

@starlabssystems I used to run Arch KDE for ~7 years.
For the past 2, I having been using MX KDE (both on my desktop and starbook)!

@starlabssystems Arch Linux for the same reasons that @lemgandi mentioned plus I really like always having the cool new stuff, especially with KDE and Neovim.

@aaron :)) good one

@janwil Nice

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I tried all sorts when I was young and foolish. Now I just use Mint because it works on my old HP desktop (though I use xfce because cinnamon kept crashing, I think it's an ancient graphics chipset to blame). Also have Debian+Nextcloud on another old PC as a server and Manjaro Arm64 on a Pinebook Pro because it was the default and it works ok. Wife has Mint too, with cinnamon.

@pthane Maybe its time to consider Star Labs Systems 👀

arch (always rolling release)

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@starlabssystems Fedora Workstation on a starbook.

@starlabssystems fedora, because it's reliable. Will switch to pop is once cosmic is out of beta

@starlabssystems my daily driver for Krita and Inkscape worked is a tablet, running Fedora. Deb and Arch based distros I've tried, just had issues. Fedora installs and everything just works. I run Fedora on everything else because I have ADHD and Dyslexia, consistency in the UI and CL makes managing things easier.

If Starlabs made a Linux tablet with a good stylus for graphics work, I would buy it.

@starlabssystems Manjaro with Gnome, because its almost uptodate, is based on arch and stable. And even works on my notebook without much problems so far.

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Fedora Workstation with Gnome DE for daily use.
Debian for server.

@starlabssystems Debian/Plasma on one and on second Fedora/GNOME :)

@starlabssystems Mint, Raspbian, Raspbian, Steam OS. Guess the devices... 😉

@starlabssystems I have a mini-PC running LinuxLite 7.4 which I have been using off and on for the last 8 months. I also use it to test out other distros but keep going back to Lite. I also have an older Windows 10 desktop that I will be installing Mint Cinnamon on. This will be my everyday system so being a little more choosing on what gets installed. Ubuntu does not run well on it, so going with Mint instead.

@starlabssystems Thank goodness someone finally asked because I very rarely get to. Ention that I use NixOS. 😁

I love the fact that I build and configure my system via text files.

@starlabssystems Fedora. Si vanilla enough, updated yet stable. Dnf is powerful and feels batteries included.

@simon Nice one!

@david_bardos Oooh challenge. Which one is Star Fighter? 👀

@AlexanderMars I think you should start considering the Star Lite, which will be available very soon (I do mean very soon.) 👀

@starlabssystems The fifth, if you give one away. 😉

@david_bardos 🐧 👀

@starlabssystems Debian testing on one laptop and Kali rolling (based on Debian testing) on the other.
Like the rolling aspect of it & can cope with the occasional hiccup

@starlabssystems the question will be what type of stylus will it support? I'm sure we can't discuss until an announcement. Fingers crossed for Wacom's EMR, though AES would be much better than alternatives.

I hope you guys didn't pay to play with USI, they got a dog and pony show about being an open platform(as long as you cut a cheque) but their tech has not delivered a professional drawing experience, and I'd argue the only reason people think it's better than MPP is no Microsoft.

@starlabssystems #popossystem76 for gaming and its Nvidia support

@starlabssystems Fedora Silverblue, currently on all systems. Its up-to-date, without breaking thing, stays close to upstream and has great stability.

I'm a bit surprised though that your not offering it as an option. Considering the default iso (for GNOME based desktop) is OEM-like.

@starlabssystems Fedora Linux, because the experience is great and so is the community :)

@starlabssystems Kubuntu LTS- mix between paradigm familiarity, quality of life customizations out of the box, and rock solid community support. but, I am looking over my shoulder at Fedora recently....

@starlabssystems Elementary OS, seems like a good beginner OS

@fedora @starlabssystems This. 👆 I have Fedora Kinoite Mobile installed on my Starlite Mk V.

@outloa @fedora Good one 🤝

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Mint on my main system.
Solus on my secondary system.
Feren on my 2012 iMac :'D

@fasnix which one is on StarFighter? 👀