just wondering
Kubuntu, planning to switch to NixOS
I multiboot 4 OSs…
Windows 10… some old, pirated patch.
Fedora 40
Gentoo
Arch (my current daily driver)
I am curious. Why the other Linuxes? (Linii?) I know people do that – but I never knew why. I just settle on one for a bit, then hop away when I get in a mood.
Different distros have different hardware comparability (esp older hardware) and different maintenance requirements. Arch requires an update, check on arch page for further requirements, and possible follow up, as well as updates to AUR packages which are git based. Other distros are often “click update in GUI and forget”. So for your main driver, maybe you’re happy to do the extra work. But maybe not on other devices with varying hardware.
I’m just a massive nerd and feel like switching things up a little from time to time.
Seven systems in my house -
3 Windows 10 - One my gaming/workstation rig, my living room HTPC, and a Dell XPS 13 1 Ubuntu - Rig I cobbled together from older parts for player 2. 2 SteamOS - They’re Steam Decks after all… 1 Windows 11 - Work computer. I use the XPS if I can avoid it.
Debian. I distro-hopped a lot but I always return to it. It’s like a kit you can turn into anything you want. As stable, bleeding edge, minimal or full-featured as you want, for all kinds of devices, with great third-party support and documentation.
Currently I run a minimal, stable Gnome system with a newer kernel from backports and Flatpaks for my apps.
The only thing it isn’t good at is immutability and filesystem snapshots. Both are possible to set up, but it’s an involved process, and I’d rather depend on regular backups.The only thing it isn’t good at is immutability and filesystem snapshots. Both are possible to set up, but it’s an involved process, and I’d rather depend on regular backups.
Is it? I guess you need mutable + persistant mount for /var and one for /home. /tmp is already tmpfs by default. All you then have to do is make the other mount points ro in your fstab.
And how do you then run apt upgrade?
(The answer is to write a script that mounts / rw, runs the upgrade, then mounts it ro again. But figuring out the edge cases isn’t something I want to get into.)
This is part of the maintenance. The workflow here would differ depending on numerous factors. An automated update sounds like a bad idea.
All I was saying is that setting debian up for immutability is more straightforward. How you maintain the os from there should already be known to someone opting into it.
I use 9 systems currently:
- 5 Gentoo
- 2 Arch
- 1 FreeBSD (OpnSense)
- 1 w11
And the w11 is a work laptop that is getting Gentoo whenever I get a minute, leaving w11 on as small a partition as I can get away with for a once a month check in to intune.
What do you need 9 systems for?
Personal desktop, a couple laptops, work desktop, work laptop, a few servers and a firewall.
Manjaro GNOME
I recently switched from Windows 10 to Nobara Linux and it’s amazing, right now I’m playing gta 4 which only required some tinkering to work without issues. Highly recommended
Ngl i kinda dont like about nobara is secure boot comptablity Yeah ik most distros dont support it
MX Linux
Fedora Linux Workstation.
It’s great for almost everything. The only thing I’m not super happy with is the file manager, Nautilus. Its WebDAV support is too buggy.
The only issue is gnome i dont rlly like the macos style
You can install tweaks like dash to panel which makes it closer to windows. I do this on my PC. On laptop I use the default with gestures.
Kde is also customizable so ye
I know but I always have issues with SMB shares at home in KDE. Gnome just works flawlessly.
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I installed cinnamon desktop environment. I think it’s a fork of gnome.
Home: Endeavor OS
Work: Win11 (debloated)
Pop_OS for the main PC, Ubuntu for the laptop and Debian for all the servers (lots of pis). There are 2 PCs left that run windows 10, one is the media rig and the other was an AMD APU that lived in a briefcase as part of a “totally not laptop” thing I built. Its a slow process to fully migrate away from windows, but so far im managing.
“Totally not a laptop” haha, nice. You should make a post about it somewhere - with pics.
Apologies, I took it apart a few weeks ago as its bits were needed elsewhere, but I can paint a picture. You know those fancy Pelican cases, this was a DIY version of that. It was a cheap silver plastic briefcase with nerdy Linux themed stickers on the back (If it didnt have those on it would look like a nuclear football and freak someone out #ominousbriefcase) I 3D printed some standoffs and mounts for the components, fitted a 22-inch Dell monitor into the lid, used velcro to attach the printed parts and drilled a 2-inch hole in the left side which had a PVC pipe/cap end jammed in the socket to allow a surge supressor to hang out of the case.
The intent was to use it as a recording rig for my local hobby shop so I could record table top games (40K, Warmachine, Battletech, etc.) using OBS to manage cameras. It could handle 4 webcams (2 tripods, 1 ceiling mount, 1 dice cam) and a pair of lav mics. I haden’t used it in about a year, but there were plans to upgrade it as there is need for it again. Its all functionally being replaced by an ATEM mini-Pro and a smaller actual laptop. Unfortunatly I have very little to show for all the nonsense as the guy on the project who was supposed to be the editor never really got around to producing something with the recordings I provided, really I just like playing with the hardware, and this season im going to do the editing myself.
yeah same
Windows 11 on my Surface Pro, Windows 10 on my main computer and bedroom computer (the smartest tv is a dumb tv connected to a cheap minipc), and Linux Mint on my server and old laptop.
EndeavourOS at home, Ubuntu at work
Dual booting NixOS and Windows 11 on my desktop, macOS on my laptop.
I’d get rid of Windows if it wasn’t for some games that are annoying on Linux.
I’d get rid of Windows if it wasn’t for some games that are annoying on Linux.
same
archlinux and planning to install gentoo on my ibm thinkpad soon
