just wondering

    • Einar@lemm.ee
      5·
      4 months ago

      Well, looking at the comments I’m not so sure about that anymore… more like Linux as well.

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
        3·
        4 months ago

        4 or 5 Windows users and I think none exclusively. Guess they were among the first, because now there are at least 10 Linux exclusives.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      Same. It just keeps chugging along whatever I throw at it, so I stick with it.

      I’m waiting to see what my main machine will do when I’ll finally get to bring it back online and it finds it has 1 1/2 or 2 years of updates to install though 🤔.

      • superkret@feddit.org
        1·
        3 months ago

        Make sure you update the mirror list and repository keys first, then read Arch news and do whatever they say needs manual intervention since your last update. Then you can update everything from the core repo and finally the AUR. Don’t reboot until you’re done with all the steps.

        Also might be a good idea to read through https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_maintenance for additional considerations.

  • Mereo@lemmy.ca
    152·
    4 months ago

    Manjaro Linux. It has treated me well for two years. (Yes, I know about the controversy, I have had no problems with the distro for the last two years).

    • Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml
      4·
      4 months ago

      Same here, sometimes I feel actual shame, which is ridiculous, but it works for me and hasn’t let me down so far in the past years

      • ilmagico@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 months ago

        I have used Manjaro at work and on personal devices for maybe 10 years and it has served me well. When I got a new computer this year, I saw many recommending EndeavourOS instead, so I decided to use that instead. I don’t understand the controversy to be honest … endeavour is a-ok, but Manjaro was more stable imho, and if I have to do it again I might go back to Manjaro.

      • tritonium@midwest.social
        1·
        3 months ago

        You shouldn’t feel shame, the reasons Manjaro haters give are moronic. There is that one site they love to parrot and every reason on it is stupid… when you ask them about it directly, they don’t even understand half the reasons. Manjaro is awesome! It was the first distro that got me to stick with Linux and uninstall Windows. And this after previously trying it multiple times, as far back as Mandrake Linux. Manjaro converted me.

  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
    8·
    3 months ago

    Windows 11

    I’m one of the few people who genuinely thinks it’s a good OS despite MS’ shenanigans

  • hinterlufer@lemmy.world
    7·
    4 months ago

    Ubuntu at work, Mint on my laptop, Win10 and Debian on my pc. I need to upgrade to Win11 at some point but I guess I’ll wait until next year for that.

  • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    3 months ago

    I use Windows 3.1

    Because of the limitations, I hired someone to create a program that yells letters and characters individually one by one on a text based browser.
    It may sound tedious but I refuse to upgrade explanation mark explanation mark explanation mark

  • superkret@feddit.org
    6·
    4 months ago

    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.

    • mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      3 months ago

      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.

      • superkret@feddit.org
        1·
        3 months ago

        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.)

        • mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org
          1·
          3 months ago

          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.