do you use linux or windows? i use ubuntu!
Linux for gaming Linux for servers Linux for desktops/notebooks Linux at work Linux for mobile
GNU/Linux only, with KDE Plasma for desktop as possible. Using it on work laptop (Kubuntu), home laptop (openSUSE Tumbleweed), PC (openSUSE Tumbleweed, also used for gaming), Steam Deck (Arch-based SteamOS). I don’t use spyware/adware so Windows is out of question for me. Also it is not free as in freedom and opensource.
Nice to see another openSUSE Tumbleweed user!
Fedora KDE on home computer
Manjaro KDE on wife’s computer
Endeavor Sway on small laptop
MX Linux XFCE on GPD Pocket
Fedora GNOME on work non-sanctioned laptop
Ubuntu WSL on work sanctioned laptopManjaro
I highly recommend avoiding manjaro like the plague, their team is incredibly incompetent (see: https://manjarno.pages.dev/ ), I say this as someone who has given people manjaro for years and regretted it, I was also their it person, manjaro regularly broke every few months and gave people a very bad taste of linux
for example, why are kernels given version numbers in packages? This caused 3 separate peoples computers to break multiple times. Everything good about manjaro comes from arch, everything bad about manjaro comes from the manjaro team.
Y’know how it’s not rolling release because they delay packages by 2 weeks? They actually do no testing in this time. How do I know this? They pushed an update that caused steam to uninstall your desktop environment. Famously covered by linus tech tips… this is something that should have easily been caught, and yet the two week window did absolutely nothing.
the truth is for manjaro there is no real usecase, there’s no set of desires that align with manjaro being the best choice for you. I am not asking you to switch away from manjaro, but I do not think we should ever recommend it to anyone, and on your next machine, I recommend trying the arch installer.
But if what you’re looking for is an easy pre-setup arch, use endeavoros
If you want something simple and up to date, use fedora kinoite
If you’re a power user and want to configure every little thing about their system, use arch or nixos
If you don’t care at all about updates and want the most rock solid system possible, debian.
I fully expected someone to respond like this, but here’s the thing…
My wife and I moved over to Manjaro when it was the hot new thing and we were new to Linux. She stays on LTS and only updates a couple times a year - and thusly have had no issues at all with it. I’m not about to demand that she let me re-image her computer and undo all of her customizations just because the internet hates Manjaro.
Simple fact is that she’s on Linux and I’m proud of her for being willing to take that step.
I named several other distros including the very ones that you man-splaned to me, don’t get hung up on the one ;)I literally said
I am not asking you to switch away from manjaro, but I do not think we should ever recommend it to anyone, and on your next machine, I recommend trying the arch installer.
in my post
I don’t know about all the details but yeah I had a bad feeling with manjaro and a lot of people argued against it. Followed my guts and a happy EndeavourOS user :)
Mainly linux but i have windows for when i need to scan something or run programs that won’t start trough wine. Mainly the driver for my hp printer since scanning doesnt work with hplip
Windows, namely because Paint Tool SAI only runs on Windows…
For anything non-gaming I use Linux.
For anything gaming I still use Linux.
You had me in the first half. Not gonna lie.
I use arch btw.
I use Kubuntu btw.
I also use Arch, btw.
I use doors btw
Been 100% Linux for over 3 years. All my servers, my fancy gaming PC, my personal laptop, my side business laptop, my work laptop, my Steam Deck, all Linux.
No dual boot, I have a single Windows VM on my work laptop to test Windows apps because my workplace is a Windows shop.
I don’t miss Windows even a little bit. I am so much more free and enjoy computing way more now.
TempleOS
Could you not make me feel miserable out of nowhere? I am a mostly decent person?
The only honest answer in the whole thread
Linux
Permanently Linux since 2001. Debian is life.
Same, since debian potato, and forced to use windows in my work.
Ay, recently jumped on debian!
Running debian on a vm, till I get familiar enough to fully replace my win10 os (probably in 9months max).😄
Windows. /s
The diagram of Linux fans and Lemmy users is pretty much a single circle.
“How do I get my Mac to do this thing?”
“Use Arch”
i get to use linux at home, im forced to use and support windows at work
Both. I’d prefer Linux because it respects me as a user, but unfortunately too much stuff constantly breaks to fully convert. The moment I can play Assetto Corsa with all my mods using my wheel in VR I’ll consider fully switching. Many other games already work though, so I’m slowly converting to using Linux as my default and Windows as the exception instead of the other way around.
(I use Arch btw)
There are distros that don’t break
Which wheel do you use?
Forgot the number, but one of the most common Logitech ones. Right now I’m not even getting past the first hurdle though, which is getting Assetto Corsa with Content Manager and mods to start. I spent a few hours on it and then decided that I had better things to do with my time
The common Logitech steering wheels should work if you have the steam-devices package installed on your system. Alternatively you can get the necessary udev rules from the oversteer repo: https://github.com/berarma/oversteer/tree/master/data/udev
(oversteer is also pretty handy)
I’m on holiday right now but I can get back to you on how to get Assetto Corsa with Content Manager to work.
Oh this is useful information, thanks!
Linux, it fits my needs better on desktop, and is much less painful to troubleshoot than Windows, with more freedom and control than macOS.
