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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Distro for experienced Linux user (monero.town)

submitted 1 year ago by chevy9294@monero.town to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, I'm looking for a distro for my laptop. My first distro was Pop!_OS, then I switched to Fedora, then Arch for a year and 2 months ago I switched to Fedora Silverblue, because I wanted to try immutable distro that relies on containers and flatpaks to be usefull. Silverblue is great but not so much for me, its not flexible enough.

I'm thinking of switching to Arch but maybe it's time for something else. Maybe NixOS or Void, Gentoo probably not, I don't have time for compiling everything. What do you recommend?

It must support full disk encryption, secure boot with signing with YOUR OWN KEYS, systemd (because of MullvadVPN), everything else I think can work on any distro (Gnome, podman, kvm, etc.).

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[–] dark_stang@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been using Linux for 2 decades and I still use Debian for containers and servers and Pop_os for my desktop and laptop. If I was going to run a straight gaming machine I'd probably use something Arch based.

What kind of experience are you looking for? Something that's bleeding edge? Something that's going to give you 99.999% uptime with minimal hassle? Something to give you a hobby?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Likewise, been using Linux for over 15 years but my main gaming PC runs Mint because it gets out of my way when I want it to

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sure many petrol heads enjoy fine tuning combustion and make sure the suspension is tailored 100% to their neighborhood roads and all... but sometimes they just need a car with which to pick up some groceries.

Two decades here as well. And I run mint.

[–] lenathaw@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Linux user since 2008 here.

Boring Debian for servers and Pop Os for my desktop because everything works out of the box