• ratel@mander.xyz
      75·
      1 month ago

      I just assume that everyone arguing over distros has been using Linux for less than 3 years. If you’re an experienced user you’re just happy more people joined the cult community.

      • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        yeah I’ve tried just about all of them and at the end of the day it really boils down to “how do you like to install your shit”. a DE/WM is probably more important than the distro at this point as you’re going to get similar performance no matter what you’re on.

        I use NixOS only because for me personally it makes dev work slightly easier than other distros. that’s it really. Some people want to constantly tinker, some people just want to install and forget about it for a year and have it stay out of their way. It’s all about personal taste and how you want to install stuff really. I know a guy that uses Bazzite for everything not just gaming and he loves it. it works for him. My dad uses Slackware and will never use anything else, he loves it. If I had the time I’d probably switch to Gentoo but NixOS works for me right now. Like I said the DE/WM is more important.

        All that being said if you use GNOME then I’m worried for your well being. /s

        • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
          0·
          1 month ago

          I LOVE keeping my configs in source control. I add something to my laptop in my shared config, it also adds it to my work desktop and my travel box. I need it just on the prime laptop? there’s a spot for that too. Stuff that’s not needed every day? nix-shell -p it. I even setup some shared nix-shell project folders so if i need something like yt-dlp, nix-shell in the directory pulls down a specific python, installs the latest yt-dlp, ffmpeg and deno, even leaves me a shellhook reminder of what the command line is. when I close that shell, it’s all gone.

      • bryndos@fedia.io
        6·
        1 month ago

        I’m not sure that I’m what anyone would call “experienced”. But I’ve used it for a long time. And people wetting their pants over one or another distribution seems like a total waste of time. they’re all very similar.

        I’m very much not happy to be associated with the community depicted in meme - i sincerely hope most of them are just taking the piss out of themselves.

        I think even if there were quadruple the user base it’s not going to materially change the number of developers making decent linux native programs. So you either use open source stuff. or webapps and wine stuff like that. Size of userbase is pretty irrelevant to me.

        • libewa@feddit.org
          4·
          1 month ago

          Distros are a matter of taste, and you shouldn‘t judge someone over it. But a bit of friendly fun-poking is alright (e.g. „NixOS user spend all night configuring their PC“). Insults directed directly at a person are never OK. And there are of course distros that are objectively bad (like Ubuntu), and you can criticize their creators, and maybe try to convince the users to choose something else (that‘s where Mint is from, kind of), but you cannot. hate. on. them.

      • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        I’ve been using linux for almost 30 years. I’ll stop arguing about distros when I’m dead.

        Also, let’s be real, this ain’t that serious.

      • ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.netEnglish
        01·
        1 month ago

        I’m actually hoping the Windoze losers stay away…last thing we need is a flood of “make it more like windows” requests… Ugh…

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      1 month ago

      Same here, except on servers, where I prefer debian.

      Because I’m old and tired, and I just want to install and be up and running in as short of a time as possible without dicking around.

    • titanicx@lemmy.zip
      6·
      1 month ago

      After 20 plus years of Linux I also really love using mint on any machine with a screen. My servers are all Debian based but my desktop and laptop are mint it just works

      Also, not sure how using arch is equal to the picture, not sure if that’s supposed to be a trans girl, an e girl, or something else. Using arch is more like a mechanic with a car that breaks down every time they change anything.

    • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
      6·
      1 month ago

      Same conclusion for me. Been using Linux for years, Mint is the only distro I’ve used that #JustWorks in my experience.

      I use LMDE as my personal laptop, it’s rock stable.

    • oppy1984@lemdro.idEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      Yep, been on Linux for 10 or 12 years now, I honestly can’t remember. Distro hopped at first, then I found Mint and never saw a need to change.

    • cmhe@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 month ago

      I’m in an organization that helps people install Linux on their devices, and we collectively decided to install Linux Mint. I never used it myself, and to me, the distribution doesn’t matter too much.

      However, I was negatively surprised that Linux Mint decided to mix closed-source proprietary software together with open-source software: http://packages.linuxmint.com/search.php?release=alfa&section=import&keyword=

      They also advertise them in top positions on their package installers, which also doesn’t show the packages licenses anywhere. To me advertising them and mixing them like they are the same is bad… They also don’t offer ways to filter them out… So… while I still install LM for others, I’m not a fan…

      • blarth@thelemmy.club
        81·
        1 month ago

        Being too purist about the openness of a distribution is a big reason Linux has taken so long to gain foothold on PCs.

        • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
          8·
          1 month ago

          On the other hand, being purist about openness is why GNU exists in the first place.

        • cmhe@lemmy.world
          0·
          30 days ago

          I don’t care if a Linux distribution offers proprietary applications or not. I just want to be able to filter it out, and that they offer open alternatives first.

          I’m not a purist, I want people to be informed users, not just sheep that get fed whatever corporations want them to eat. If they still choose to use closed source software, then that is fine.

    • Tango@piefed.caEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      I have yet to encounter a use case where I would need anything other than Mint.

  • Reygle@lemmy.world
    36·
    30 days ago

    Weird. Just turned 47 and I JUST tried Debian tonight.

    So far it’s very good.

    Get off my lawn

  • addie@feddit.uk
    35·
    1 month ago

    Speaking as an Arch btw user, my socks match, thank you very much. How rude.

  • pasdechance@jlai.lu
    221·
    29 days ago

    Lemme zoom in here just a wee bit on this here whatchycallit… Meme? Oh fiddlesticks, I don’t have me glasses… There they are… Oh! Hee hee haa haa you young fellers are drole.

    I use Debian.

  • bort@sopuli.xyz
    17·
    30 days ago

    distro memes should be updated for 2026. i.e. with cachy,bazzite,steamos.

  • Victor@lemmy.world
    171·
    1 month ago

    Cis straight male Arch user checking in. There’s all kinds of us, everyone is welcome to wear what they like and feel what they feel.

    Ask for help and help you shall have. (It’ll just… it’ll be someone giving you a link to a wiki page, or the wiki page, or saying “check the wiki”, BUT YOU WILL BE HELPED BECAUSE THE WIKI IS GO(O)D!)

    • SmoochyPit@lemmy.ca
      6·
      1 month ago

      Migrating my workflow to NixOS right now, and it’s really made me realize just how good Arch Wiki is. NixOS and Nix are a bit disjointed in terms of documentation and learning resources. But Arch Wiki usually helps me gain intuition for which software does what and what traits I’m able to configure.

      Non-Arch-Linux Linux users should absolutely consider the Arch Wiki when troubleshooting or learning about the Linux ecosystem! I’m not sure there’s a better broadly-applicable resource out there.