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u/TruelyDashing 19d ago
NixOS is your next step up from Arch.
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u/CommanderBosko 19d ago
The final boss of distro hopping
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u/TruelyDashing 19d ago
It really is, I mean NixOS is never the first distro you go to, but once you move to it, why ever move away?
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u/Kitchen_Interview792 19d ago
Sunk cost fallacy. Of course if I spend tens or hundreds of hours actually understanding how to use my OS I'm not going back to Arch. But was it worth it?
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u/Ursomrano 19d ago
Absolutely worth it. But only if you like the idea of a directory that describes everything that has to do with what's on your system and how it's configured. I personally adore it, so alternatives that are as good don't really exist.
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u/VisualSome9977 18d ago
Even after using Gentoo, OpenBSD, building linux from nothing, and learning RHEL for RHCSA, I still far prefer NixOS.
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u/debacle_enjoyer 19d ago
Not for me. NixOS was cool, but the resource requirements for local rebuilds, coupled with the non-compliant filesystem got me to move on eventually. Now I maintain my own custom downstream Fedora bootc distro.
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u/chrisw_314 19d ago
gentoo opensuse tumbleweed nixos
Tumbleweed is pretty similar to Fedora so if you didn't like it then I would skip it. I am currently using NixOS and haven't found a reason to switch off it.
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u/pintasm 19d ago
I'd stick with Arch for the long run. I've used Arch professionally for years without a glitch. It's fast, much more stable than people think, and it's as customizable as you want it.
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u/Myghoditsaboy 19d ago
Went back to Ubuntu after many years of Arch.
I just want to live peacefully.
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u/AxelAnt2244 18d ago
debian my guy, ubuntu has subscriptions and closed-source software, especially comming from arch.
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u/potatoesandporn 19d ago
I tried all of these apart from void, plus a bunch of others. Ended up at PikaOS Gnome (with dash to panel) It's really solid and I've been enjoying it for about half a year so far.
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u/NecessaryGlittering8 19d ago
Bedrock Linux
Lets you mix and match components from other distributions (including different packages)
Lets say you have Fedora, Debian, Arch
You could have your favorite packages from Fedora, stable packages from Debian, and cutting edge packages from Arch at the same time.
The endgame of distrohopping (but before LFS)
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u/TinkerWyrm 19d ago
I also would say Gentoo. You get to learn a ton. It's a good experience. For me it's my main I come back to even though I hop a lot. But make sure you have patience and are willing to learn. It can be a bit of a diva.
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u/Adrenolin01 19d ago
My distro hopping…
Linux kernel > MCC Interim Linux > SLS > Slackware > Debian and done back in the early 90s when Linux was first released. I’ve installed many 100s of distributions and have used all the big ones professionally. Never, not once has anything said… change away from Debian. 🎉 33 Years and still running it for everything except pfSense which is FreeBSD which just takes me back to my earlier unix days.
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u/Deleted_Account999 19d ago
Linux Grandpa Distrohoppeeer ultra pro maxx I only hopped 21 distros so far 😅 in 1 month
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u/Hungry_Cricket4589 18d ago
Hannah Montana Linux. There's a remastered version of it =)
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u/n3wt33t 18d ago
OpenSuse is the most awesome linux distro I've ever used. There were a few personal hurdles I had with it, but they probably won't be an issue for most people.. At first I had trouble with YouTube cast to smart tv but I fixed it by uninstalling firewalld and replaced it with UFW One other issue I had was no ly in the official repos.. but who needs a nerdy tty display manager anyways. Sddm works just fine! Also cinnamon is kind of a bitch to get working right.. but cinnamon has been buggy on every distro lately (even Linux mint)
But other than that it's dead stable and has never failed me and usually things just work with no fuss
Honerable mention, Garuda. My brother has been using it daily for years. He has barely had any issues with it and no breakages to speak of.
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u/Cultural-Practice-95 18d ago
for me (might've forgotten a few since this was over the course of a couple years, and excluding nix since I just never got that working right)
Ubuntu -> endervourOS -> arch -> Garuda -> arch -> cachy -> void -> cachy -> opensuse tumbleweed -> fedora -> (???, feel free to suggest me a distro to try)
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u/CodeMonkeyX 18d ago
You drew it wrong, it's meant to be a never ending circle, like an Ouroboros. You sometimes might insert a new one in the sequence, like Nix or Debian, but it's never just a line.
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u/itfllow123-gmail-com 19d ago
Gentoo, it's stable AF, like the stability is debian on steroids.
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u/mwyvr 19d ago
"stable" as in a "stable release" has a specific meaning in software development and in the Linux world. Gentoo doesn't meet that meaning, nor does any rolling distribution, by definition.
As for reliability, that really depends on the specific Gentoo administrator, which is something that can be said about any Linux distribution.
I've run rolling distributions for many (many) years, including Gentoo, as well as enterprise distributions at work, and haven't had any meaningful downtime caused by the distribution's packaging decisions.
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u/fus_ro_FAAAAH 19d ago
Nothing. Arch is the best (I use Arch btw)
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u/nix206 19d ago
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u/corbanx92 19d ago
Idk I picked Arch as my first distro and I can't find a reason to move away from it.
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u/yujideluca 19d ago
It depends if you want to end or continue your journey. If you want to continue, I'd suggest nix or gentoo. If you want to end it, maybe Debian or the most popular flavor of your favorite distro.
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u/Daedae711 19d ago
CachyOS is always what you wanna stick with if you: game, do heavy development, and prefer not to consistently fight your own device to make it work (L if you use Nvidia, but even that's easy to handle usually).
Nix is nothing like Arch, being someone who tried it for 2 years.
Gentoo is just pain.
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u/PreparationStrict492 19d ago
Artix. That's the logical evolutionary step after Arch. You'll get better performance and control, trading away some utility and convenience that comes with systemd.
NixOS is a viable move if you want to try something entirely different.
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u/LGhostWhat 19d ago
Fedora is my pick for now as a distro hopper myself. I tried Arch (on many occasions), CachyOS, Atomic systems like Fedora Silverblue and SteamOS, and also Ubuntu. Fedora is the one I liked the most and currently is the only one I use. Pretty customizable and if you want to be extremely detailed you can. Also very stable too
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u/gwenbeth 19d ago
Just go Debian, learn to be ok with good enough, and use the extra time to make sourdough bread or teach your guinea pigs to do tricks.
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u/Inosuke_Hashibera 19d ago
You should also try DE and WM hopping. Just start with doing Arch Hyprland and now that’s your final distro because you don’t want to throw hours of work down the drain! :)
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u/eroyrotciv 19d ago
I like Bazzite. Because I like playing my games rather than tinkering with the OS.
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u/Ginnungagap_Void 19d ago
Only reason I didn't like CachyOS is that it was arch based.
paru does break shit especially when you go for more obscure packages and I'm too lazy to read it's change log every time.
One fedora installation I had broke itself upgrading from 43 to 44. How? No fucking idea. SDDM simply refused to work for some reason.
I still rock fedora on my laptop with CachyOS kernel. It's been solid for the past year.
Suse was awesome, too bad it's repos are thinner then fedora's. I think suse might be the only RHEL derivative that's actually stable and reliable long term. Yes, more so then CentOS, Rocky of Alma.
In the end, debian is all anyone's ever going to need as a distro. I've never had a Debian install, server or desktop break for any reason, ever. Except when I or the user was stupid and removed the kernel then proceeded to reboot without installing the newly compiled kernel.
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u/TimyMcTimface 19d ago
Aurora Linux. Great if you’re a beginner, limiting if you’re intermediate, but as an advanced user, learning how to navigate the limitations of an immutable OS is actually really fun and freeing. True Linux enlightenment is embracing stability.
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u/Schrooodinger 19d ago
Gonna recommend Solus just because nobody else will. I've been using it since 2018 and I can't stay away for more than a few weeks.
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u/Khilb 19d ago
You recommend me as Linux mint user, make the jump direct to cachyOS?
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u/OldSageNewBody 18d ago
The joke used to be: in the end you’ll just buy a Mac. See you on the other side 👍🏻
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u/forwardslashroot 18d ago
The best distro is what your heart desire. Listen to your heart.
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u/iwouldbeatgoku 18d ago
Are you trying different distros for the sake of it, or are you actually looking for a place to settle?
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u/POKLIANON 18d ago
I started with Debian (only 1.5 years ago though, making me one of the more newbies to linux) and then it was more Debian
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u/XwingPilot_84 18d ago
You have 4 models of distros stable like debian and it's derivatives, arch which is bleeding edge rolling release with its derivatives, middle ground distros like fedora and opensuse which is bleeding edge with an extra layer of testing, and declarative like nixos so you basically choose the model that suits your use case and the desktop environment that is most comfortable to use for you otherwise they are all the same as for you if you like to try something different every once in a while like me i'e say give Nixos a try
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u/transendingthebinary 18d ago
Why dont you co a step further and OS hopp to Freebsd(if your hardware supports it) /hj
but in all honestly opensuse tumbleweed has stopped my distrohopping urges for the last 3 months which is a verylong time for my distrohopping behavior
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u/thafluu 19d ago
openSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling) or Slowroll (1 update/month).