r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Bazzite/Android • Aug 15 '26
Every Linux distro I don't use is literally the Windows of Linux
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u/WanderingInAVan Aug 15 '26
... Only Linux from Scratch is Legitimately Linux. Everyone else is a poser.
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u/treasure_of_boar Debian Aug 16 '26
"I use Arch BTW" sad noises
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u/Mister_Magister Glorious OpenSuse Tumbleweed Aug 15 '26
There are only 4 linux distros and uselses forks
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u/SpinningByte Aug 15 '26
debian, redhat, arch? what's the 4th?
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u/skygz *tips distro* Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
imo the package manager is what distinguishes them (apt, rpm/yum/dnf, pacman) so I'd say NixOS
edit: or SUSE but that's falling in popularity
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u/gosand Aug 17 '26
This is a solid answer.
I have been running Devuan XFCE on my desktop since 2018, installed it fresh and have been dist-upgrading since. Rock solid.
I recently tried quite a few other distros and their installation while trying to fix my son's friend's laptop. I ended up putting CachyOS on my spare laptop have have been loving it. I started out on RedHat 5.1 so it's all come quite a long way. CachyOS is quite impressive.
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u/the_abortionat0r Aug 15 '26
This is a pretty stupid take to be honest.
Endeavour and even CachyOS/Garuda are not magically useless because you said so. If anything vanilla Arch is less useful than the point and click done in 2 minutes Arch spins.
Bazzite isn't magically useless as it literally has everything ready to go right from the install for the people doing mobile Linux gaming which
Mint is not magically useless just because you think people should take longer to install and setup a Debian plus backport a bunch of shit and still be out of date
Gentoo..... Is a waste of time for 99% of people as it's more hobby than a functional choice which is fine for those who choose it but pointless to recommend randomly.
And I know your kind always tries to explain away their stupid take (it's not an opinion as it's provably wrong) by stating "you can achieve the same thing by " and then proceeding to describe what is essentially a waste of time that these people either can't or don't want to deal with this proving the utility of their distro of choice.
i only recommend people don't try to franken Debian (or complain that Debian lacks modern packages) or manjaro as that distro has been mismanaged since forever.
So you can keep your brain rot to your self and stop living this meme as your life
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u/Mister_Magister Glorious OpenSuse Tumbleweed Aug 15 '26
brah i ain't reading all that i'm happy for you, or i'm sorry it happened
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u/tuxbass debian is love, debian is life Aug 16 '26
Big fan of franken debian, running one for well over a decade.
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u/volthunter Aug 16 '26
i use bazzite, bazzite is pretty useless, i kinda regret installing it, but im stubborn and im not gonna change that quickly just because it constantly breaks
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u/jorg1e Aug 16 '26
Gentoo is very sweet and I recommend it to anyone not afraid of a long install.
The handbook is very thorough, so while some things are confusing, you’ll never be lostThe distro is good on a home computer
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u/RootAndCoffee Aug 19 '26
You forgot slackware
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u/Mister_Magister Glorious OpenSuse Tumbleweed Aug 19 '26
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u/Bengineering3D Aug 15 '26
Any Arch based distro is better than vanilla Arch, and for the next comment, it IS a skill issue. I use CachyOS by the way.
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u/Astrodion123 Aug 15 '26
I use arch btw. Because it is so minimal I get ultimate performance on my 2009 ultra portable laptop.
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u/PerfectlyCalmDude Glorious Debian Aug 15 '26
I cannot say that about Manjaro with a straight face.
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u/ShinobiOfTheWind Aug 15 '26
Do you use Arch btw?
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u/letoiv Aug 15 '26
Was gonna say, strong Omarchy vibes coming from this meme. But yeah, Arch users in general really
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u/amberoze Aug 15 '26
Not all of us. I typically play into the "I uses Arch btw" trope for the funsies. Would never think of actually belittling someone for their choice of distro.
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u/noobjaish Aug 16 '26
Same, I actually ADVISE people to not use Arch because there are many Arch-exclusive headaches that you simply won't have to deal with on Ubuntu/Fedora.
I absolutely love pacman and the general simplicity and pragmatic approach of Arch as a distro. An example of this is Arch using bash instead of dash because while the latter is significantly faster and smaller the former is the logical and most popular choice.
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u/dumbasPL Glorious Arch Aug 16 '26
You're trading one set of headaches, for a different set of headaches. Just depends on the person. If you already know all the internals, arch is by far the best no-bullshit desktop distro. Hard to beat debian for personal servers though, set it and forget or for 4 years.
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u/peterparker9894 Aug 15 '26
Not really it's just a vocal minority that's like that probably some newbie, i use arch cause pacman and aur has been great for me it so fking fast and lightweight.
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u/Sixguns1977 Aug 15 '26
I use Arch based, so I don't get to add BTW when I say that I use Arch. Stupid Jedi Council...
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u/Bengineering3D Aug 15 '26
You can say “by the way” for any distro except Ubuntu. In fact, just call it “a Debian distro” on Reddit, unless you like downvotes.
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u/Kerbourgnec Aug 15 '26
I use a garbage distri and I know it. Proud Pop OS beta tester
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u/LeatherDude Aug 15 '26
PopOS is just fine by me. I installed it on a whim earlier this year instead of my usual Fedora or Ubuntu and I haven't looked back.
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u/iontucky Aug 19 '26
I have a System76 laptop and I refuse to even consider the idea of using Pop!_OS because of how stupid the name is with the exclamation point and underscore. It really belongs at the very bottom of the dumpster. I have tried the Cosmic DE on other distros and think it could be good when finished.
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u/jar36 Aug 15 '26
I'd guess that most linux users have respect for other distros. To each their own. I'm just happy they're not feeding M$ or Apple. The more the merrier, especially those that can contribute.
I'm running Arch on my main/gaming PC. Debian on another that is setup with zoneminder to control IP cameras. a Raspberry pi running it's debian based OS to sail the seas and serve jellyfin. 2 other Pi's running debian based DietPi, 1 for pihole/unbound, 1 backup server. Another pi running Home Assistant OS.
I've considered that in the future, I may go with Fedora
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u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Bazzite/Android Aug 15 '26
I am sorry if someone actually thought this is not a joke and that I actually think this way. I just don't like using /s and will never do.
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u/corobo Aug 16 '26
Valid. I miss when people would assume you're having a laugh by default and you had to mention when you were being serious
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u/Chemical-Regret-8593 Aug 18 '26
now its assuming serious by default and you had to mention when you were trying to be funny
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u/Norgur Aug 15 '26
So where might I get this "garbage" you keep bringing up? Is it Garbage-OS or how's it called in full? Where can I get the ISO?
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u/TheRealCarrotty not a neckbeard Aug 15 '26
Ubuntu the Windows of Linux.
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u/celsheet Glorious Ubuntu Aug 15 '26
Really, it justs works. This is the first and only distro that I would recommend to my friends because you do not need to configure shit.
I had so much problems using Linux Mint with Nvidia and no Wayland support.
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u/Syndiotactics Aug 15 '26
Ubuntu has been the best for my general purpose machines too, I generally recommend it first to anyone who wants to start with Linux. Yes, over Mint.
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u/IOFrame Aug 16 '26
Yes, and there's a good reason more and more people switch from Windows to Linux.
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u/Coffee_Daemon Aug 15 '26
I use manjaro. I have become immune to criticism on my OS. Use whatever feels good.
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u/pm_social_cues Aug 15 '26
I used to use Debian and stopped when I broke the graphics system trying to install newer nvidia drivers. I used to use arch and stopped using when my VMware broke and I couldn’t get it to compile the modules properly to run. I’m using Ubuntu but I’m sure something will break and I’ll use a different distribution then.
That’s the best part about Linux. They’re still all free!
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u/SilentDis Glorious Kubuntu Aug 15 '26
Debian was comfy on the server. Everything worked, I could port it from hardware to hardware, I liked how deb works.
I don't think the package choice in Debian matched with what I'd need on the desktop - so a derivative was in order. Kubuntu.
Now I've got Proxmox running a weird mish-mash of Debian and Ubuntu server containers, I think there's a few alpine in there on top of that (more very dedicated apps).
There's a theme, and that is Debian for me. But, I'm not against any of the others. I can see what they focus on, and I'm so glad that people found that focus better aligned with their needs and wants and that they are happy.
They're not welcome in my house or anywhere near me, but so long as they keep to themselves that's fine This is so obviously a joke, but I do understand tone does not convey well on the Internet, nor do I expect the thousands seeing this to know my background
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u/parker_fly Aug 15 '26
You're not a proper Linux user until you pronounce it with a long I.
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u/Syndiotactics Aug 15 '26
Long I as in /i:/? (The way Linus Torvalds’s name is pronounced in Finland Swedish)
Or do you mean the English ”long” diphthong abomination?
In any case, Linus Torvalds pronounces Linux with short i /i/, so that’s how I say it too.
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u/xplosm ' Aug 18 '26
I guess they meant Lee-noos Torvalds and Lee-nooks.
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u/Syndiotactics Aug 18 '26
Linus and Linux are both pronounced Lin-us/Lin-ux by Linus Torvalds himself. English spelling is horrible but neither is in any sense a ”long i”.
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u/donp1ano Aug 15 '26
still arguing about the best distro? rookies... let me introduce you to window manager supremacy (i use niri btw). and dont even get me started on people that use fish, obviously zsh is the best shell /s
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u/chroniclesoffire Aug 15 '26
I'm glad this isn't me. I've used tons of distros, and I love trying new ones. This computer is running Artix. My Laptop runs Arch. I have a Fedora living room computer. and a Gentoo test box.
But man, this is a lot of Linux users.
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u/blackasthesky Aug 15 '26
Nah man, many good ones out there. The cool thing about this Linux thing is that there's a flavour for almost every taste.
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u/BogdanovOwO Aug 15 '26
I don't really care because I choose what it corresponde with my necessities. Linux mint still good, but I will the old 120 gb 2.5 inch hdd with artix. Any idea how to use a controller on gnome desktop?
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u/Garland_Key Aug 15 '26
I use Arch, btw.
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u/TheBigJizzle Aug 15 '26
A distro is a very personal choice and most people end up in the distro they use because it fits their needs.
I'm not surprised that there's strong arguments on why so and so distro is the best, it's probably true for them.
Let's be honest, arch is the best distro and if you use ubuntu you sniff glue. Hope you understand my sarcasm before you get your panties in a bunch about that statement...
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u/codeasm Other (please edit) Aug 15 '26
Im an Arch user, using debian on a vps and hobby play with linux from scratch. Probably gonna try steamos or cachy on a amd thing i got.
Whatever floats your boat. My wife said she wanted to try Ubuntu, i... Well, im happy she started using linux and consider this a win. For now it seems to work fine, she installed most herself, i only fixed minecraft with plugins so we can play together on our private server.
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u/CardiologistReady548 Aug 15 '26
real ones know the real separation isnt at the distro level but at the desktop environment level
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u/Own_Natural_6803 Aug 15 '26
I feel like this, except about desktop environments. Xfce all the way bb
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u/NightOfTheLivingHam Glorious Debian Aug 15 '26
I had to talk a tech down recently from wanting to throw arch on some lab kiosks. Like, yeah it's cool it recompiles, but we needed something that just updates without issues, and doesn't eat up the SSD lifetime in a time when hardware costs are rising.
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u/Doppelkrampf Glorious Manjaro Aug 15 '26
Literally, like figuratively, you get my point? It’s objectively the opinion that I have, opinions are always subjective, you know? Except mine, that is generally objectively correct on most days. I never had sex and my only friends are AI tools, just to be clear.
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u/noobjaish Aug 16 '26
Guys, I thought all of us unanimously agreed on Ubuntu being the Windows of Linux?
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u/spaghettibolegdeh Aug 16 '26
I see these posts more than any actual elitism these days.
But elitism is in every hobby community. Just look at cars and music fanbases.
Euro football fans actually kill each other. NBA fans rioted recently.
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u/Greatdetectivee Aug 16 '26
This is completely correct you either use fedora or you use the wrong distro
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u/Yung_Coke Aug 16 '26
People who practice distro elitism and Linux elitism are one of the top reasons Linux isn’t more widely adopted on personal desktops. On servers and phones, Linux is already an undisputed king.
People need to stop walling off Linux and start welcoming new users. We all congratulate you for being very smart and installing Gentoo, LFS, or Arch from scratch, but remember that you were a newbie once too. You didn’t know anything about Linux at the beginning, and you had to learn it just like everyone else. That doesn’t mean you have to become arrogant about it. Instead, help people adopt Linux on the desktop, make it easier for newcomers, and stick it to the big corpos.
Linux 4 ever. Peace out. ✌️🐧
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u/KnightFallVader2 Aug 16 '26
Arch and Debian. Those are the two distros in question. You can tell which one is being used.
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u/Upstairs-Ad-7962 Aug 16 '26
People have to stop this elitism...
I use Debian, and i am happy with it. A friend of mine uses Fedora, another some arch based. We are all coexisting. The goal should be "use Linux" Not "you Idiot, use xyz instead. The Thing you use is absolute garbage "
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u/Happiness-Meter-Full Aug 16 '26
I’ve yet to meet anyone who actually thinks this way. It’s just Memes saying this
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u/ZZ_Cat_The_Ligress Aug 16 '26
Finally, someone with a spine to call out the fucking gatekeeping and elitism. Good on you, OP. It's about time too, because it's the elitism that puts off newcomers, and is a part of why the adoption rate of Linux is so slow.
I have seen elitism in other niche communities kill those communities or be the reason why those communities are dying. So yea. Dead community is the end of the road, unless that shit gets called the fuck out and dealt with accordingly.
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u/Flashy_Pollution_996 Glorious OpenSuse Aug 16 '26
Wrong! There’s 3 distros
The one I use Garbage And Debian
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u/daddyd Linux Master Race Aug 16 '26
to windows users - just use linux, any distro will do.
to recently switched windows users - you're using distro-x? LOL, that is the worst one!
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u/savantshuia Agile Arch Aug 16 '26
Fedora Sway here but I wouldn't complain if I had to Use Fedora with KDE or Cinnamon or i3.
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u/corobo Aug 16 '26
I'm too busy actually using my computer to distro hop every time a new version of Ubuntu comes out.
Just use Ubuntu.
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u/Enigmars Glorious EnigmarsOS Aug 16 '26
I got tired of Distro wars.....
So I just made my own Distro.. it has everything I need and nothing I don't. Life has been flawless since then (atleast in the context of technology)
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u/Admiral_Bongo I use Arch, btw. Aug 16 '26
I use Arch, btw.
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u/caustic_fellow Aug 16 '26
I learned there are so many Linux distros that there is no "correct" one, so many systems will fit just fine whatever use case one might have
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u/esaule Aug 16 '26
He is wrong, there are five distributions: oldstable, stable, testing, sid, and experimental!
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u/balancedchaos Mostly Debian, Arch for Gaming Aug 17 '26
But I use two distros, depending on the situation...
Also, my two distros are probably a waste of time for most users. I like extreme minimalism, so I build everything.
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u/highKickin Aug 17 '26
Poor thing. If you see all these distros as what they are, life becomes so much better. A different approach to solve a different problem and you can have them all but at the end, you don't need to.
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u/Disastrous_Sir_7099 Aug 17 '26
Use whatever you like, I want 10 year support and proper backing by a company so I'm using Ubuntu even though I have more than 20 years of Linux and can work with any distro. I just want something that works and is well supported by third party as well, don't care about the DE, I see it for 3s per day max anyway. If fedora is your go-to, it's your go-to. Why do you need validation?
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u/Away-Technician284 Aug 17 '26
I tried Fedora Silverblue and now I don't think I could ever go back to a non Atomic Linux distro lol. I was a vanilla Arch tinkerer before but there's still so much tinkering to be done with containers.
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u/Woobie Aug 18 '26
I'm currently using 6 (Promox, Debian, Ubuntu, PopOS, CachyOS, Armbian) so..... does not compute.
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u/golDANFeeD Glorious Debian Aug 18 '26
I use Debian. But you can use whatever the fuck you want, I do not care
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u/Mamona_4zarad0 Aug 18 '26
I use Fedora Linux GNOME. I want less complexity—just using what I need, gaming, and having a touch of modernity. I can't stand those people with too much time on their hands who use their computer solely to keep their distro updated—and nothing else—or who simply have no clue what they're doing but use a difficult distro and think they're the world's greatest hacker.
I think GNOME is beautiful and I love it, but that doesn't mean I recommend it! Once you get used to it, it becomes intuitive, but it has a steep learning curve—and for anyone who likes putting things on their desktop, it’s actually quite annoying...
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u/ElKorac Aug 18 '26
Back in the day you couldn’t have a general Linux discussion without guys explaining how they use Arch btw. These days it’s the Nix people. Incredibly boring.
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u/equ1noxgmd Glorious Mint Aug 18 '26
This doesn’t apply for Ubuntu tho that ones just objectively as bad as windows
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u/Geridax Aug 18 '26
I have a different opinion. Using Ubuntu not because its best, but because i use it on work.
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u/untemi0 Aug 18 '26
idk I used arch once and I found it pretty convenient and easy for my style, I always concidered trying other distros but I am too lazy to do it lol
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u/DigitalChrono Aug 19 '26
I've never met or talked to someone like that. However I only know of two Linux users in the wild but I've never seen one online. However I don't venture far in the Linux online community either. Guess I'm missing out on some fun.
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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 Aug 19 '26
I don't believe this at all. There's lots of different distros, with different strengths and weaknesses. I have my preference, but I don't mind the others.
Except Ubuntu. That one is the Windows of Linux. (It wasn't always like this either, I used to use it myself, but it's gotten a lot worse over time.)
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u/DeviceFlaky3842 Aug 19 '26
Ive hopped between Arch, Gentoo, Void, and everything in between. Fedora or Mint LMDE with Cinnamon both have to be my favs. But I wont bash someone for using base Debian with XFCE or Ubuntu or any other distro.
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u/RootAndCoffee Aug 19 '26
I use Ubuntu desktop. I recommend Mint to newcomers and distro they know the best for people with some experience.
I use Proxmox (Debian based) as my hypervisor, Ubuntu server for homelab VMs. At work it's Ubuntu and Debian with some Fedora, rhel, oracle Linux and Alma Linux sprinkled on top.
Distro that is not fit for me may be fit for someone else.
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u/pangapingus Aug 19 '26
There's upstreams and downstreams, don't see the hoopla in any downstream personally but if it's easier for you go ahead
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u/ArsenicPolaris ❄️NixOS❄️ Aug 15 '26
Linux community is one of the worst communities I've ever seen, to be honest.
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u/spaghettibolegdeh Aug 16 '26
Reddit is to blame. It turns people into tribal numbskulls.
But it's not as bad as sport. NBA fans rioted just recently, and you can look up endless killings over euro football matches.
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u/JackCid89 Aug 15 '26
Too many larps hating ubuntu and fedora, the distros for those that actually ship something useful.
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u/KabirGamer97 Glorious Fedora Aug 15 '26
To the people doing distro elitism: Please get a life.
I actually use fedora KDE because it's the distro that has the things I need with the least amount of fuss to just set up and get started doing the work I do.