what you use?
i use artix
I use Manjaro (XFCE variant) because I am too lazy to switch to Guix.
Manjaro (XFCE)
I would be running Linux Mint but Nvidia says "no" >:(
windows vista
gentoo
Arch
void
arch
>>7 is there any good reasons to run void over arch?
slackware
debian
im an archy boi
>>9
Void Linux boots faster (just try it) and there is a musl variant available.
>>9
In my experience
(1) it boots faster and runs lighter;
(2) it is more stable
the tradeoff is that there are fewer packages but I have generally found everything I use on the main repo.
I love void.
debian stable
bunsen
void is indeed amazing
>>14
I have yet to find a Linux distro that boots faster than just dumping busybox in an initramfs and calling it a day.
>>2
>>3
you are both faggots for using this burning pile of shit
>>9
no
NixOS. It was kind of hard to use at first for a retard like me, but now I'm never going back.
gnu guix
Arch
But what wm do you use
>>22
I used to use IceWM because OpenBox project is pretty dead these days. Then I discovered Ratpoison (it's like Screen/Tmux but for X windows). After that I got convinced that StumpWM is better Ratpoison. But then I got memed into using Wayland and Sway (because it's the only usable Wayland compositor).
Parabola Linux
>>21 guixsd
>>23 I use bspwm, no polybar, no compositor. Sxhkd allows you to write shortcurts and reload them on the fly. I had interest in ratpoison, some people told me about awesome, but I honestly can't see the advantage thoses wm have in comparison to bspwm in my case : every info and software I need are one finger away from my "normal" position on the keyboard, and I honestly don't need much except vim/emacs/repl/browser/clock/htop/gotop/terminal.
NixOS with xfce.
MacOs
Stable Debian GNU/Linux with XFCE. I've been using Guix on top of apt for a few things and after getting it to play nice with XFCE's application menu, it's not bad. Pulling and updating programs takes a fair bit longer than with apt but I like the generations concept, and it's nice to have newer versions of certain things like Emacs and OpenMW.
>>26
I've been using BSPWM for a while, but I always used polybar just because I liked to have something display the time for me accurately
I could spawn a terminal and run date I guess, but I do wish there was a more lightweight bar than poly.
I have been xmonad. It is quite comfy.
>>30
I personally binded Super + c to a command that allows urxvt to appear in the middle of the screen in floating-mode with terminal-clock running inside it.
But if my desktop was really "coherent" I would bind super + c to something like epoch > espeak.
"one six seven five seven one six three zero seven four seven six"
at the moment linux mint with xfce
>>30
I always have a window running watch cat /sys/whatever/bat0. That way I get the time and battery level in one window.
I use artix too
gentoo with CWM + sxhkd + wmutils
>>30
lemonbar
>>36
lemonbar isn't even in the main gentoo repos
I know that doesn't say anything about the quality of the bar but how good can it be if it's not there?
>>37
Polybar's much more popular these days due to how feature rich and easily configurable it is, maybe that's why nobody's bothered maintaining lemon in the gentoo repos. But hey, it's more lightweight as asked. And it's the bar used in the bspwm example panel scripts, that a good enough endorsement?
Polybar, lemonbar, niggerbar. Fuck off with your bars, ricing is for degenerates. Stock CWM or DWM, get shit done.
>>39
This is a textboard written in LISP
Getting things done is not the MO around here
>>39 Sit here and tell me the things you get done with CWM or DWM. Also optimize your quotes,``faggotbar''.
>>41
I got through my last year of college running CWM. I switched to it from FVWM which I had been running since I was 12.
I maintain 8 open source libraries, and am a senior developer at a large company all with cwm. Enjoy your rice queer.
>>41
I did try using CWM for about 1 week. It's actually not missing much. The man-page contains the default keybindings, and It comes with a dmenu style application launcher.
FVWM
I have been thinking about trying it. Is it hard to configure?
>>44
I inherited my config from my father. I'd recommend starting from someone else's config but starting over probably wouldn't be too bad. IIRC it comes with a GUI that can generate one for you.
Salix.
Mint on laptop and gaymer pc, debain on shitbox pc
Kubuntu & Debian
Used to run Arch and rice the shit out of it, but then real life shits hit and I no longer have time to fiddle with my OS.
I think Ubuntu flavors are great for inexperienced users of GNU/Linux but I really hate Snap package manager.
It has all flaws of Flatpak (like using more disk space and RAM vs traditional package manager) but the SnapCraft repo is also 100% controlled by Canonical Ltd. and there is no way to make your own repo which sucks. At least with Flatpak you can make your own repo if you want to (even if in practice everyone uses Flathub). Also, I wish there was way to disallow installation of proprietary software packages on Snap/Flatpak config (bonus points if you can make exceptions on per package basis like on Gentoo/Portage). I don't think there is way to disallow installation of Snap/Flatpak packages from unverified accounts either.
void linux. I hate it slightly less than other distros. Will probably buy a macbook to stop caring at all.
I use Debian with Gnome. Switched from Ubuntu because it was getting somewhat laggy.
I wish there was a distro which was minimal and feature rich. I used debian with XFCE on an old laptop and it was the perfect experience. I can't use XFCE on my new laptop because it looks weird on hidpi screens. Only Gnome looks normal on my screen. Even KDE looks inconsistent.
hidpi screens are really more of a liability. I would pay a premium not to have one.
I think Mint is a pretty solid distro, I don't really get why anyone would go for anything else.
This board is as good as dead. Go back to /g/
I use Mint Debian Edition, all is fine here. Just works.
I used to use Linux Mint Debian Edition but it was unstable. I guess they have improved.
Since I couldn't find a more relevant thread, I will ask it here. Which is the best Linux file system for general use on a desktop PC? Based on my limited research, xfs seems to be the best choice overall. Link: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-58-filesystems/2
I have always just used ext4 but I would like to hear whether xfs or btrfs are better than good old ext4 (OpenZFS would probably be better than btrfs since it's more stable but it has pretty much same features). Also, is F2FS useful for SSDs? I heard that some Android phones use it. But I have heard that F2FS has some data corruption problems but I don't know if it's just FUD? Also, Would ZFS/Btrfs cause less wear on a SSD vs. ext4 or xfs?
1 more question: I have heard that Linux JFS has lower CPU usage (and thus power consumption) on laptops vs other file systems but is it true? I have also heard that it doesn't like power outages at all (probably because it's enterprise quality?). Also, I don't know if it would be wise to start using JFS now because it may get deprecated soon, like MurderFS: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Possible-Orphan-JFS
Any answer and/or pointers are much appreciated! Thanks!
GNU Guix System.
devuan
I use vanilla Debian
Plan9
fr
CentOS, anyone?
I use Ubuntu, since this machine is new, currently thinking of switching to Devuan.
Debian stable with BTRFS on root, GNOME, and i3 window manager.
Mint
On my desktop, I use Arch Linux mostly because I'm too lazy to install Gentoo or Artix Linux. On my laptop, I use Void Linux, and on my old potato laptop I use Alpine Linux. I can recommend all of these distros I mentioned. My parents run Xubuntu LTS and they don't have any problems with it (the HP printer works after I installed hplip (without the hplip GUI!!), cups, printer-driver-all and simple-scanner). They mostly use Firefox, though.
i was using funtoo for a bit, then gentoo, and i've finally settled on slackware as my linux of choice. i've used a lot of distros and after enough time you realize there is no fucking difference between distros aside from packages
as for bsd i use freebsd since it works nicely with intel wifi cards, netbsd's installer became retarded or i'm using the wrong livecd, openbsd wiped my hard drive with no y/n prompt