You're playing Devils Advocate, and you probaly know it xD
Anyway, I prefer NixOS for it's declarativity, reproducibility and immutability.
Example: You want nginx with acme setup? Just tell it to, and NixOS will figure out the steps to reach the desired state.
NixOS is amazing. Literally a perfect distro. I use it on my personal server, and getting things up and running is both faster and more reliable than with Ansible. I have 2 VPS with identical configuration, one for testing, and the modularity of the Nix language makes this extraordinarily easy.
It's funny seeing other distros claiming they invented a solution to problems NixOS solved 20 years ago. Immutability? Atomic upgrades? Containers? Good job, Fedora!
Whats a good begnner nix yt or blog etc. I just got a beelink n100 i want to use as my guinnea pig with nix
Honestly, Nix's documentation is terrible. This is a good start, but eventually you will have to solve your problems with a lot of googling, browsing Nix forums, reading NixOS's source code (99% of which is written in Nix) and reading furry blogs (for some reason, a disproportionate amount of Nix bloggers are furries). I'd recommend installing the OS and trying to configure it however you like before trying more advanced stuff like flakes or packaging new software.
My experience with Nix is that I'm knowledgeable enough to use it somewhat properly and know which concepts to use and when, but it took me months and lots of trial and error to reach this point. At some point, it just clicked, and now I'm comfortable with it just like I am with regular Linux. And I find it MUCH better. On my server, I can add a new service and integrate it with my LDAP in 15 minutes. No way doing it by hand or using Ansible will ever be this fast AND reliable.
Thanks. Been running ubuntu as daily driver for 10 years and looking to change it up. I hate snap and where its going. So good as time as any. Will move desktop eventually if i like it enough as long as i can game as easy (amd/amd) via steam.
I started using nixos three weeks ago. I use it every day on desktop now, and also switched my homelab serve to it. These videos on Vimjoyer's channel where a great starting point. I recommend trying to go straight to using a flake to update your system instead of channels. Its confusing to get setup, but makes so much sense once you do.
I haven't used many, but after fucking with Ubuntu, Pop OS and Mint I switched to base Debian 12 and it's the cleanest my desktop PC experience has ever been. My computer doesn't do anything I'm not expecting it to, it doesn't have any bloatware, every program I've installed has worked clean out of the box exactly as advertised (except for the occasional Proton/Wine wrangling which is universal).
Arch or EndeavourOS, depending on the machine's purpose and my mood at install time. I prefer rolling release, and pacman + AUR is a lovely combination.
Debian. Huge repository, no bullshit, and basically any software for Linux is packaged/compatible with it.
Why did I have to scroll so long until the choice which ends all choices was called?
Debian all the way.
That's rather optimistic. I'm pretty sure it's daily. Although, perhaps it's only once a month that it gets upvoted
It shows people are interested and exposure to Linux is growing. It's a good thing.
SteamOS because it comes bundled with the SteamDeck...
If it wasn't for updates deleting everything I install with Package Manager I'd have no complaints.
Daily Driver, use it for work and school, only gotten better with time
I use Arch Linux btw
I both love and hate having control over every aspect of my system
Nix-Darwin , DayWalker of Distros, all of the strengths, none of the weaknesses
Debian GNU/Linux because of its emphasis on free software. also, it's an operating system that doesn't make me feel its presence. couple it with a stable desktop environment like xfce and it becomes a good combo. I've installed it on all of my machines. be it server or home devices. it's my universal operating system.
though in office I'm provided an ubuntu machine, with which I'm also content since at the end of day, it's GNU/Linux. it's all that matters to me.
Fedora Silverblue and Silverblue specifically. I used to run Arch and did all the cool things from DE customization to custom kernels and other cool shit with scripts and so on. Now I just want a system that I know will boot and just do it’s thing
openSUSE Tumbleweed because it's bang up to date and utterly reliable.
KDE Neon: the stability of an Ubuntu LTS base without the snaps and other Ubuntu nonsense you may end up having to deal with in Kubuntu, with all the latest versions of KDE software directly from KDE themselves. They say it's not a distro, but it pretty much is.
I use Guix. It's fully free, it's basically the de-facto GNU system, and I like the features of the Guix package manager.
Have been having great luck with the move to Linux, Garuda on my main desktop pc and fedora bazzite on my laptop.
While we are starting fights with our opinions, I absolutely love KDE plasma.
Moving to Linux has made me so happy. I feel like a computer owner / user again. It's not always perfect but nothing has stopped me dead in the water and my issues have resolved in a few minutes of tinkering.
