What distro do you use?

[SAIYAN48]

I use LXLE on my Thinkpad R51; it connects to the Wi-Fi and is the only distro to do so for that hardware.

 

[The Catboy]

I am currently using Linux Mint since I needed something stable on my laptop for my schoolwork and stuff. My other laptop is constantly switching

 

[Kioku]

EndeavourOS currently. Came in from Manjaro. Been quite the trip.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Manjaro GNOME
I also have Windows 10 Pro and macOS Big Sur on other drives in the system. Need every one installed for different reasons so I'm fortunate enough to have a single system that can do all of them without too much fuss.

 

[linuxares]

PopOS. Only distro that always seem to play ball with my laptop without burning my retinas.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

Manjaro. The only one that likes Davinci Resolve on my Ryzen APU for some reason.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Gentoo. 'nuff said

 

[Jayro]

I namely stick to Linux Mint and Lubuntu, because they're very Windows-like in their layouts and ease of use. Not to mention having Ubuntu compatibility is a huge plus in case I run into issues or need software.

 

[The Catboy]

Back on Linux Mint. I ventured into KDE neon from November to December. It wasn't a bad experience but I did notice some problems with KDE and Nvidia drivers. I've noticed this issue before with KDE and I think it's because of Wayland but I am not sure. I am also not willing to fix any issues like that because this laptop really isn't meant for tinkering, I have like 6 other computers for that.

 

[Jayro]

Linux Mint for me. I like the Windows-ish distro. It also has many features other distros lack, like right-clicking a folder and opening it as root is hella convenient.

 

[Deleted member 546149]

I've used ParrotOS and Elementary Os (Very underrated I think you should check it out!)

 

[Jayro]

Lubuntu's LXQt desktop is also maturing quite nicely.

 

[CeeDee]

windows

 

[The Catboy]

I've used ParrotOS and Elementary Os (Very underrated I think you should check it out!)

I love Elementary but I don't like that there's still no official upgrade path between versions.

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

Linux Mint since Version 17....i grew into Linux with it.....have Windows XP and 10 in VMs.

I want to look into other Distros....but till now nothing popped up...

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Linux Mint for me. I like the Windows-ish distro. It also has many features other distros lack, like right-clicking a folder and opening it as root is hella convenient.

tbf that's not a "distro" thing, it's a file manager thing, linux isn't like windows where the file manager is locked to the os itself, you can install other file managers

 

[Viri]

Kubuntu. I like how it looks like Windows. I first used Ubuntu before. I thought of trying Linux Mint, but I'm too lazy to have to reinstall, and re-download and set up everything.

 

[Jayro]

Kubuntu. I like how it looks like Windows. I first used Ubuntu before. I thought of trying Linux Mint, but I'm too lazy to have to reinstall, and re-download and set up everything.

I love Mint, but as of the v20.x releases, I can't seem to get it to install the Nvidia closed-source drivers for my GTX 1060. It pretends to install them, but it fails at building the DKMS kernel modules, and I reboot into a 320x240 nightmare I can hardly navigate to get back to the open-source driver.

 

[TomRiddle]

I namely stick to Linux Mint and Lubuntu, because they're very Windows-like in their layouts and ease of use. Not to mention having Ubuntu compatibility is a huge plus in case I run into issues or need software.

Honestly, yeah. I use Linux Mint mainly because it's based on Ubuntu (for the reasons that you said) and it's Cinnamon desktop environment, which I prefer as a beginner.

I would like to try some arch based distros sometime like Manjaro but I always go back and forth on if I should really master and understand Ubuntu based distros fully (mainly on knowing to a good extent on terminal commands) before moving on.

For now at least I'm pretty comfortable with Linux Mint as it stands with duel-booting on my laptop with Windows, maybe I could do some reflection on whether using it as a daily driver is a good idea for me or not.

 

[Jayro]

Honestly, yeah. I use Linux Mint mainly because it's based on Ubuntu (for the reasons that you said) and it's Cinnamon desktop environment, which I prefer as a beginner.

I would like to try some arch based distros sometime like Manjaro but I always go back and forth on if I should really master and understand Ubuntu based distros fully (mainly on knowing to a good extent on terminal commands) before moving on.

For now at least I'm pretty comfortable with Linux Mint as it stands with duel-booting on my laptop with Windows, maybe I could do some reflection on whether using it as a daily driver is a good idea for me or not.

I've been a Mint user since 3.1 (Celena) and I love it. I even got Mint 5 named Elyssa, so that's my cool contribution to the project.