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Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Tue, 09 May 2023 13:52:40 -0700

Which Linux Distro do you find to be the most fun to use? I'm looking for something to play with.

#askfedi #Linux #distrohopping

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royal

Tue, 09 May 2023 15:17:56 -0700

@big_diggity I want to see the answers here!

Big Diggity

Tue, 09 May 2023 17:56:37 -0700

@royal Give a boost. 😀

teamtuck

Tue, 09 May 2023 19:24:02 -0700

@big_diggity Depends on your definition of "fun". Arch is a fun one, Alpine if you want super light, ArchCraft for some eye candy, the list goes on. :)

Chris Cochrun ~ >

Tue, 09 May 2023 19:47:20 -0700

@big_diggity vanilla arch. It can have/be anything, but it's all up to you to build. However, I found NixOS to be the places where I stay.

Big Diggity

Tue, 09 May 2023 20:56:46 -0700

@teamtuck
I'm going to look up ArchCraft. I've not used Arch distros much, but it would be good to fool around with one. You know....increase the skills, hahaha

teamtuck

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:44:58 -0700

@big_diggity ArchCraft is a very “pretty” distro of Arch with built in themes and stuff. But installing Arch itself is really fun because you define every thing you want on your system!

Big Diggity

Wed, 10 May 2023 05:45:33 -0700

@Chris Cochrun ~ > Looks like I have a few votes for Arch distros.
You're not talking about Vanilla OS are you.... or are you?

Ji Fu

Wed, 10 May 2023 07:04:14 -0700

@Big Diggity If you want to try something different, rather than the standard yum, rpm & deb, package manager, I always had fun with PuppyLinux (its small and cute

though they've migrated away from their commitment to staying under 100MB over the years)

royal

Wed, 10 May 2023 07:29:17 -0700

@big_diggity What is "fun to use" to you? Some of the recommendations may be "fun to install" which could be not the same thing.

Chris Cochrun ~ >

Sat, 13 May 2023 20:10:26 -0700

@big_diggity sorry for the late response. No, nixos is a whole different ball game. It is immutable like vanilla, but it's all based on a config file so it's not like normal Linux. Once setup tho, that file can recreate your whole os.

Ji Fu

Mon, 15 May 2023 08:05:04 -0700

@Chris Cochrun ~ > @Big Diggity hmmm, that sounds interesting.