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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Niche Distro Users: Why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I occasionally see love for niche small distros, instead of the major ones...

And it just seems to me like there's more hurdles than help when it comes to adopting an OS whose users number in the hundreds or dozens. I can understand trying one for fun in a VM, but I prefer sticking to the bigger distros for my daily drivers since the they'll support more software and not be reliant on upstream sources, and any bugs or other issues are more likely to be documented abd have workarounds/fixes.

So: What distro do you daily drive and why? What drove you to choose it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm using Dietpi on my Orange pi zero 3. Aaaaaand because I'm (pretty much) forced to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have used Parabola GNU/Linux-libre exclusively on my main system for more than ten years. I like Arch Linux, but I do not like non free software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Because Hyprland Arch is the Bees Knees

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I use Arkane Linux, which is based on Arch but is immutable. Every update is a new install. You can easily configure custom images to deploy for your specific wants or needs. It's nice for keeping up to date with Arch while keeping how my machine is configured declared in an image. You can always roll back if something was wrong with the image you deployed too.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Debian, I got tired of things breaking in arch and even in fedora. I learned a lot but in the end, I just got tired of it.

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