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Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

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So we can clearly see the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them, please follow this format:

  • Write the name of the Linux distro as a first-level comment.
  • Reply to that comment with each reason you like the distro as a separate answer.

For example:

  • Distro (first-level comment)
    • Reason (one answer)
    • Other reason (a different answer)

Please avoid duplicating options. This will help us better understand the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them.

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maiskanzler@feddit.de
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Ubuntu

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maiskanzler@feddit.de
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A lot of proprietary software is easier to install here

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samwise@kbin.social
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easy enough to use for me (I’m a linux newb) and I can setup steam on it!
edit: forgot to mention I can get hibernation working on Ubuntu when I couldn’t figure out how to do that in Fedora

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jrubal1462@vlemmy.net
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Are you playing steam games that have Linux versions? Or is the “comparability mode” stable and fast enough that you don’t really have to think about it?

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maiskanzler@feddit.de
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I can use the same OS on my servers

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Greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org
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I don’t have time to fuck about, I use ubuntu mate because it gets out of my way and does what I expect it to do.

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1draw4u@discuss.tchncs.de
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Shit just works

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JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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Because it just works. Because it’s based on free Debian and not corporate RedHat. Because mainstream Linux needs a flagship distro and that distro needs to be used and supported.

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ehyuman@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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but Ubuntu is corporate, no?

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maiskanzler@feddit.de
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I love the stability of LTS

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maiskanzler@feddit.de
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It’s easy to use

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maiskanzler@feddit.de
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I love the dock

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mvirts@lemmy.world
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For when I can’t get stuff to work on nixos 😅

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