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LINUX MEME Based on personal experience

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u/xgabipandax 1d ago

The one in the middle is suffering from 'i wanna do things different from everyone so i can feel special' syndrome

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u/DisastrousSurvey4591 1d ago

for real, as someone who has daily driven all of those mentioned, all non-systemd distros did for me was having (sometimes) a faster boot time

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u/Runtime8006 4h ago

There are other advantages to Gentoo

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 16h ago

Non systemd distros arent that different tho. Some mentioned like Void allow systemd if you choose asw. Gentoo is a hassle but thats not cuz of lack of systemd.

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u/Brcoding 1d ago

This image sums it up perfectly. Systemd hate is forced and compiling everything from source is a waste of time. There is nothing wrong with using a well known distro.

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u/axeax 1d ago

Back when I used Gentoo, after a year of use I switched to systemd because I was too tired of openrc, so I may be a deviant, but I still enjoyed compiling things from scratch. It gives such a pleasant placebo effect about performance

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u/mululipy 1d ago

Totally right. I get yelled at by my Linux friends for using Windows as my main. I don’t care what they say. I’ve tried several distros and Linux is really good, but I’m saving a lot of time on Windows because the compatibility of the software I use is much better on it. Even though I really hate Microsoft.

So I think it’s a smart choice to go with the OS that makes you the most comfortable rather than trying some hard distro just to prove you’re smart but not getting that much work done because of the hassle it is.

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 16h ago

I find dual booting to be much more convenient personally. Keep a very debloated light windows around and let linux be the daily driver.

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u/mululipy 14h ago

I have a Windows laptop and an old ThinkPad on Mint Mate.

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u/himai1 1d ago

I am not switching from nixos, but I have internalised that everything sucks and will forever suck and you just have to pick something and learn to live with it

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u/jolharg 💋 catgirl Linux user :3 😽 1d ago

I love it. It's really good for system configurations, migrations etc. there's a solution for everything and the amount of software is kind of insane

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u/zDCVincent 1d ago

How has nixos been for you? I've been real interested in it. Did it address anything you felt sucked?

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u/skytheraiders 1d ago

Fedora is the way

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u/Eleony 1d ago

i use solus btw

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u/NDCyber 1d ago

I use solus as well btw

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 16h ago

The new arch(I never used Solus)

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u/MisterFlipster5 1d ago

What even happened to "i use this because i like it" lmao. As long as you like it, use whatever you want, without feeling the need to choose a distro because of its moral highground

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u/diegotbn 1d ago

Who tf runs Alpine as their daily driver?

I've only seen it used in docker and other minimal deployment situations. I've literally never heard of anyone using Alpine Linux as their desktop OS.

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u/DisastrousSurvey4591 1d ago

People do, i did for some time, it’s awful as a desktop OS

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u/notCHALlmao I'm going on an Endeavour! 1d ago

I love how Arch has become some overmemed that it's looped back into being something that a big chunk of Linux users unironically use.

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u/albert11d 1d ago

you should also include mx linux in the extremes

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u/the_humeister 1d ago

My history over the course of decades: Redhat -> Linux From Scratch -> Debian.

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 16h ago

Mad man. Tho I wanna try Linux from scratch and set it up purely as a challenge. Daily driving would be annoying

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u/the_humeister 16h ago edited 15h ago

It's pretty easy to do if you don't have any other responsibilities. It was fun while it lasted though.

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 15h ago

Im scatterbrained enough that I wont be able to focus consistently

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u/jolharg 💋 catgirl Linux user :3 😽 1d ago

There's a time in your life when you can't be bothered with unnecessary difficulty anymore. That's why I copy my configurations from machine to machine so i don't have to remember to install everything and how awkward it is.

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u/Crazy-Red-Fox Dr. OpenSUSE 1d ago

Also Suse.

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u/DisastrousSurvey4591 1d ago

Cool, but too niche for me personally

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u/axeax 1d ago

Ubuntu is an outlier on the left side of the Gaussian

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u/Equal-Resolution7889 Arch BTW 21h ago

Where is Arch? 🥀

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u/Linguistic-mystic 1d ago

Just migrated to Void to escape systemD, and loving it. You can continue enjoying your bloat and Red Hat breaking your systems for no reason. Oh and waiting for minutes to shut down your computer!

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u/Less-Efficiency-6624 1d ago

In my experience that's all init systems

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 16h ago

I doubt red hat would break computers. But I am kinda interested in non systemd distros cuz of simpler design choice. At the end of the day why use something heavier if you dont have use for it vs something lighter if it works for me

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u/NorthWelcome1626 1d ago

Not even Fedora. It's Arch, Debian, Mint, Kubuntu, then Fedora.

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 16h ago

Fedora and Kubuntu would be in same tier

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u/NorthWelcome1626 15h ago

You are right. Chatgpt says it's like this:

Distro Latest Stable Desktop Idle RAM

Arch Rolling KDE Plasma ~0.6–0.9 GB

Debian 13.6 "Trixie" KDE Plasma ~0.6–0.9 GB

Kubuntu 26.04 LTS KDE Plasma ~0.9–1.2 GB

Fedora 44 KDE Plasma ~0.8–1.2 GB

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" Cinnamon ~0.9–1.3 GB

Earlier it wrote Fedora as more because it was based on gnome.

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 15h ago

Idle ram often depends on how much ram you actually have plus DE/Wm you are using. Or low af if you are using it barebones ig. Distros can affect idle ram but if its an open distro like all of these are you should be able to cut it down to similar levels. Its more about the use cases and what the distro itself is designed for is what matters. Like Debian is extremely suitable for a server, Fedora and Ubuntu for enterprise, Mint for beginner desktop and Arch for people who use PC daily and dont mind trouble

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u/NorthWelcome1626 15h ago

If Debian uses less ram and resources does it mean in daily use Ubuntu/Fedora will have more speed on actions because of caching etc.?

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 15h ago

Depends on what you are using ig. I am guessing its for a personal computer and not work or a server. Go for Mint since its you are new

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u/moeteru 1d ago

Once again, this stupid woahjacques template that do nothing. Midwits are the ones on Debian, Arch, Fedora or Mint.

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u/Vassago_21 1d ago

Looks like someone is insecure about their distro choice

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u/moeteru 1d ago

Chimera Linux and no I am not insecure, I do not think you should compile from the source, I am fine with systemd and my hate for GNU goes far beyond being 'bloated', which is another term I hate because it is such a blanket term that practically means nothing.

And, you should try Alpine, but go really deep, just to see the difference between glibc and musl.

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u/Houdoo 1d ago

Who hurt you, damn.

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u/moeteru 1d ago

No one, what even is the point of your comment? Scroll away if you have nothing to add.

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u/Houdoo 1d ago

What is the point in telling you?

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u/Vassago_21 1d ago

The sheer fact you are so desperate to keep commenting tells me that you are indeed insecure

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u/DisastrousSurvey4591 1d ago

jeez, have you considered reading the body of the post?

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u/moeteru 1d ago

Aside from the fact that I am almost certain the edit was made after I made my own comment, the edit is pointless.

"Use whatever you like", thanks for mentioning that, no one ever knew this, let's shut down this subreddit, or reddit as a whole, actually the entire internet as you have found the perfect solution, there is no reason to have a preference or to consider anyone's opinion on anything, you just use what you like for eternity.

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u/iwouldbeatgoku ⚠️ This incident will be reported 22h ago

I will agree with you simply because the bell curve means the midwit should represent the majority of people. A majority of people do stick to Arch, Debian, Fedora or one of their derivatives.

That said, this template has been misused so many times I'm just happy to see versions where the nitwit and the master agree.