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For me it's PeppermintOS.

I started my Linux adventure a few years ago, and haven't owned a Windows PC since.

I currently use Arch on my main rig, and I wanted to install Linux on two old laptops that I found laying around in my house

I then remembered the first distro I ever used, which is PeppermintOS, and I was amazed at the latest updates they released.

They even have a mini ISO now to do a net-install with no bloat, with a Debian or Devuan base.

Sadly, I believe the founder passed away a few years ago, which is why I was really happy to see the continuation of this amazing project.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

PCLinuxOS is the bastard child of mageia, itself the child of mandriva, of mandrake and conectiva, the last a very, very excellent RH derivative from way back but loved by its Brazilian parents and truly groundbreaking. Live upgrades between major distro versions!

It's an RPM distro - thus massive validity checks all the way down - with highly versatile app versioning and ranges, and no fucking systemd.

It just has a terrible installer and no templates or boxes for vagrant / etc.

[–] Andy@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's mentioned here yet: Siduction

More well known but less common as a desktop: Alpine

[–] spleaque@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does it seem like half the posts on here have the sole intention of having me shill Garuda Linux? Refer to my older comments on why I think it is the best rolling release distro.

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[–] crash_stop@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Gnuinos or Trisquel - Trisquel cos its clean and just works. Gnuinos cos its interesting, Devuan based and just fast.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago
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