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Windows 10 IoT LTSC, without Windows Store and other WPA bloat.

Strange that nobody else commented this

[–] vojel@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Windows.

Even when I was working ON UNIX (like, with people making the OS), we were all windows+vanDyke+Mozilla, because windows was the most reliable platform for that.

Haven't changed, even if I'm waiting for ReactOS eagerly. It's win10+putty+SeaMonkey until then.

[–] Vestria@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Pop!_OS.

I have tried many Linux distros since I finally abandoned Windows for good, but in spite of the fact that I prefer Fedora over the other kernels, Pop!_OS as a distro, along with Pop Shell, is just everything I've ever wanted in an OS and all else just feels inferior.

I'm a dev, though, so it would make sense that an OS made by devs for devs would be my cuppa.

Most users won't need 90% of what I, specifically, love about the OS, but it's also the first distro I've found where everything I want to use just works out of the box without spending hours troubleshooting, and that's not nothing.

[–] ThatBaldFella@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] pss395@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Windows 10. My previous effort to try Linux didn't pan out and now I just want the stability and predictability of Windows. I might try it again down the road.

Used to have a Macbook but nowaday I don't like mac for anything I do.

[–] tnomrom_haroj@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] zikk_transport2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Gaming PC - Dual boot Arch Linux and Windows 11. Arch for everything (literally) and Windows 11 for VR only. I even share the same Steam library between 2 OSes on separate SSD, formatted as btrfs.
  • Work laptop - Arch linux (because I can, we have strict managed-Windows system policy lol).
  • Personal laptop - Arch Linux.

All of them using KDE.

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[–] Markmus@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Trisquel GNU/Linux on a Librebooted ThinkPad.

[–] mjbennison@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago
[–] bizzle@lemmy.moorefam.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Arch on my laptop, gaming PC, and my arcade machine. I hate windows so much and haven't used it at home in years.

[–] DARbarian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] cryptic5916@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I use Arch BTW (w KDE Plasma)

[–] sm58@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago
[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NixOS (Linux)

As a dev, the nix-shell environments are very useful as I don't have to fully install every package to use it. My system configuration is also represented in a single, declarative file which is a dream. I can copy the config to a new system, run nixos-rebuild and my entire system configuration is on the new system.

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[–] trifictional@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

MacOS.

Prefer Linux but I like the Apple hardware so I’m giving it a try.

[–] IRQBreaker@lemmy.kozow.com 7 points 1 year ago

Debian

As a Linux user since 1996 or thereabouts I've tried most distributions. I've been a hardcore Gentoo ricer and "I'm using Arch btw..". But these days stability is my main requirement and Debian fills that need perfect.

[–] octalfudge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

macOS on the laptop (Apple Silicon is amazing!) and Fedora on the desktop. Just moved Windows 11 to a separate disk to rot. Finally all-UNIX!

[–] screwtape@crystals.rest 7 points 1 year ago
[–] KRAW@linux.community 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] rollingFlint@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux full-time on all of my machines since 2007 (various distros over the years, of course).

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[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] citizensv@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I use MX Linux. I stopped using Ubuntu because of snaps.

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[–] nosnahc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Window 11... Easy to play I confess

[–] tsl@vlemmy.net 7 points 1 year ago

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with Plasma, but once I get a new-iah PC I'll probably get back to my beloved Gentoo. :-)

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago

Linux, baby!

I love that everyone saying Windows feels like they gotta justify why they’re using it lol. I’m running Windows 10 on my desktop and Windows 11 on my laptop.

[–] Leafimo@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

MacOS and I'm certainly never going away from that. Just perfect for my use case with nice unix base and a great gui. best of both worlds

[–] ptman@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Never say never. I used to be on macOS

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[–] philluminati@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I’ve used Debian Linux as my primary home desktop since 2005 and at work since 2008. I’ve never had a job that required a Windows machine and at this point it’s a deal breaker for me.

I specifically use Debian stable. In my first decade of using Linux I wanted the bleeding edge, cool stuff, but for me nothing interesting has happened to my machine since 2015.

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[–] Unreliable@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows regretfully. Only because of certain games who's anticheat won't work on Linux with proton and such. Waiting for the day I can get rid of it!

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux Mint for desktops. Debian for servers.

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[–] sudostartx@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Linux Mint. When it first came out, it was the first distro where sound and wifi worked out of the box on fresh installations by shipping with restricted drivers. It made installations so easy that I just stopped trying other distros.

Arch Linux. Been using Linux exclusively for about 10 years now, in various flavours, and will never go back at this point.

[–] ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

EndeavourOS on my gaming laptop. I do productivity, Rust programming and gaming, mostly GuildWars2 and various RPGs. Waiting for Baldur Gate 3 !

[–] happyhippo@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TIL that KDE Plasma is probably the most represented DE on Lemmy 😍

KDE@lemmy.kde.social

[–] ShaggyDemiurge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows 10, even despite me being a software developer. It's just more convenient than to bother with Linux, and Android Studio works on Windows just fine

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[–] alvanrahimli@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Switched to Linux - Fedora, PopOs, Mint 5-6 years ago, never looked back. But there is 3 months gap, when I built my PC I installed windows on it and used for some time. The worst computing experience I had in last 5 years.

[–] roux@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I've been on Mint with Cinnamon for the last 4 years or so but before that was a long stint of Ubuntu/Gnome after distro hopping. I am considering moving upstream to Debian or switching back to Arch in the future.

Arch Linux, since 2012. Before that, I ran Lubuntu, Ubuntu and some other stuff since ~2004.

[–] lllIIIlllI@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] stagen@feddit.dk 6 points 1 year ago

MacOS - I've got a Macbook Pro that I do all my work and personal stuff on and then I have my Windows 10 PC that I use almost exclusively for gaming.

It's just practically easier for me to work with MacOS.

I do graphical design work.

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