Thumbs Up3d ago

What’s your preferred base for a distribution?

Feel free to comment with more details below the poll

#linux #gnu #poll

Fedora/RHEL
15.7%
Ubuntu/Debian
54.9%
Arch
13.7%
Other answer (eg Nix, Gentoo)
15.7%
Poll ended at .
Show threadMac
@thumbsup OpenSuse (so SUSE I guess?)
Apr 4 at 5:02pmWeb
Show threadBjörn3d ago
@macberg @thumbsup Was thinking the same. I guess RHEL counts.
Show threadThumbs Up3d ago

@thaodan @macberg SUSE is like the one distro I've never tried. I have to say I like the polish of their site. I'd love to know:

1. Why do you prefer it?
2. Which "flavor" do you run?

Show threadBjörn2d ago
@thumbsup @macberg I prefer it because I want rolling release but more polished. I like the combination of openqa testing, rolling release and the enterprise level polishing. Plus it's pretty easy to contribute.
I switched from Arch because of those but also because it was easier for me two work with rpm at work and at home when packing. I prefer rpm as it's more structured then let's say makepkg.
Show threadMac3d ago
@thaodan @thumbsup I dunno, I think Slackware would be more appropriate in that case. AFAIK there's no relation between RHEL and SUSE other than the RPM package format. 🤷
Show threadThumbs Up3d ago
@macberg @thaodan Seems there is some further interrelation being worked on
https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-Preserves-Choice-in-Enterprise-Linux/
SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment

SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment

Show threadMac3d ago
@thumbsup @thaodan Oh yeah that was (is?) a thing I forgot about. But either way I was thinking about the origins of OpenSuse, and they're not related AFAIK.
Show threadThumbs Up3d ago
@macberg Yeah that would be in the "Other answer" if you want to vote. Limited to four options :/
Show threadThumbs Up3d ago
@macberg Btw, I'd love to hear why too! Suse seems quite nice but I have no idea what in particular makes people choose it.
Show threadMac3d ago
@thumbsup I went with OpenSuse Tumbleweed because for the first time ever I wrote down a bunch of requirements that I had, and went looking for the distro that matched it the best, instead of just picking a distro that "seemed interesting" as I had always done before.
Tumbleweed just happened to be the best match: Rolling, stable, Wayland, BTRFS w snapshots, lots of GUI tools (Yast), comes with KDE, trustworthy... Haven't looked back since as I'm extremely satisfied.
#OpenSuse
Show threadThumbs Up3d ago
@macberg I love that