I use Fedora. I switched to it after years of using Debian. I prefer having access to more up to date software between major version updates of the OS and Fedora provides that.
I'm trying NixOS on a laptop but I'm not that good at organizing things so I will probably bounce off of it. I may try Asahi Linux on my m2 macBook. Snap is dead. Flatpak is being pushed hard. App-store-ification is an antipattern. If you've seen discussions of "sideloading" software onto phones recently that just means installing software you want to on hardware that you own without having to ask an App Store for permission. The power of language etc. I am very wary of the "just bundle everything you need into a container" model of software development that snap/flatpak are part of. It's going to cause problems in a few years, not least by having the opposite effect of the one it looks like it's meant to and making it only possible to target a few consistent environments, like Gnome's. Mostly I just need a UNIX userland and something to run emacs and Firefox on. Maybe I should switch to one of the BSDs lol. -Rhea. On October 30, 2025, NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Ubuntu. I used to use Mint but a couple of years ago I started > running into issues when trying to install it on new laptops. I'm > growing older and am not as enthusiastic when it comes to > troubleshooting so Ubuntu it is. I hate the Snap stuff though. I've > run into so many issues. Beyond what Ubuntu installs itself, I install > everything through apt. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. > ***************************** > P Thayer > artist > <http://pallthayer.dyndns.org> > ***************************** > On Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 8:12 PM Jemp <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use Ubuntu 24 at work as its the only approved distro; like Edward > > I have a variety of old machines stripped out and flashed with > > Atrix, Mint or BitCurator; some have been used as dataloggers others > > for digital preservation efforts. I have one v.old one with Kali and > > another somewhere running a pre 2.6 kernel (pre the /dev/mem 1mb > > restriction). I also have a Pinephone that came with postmarketOS > > but now has Manjaro but its not my main driver... > > > > best Jonathan > > > > > On 30/10/25 22:00, Edward Picot wrote: > > > > > Hi Marc, > > > > > > I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 on a Lenovo laptop. I've been getting > > > old/reconditioned laptops with Windows on them, then wiping them > > > and installing Ubuntu instead, for about ten years now. I think I > > > probably started using Linux because I was doing a lot of green- > > > screening and some 2D animation on Blender, and Blender didn't > > > seem to like Windows very much. I haven't used Blender for ages, > > > but I've stuck with Ubuntu - plus Kdenlive, Inkscape, the Gimp, > > > Audacity and Libre Office. I'm so used to that little family of > > > software, I can't imagine using anything else now! > > > > > > Edward > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 29/10/2025 21:43, marc.garrett via NetBehaviour wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm using Mint Linux for my main desktop and laptop. > > > > > > > > Is anyone else using Linux, if so, what OS and why? > > > > > > > > Wishing you well. > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour > > > > mailing list [email protected] > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour > > > mailing list [email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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