For me, it's a balancing act between package up to dateness and stability.
I don't like needing to download hundreds of megabytes of library updates every few days that I frankly don't care about. But at the same time, I want to run relatively recent versions of the software I use and not something from years ago. I usually end up with a hybrid solution with flatpak for my apps as a compromise.
Does it has a nice community? Is it backed by a big team or just one dev or a couple of developers? Does it contain up to date packages? How user friendly is the distro? Winners for me: Ubuntu, Fedora & popOS.
- Rolling release: after +15 years of using rolling release distros I will NEVER go back to using point-release distros. - No default desktop which gets installed whether you want or not: I want to have full control on install stage.
not to underestimate the show off potential, you know. e.g. when you post a screenshot of your standard ubuntu install nobody's impressed by that, but if you have a highly customized gentoo build with fancy effects and stuff, everybody is like "ooohh" and "aaahh" 😀
but yea, perfomance, stability, simplicity but also release modell
it should run yum/dnf. I don't want a distro which has 2 package managers and forces me to find out if I need Q powers or not. Also, I never found another package manager with something like "yum history".
The desktop doesn't matter, unless it is extremely buggy or heavily outdated.
The distribution should also preinstall and activate a firewall. But every OS except Windows XP and Debian probably does this.
I’m a bit of a control freak, so anything that allows lots of customisation and minimalism. Up to date packages is a must as well. Gentoo would be my ideal distro but I’m lazy and can’t be bothered to customise to the n-th degree. Arch with KDE fits like a glove
My criterias are simple: Be able to do what I need easily. I mean by that be able to do web browsing, be able to code (installing what I need easily), having good material support (specially nvidia drivers) and be able to game (steam/lutris/wine). If those are satisfied, I'm good. Guess I'm a good candidate for almost any distro since I install most of my stuff and maintenance by console. many an other one, having good community o be able to ask questions.
Marcos Dione
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in reply to もく • • •LuckyStoat
in reply to It's FOSS • • •For me, it's a balancing act between package up to dateness and stability.
I don't like needing to download hundreds of megabytes of library updates every few days that I frankly don't care about. But at the same time, I want to run relatively recent versions of the software I use and not something from years ago. I usually end up with a hybrid solution with flatpak for my apps as a compromise.
Joakim Fors
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •One criteria:
✔ That it's #ubuntu
I started using it in late 2004, and have been using it ever since. I see no reason to switch.
It's FOSS
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •- No default desktop which gets installed whether you want or not: I want to have full control on install stage.
José Ramón Álvarez
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in reply to José Ramón Álvarez • • •Torsten :void: :herbstluftwm:
in reply to It's FOSS • • •not to underestimate the show off potential, you know. e.g. when you post a screenshot of your standard ubuntu install nobody's impressed by that, but if you have a highly customized gentoo build with fancy effects and stuff, everybody is like "ooohh" and "aaahh" 😀
but yea, perfomance, stability, simplicity but also release modell
danielwestermann
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •on desktop, stability above all
on laptop, a better balance between stability and performance would be sweet, mostly for the battery life
Germán Enríquez
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •it should run yum/dnf. I don't want a distro which has 2 package managers and forces me to find out if I need Q powers or not. Also, I never found another package manager with something like "yum history".
The desktop doesn't matter, unless it is extremely buggy or heavily outdated.
The distribution should also preinstall and activate a firewall. But every OS except Windows XP and Debian probably does this.
TintedKiwi
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