Anybody running Linux on their computer?

[TrapCat]

Computers running some form of Linux is up to around 4% globally.  This seems small but it is a big increase from where it was even a few years ago.  With Windows 10 approaching end-of-life support in October, I expect more folks will adopt other options instead of purchasing new hardware (Windows 11 will not run on any of my computers).  Also, the Steam Deck has added to the popularity of Linux.

I’m curious if the folks here run Linux on their desktops.  If so, is it on your primary computer?  What distribution is it?  I’ve tried several distros including Ubuntu, Pop_OS, Arch, and Mint.  I also use Raspberry Pi with pi_OS.  I do also use my iPad extensively but I’m tring to run Linux when I’m not on that.  I guess I’m just tired of the Microsoft BS.

 

TrapCat

[ArtemisEnterri]

I have 2 laptops and a desktop all running OpenSuSe, and I plan to replace the Win10 on my gaming box with the same OpenSuSe in the next few months...

[Pelusban]

I don't care about Windows, I'm using Linux since the early 90s. Lately I'm using Ubuntu with a lot of personal tweaks. I'm afraid what AI will bring to the safety of open source in the near future. It can turn against us easily.

[ArtemisEnterri]

24 minutes ago, Pelusban said:

I don't care about Windows, I'm using Linux since the early 90s. Lately I'm using Ubuntu with a lot of personal tweaks. I'm afraid what AI will bring to the safety of open source in the near future. It can turn against us easily.

I read articles in past years that stated that microshaft was heavily involved with funding and some coding of Ubuntu, which made me wary of that family of distro's.

[TrapCat]

3 hours ago, Pelusban said:

I don't care about Windows, I'm using Linux since the early 90s. Lately I'm using Ubuntu with a lot of personal tweaks. I'm afraid what AI will bring to the safety of open source in the near future. It can turn against us easily.

I don't know myself.  I keep on top of AI topics as much as I can. I mostly worry about my kids as they are at that age where they are entering the workforce.  No idea what impact AI will have on them.

[ArtemisEnterri]

46 minutes ago, TrapCat said:

I don't know myself.  I keep on top of AI topics as much as I can. I mostly worry about my kids as they are at that age where they are entering the workforce.  No idea what impact AI will have on them.

It's all a question of what type of jobs they do...  Physical labor jobs like construction, welding, or repair type jobs (pluming, carpentry, automotive repair) can't completely be handed over to AI, same with certain service industries like healthcare...

[tuffy]

I've been using some form of *nix since the late 80s. Linux was on my radar when it first came out, but the company I worked for at the time was using BSDI Unix for our servers and we didn't see a compelling reason to switch. By the early 00s, I had been using Fedora on my extra desktop for a while, but wasn't very impressed with Gnome or the resolution I was getting on my screen.

After a client requested we do a project with Ubuntu in '07, I gave that a try on my spare desktop and liked it. I finally settled on KDE as the user interface and I've been using it ever since. Having said that, I'm in the process of switching to Debian/KDE because Ubuntu seems to be getting more and more bloated (and I despise snap packages).

[joemama]

21 minutes ago, tuffy said:

I've been using some form of *nix since the late 80s. Linux was on my radar when it first came out, but the company I worked for at the time was using BSDI Unix for our servers and we didn't see a compelling reason to switch. By the early 00s, I had been using Fedora on my extra desktop for a while, but wasn't very impressed with Gnome or the resolution I was getting on my screen.

After a client requested we do a project with Ubuntu in '07, I gave that a try on my spare desktop and liked it. I finally settled on KDE as the user interface and I've been using it ever since. Having said that, I'm in the process of switching to Debian/KDE because Ubuntu seems to be getting more and more bloated (and I despise snap packages).

Everytime I see BSD, I get PTSD from arguing with Theo.  That guy!   

[Pelusban]

I dug out this disc set now, this was probably the first distro I installed. 6 compact discs...

[ArtemisEnterri]

23 hours ago, tuffy said:

I've been using some form of *nix since the late 80s. Linux was on my radar when it first came out, but the company I worked for at the time was using BSDI Unix for our servers and we didn't see a compelling reason to switch. By the early 00s, I had been using Fedora on my extra desktop for a while, but wasn't very impressed with Gnome or the resolution I was getting on my screen.

After a client requested we do a project with Ubuntu in '07, I gave that a try on my spare desktop and liked it. I finally settled on KDE as the user interface and I've been using it ever since. Having said that, I'm in the process of switching to Debian/KDE because Ubuntu seems to be getting more and more bloated (and I despise snap packages).

Give OpenSuse a try.  Snap and flatpack are entirely optional...   I hate the idea of snaps/flatpacks, because I see them as storage hogs because of the redundant copies of files in those containers...  My motto has always been: if I can't install it directly and natively, I don't need it.  (Except where my games are concerned, I have plenty of practice getting Wine to run a majority of my Windows games (even some old Win3.1 files I've always loved), and DosBox works for 90% of the old DOS games I play.

[littleFeathers]

Even at work (where I tend IT infrastructure) where Windows is just assumed, I rarely touch Windows. I run a lot of our infrastructure systems like DNS and mail relays (and storage), and they're all Linux-based.

Of course, at home, it's all Linux, mostly Mint/Mate, but I'm thinking to move upstream to Debian. I'm running Debian 12 on my new-ish work laptop and it just feels cleaner. I know that's very subjective...

[tuffy]

18 hours ago, ArtemisEnterri said:

Give OpenSuse a try.  

I tried it way back when (circa 2008) and liked KDE, but was put off with all the settings being integrated into the GUI at the time. I was much more comfortable with having simple text based config files and the ones I did find were XML (IIRC).

Perhaps it is time to take another look.

[ArtemisEnterri]

5 hours ago, tuffy said:

I tried it way back when (circa 2008) and liked KDE, but was put off with all the settings being integrated into the GUI at the time. I was much more comfortable with having simple text based config files and the ones I did find were XML (IIRC).

Perhaps it is time to take another look.

I'm currently running OpenSuSe Leap 15.6, and the config files in the /etc folder are almost all plain text, without XML coding...