What distro does Jow Forums use
and what are its pros / cons
especially interested in
>reliability
>security
>privacy
>ease of use
Distro pros / cons
Carter Collins
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Aiden Johnson
Slackware.
Pros: writing a package is so goddamn easy.
Jaxson Ward
gentoo on desktop (basically just fell for the meme and kinda enjoy it)
parabola on thinkpad which is very secure and freedom respecting, and based on arch so not going to start talking about ease of use but would recommend
Lucas Fisher
Fedora
>Pros:
Wide selection of desktop environments, and you can switch between them at will.
Balances cutting edge with user friendliness.
SELinux enabled by default. The management tools aren't installed by default, but they're easy to get.
Decent support for anything you might want to do. Whether you're coding, browsing, playing games, or making art, Fedora has programs for it.
>Neutral:
Uses systemd. Most denizens of Jow Forums will hate on it, but as a system admin, I call it a necessary evil.
>Cons:
Updates are released rather frequently, and your system will pester you about them. Thankfully, updates can be automated with dnf-cron.
>Overall:
Fedora attempts to be reasonably good across the board instead of focusing on any one aspect. As a result, it's good for system admins and intermediate Linux users, but less suited for complete beginners.
Jack Taylor
>but less suited for complete beginners.
any recommendations for a beginner to Linux?
(current Windows user)
Levi Ramirez
nixos
Pros: nix manages your whole system, shitton of expressions (packages) and if there isn't one, writing an expression is usually as easy as copying github url
Cons: sometimes (rarely) you have to write more elaborate expressions to make packages from other package managers work (ocaml's cohttp from opam for example, to support SSL&TLS)
Blake Jackson
Read the fucking wiki
Pros: you look like less of a retard
Cons: you don't get five other morons restating what the wiki says
Carter Evans
Lubuntu Openbox on Laptop.
Very very lightweight
highly Customizable
Terminal commands are easy to learn
it just werks
Caleb Martinez
go with mint kde and you wont regret
Jaxson Hernandez
Ubuntu
Pros: Shitload of software, just werks, reasonably secure because it's not run by teenager jerkoff unpaid amateurs
Cons: won't impress fat sysadmins