Decisions Decisions

Mine are:

  1. Arch
  2. Void
  3. Debian
  4. Endeavour
  5. Siduction Linux
  6. Temple OS

What are yours?


PS: Guys I know Temple OS isn't Linux

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98 Comments

elidoz@lemmy.ml · 52 pts · 1y (7 replies)

I don't think Temple OS is linux though

299792458ms@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Herecy!

andros_rex@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y (5 replies)

It’s not Linux, it’s something entirely unique.

TempleOS is a 64-bit, non-preemptive multi-tasking,[8] multi-cored, public domain, open source, ring-0-only, single address space, non-networked, PC operating system for recreational programming.[9] The OS runs 8-bit ASCII with graphics in source code and has a 2D and 3D graphics library, which run at 640x480 VGA with 16 colors.[5] Like most modern operating systems, it has keyboard and mouse support. It supports ISO 9660, FAT32 and RedSea file systems (the latter created by Davis) with support for file compression.[10] According to Davis, many of these specifications—such as the 640x480 resolution, 16-color display and single audio voice—were instructed to him by God. He explained that the limited resolution was to make it easier for children to draw illustrations for God.[1]

When he was alive, he would be frequently banned from forums for getting into crazy arguments about esoteric code things. Also the racial slurs. A complicated but beautiful human being.

ace_garp@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

TempleOS is a fever-dream.

The entire OS is released into the Public Domain, so it's technically more free than Linux, which is quite a feat.

Kind of like the Watts Towers, it's a one-man curiosity or folly.

rain_worl@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

gpl requires you keep the freedom

rain_worl@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

also, by that logic, bsd is more free than linux

TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I mean he was a theocratic racist piece of shit but ok

andros_rex@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Having interacted with him a few times online (if he was alive he would be on this comment thread right now, and would probably have been banned at this point) - he was severely mentally ill. I’m not sure if he had any form of political ideology that was coherent enough to be “theocratic.”

Like, when you run TempleOS, the majority of programs on there are about using random number generators to “talk to” God. There are keyboard shortcuts for this purpose. I don’t think he was fun to be around - I imagine that his parents were at the end of their rope by the time they kicked him out - but Davis spent the last ten years or so of his life completely untethered from reality.

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 50 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Linux swinger parties: On the way in you drop a thumb drive loaded with a distro installer in a fishbowl, then spend 30 minutes drinking energy drinks and dunking on MS, then grab a random thumb drive on your way out. That's your new daily driver.

TheRedSpade@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y

You know somebody's putting barebones LFS on one of those drives.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Sounds like malware

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 34 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Always take protection to a swingers party.

tdawg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Gotta bring condoms for your boot drives

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

Honestly though this could work if it was just a configuration file. Maybe something like Nix, Ansible or a bash script.

VinesNFluff@pawb.social · 30 pts · 1y

But templeos isn't Linux...

vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 26 pts · 1y (4 replies)
  1. Debian
  2. Debian
  3. Debian
  4. Debian
  5. Debian
  6. Debian
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y

the debian wallpaper is nice

Siegfried@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Based

hunkFoo@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y

And redpilled Af

hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

This is the way.

Moshpirit@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y

Letting Lemmy choose Hannah Montana Linux for you.

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y

I use Mint because I'm lazy.

stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y (1 reply)

God chose TempleOS but you have all forsaken him.

maliciousonion@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

"Start praying for the souls of the poor Linux atheists and their leader Mr.Torvalds"

4oreman@lemy.lol · 17 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I use a pen and paper like god intended.

affiliate@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

computer science exams must have been so easy for you

4oreman@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 1y

no, they were all calculous

ReCursing@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

My computer science exams genuinely included writing (simple) Java programs by hand, on paper

affiliate@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

mine as well. it was awful

nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think he intended a slate of rock intsead of a paper.

4oreman@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 1y

or a vast nothingness

HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 1y
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subtext@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Damn, Bluefin checks 1–4

Bluefin mascot

Bluefin background

Bluefin winter background

v4ld1z@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 1y

Hannah Montana

Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 1y (3 replies)

You clearly forgot Hannah Montana Linux and Moebuntu

299792458ms@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The hell is Moebuntu hahahah

hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I was hoping it was moe from the Simpsons.

299792458ms@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Same

Siegfried@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

1 debian

2 debian

3 debian

4 knoppix

5 debian

6 templeOS

hellfire103@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y (3 replies)
  • NixOS
  • Void
  • Artix
  • siduction
  • PureOS
  • Ubuntu SE
mrvictory1@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What is Ubuntu SE?

hellfire103@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

Satanic Edition

phlegmy@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y

Sex edition

Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

TempleOS is NOT linux

hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

but it is divine.

sunoc@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
  1. OpenSuse / Aeon Desktop
  2. Alpine
  3. NixOS
  4. Garuda
  5. Guix System
  6. Source Mage
Olap@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

I use Arch btw

turbowafflz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I choose exclusively based on mascot and I don't know any distributions with mascots other than opensuse so I use opensuse

affiliate@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

i think the gentoo pacman looking guy is cool

SSJMarx@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
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Linsensuppe@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I chose Endeavor because I like its wallpapers.

(And I am too scared of installing Arch)

Astongt615@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 1y

My one borked Linux install came from what I'm guessing was a mem leak in Endeavour (Firefox related or otherwise I'll never know) stopping up an update/upgrade and not finishing all the post install scripts before rebooting. You'll be fine, but Endeavour is close enough and does look good out of the box :⁠-⁠)

Tuxman@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Learning more about Linux, I smile when people review distros on YouTube based on the desktop environment

Like, I know you are reviewing « SuperFunOS » but really that’s just a fork of Ubuntu with Plasma…

« I give it negative points because there is no office suite included » Dude… really? …

(Dammit… I’m slowly becoming an elitist 😨 )

TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y

I rate Linux distros by the proportion of doing work on my computer:working on my computer

Most people want stuff to just work.

EfreetSK@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

I dislike Arch btw

burgeoning@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
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PieMePlenty@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Whats a wallpaper? I thought we were supposed to use linux CLI only.

TheFrirish@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I choose my distro based on if KDE will crash or not.

So far on my hardware only NixOS has not got that issue out of the box.

Zangoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Have you had issues setting hotkeys in KDE? I'm using NixOS on my laptop and for some reason the shortcuts I add all reset on logouts/shutdowns

lilacious@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Thats weird, I never had any problems with hotkeys bc nixos does not manage that. Did you setup inpermanence on your .config folder?

Zangoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

No, I've never touched my .config file for KDE directly (I have made settings changes, but none that would cause it to clear hotkeys), I just can't set hotkeys without them clearing on reboot/session end. Apparently it's a known problem: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484682

That report mentions 6.0.3 I've had this issue since I installed NixOS with plasma 5 last year and remember finding forum posts about it as well. It hasn't been too much of a deal for me because the only thing I was using it for was remapping the Konsole shortcut to launch Kitty instead.

Edit: also that issue I linked looks like it's resolved in 6.0.5 but I'm in 6.0.5 right now and I just tried to set a keybind and it's still clearing on reboot.

xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Why has nobody mentioned package managers? I can't be the only one who cares about that...

299792458ms@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Some guy commented about it and got corrected for saying that yay was a package manager. lol

patrlim@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y

I mean, I use it in place of pacman.

Since it's a wrapper, it can do what pacman does and more

affiliate@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

i chose my first linux distro based on difficulty (gentoo). needless to say it took me two weeks to get my computer to boot up and load i3 without problems.

cadekat@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Two questions: are you still on Gentoo, and have you tried LFS?

affiliate@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

i gave up on gentoo when the updates started making my laptop so hot that i had to point my bedroom fan at it in college. i was thinking of doing LFS but by that point gentoo was turning into such a headache and i wanted something simpler. i switched to arch afterwards, but now i mainly just use macos and let tim handle all that stuff for me. although i’m tempted to try arch again when im done with grad school and have more time

IsoSpandy@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
  1. Fedora
  2. Arch
  3. Tumbleweed
  4. Debian
  5. NixOs
fl42v@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

Me in the past 2 years: choosing a Linux distro based on whether it's nixos

MehBlah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Only one of those OP. The oldest one in the list. When any of those other distros bring something new and beneficial to the mix I might consider them.

nailbar@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I have OpenSuse Tumbleweed, Arch, and some version of Ubuntu. I'll probably replace Ubuntu with Tumbleweed eventually.

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

The only one worthy of cool logo

Wofls@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I choose by which distro is most suited to make me suffer

299792458ms@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Arch, Gentoo or LFS?

Wofls@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y

Arch, trying Nix

Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Tuxedo OS, it came with the laptop and I'm too lazy to put something else on it. There's also a RPi somewhere in the basement running Arch.

ReCursing@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Currently getting annoyed with my Manjaro install because, after reinstalling due to a dead hard drive, nothing seems to quite work right (and I can't get Skynet installed). Went to Distrowatch and hit random

Raspberry Digital Signage is an operating system designed for digital signage installations on the Raspberry Pi: it displays a full-screen browser view restricted to a specified resource. It shows web pages from an Internet, local area network or internal (SD-card contained) sources; there is no way to escape this view but rebooting the machine.

Um... maybe that's not my new daily driver

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I had a small store with one of these in the window and for what it does it's very good

ReCursing@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 1y

Oh I'm sure it's great for what it does!

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

Debian OpenWRT NixOS Gentoo Proxmox

Doubi@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 1y
  1. Fedora KDE
  2. Fedora
  3. Fedora
  4. Fedora KDE
  5. Xubuntu
  6. MIRACLE
ordellrb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Well yes, i choose Debian 12 for the background

moonburster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Guilty. I chose Ubuntu for years due to them using muse as an artist on their mediaplayer

potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish · 1 pts · 1y

By this list, I like endeavor(it's wallpapers go hard as shit), alpine, centos(watch dogs!!1!), and "Athena OS"(distrowatch random)

quissberry@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I know this is a side topic, but is it just me or Fedora linux used to have stunning default wallpapers but they are gradually getting worse?

299792458ms@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Aren't those just Gnome defaults?

quissberry@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

No, Fedora makes their own (though they also include GNOME defaults at least in Workstation)

299792458ms@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y

oh I did not know, I just assumed it was just Gnome

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y

I like them

terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It has. I wanna say around f32ish. I forget what they said about the design change choices.

mrvictory1@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

imo f34 and 36 have good wallpapers. 41 on the other hand...

TheGingerNut@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
  1. gentoo
  2. puppy
  3. freebsd
  4. um?
  5. what?
  6. macos
WrenHavoc@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

I do roman style lots

MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y

Screw you guys, immutable fedora. Currently, bazzite, but I can, and have, change on a whim.

JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I like to pick based off the name of the command I use to evoke the package manager. Currently, I'm enjoying using yay but I've been thinking about emerge quite a bit

Edited for pedantic specificity

TheRedSpade@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Neither of those are package managers. That'd be Pacman and Portage.

bzLem0n@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

NixOS Arch SteamOS Debian

TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I would do love to put steamos on my desktop

bzLem0n@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'd suggest trying out Bazzite Linux. It's the closest to SteamOS and has a lot of tweaks already installed.

TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

I’ve been looking into switching my desktop to Linux as my daily driver in parallel with my work laptop, I will absolutely look into this. Thank you for the suggestion

bobzrkr@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Ubuntu Slackware Alpine

j4k3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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