Linux Distro Preferences
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As was mentioned, I use "what the devs recommend" in nearly all cases. Often they support many things equally. When they do, we deploy roughly in this order for servers...
- Fedora
- Ubuntu Current
- CentOS
- Ubuntu LTS
- Other in extreme cases (never really comes up.)
For the desktop, we don't have that kind of outside control so our internal preference is way bigger. We only use...
- Fedora Cinnamon
- Deepin
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Fedora is a great line... and there are a few different spins - so you get a more tailored system..
That said.. I had been running Fedora - but am moving to Ubuntu - a few of the application I work with don't work well or at all under Fedora.
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@gjacobse said in Linux Distro Preferences:
Fedora is a great line... and there are a few different spins - so you get a more tailored system..
That said.. I had been running Fedora - but am moving to Ubuntu - a few of the application I work with don't work well or at all under Fedora.
See the above post about ham radio I assume.
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My responses changes every time questions like that is asked.
For Desktops:
I'm a big fan of Gnome so its Fedora first and then Ubuntu (always the latest). The are others that either uses Gnome by default or provides Spins but the ones I've mentioned has less additional packages or tweaks to Gnome.For Servers:
I always go with Fedora and Ubuntu first because there's no need to add more repos for packages that I need. Then its a toss up between CentOS, Ubuntu LTS and Debian. -
@notverypunny said in Linux Distro Preferences:
most of our servers at work to Ubuntu 18.04 (from pure Debian) due to support / availability of dependencies without having to get into 3rd party repos (php 7.2 is available out of the box on 18.04) as well as Canonical's recent declaration of 10 years of support for 18.04.
This is why I use Fedora, where support is more generally geared towards enterprise rather than personal use or desktop use. I like the update cycle, and ease of updating, for Fedora Server. I'll generally choose Fedora where I can, and use CentOS when I have to load 3rd party software that requires old and outdated prerequisites.
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For Desktop and Laptop use, I like Fedora Workstation with Cinnamon.
I do have a personal laptop that is very proprietary where the only distro I could get working mostly correctly is Ubuntu. So I use that too.
Personally, I believe you can't choose and stick to one distro for every case. If you do, you're doing it wrong IMO.
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I use Linux Mint for desktops. With Cinnamon or Mate. I find it easiest to get used to for users who move from WIndows to Linux.
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Was on Ubuntu for a couple of desktops for a while. Moved to Fedora starting with 26 and currently on 29. I don't mind either. Have both Ubuntu and Fedora on servers as well.
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I always go with the most free software open source community based distros as first pick - Debian GNU/Linux in my case. Xfce when desktop is needed.
Otherwise whatever seems most suitable and stable.
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hehehe based on ubuntu 10 years, that came days after IBM purchased RedHat so it was more like Mark wanted to get attention. you really should not have added it to your factors.
That said anything with XFCE is good for me for desktops and LXDE for small form factors computers like Pi or thin clients.
