NixOS. Reproducible, Wide Package selection, Hard to fuck up + Not yet another Arch based distro
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Manjaro. I love it's simplicity and ease of use. It's the closest I can get to Windows without actually using Windows. I'm glad it makes using an Arch distro easy and accessible. KDE is a godsend as well.
OpenSuse, Fedora second.
Arch.
I don't love it, like at all. But it's the least buggy and easiest to use one I've tried.
I really wish there was a simple plug and play, everything just works and doesnt break on updates distro.
@InternetPirate I've been happy with Ubuntu since 2007, I don't always like Canonical's choices, but they're easily changed. Recently tried Vanilla OS, easy install and seems solid, good alternative to Nix I think.
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Another vote for Pop OS. I was already somewhat familiar with Ubuntu, and the nvidia drivers included in Pop as well as its gaming support drew me to it. It's worked very well for the most part.
Manjaro, it's just very stable, has access to the AUR, actually looks good and feels like a modern OS should feel.
Do I need to roll back my system clock before downvoting this?
@InternetPirate Fedora it is has all the good and new stuff without being unstable. Will switch to Silverblue for an even more stable experience sometime soon.
Started on SuSe, but Ubuntu stuck with me since the early releases... Just very familiar to me at this point. Been my goto os on my laptop for ages....