Hello
Planning to get back to linux in the past i had use platform like
Antergos linux
Majaro
Linux mint
Wonder a bit which linux do you guys use as main os i am looking for something which i can fully customized i be using it also i can setup all my privacy setup vpn proxy.and files encryption a
Antergos has been killed off, if you're wanting to customize your stuff you may as well just install Arch and call it a day.
Jul 19, 2019 03:45 AM
(This post was last modified: Jul 19, 2019 03:47 AM by Deathbox.)
I recommend Debian as well, have been using it as daily driver for many years now. Use the non-free ISO image if you want WiFi firmware out of the box for intel chips. The base image will require you to use ethernet, enable the non free repository and download the firmware with aptitude. Using the non free ISO image just takes one step out of the configuration process. It's stability and scalability is what impresses me. I have a few scripts that I run once on my Debian installs and it.. just works. I've tried ubuntu several times over the years and I've got nothing good to say about it. I used to use FreeBSD when I was heavy into customising (version 8.3 to be exact) but I lost interest in making the OS look cool when I was a teenager. Now I'd rather have a system that's reliable and easy to deploy. It's worth noting that FreeBSD has the best networking stack but whether or not you'll utilize it is another story.
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(Jul 19, 2019 03:45 AM)Deathbox Wrote: I recommend Debian as well, have been using it as daily driver for many years now. Use the non-free ISO image if you want WiFi firmware out of the box for intel chips. The base image will require you to use ethernet, enable the non free repository and download the firmware with aptitude. Using the non free ISO image just takes one step out of the configuration process. It's stability and scalability is what impresses me. I have a few scripts that I run once on my Debian installs and it.. just works. I've tried ubuntu several times over the years and I've got nothing good to say about it. I used to use FreeBSD when I was heavy into customising (version 8.3 to be exact) but I lost interest in making the OS look cool when I was a teenager. Now I'd rather have a system that's reliable and easy to deploy. It's worth noting that FreeBSD has the best networking stack but whether or not you'll utilize it is another story.
Thanks a lot i give a try
(Jul 19, 2019 03:45 AM)Deathbox Wrote: I recommend Debian as well, have been using it as daily driver for many years now. Use the non-free ISO image if you want WiFi firmware out of the box for intel chips. The
Agreed, Debian is the best. FreeBSD is even better, but the problem with the BSD operating systems is that they don't support a lot of hardware and have hardware issues, due to the lower user base and less popularity of it by personal users (lots of servers use FreeBSD or OpenBSD; FreeBSD is more supported than OpenBSD)
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I have a dual boot Ubuntu and Linuxmint Debian Edition. Those are main operating systems.
(Jul 19, 2019 08:32 PM)a323109 Wrote: I have a dual boot Ubuntu and Linuxmint Debian Edition. Those are main operating systems.
How does linux mint debian edition work out of curiosity? I could never switch distros now but I was curious as I tested it on release and it had a very buggy start. It was extremely sluggish and I believe there were issues with the kernel. I guess they've ironed all that out now.
(Jul 19, 2019 08:15 PM)The Humble Buster Wrote: Agreed, Debian is the best. FreeBSD is even better, but the problem with the BSD operating systems is that they don't support a lot of hardware and have hardware issues, due to the lower user base and less popularity of it by personal users (lots of servers use FreeBSD or OpenBSD; FreeBSD is more supported than OpenBSD)
Gotta love Debian. I used to love FreeBSD as well but that was a very long time ago. I'm fond of the FreeBSD handbook, it taught me a lot. Yeah FreeBSD's network stack is probably why it's most used as hosting platform for large scale projects and websites. Arch is cool too, it was comparable to FreeBSD in the sense that it lets you build your own system. I liked FreeBSD's ports tree especially in FreeBSD 8.3 because the only way to get classic gnome 2.0 (not fallback, original) was to use the ports tree. They've probably phased that out now but I'm used to gnome 3 these days.
Good luck @OP, feel free to give me a shout.
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(Jul 20, 2019 03:09 AM)Deathbox Wrote: How does linux mint debian edition work out of curiosity? I could never switch distros now but I was curious as I tested it on release and it had a very buggy start. It was extremely sluggish and I believe there were issues with the kernel. I guess they've ironed all that out now.
It works good!
To tell you the truth i tryed to install Debian but i was not able to make Debian working, thus i decided to give a try to Linuxmint Debian edition, it was a good idea!
Code matrix@matrix:~$ uname -a
Linux matrix 4.9.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u3 (2019-06-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux
matrix@matrix:~$
It is very stable compare to latest ubuntu with kernel 5.0.0
(Jul 20, 2019 04:48 AM)a323109 Wrote: It works good!
To tell you the truth i tryed to install Debian but i was not able to make Debian working, thus i decided to give a try to Linuxmint Debian edition, it was a good idea!
Code matrix@matrix:~$ uname -a
Linux matrix 4.9.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u3 (2019-06-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux
matrix@matrix:~$
It is very stable compare to latest ubuntu with kernel 5.0.0
That's good to hear! I briefly used Linux mint as my introduction to Linux a long time ago. I was given a PC magazine and with it came a DVD. One side orange label, the other was green. It was Ubuntu 8 or Mint 8 and I couldn't get ubuntu to work but mint was flawless. I got to use mint on some laptops I've done for family as half my family use Linux mint as a Windows alternative because they would get riddled with viruses after not so long with a fresh windows installation.
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(Jul 20, 2019 04:48 AM)a323109 Wrote: It works good!
To tell you the truth i tryed to install Debian but i was not able to make Debian working, thus i decided to give a try to Linuxmint Debian edition, it was a good idea!
Code matrix@matrix:~$ uname -a
Linux matrix 4.9.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.168-1+deb9u3 (2019-06-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux
matrix@matrix:~$
It is very stable compare to latest ubuntu with kernel 5.0.0
Thanks for the infos,
I was used Debian for a year, been got some problems also with conflict some programs run for server local, then reinstall again.
Will try Linuxmint Debian edition.
Jul 20, 2019 12:29 PM
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(Jul 20, 2019 05:11 AM)SiakaD Wrote: Thanks for the infos,
I was used Debian for a year, been got some problems also with conflict some programs run for server local, then reinstall again.
Will try Linuxmint Debian edition.
If you're having troubles with unmet dependencies, make sure you only add repos to the source list that are made for your distribution and version. Best to just avoid PPA all together in my opinion. Basically ignore ubuntu guides that tell you to add a repo via PPA or source list unless you know it's for your system. For example don't install a PPA designated for ubuntu trusty when you're using Debian buster. Best to always get the package from maintainer first in .deb format and tarball if you cannot find a .deb or package in the official repositories.
I prefer to install .deb, if it isn't available install a debian repo to the /etc/apt/sources.list that has said package. If that doesn't exist, I use a tarball. A lot of people have given snaps some good recommendations as well. This is how you generally avoid what's known as Linux dependency hell.
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Debian is the way to go ;))
I was using Arch (Black Arch), but I moved to Ubuntu ^_^
Install Gentoo
as many have said, debian ftw. I'd like to second the comment about only adding the needed repos to your source list. makes a world of a diffrerence.
Jul 25, 2019 10:44 AM
(This post was last modified: Jul 25, 2019 10:45 AM by MavenGradle.)
Depends on your needs. If you want to support older hardware, Debian or it's many forked distro's are usually the way to go. If you're like me and prefer bleeding edge but still stable you'll probably want to look into Fedora.
On the other hand, if you want the latest and greatest you'll probably be looking at an Arch distro like Manjaro. Do keep in mind that installing updates will have a high probability of breaking your entire userspace or driverspace. If you're hardcore and want to do everything yourself, you could just fork Arch or hell, use Arch and build up from there. It's honestly not as hard as you might think to create your own distro fork.
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