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I've been using linux as a daily driver for almost twenty years. Mostly Arch. At the time it used to have a nice installer. Nowadays I run mainly Ubuntu LTS in
by vladvasiliu 6y ago
I've been using linux as a daily driver for almost twenty years. Mostly Arch. At the time it used to have a nice installer.
Nowadays I run mainly Ubuntu LTS in production for my clients, with some AWS Linux sprinkled in. The reason is that it's fairly well-known so it's easy to find up-to-date ppas for most software as well as people who know how to use it. It's all managed by SaltStack.
On my work laptop I run Arch. I like using a minimalist WM (i3) and don't need all the random helpers running in the background. I figured it's easier to start from scratch and add just what I need instead of trying to remove clutter. I also quite like having recent versions of software, so a rolling distribution is nice. It works perfectly on my HP Probook 430G5 out of the box (stable bluetooth audio, sleep, hibernation, wifi, webcam. Only the fingerprint reader is unsupported).
I've recently tried Ubuntu 20.04 on a desktop. I kinda liked it. As I prefer i3 to gnome, I installed the Regolith packages and it's quite nice. Snaps are a pain though, launching something like Remmina (RDP client) takes forever while it's instant on the aforementioned laptop. However, I'm looking to move this computer to Arch. Mostly so that I don't have to deal with two different systems.