Who here uses a less popular Linux distribution? What made you choose it?
Hey fellow Linux enthusiasts! I'm curious to know if any of you use a less popular, obscure or exotic Linux distribution. What motivated you to choose that distribution over the more mainstream ones? I'd love to hear about your experiences and any unique features or benefits that drew you to your chosen distribution.
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I use Ubuntu, which is apparently the least popular distro around.
I use Manjaro and based on the downvotes I received when mentioning it around here, I can assure that you are excused and you can give me this crown.
Lol same. When I installed Manjaro it was a popular choice, but in the past couple years sentiment has really turned against it. I haven't experienced any of the problems people claim it has, so I can't be arsed to distro hop again.
Exactly where I'm at. I've had no issues with it, I have my home computer all set up and customized over the last 3 years, I'm not doing that again just to say that I'm on a different distro unless something goes very wrong.
I understand the criticisms of manjaro, and don't recommend it to people, but it seems to be the only distro to work with my hardware/software without issue. So for now, here I am.
Manjaro is great. I keep on coming back to it time to time.
Fantastic distro.
None of the criticisms people have against it affect me.
I use Ubuntu, it's the default for ROS. I tried debian but the instructions didn't work instantly so I just as quickly gave up and went back to Ubuntu since I was busy. Lol.
In fairness, I've been using it since 2004. So I was using a less popular linux. It's not my fault the world has changed. So I think it counts and is completely relevant to the spirit of the question. /s