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Like going to an Indian restaurant for the first time and saying you want a lot of spice (lemmy.world)
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[–] 115 points 3 months ago* (21 children)

I've been working on Linux since '96. As time goes by I keep drifting more and more towards boring and stable distributions. I just don't want to be bothered with a system that needs me to groom it constantly.

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  • [+] 72 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Polishing dotfiles is a valid hobby, and can be fun now and then, but when I need to do actual work I reach for my debian laptop.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    Yep.

    In 2002, I used Gentoo.

    In 2026, I use Kubuntu.

    (I should probably switch since Canonical's policies are increasingly bothering me, but meh, I can't be bothered to reinstall more than once a decade.)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    24.04 will be my last ubuntu lts. 26 doubling down on snap for system level packages, yea no that's enough of that. I too was a gentoo lunatic in the early 2000s and will likely head back in that direction.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Ah, thanks for the warning. My install has been badgering me to upgrade because my (non-LTS) version just stopped getting security updates. I ought to get off my ass and switch distros.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    What is your position on getting extended updates via a free account on their 'pro' program? That's what i did when i didn't want to leave 16.04 lts

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Bleh, I don't want to keep running old software, either. If they're making the newer versions worse then it's time to ditch them for someone who's not doing that.

    Don't get me wrong, I've been procrastinating about upgrading for a few weeks, but that isn't the same as staying on the same version for years.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I've used Debian since 2001 or so. I reinstall whenever I have a new computer, unless I'm decommissioning another computer at the same time.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Debian since the year after you, but I reinstall with every new version. Mostly just cuz it's a great excuse to 'start fresh' with just the applications I want and to get the 'new computer experience'. Totally unnecessary, but nice anyways.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Same for me. I clearly separate my "experiemental" machines from my "just works" machines now.

    My laptop runs LMDE, my servers are mostly Debian 13, a handful of Ubuntu Server in there. My gaming rig is Nobara Linux, which is just Glorious Egg roll's gaming-optimized Fedora build. When I first set it up a few years ago, I had everything all customized, themes, fonts, icons, fancy desktop/window effects, etc.

    I actually considered just going with something vanilla recently, not because I have had any major issues with my current set up, but just because I don't feel like tinkering with it anymore.

    My tinkering desire has shifted more and more towards server/enterprise infrastructure and DevOps automation.

    I'm older now, my career has taken off, and with that comes more responsibilities and mental energy required during the workday, then family obligations through the week/month, etc. I find myself with less time and mental energy to just tinker and play with tech. So when I do find myself with a bit of free time, I want to maximize it and work on stuff that both helps with my actual career, and helps me get more stuff self-hosted for myself and my family.

    Way back in college, I used to spend more time tweaking my PC's overclock than actually gaming xD

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