What OS or Linux distro is everyone using around here?

[Johnathan]

I have BackBox and Windows 10 dual booted.

[Insider]

Windows 10 (don't kill me). I like it better for programming tbh.

Hehe, no worries. I use dual boot myself with windows.

What language do you program in?

[Philup]

Windows 10 (don't kill me). I like it better for programming tbh.

Hehe, no worries. I use dual boot myself with windows.

What language do you program in?

Mostly java, but some c++. I know I can use linux for that, but still it's something about windows that I like. I have been considering switching to Ubuntu or maybe even arch for my main OS. Not 100% sure yet.

[Insider]

Mostly java, but some c++. I know I can use linux for that, but still it's something about windows that I like. I have been considering switching to Ubuntu or maybe even arch for my main OS. Not 100% sure yet.

I feel you. Programming with Visual Studio on Windows is very convenient, really good IDE if you ask me. But yeah, you can always give it a test run! Get a crap laptop, virtual machine or set up dual boot.

Try do all work in Linux for a week and see how it goes :p

[Philup]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I've always thought of Debian being on more older computers / hardware, Might be worth a shot using it on a few old laptops of mine if that is the case.

Like most Linux systems, it is what you make it to be :p I got the minimal distro, removed all non-barebone components and built my stuff from the ground as I wanted. As I was a  huge fan of crunchbang in the past I got myself Openbox, Tint2 panel & compton to simulate that look. Haha but nothing beats Gentoo and LFS though.

I'm not aware of Debian being a number one choice for old computers. It depends on how old the computer is, but I personally think PuppyLinux or Knoppix would be a better choice for those systems. But indeed debian does not require that many resources compared to other systems, especially windows :p So you may have a point, Debian will run fairly well on old computers. But that's also one of their strengths in my eyes, fast and lightweight!

Here is my desktop :p (I blacked some stuff out)

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Looks nice could you post that wallpaper?
I was thinking of switching over to something like i3 or Awesome to enhance the minimalistic feel.
Here is my Desktop (Don't be too harsh on KDE.)

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Also confused on to why you blacked out the CPU and GPU?

Can you post your wallpaper? That is really clean

[Philup]

Mostly java, but some c++. I know I can use linux for that, but still it's something about windows that I like. I have been considering switching to Ubuntu or maybe even arch for my main OS. Not 100% sure yet.

I feel you. Programming with Visual Studio on Windows is very convenient, really good IDE if you ask me. But yeah, you can always give it a test run! Get a crap laptop, virtual machine or set up dual boot.

Try do all work in Linux for a week and see how it goes :p

I definitely will. What distro do you reccomend for a new linux user?

[Insider]

I definitely will. What distro do you reccomend for a new linux user?

Good question... as for myself one of the first distros I was playing around with as Ubuntu. But thinking back today I believe that I could just as easily started off with Debian. As long as you download a version with DE installed such as KDE/Gnome. Ubuntu is really debian but more limited in some ways, if I can express it that way.

But just go distroshopping :p Download a bunch of distros and play around with them. I went distroshopping/hopping for a long time before actually settling down with debian. What I mean by that is to take your time, have fun and explore different distributions :p https://distrowatch.com could be a good place to start.

Haha but meh, I guess if you want a straight answer Ubuntu could work.

[MuddyBucket]

I run MacOS on my everday machine. I have access to Ubuntu and CentOS servers primarily, but I also have a hypervisor with a dozen or so operating systems (windows, linux, bsd, etc) installed so that i have a variety of testing/sandboxing environments

[Josh]

I definitely will. What distro do you reccomend for a new linux user?

Good question... as for myself one of the first distros I was playing around with as Ubuntu. But thinking back today I believe that I could just as easily started off with Debian. As long as you download a version with DE installed such as KDE/Gnome. Ubuntu is really debian but more limited in some ways, if I can express it that way.

But just go distroshopping :p Download a bunch of distros and play around with them. I went distroshopping/hopping for a long time before actually settling down with debian. What I mean by that is to take your time, have fun and explore different distributions :p https://distrowatch.com could be a good place to start.

Haha but meh, I guess if you want a straight answer Ubuntu could work.

(This is my other account.) Thank you for this. I am going to try out Debian and see how I like it.

[Kontu]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I've always thought of Debian being on more older computers / hardware, Might be worth a shot using it on a few old laptops of mine if that is the case.

Like most Linux systems, it is what you make it to be :p I got the minimal distro, removed all non-barebone components and built my stuff from the ground as I wanted. As I was a  huge fan of crunchbang in the past I got myself Openbox, Tint2 panel & compton to simulate that look. Haha but nothing beats Gentoo and LFS though.

I'm not aware of Debian being a number one choice for old computers. It depends on how old the computer is, but I personally think PuppyLinux or Knoppix would be a better choice for those systems. But indeed debian does not require that many resources compared to other systems, especially windows :p So you may have a point, Debian will run fairly well on old computers. But that's also one of their strengths in my eyes, fast and lightweight!

Here is my desktop :p (I blacked some stuff out)

Spoiler(Show)

Looks nice could you post that wallpaper?
I was thinking of switching over to something like i3 or Awesome to enhance the minimalistic feel.
Here is my Desktop (Don't be too harsh on KDE.)

Spoiler(Show)

Also confused on to why you blacked out the CPU and GPU?

Can you post your wallpaper? That is really clean

Sure:  http://imgur.com/a/6F6em