• pasdechance@jlai.lu
    211·
    3 days ago

    Lemme zoom in here just a wee bit on this here whatchycallit… Meme? Oh fiddlesticks, I don’t have me glasses… There they are… Oh! Hee hee haa haa you young fellers are drole.

    I use Debian.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      281·
      4 days ago

      Same here, except on servers, where I prefer debian.

      Because I’m old and tired, and I just want to install and be up and running in as short of a time as possible without dicking around.

    • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
      9·
      4 days ago

      Same conclusion for me. Been using Linux for years, Mint is the only distro I’ve used that #JustWorks in my experience.

      I use LMDE as my personal laptop, it’s rock stable.

      • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        What’s the difference between LMDE and running Cinnamon on Debian?

          • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            Iirc LMDE uses a btrfs naming scheme that is incompatible with Timeshift for example, and it removes some standard Mint features. The last time I tried LMDE is was basically Debian with cinnamon (and green theme), but what is the Mint experience?

            • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              but what is the Mint experience?

              Mostly just the way Mint is set up out of the box and having most of the Mint tools available. I remember LMDE lacking some of the tools like the GPU driver installer last time I tried it, but I’m sure those are either being added over time or will be in the future.

    • Tango@piefed.caEnglish
      9·
      4 days ago

      I have yet to encounter a use case where I would need anything other than Mint.

    • titanicx@lemmy.zip
      7·
      4 days ago

      After 20 plus years of Linux I also really love using mint on any machine with a screen. My servers are all Debian based but my desktop and laptop are mint it just works

      Also, not sure how using arch is equal to the picture, not sure if that’s supposed to be a trans girl, an e girl, or something else. Using arch is more like a mechanic with a car that breaks down every time they change anything.

    • oppy1984@lemdro.idEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Yep, been on Linux for 10 or 12 years now, I honestly can’t remember. Distro hopped at first, then I found Mint and never saw a need to change.

    • cmhe@lemmy.world
      31·
      4 days ago

      I’m in an organization that helps people install Linux on their devices, and we collectively decided to install Linux Mint. I never used it myself, and to me, the distribution doesn’t matter too much.

      However, I was negatively surprised that Linux Mint decided to mix closed-source proprietary software together with open-source software: http://packages.linuxmint.com/search.php?release=alfa&section=import&keyword=

      They also advertise them in top positions on their package installers, which also doesn’t show the packages licenses anywhere. To me advertising them and mixing them like they are the same is bad… They also don’t offer ways to filter them out… So… while I still install LM for others, I’m not a fan…

  • Reygle@lemmy.world
    36·
    3 days ago

    Weird. Just turned 47 and I JUST tried Debian tonight.

    So far it’s very good.

    Get off my lawn

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 days ago

      I installed it last week. If just kinda works, is there supposed to be something bad about it?

      • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Don’t take those memes seriously, I think the only bad thing I’d have about CachyOS is that it’s probably getting popularity as a trend, which doesn’t reflect on the distro itself.

        In my particular personal opinion it seems like a good choice if you already know what you’re doing, since it’s mostly just Arch with a nice installer, which I consider to be a solid choice with good support.

        • Soup@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 days ago

          I’m mostly just asking because I figured the meme was based in something.

          I’m no experienced software guy, mostly just a guy who isn’t dangerously stupid, but I’ve been having a good time so far. Or rather, a boring time because the only thing I had to really do was edit the fstab so my other drive would auto-mount. Otherwise it’s delightfully unexciting.

          • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            The image in the comment mostly just feels hipster to me, and that would fit jumping on a currently trendy distro that’s also technically Arch. I don’t know if there’s more to it, it’s just a vibe thing for me.