Probably like many of you i switched to Linux. I first used it in 2012 when i heard about it in School. Back then i used Ubuntu, but could not figure it out how to play my Games on CD, DVDs and Steam so i switched back to Windows.
Over the Years i often tried it out again but had various problems with it.
Now, thanks to the Trump Donald, i have a real reason to no longer use Microshaft Proudcts. Our Boycott!
So far i tried Linux Mint, KDE Neon, Kubuntu, ZorinOS, PopOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Gnu Guix, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch, Antergos. That is over 10 years.
What i found out:
- i dont like gnome, i find the ui weird. xfce is too cobbled together imo and ugly, lxqt too.
- i like kde and budgie
- im currently on kubuntu and gnu guix :)
Im too much distrohopping bevause of small annoyances. its not a good time spent! lol
Started with slack, hopped around for a few years as new distros began to pop up. Stopped using Gnome after… We’ll call it a philosophical disagreement with a Gnome developer. The main issue persists, so I still won’t use it.
Eventually landed back on Debian, and I stay there with a mix of Debian based (proxmox), Debian stable, and one box running Sid for testing/reporting issues. I have two “main” desktops, deb stable and arch.
Most have no GUI, except for my main desktopss, a laptop, and the one running Sid, all are KDE.
I’m pretty well settled on the Debian side, arch is a more recent bit of fun. I may move the arch box to something else at some point, but the Debian boxes are basically here to stay.
Funnily, I also started with slackware 1999. Had been using FreeBSD since 1996 though … Currently mostly using GhostBSD privately.
I was a brief user of the Beastie going back some time, though I guess a longer semi-user of it as I had in on a sparc I picked up from a computer show for a few years. Didnt do much with it other than have a few dbs on it though!