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I made the unfortunate post about asking why people liked Arch so much (RIP my inbox I'm learning a lot from the comments) But, what is the best distro for each reason?

RIP my inbox again. I appreciate this knowledge a lot. Thank you everyone for responding. You all make this such a great community.

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[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

MX Linux (Debian based), using it for almost 10 years now (before, it was Ubuntu). Based on Debian, very stable, always up to date for every kernel/apps, use native .deb no snap no flatpak no systemd. Also it is using Xfce by default, the best DE.

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

It is insanely configurable though, as shown by Zorin OS Lite.

[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

my desktop is absolutely beautiful :)

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

99% of screenshot is just wallpaper lol

But it's a good one! Mind sharing original file?

[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For your info, it was a kind of "square" picture, I used https://yce.perfectcorp.com/ai-image-extender to extend it left and right, it created new clouds/flowers, not bad

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So, sides were added by AI? Nice use!

[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yes, you can see a kind of different blue for the sky, this is the boundaries

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, yeah I see