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Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices? (slrpnk.net)
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Hej lemmings! (Hoping this is relevant enough for the selfhosted commjnity)

Quick question for you all: do you stick with the same distro across your PC, laptop, and server, or do you pick different ones based on the device and what you're doing?

For me, I've been mixing and matching depending on the use case, but I'm starting to think it'd be nice to just have one distro (or at least one family like Fedora or Debian) running everywhere. That way I wouldn't get confused about default settings or constantly have to look up flags for different package managers.

Right now my setup is:

  • Gaming rig: CachyOS
  • Laptop: AuroraOS
  • NAS: Unraid
  • Various project servers: DietPi, Debian, Alpine etc..

I feel like NixOS might be the only distro that could realistically handle all these use cases, but I'm a bit scared of the learning curve and the maintenance work it'd take to migrate everything over.

Am I the only one who feels like having "one distro to rule them all" would be nice? How do you guys handle your setups? All ears! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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[โ€“] eksb@programming.dev 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Servers are all Debian. Family member's laptops are all Debian. I used Debian on my laptops for 20 years, but when Steam Deck switched to Arch, I switched my laptop to Arch to force me to learn it. I have a file with notes of differences between Debian and Arch. Next time I buy a new laptop, I will probably go back to Debian.

[โ€“] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Same but a ubuntu-derivative instead of Arch.

I don't want to think about my server, but I do sometimes want the latest and greatest app on my laptop.

[โ€“] Tanoh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Servers are debian, desktop debian. Why swap when you found the best already? ๐Ÿ˜

I guess technically steam deck is not on debian, but I didn't choose it so it doesn't really count.

[โ€“] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

I would use Debian for servers, except that the version of Podman (at least on Debian 12) was old enough that it couldn't do quadlets. So I went with Fedora.