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    [–] WencesByte@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

    Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Arch, CachyOS, Omarchy, Void Linux, Gentoo Linux, TinyCore Linux, OpenSUSE

    [–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today 160 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
    [–] Pyro@programming.dev 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Should've been this meme format

    [–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Should be...

    You're a Linux user, name every distro...

    Debian, Arch, Fedora.

    [–] programmerlexi@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Those aren't even close to all.

    Here's a couple more i can think of right now (following your pattern of only base distros):

    LFS, Chimera, AerynOS, Alpine, Gentoo, Guix, NixOS, Slackware

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    [–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 130 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    If you don't like Debian, go fork yourself.

    [–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 70 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    You're being a bit unstable right now.

    [–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago

    Apologies, friend. It was all mint in good fun.

    [–] UpperBroccoli@feddit.org 108 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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    [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 65 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    That was too easy. Name 10 things that cause endless flame wars on linux!

    systemd

    [–] tquid@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Vi/Emacs, and get off my lawn

    [–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Vi isn't really an operating system.

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    [–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

    Pulseaudio.

    Mr Torvalds and his now favourite AI toy.

    [–] khanh@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)
    [–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Pronounced "guh-nome" and "kitty"

    [–] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

    This comment officer. This is the one that hurt me.

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    Kent Overstreet

    [–] Auth@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

    wayland

    snaps v flatpak v appimages

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    [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    There's two variants of Debian: Debian, and "damn, this distro is not as flexible as I'd like, I guess I should have just installed Debian in the first place".

    [–] angband@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

    Yeah, that, ubuntu. Poor choice on my part.

    [–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    β€œName 3 package managers”

    [–] MagicDippyEgg@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
    [–] tal@lemmy.today 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

    Rpm is really more analogous to dpkg. Does the local work, doesn't talk to repositories.

    Apt to...not yum anymore. checks Dnf.

    I'm not sure which one would properly call a "package manager", the apt/dnf role or the rpm/dpkg role.

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    [–] naught@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    dnf yay snap flatpak emerge... nix?

    [–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Snap is more of a cancer then package manager

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    [–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    The world's oldest profession.

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    [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    "Don't shoot! I'm a TempleOS user!"

    guards throw down their weapons and kneel

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    Arch is also a valid answer, btw.

    [–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

    don't shoot i'm a linux user

    prove it name ten distros

    idk but i use arch btw

    [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    Bazzite, Debian, Linux Mint...Arch.... Ubuntu....

    That's five I could think of off top of my head.

    I got 50% right, okay!

    [–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Once you get to Ubuntu, just continue down that rabbit hole of flavors. Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Bananafanafubuntu, etc...

    Hannah Montana Linux

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    [–] crazyslinkz@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    Slackware, debian, arch, suse, gentoo, Linux from scratch,...

    Damn I'm old.

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    [–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Kubuntu, Ubuntu phone Ubuntu refrigerator, Ubuntu Oven, Ubuntu for dads, Ubuntu for your cousin, Ubuntu with spotify pre-installed, Hannah Montana Linux.

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    [–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)
    [–] pewpew@feddit.it 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    There are many Debian based distros, just all the Ubuntu flavors is enough

    [–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Those are based on Debian. Not Debian. If you ask for a debian and I give you pop_os, you'd probably not like it.

    And flavours are flavours, not distro. It's the same distro, just different settings

    [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Ok guys. This is the comment chain. Let’s do it. πŸΏπŸ—‘οΈβš”οΈπŸ€Ί

    [–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    Then, if we are to follow that logic of excluding derivatives, then we get NixOS, Arch, LFS, TinyCore Linux, Gentoo, Debian (of course!) and... I give up; what else is out there?

    And I use Debian, just to put it on record.

    [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Void, Solus, Exherbo, Suse, Fedora...

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