Hey guys! I’m looking for a unique and creative Linux distro that i can use in day to day situations. Any reccomendations?

  • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
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    Look at distrowatch.org.

    Myself, I am using plain old Debian stable since about 17 years, after using SuSE and a bit of Ubuntu since 1998 or so.

    I also use a bit of Arch and Guix when it comes handy.

    So, I am a boring guy.

    But back to your question: What du you want? What is your goal?

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    OS means operating system, the thing that allows to get shit done. You don’t want this to be unique nor creative.

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.social
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      I’m glad this is getting at least a few upvotes.

      You can still play around with it, but the base should be boringly solid and widely compatible.
      Then make it unique.

      And I don’t mean to say that distro developers or even users shouldn’t be creative.

  • cthulhupunk0@lemmy.ml
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    Unique? Personal favorite of mine: https://dyne.org/dynebolic/

    Personally, my “I’m too lazy to build this from the ground up” daily driver is cachyos now…used to be Manjaro or Garuda, but I feel like cachy does the same stuff with less bloat.

    When I feel picky and want to spend the time, void is my goto. Xbps is a fantastic package manager. Nix is worth running as a daily driver once (although guix sounds REAL interesting), but it’s not for folks who want to avoid a steep learning curve. If you want something more gentoo-flavored, sabayon is gentoo for the lazy (and it bundles a binary package manager for those who are impatient xD ).

    I know one guy who daily drove tinycore for a while. Same with puppy Linux. I couldn’t get into beyond the occasional live boot.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      QubesOS is such a cool idea, I just wish it didn’t take 2 GPUs and a ton of work to make it play games with any effectiveness