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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:

To finish off the year in great style: kzimmermann's State of the Distro 2023

kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/sta

I've decided to list my favorite s for my use cases every now and then. What would you add?

number 49 in , almost at the halfway mark!

29 Dec 2023 at 15:10 | Open on fosstodon.org
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met

@kzimmermann Gentoo and Guix, though I guess they're suboptimal for SBCs unless you have a lot of patience or an external build computer. Also curious to try NetBSD 10 on my more or less unused Raspberry Pi 4 once it releases.

29 Dec 2023 at 15:18 | Open on fosstodon.org
Anachron :void:

@kzimmermann quite "Boring" (as in expected) choises, except freeBSD for the RPI which was a surprise.

I use Void Linux wherever possible:
Laptop, VPS, NAS, Desktop. Would install it on my phone if it were to support it.

29 Dec 2023 at 15:57 | Open on fosstodon.org
Chucho :gnu: :freedo: :guix:

@kzimmermann Guix for desktop, despite the high learning curve and all the problems I had. My alpine got broken for power outages in my home, then I tried to install FreeBSD in my raspi but the Sdcard never booted so I went back to Alpine.

29 Dec 2023 at 16:14 | Open on social.linux.pizza
Graham Perrin

@jrballesteros05 thanks, can you share any detail about the FreeBSD experience?

Hardware in particular, I guess.

Not to sway you (and I'm not a Raspberry user); the information might be useful to developers.

Cc @kzimmermann

3 January at 22:14 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Chucho :gnu: :freedo: :guix:

@grahamperrin @kzimmermann I just downloaded the image from official webpage:

download.freebsd.org/ftp/snaps

Then, I burned in a SD card and It didn't boot. I also tried to download the 13 version and then upgrade to the latest one but I faced the same issue, the sd card just didn't boot.

I have a Raspberry Pi 4. I thought FreeBSD was going to be good to give a try. I use my raspberry pi with Pihole and syncthing.

I didn't dig further to be honest.

@grahamperrin @kzimmermann I just downloaded the image from official webpage:

download.freebsd.org/ftp/snaps

Then, I burned in a SD card and It didn't boot. I also tried to download the 13 version and then upgrade to the latest one but I faced the same issue, the sd card just didn't boot.

3 January at 22:56 | Open on social.linux.pizza
Graham Perrin

@jrballesteros05 thanks.

Were you aware that RELEASE (not STABLE) is normally recommended for new installations?

<download.freebsd.org/ftp/relea>

Cc @emaste @kzimmermann

Postscript, to avoid confusion: the uppercase above is not shouting. It is, somewhat strangely, the normal way of writing such things (CURRENT, STABLE, RELEASE, and so on) in FreeBSD contexts.

4 January at 2:16 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Chucho :gnu: :freedo: :guix:

@grahamperrin @emaste @kzimmermann Ohh I didn't know. I'm on holiday but I will try next time I get home. I have an extra SD card to burn the iso.

4 January at 22:39 | Open on social.linux.pizza
Free Pietje 🇵🇸

@kzimmermann
from "Daily-driving Debian Sid":
"I also have another recommendation, which might be a little more controversial among other Sid users: never full-upgrade."

Thank you!

I wouldn't say 'never', but it really helps if people stop using full-/dist-upgrade by default.

Also like your "And yes, you can wait a little for the shiny thing."

Those 2 things combined, together with your other recommendations, prevent 90% of the problems people report.

@kzimmermann
from "Daily-driving Debian Sid":
"I also have another recommendation, which might be a little more controversial among other Sid users: never full-upgrade."

Thank you!

I wouldn't say 'never', but it really helps if people stop using full-/dist-upgrade by default.

Also like your "And yes, you can wait a little for the shiny thing."

29 Dec 2023 at 16:18 | Open on x0f.org
ckoul

@kzimmermann I think <a href="mslinux.org">MX-Linux</a> will tick all the boxes for you as a desktop distro, even possible as a USB portable distro!

8 January at 9:20 | Open on fosstodon.org
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