If you have been using Linux for +10 years, what are you using now?
Been using Linux for over a decade, and last few years Ubuntu (on desktops/laptops), plus Debian on servers, but been looking to switch to something less “Canonical”-y for a long time (since the Amazon search fiasco, pretty much).
Appreciate recommendations or just an interesting discussion about people’s experiences, there are no wrong answers.
Edit: Thanks for the lots of interesting answers and discussions. I will try a few of the suggestions in a VM.
I have started with Mandrake (later renamed to Mandriva) then went through few other distros before settling on Gentoo.
Gentoo installation is one of the most complicated because there is no installer, you do everything yourself.
This is like buying car parts and assembling them together into a car using a manufacturer’s manual. its painful but once the car is assembled you almost never have to take it to a repair shop. Not because it doesn’t breakdown but because you know well how it function and thus how to fix it yourself.
I think I still have some Mandrake install discs somewhere!
I have Gentoo on a server (well, a ARM SBC). I enjoy it, especially since they added binary packages as needed.
How is it for day to day to use?