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! 😊

  • FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    yes. Everything is Fedora Silverblue, except servers they are ubuntu on proxmox.

    My hobby is gaming, linux is just a means to do that hobby, not a hobby itself.

  • fozid@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    no, i use archlinux on my main desktop as i use it daily and is my main workhorse. i have a laptop that rarely gets used at that has debian on. then i have a mini pc server with debian and a raspberry pi 4 with debian based raspberry pi os.

  • aksdb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The machines I use regularly are all some form of ArchLinux (currently mostly CachyOS). Machines I use rarely I stick to LTS distros with few updates. Machines I don’t maintain myself I try to stick to immutable distros that just update themselves every once in a while (less chance of breakage).

  • sbeak@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    For me, I am running EndeavourOS on my laptop (for its rolling release updates and its customisability) and Debian on my homeserver (for its stability). I have also set up a secondary laptop with Linux Mint that is now being used by somebody else for its ease of use :)

  • timmytbt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Debian home server, macOS desktop, newer laptops run Arch and Fedora, and the two old MacBooks both run Mint DE. Oh, and OpenWrt on the router.

  • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I was HEAVILY into the apple ecosystem, so I have a lot of macs. I have a macbook, running MacOS, and i have a desktop computer that i was using for my server, but instead bought a ras pi, and now use my desktop AS a desktop (partly because i want to dump apple because of all the bootlicking that Tim Apple is doing towards drumpf), which runs linux mint. My ras pi runs ubuntu server. Aside from that, that’s the extent of my home computing. I have an iphone too. But my mac mini goes unused now, and thinking of selling it, but not sure. /rambling

    • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I usually stick with ubuntu/debian based distros, because it was the first distro system i used when i first used linux. so I stick with what i know. Though I did support a RH server once when i worked in IT.

  • g_blob@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Debian always. Stablility is good, good is stability. But i am open to trying fedora in the near future

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Basically, I do. Kubuntu everywhere. Only exception are the servers that run a UI less version of Ubuntu.

  • Ravenmark@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I normally install Linux based upon what I am doing. Gaming wise is usually popos. (I have eyed up CachyOS). I use Endeavor for a lot of old mac stuff. etc.

  • CarstenBoll@feddit.dkEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I do - more or less. Since I am the IT guy for my entire family and don’t feel like doing tech support on 10 different distros.

  • Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I typically use EndeavorOS because I enjoy how well documented and organized the arch wiki is.

    I tried switching to fedora on my laptop recently but actually had some issues with software that was apparently only distributed through the AUR or AppImage (which I could have used, I know).

    When I also had issues setting up my VPN to my home network again, I caved and restored the disk to a backup I took before attempting the switch. The VPN thing almost definitely wasn’t Fedoras fault since I remember running into the same issue on EndeavorOS but after my fix from last time didn’t work I was out of patience.

    My servers runs either on debian or Ubuntu LTS though.

  • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve thought about it, but I like having Bazzite for my gaming PC and Debian for my laptop, so I’ll probably keep using multiple distros. For me it’s:

    • Gaming PC: Bazzite (it’s plugged into my TV, like a console, and goes straight to Steam’s big picture mode)
    • Laptop: Debian with KDE Plasma
    • Home Server: Debian (a little single board computer, no desktop environment)
  • Nalincah@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Work notebook runs Linux Mint

    My private desktop PC runs Cachy OS with Wayland/KDE but Wayland crashes all the time, so my private notebook bot Cachy OS with Gnome. Love it. Now I need to reinstall my desktop to also install Gnome. Dont want the hazzle to install it Next to wayland

  • exu@feditown.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I use Arch (btw) on my desktops and laptops.

    On my servers I’m halfway through replacing Debian with openSUSE.

    My desktop and servers have different use cases and I interact with them in different ways, so there’s little confusion for me.