"Yeah, I'm a normie, at least as far as Linux enthusiasts are concerned."
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
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I'm thinking about switching back to Arch or maybe trying Debian; I'm on Fedora Silverblue at the moment.
me as chad can confirm
OpenSUSE and PopOS are deffo normal and its why i like them
i like my fedora bazz flavor tho
I like how gentoo is in the schizo and chad tier and the logo is different in each
I'm on Void right now, but am i still a chad if i switch to GNU Guix? I'm assuming yes because NixOS is also in the chad tier πΏ
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Hey...I'm normal!
Hi normal, I'm ... normal too.
So I guess I'm both "Chad" and "Schizo" at the same time.
And also "Cool And Good" on the side. (I run Fedora on a few machines. It's a relatively hassle-free no-nonsense distro that usually works for what i need.)
Hell yeah, schizo-chad!
Cool and Good here (Fedora).
Tbh fedora feels too easy, but it is technically a corpo distro (IBM/RedHat) so its kinda in their own interest to be easy
Where chimera linux
What's the falcon one?
Garuda Linux ? (Gaming focused Arch derivative)
Ah ok thanks;
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Where is Haiku? And why is openSuse only normal?
If we filter for OSes that provide artifacts we can validate fully, the list gets smaller quickly.
I don't think I've ever been called a cool and normal chad (or any of the three) before now.
Daily driver: Mint
Work PC: MX
Servers: debian
I know I could be better mom!
Does anyone else use Alpine Linux not in any containers?
I use it on my laptop with Sway and it's set up for my specific usage but it's where I spend 95% of my time. When I need to do something that just works without any hassle or thinking, I switch to old reliable Linux Mint DE.
I don't see Alpine in memes very often so I assume most people are sane and not trying to make a workstation out of Alpine.
I'm also considering using PostmarketOS as an alternative to LMDE but I have other projects I want to finish before I want to play around with different distributions.
Why do you do this? Is it faster/more responsive?
Seems weird, like using a Wind River Systems RTOS for desktop
I've always been drawn to minimalism. My happiest moments in life was backpacking with a 34 litre backpack for a number of years. The same concept can be applied to my Operating System. It's minimal and up to me to build/create the experience I want.
The experience I wanted was to learn Linux at it's core. There's nothing wrong with GNU but it felt like a layer of abstraction that made learning Linux seem too distant for my personal liking.
I started using Alpine Linux as my OS for a self hosted server on a Raspberry Pi. I chose Alpine because from a security point of view it made sense. There was less surface area to target or exploit. Whatever I added was intentional, giving me a better understanding of the system I was building and using.
Eventually I decided that I want my desktop and server environment to be the same so that I am consistent in what I am learning. I didn't want to switch between POSIX compliance/portability and GNU tools.
I don't think it's all that weird though. Alpine Linux provides a script that installs a variety of desktop environments. The wiki ([1][2]) also has information on how to set up all the extras like sound or graphics. Yes it's more involved but it's not impossible and can be rewarding.
I also found a fun (for me) hobby in writing POSIX portable scripts which is why I can spend so much time in Alpine. In the year I've been using Alpine, I've learned so much about Linux, how it works and how to work with it.
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