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OpenSUSE user since about 2005/2006.
My headcanon (in this theme) is OpenSUSE being a tall androgynous-y female tomboy cosplaying as a strait-laced male exec done up in the latest tailored pinstripe German banker fashion, including matching waistcoat and fedora, with black trenchcoat suavely draped over the shoulders and hands in black leather gloves. And with the hair having just enough length and curl to be barely toeing past the line of decorum.
My journey: DOS > Win 3.1/95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7 > Mac OS > Win 10/11 > Mint > Arch/Debian
Feels good to have finally arrived.
DOS > OS/2 > FreeBSD > Debian > Gentoo > Ubuntu > Mint
Arch Linux user since 2016. Still look like a male nerd. What am I doing wrong
Personal: DOS -> Win3.1/95 -> BeOS -> WinXP -> MacOS -> Win10 -> Ubuntu -> Debian
There was definitely some dual booting in there, particularly in the BeOS (to Windows for Games) and Win10 (to Ubuntu for work) eras.
Professional: Debian -> RHEL -> WinXP -> Win7 -> Ubuntu -> gLinux/ChromeOS -> Ubuntu -> MacOS -> Ubuntu -> MacOS/Ubuntu
Ya know... the fact that I actually went from Windows to Mint to Fedora raises some concern.
He/she grew boobs in fedora? In this case, sign me up!
It's a trap!
Why do people seem to dislike mint? I like mint it works with a minnimum of bullshit.
Because it's becoming mainstream. And for some people, that means they have to dis on it to feel special.
Use the OS/Distro that works for you. If Windows or MacOS hits the spot for you, use that. There are no wrong answers here.
I can't speak for others, but for me it works like a charm.
They don't dislike it, it just doesn't make them look edgy. And some people like to (which is fine BTW).
I've started on Conectiva in the nineties, Debian, Ubuntu, and settled on Mint. I'll probably switch to LMDE if at all at this point.
I just don't like the organizational structure of its maintainers as much as I like Debian's, but that's just a personal quirk. There's no wrong answer because the right answer is subjective.
Note to self: convince cute guy friend to try Mint.
Thanks for the tip.
My version of this, and I bet I'm not alone here is more like
Windows -> Linux Mint -> Debian
[ Picture of grumpy yet somehow friendly old graybeard with one foot into his "goose farmer retirement" equivalent ]
Been a Linux user for 20 years. Still hate Fedora. Don't have a desire to try arch. Love mint and Debian.Β
Holy shit, I did start using Fedora and compression pants at the same time . . .
I've been using Linux since IDK over 25 years. But I have multiple devices and frequently distro hop. Currently, Bazzite on SteamDeck, a CachyOS upgraded from an Archlinux on Laptop, Fedora Kinolite on a different one and a tablet, QubesOS on a third, OpenSuse MicroOS on a container host, Debian on a Server and another container host, Archlinux on another server, bunch of OpenWrts on routers and switches, NixOS on some RaspberryPies and a build server, some Debian based Proxmox PVE systems...
So... I guess I'm just confused on my identity on that pipeline.
Same. Mine was Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Mint, Solaris, Red Hat, Red Hawk, a bunch of other stuff to Arch and maybe Parrot or Bazzite soon. I like privacy and games.
...genderfluid?
Windows -> Mandrake/Mandriva -> Fedora -> Ubuntu -> Debian -> Manjaro -> Arch -> NixOS -> CachyOS -> PikaOS
I'm in my EndeavorOS cycle at home right now and neither do I get cuter nor more feminine, is it because my daily driver is still on Mint and my second work-laptop is still a Windows machine that my employer makes me leave on Windows?
Definitely because of Windows.