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I use Fedora 38, it's stable, things just work, and the software is up-to-date.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

When I used Debian, it was stable and I love it.

Now I use Alpine (Edge). I like it because I feel like I am learning more about troubleshooting issues but also because the packages are very up to date.

As a desktop Linux user who doesn't develop or code in any way, or work with servers, or containers, I found Alpine to be very accessible and the community has bren very patient with my different issues.

Despite how comfortable it is, I think I may end up going back to Debian or finally taking Fedora for a spin. Not for at least a year though.