If not solus, what distro would you be using

adurante I totally agree! My main was MX for quite awhile but I just couldn't go back to a DE that has the ugly XFCE lol. I have tried Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Fedora, Arch, Clear... then went back to MX because it just works.. But I couldnt settle on the ugly interface. Saw Solus one day and thought, "Why havent I tried this one yet?" and BOOM. Fell in love. Perfectly light with a great looking DE. SOLD!

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Quite ok I'm not surprised at all by your answers it is true that Xf ... I have not tried a lot good I'm not happy, against Mx resources level to not siter seems to me greedy mons ??? it's just to have your impressions? for a very very old laptop

I actually like XFCE. Budgie is great and all but XFCE is not bad, it's probably my second choice after budgie.

I'ḿ use Debian and Solus, two PC.

void linux.

I would probably just distro-hop between the Debian/Ubuntu based and Arch-Based

Even though i hated my experience with Manjaro and Arch in general.
But for me Linux is pretty much the same wherever i go, things like
GNU in general never change so what matters most to me is how the distro's usability is like.
And Solus fits my lazy non-problem solving self.

I think I have quite a bit of Linux experience (as a user only, though). Started very long time ago with SuSE (bought installation CD's back then, because downloading via modem connection would not have worked . Switched to Ubuntu, using different desktops (mostly depending on computer hardware) from there, via Sparky and Manjaro, to Solus.

Now, I have to admit, I'm using a dual boot system with Manjaro (XFCE) and Solus (Budgie) as some packages, I use from time to time, are not available in Solus.

Solus is the daily driver. Main reasons: Lightning fast boot (a few seconds only on an ASUS laptop with SSD) and stability.

To answer the "poll": I would be using Manjaro.

adurante Probably Manjaro.

Though my daily driver is Solus, I'm also fond of Ubuntu (specifically Mate) as I've grown familiar with it as it's required for my work.
On server, I like btrfs/snapper quite a bit, so I'm also fond of OpenSUSE, but their desktop experience leaves quite a bit to be desired IMO.

for my daily use it would have to be another stale Distro as this is my No1 Priority. Also my main use is for Audio work so it either be Ubuntu Studio or Maybe Mint with the Ubuntu Studio Apps installed. But thank heaven this is a hypothetical questions anyway. :-)

I would probably use a Trident/Void Linux musl or a Hyperbola-openBSD

After deciding to move from Mint to another GNU/Linux distro, and trying a plethora of others, my requirements were: an x86_64 curated rolling-release desktop environment, that offered either Budgie or Cinnamon, and wasn't too obscure (i.e., had a viable community to interact with, and ask support questions of). Ultimately, I chose between Solus, Manjaro, openSUSE: Tumbleweed, and ArcoLinuxB. My experience with Manjaro's AUR was a train wreck, and I was judgy about their SoftMaker FreeOffice debacle. OpenSUSE: Tumbleweed didn't feel curated enough too me, so it was a bit shaky as an end-user experience. I really like ArcoLinuxB and still keep tabs on it, but it seemed to me that the amount of desktop environments they're offering has them spread a bit thin, and the Solus community appealed to me more. As an aside, why the Solus community has a reputation for being unfriendly continues to baffle. Were I to adopt an x86_64 curated rolling-release desktop environment that wasn't GNU/Linux, it would absolutely be Project Trident. Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Manjaro, Arch or Mint, all 3 of which I run on other machines. I hoped Solus would be right distro for use on my gaming and surfing machine, but alas, after a year on Solus, with many gaming issues, I may be reloading this machine with an Arch based build on top of BareMetal.

Most likely Ubuntu, as I've never really had any problems with it. I like the idea of Fedora...probably more than I like Fedora...

Manjaro KDE

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I play with Linux distro's mainly in virtual machines, with a view to keeping various old Mac's alive, and with a view to keeping my computing skills up to date. So far,I rather like Solus, but it is causing me a lot of difficulties during the installation, in fixing screen resolution and screen size. The kind of thing one had to deal with when trying out Linux 15 years ago. Next, the big upgrades which have to be done before you can do any real work tend to fail halfway and one needs to try again, I suppose because there are not many servers out there hosting Solus. Finally, I can't easily run R and R Studio, which means I need to install a virtual machine in my virtual machine in order to do some real work after I have finished the play- and learning part. At least it seems that Texlive is available. Oh well. I suppose " 'tis early days yet".