yes i did a os one but i am wondering what distros do you guys use and why,for me cachyos its fast,flexible,has aur(I loved how easy installing apps was) without tinkering.

  • Last@reddthat.comEnglish
    101·
    2 days ago

    I use NixOS, Gentoo, and Debian:

    • NixOS because I like declarative configuration files.
    • Gentoo because I enjoy compiling from source.
    • Debian because the other two are more difficult to use.
    • Neo@lemmy.hacktheplanet.be
      41·
      2 days ago

      Technically NixOS is all compiled from source too (if you disable the binary caches). It has since taken away Gentoo’s raison d’être a bit in my head. Debian still holds a special place in my heart too, for its simplicity and stability!

      • Atemu@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 days ago

        It has since taken away Gentoo’s raison d’être a bit in my head.

        I wouldn’t say so. We currently don’t hold a candle to USE-flags. Many packages are already configurable but there’s no standard on anything w.r.t. that.

        There’s no technical reason we couldn’t have such a standard but it hasn’t happened yet.

      • toastal@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 days ago

        I do this with my kernel & a couple of applications that either compile super fast anyhow or at runtime benefit from further compiler optimizations.