For me it was:

Windows (for many years) -> Ubuntu (for a year) -> Arch Linux (for half a year) -> Void Linux (literally 2 days) -> Artix Linux with runit (a month) -> Gentoo Linux (another month) -> Debian (finally, I don’t plan on changing it).

Also, when trying to switch from Gentoo to Debian, I fucked up all my data with no backup.

What was your journey?

EDIT: Added Windows

  • Procapra [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I played with linux a bunch between 2014-2019 but I was not ready for the commitment of learning a new operating system. In 2020, I started to get annoyed at how bad windows 10 was getting, and at some point I saw the insider previews of windows 11 and put my foot down.

    I fully switched to linux in 2021, I started with a brief spell of manjaro. I hated it.

    2022 I had alot going on in my life and didnt use a computer very much at all because I did not have internet access.

    Towards the very end of 2022 I moved and got a laptop which I put Fedora on. I used this daily until the first half of 2023

    Sometime mid 2023 I switched to opensuse and I used that for a few months before finally switching over to Debian which I still use now.

    I’ve come to the conclusion that I prefer LTS distros. I very rarely need new software besides for maybe WINE, but I can get that from the winehq website easily enough so its not a big deal. If I could get drivers to play nice out of the box, I would unironically put alma linux on my laptop and run it the full 10yrs.