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lolbert !vwL4c43ss2 ID:3irLFOaJ Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:15:14 No.4208178

If I were to switch over to Linux as my daily drive, which distro would be the best for my needs? I just need something to write my documents in peace and play some random bullshit games. Also something good for opsec reasons.

Chud ID:U!TINdxB Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:15:43 No.4208182

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install gentoo

Chud ID:czc4FU7k Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:16:02 No.4208185

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my neighbor uses linux

lolbert !vwL4c43ss2 ID:yPXhpWkR Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:16:06 No.4208186

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Quoted By: >>4208190 >>4208191

Alternatively, would FreeBSD be a good choice or too much of a larp?

Chud ID:4e4GK6!Q Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:16:55 No.4208190

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>>4208186
If you dont play games I heard its not bad

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:17:04 No.4208191

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Quoted By: >>4208197 >>4208199

>>4208186
Linux lost freebsd won, also stop that 'tokbabble

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:17:32 No.4208195

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Quoted By: >>4208199

If you're a normie who's not interested in how computers work then GTFO

Chud ID:RthmJ2zW Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:17:41 No.4208196

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im on linux

Chud ID:U!TINdxB Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:18:10 No.4208197

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>>4208191
freebsd faggots lost openBaSeD vvonned

lolbert !vwL4c43ss2 ID:yPXhpWkR Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:18:17 No.4208199

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>>4208191
Sorry I got too obsessive with baiting people on /soy/.
>>4208195
I am. I program as part of my main job. But I only use Windows cus I'm a lazy nigger who loves routine.

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:20:25 No.4208204

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>>4208197
openbsd is neither secure nor usable
>>4208199
think twice then, maybe you dont need troonix

Chud ID:v7y4yPvN Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:20:50 No.4208209

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Quoted By: >>4208214 >>4208227

Use mint if first time using linux because it was made for beginners. I recommend playing around a bit and if you feel comfortable you could switch to something else or even stick with it.

Chud ID:4e4GK6!Q Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:22:20 No.4208214

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>>4208209
Mint was ok when I used it
better than jewbuntu which I first tried in 2023 and it was ass

Chud ID:^dgD4MES Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:23:39 No.4208218

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Quoted By: >>4208227 >>4208229 >>4208281

DON'T DO THIS Linux is a terrible OS which Windows mogs to hell and back

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lolbert !vwL4c43ss2 ID:yPXhpWkR Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:24:45 No.4208227

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>>4208209
My programming friend started using it and had troubles setting up the audio driver.
>>4208218
I don't like how Microsoft tracks me. Even with major debloating tools I still have to deal with the tomcuckery.

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:24:57 No.4208229

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>>4208218
Unironically this, troonix is getting worse and worse speaking technically

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:25:24 No.4208231

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Also did you just say linux is OS?

lolbert !vwL4c43ss2 ID:yPXhpWkR Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:27:10 No.4208239

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>>4208229
So then would a dualboot of FreeBSD and Windows be a good choice? I just want something that doesn't constantly track me while I do simple shit like my paperwork.

Chud ID:v7y4yPvN Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:27:32 No.4208240

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Quoted By: >>4208248 >>4208252

>>4208214
>Mint was ok when I used it
This is how I feel about it, too, it was fun switching over, playing around and being free from winjooz, but it didn't quite suit my needs so I switched to fedora KDE and had a pleasant time with it, then I adopted tiling wms and switched my gaming pc over to linux, too, cachy that time because I heard it was le goyming distro
>better than jewbuntu
Never touched that shit on purpose
Fedora is a better generalist, kinda modern kinda stable distro

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:28:33 No.4208243

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>>4208239
You dont need freebsd, install troonix if you really want

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Chud ID:9wvnHup1 Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:28:39 No.4208245

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Quoted By: >>4208247 >>4208259

Parrot OS.

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:28:59 No.4208247

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>>4208245
Based and lamerpilled

Chud ID:kmgIoGqY Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:29:07 No.4208248

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>>4208240
I use windows ltsc now like a boring normalfag
its ok but I'd like to try debian later

Chud ID:^dgD4MES Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:29:33 No.4208250

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>>4208227
Your non-existent opsec is already raped every single day, I understand keeping opsec for the sake of stopping obsessed troons from doxing you or something, but if a big corp or state want to find you they will nigger, and I doubt Microsoft is handing out personal information to any non private entity so you're probably fine.

Chud ID:hfXgfotj Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:29:56 No.4208252

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>>4208240
Does anyone actually use mint forever I've never met someone that has used it for more than half a year

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lolbert !vwL4c43ss2 ID:yPXhpWkR Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:31:43 No.4208259

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>>4208250
>I doubt Microsoft is handing out personal information to any non private entity so you're probably fine.
I dunno about that. Regardless I want to improve my opsec anyways. So I'll just continue looking around.
>>4208245
I've heard of Parrot OS. It sounds pretty decent. I'll try it out later.

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Chud ID:9wvnHup1 Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:32:02 No.4208261

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>>4208247
What? I didn't recommend something like Qubes because op didn't put much emphasis on opsec.

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:32:49 No.4208267

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>>4208261
Nigga, what does parrot os have to do with opsec???????

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Chud ID:9wvnHup1 Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:35:13 No.4208276

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>>4208267
Parrot Home Edition is basically hardened Debian.

Chud ID:v7y4yPvN Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:35:40 No.4208281

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>>4208218
Meds it's only better at software compatibility and ease of use and in almost everything else loonix is better
>>4208248
I dual-boot it because there is like 1-2 normalfag vidya that requires it
>>4208252
I don't know to be fair, oldfags who use their computers for writing emails maybe, mint probably exists simply as a staple for windows migrants so they can get comfortable with linux then switch to something else, it is very generic and oldschool which is not a bad thing but the type of people who even consider linux probably want to tinker and optimize their systems

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:36:07 No.4208283

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>>4208276
Based and lamerpilled award

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:36:38 No.4208287

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Quoted By: >>4208322

Parrot OS is another pentesting distro, its not secure

2face !H6Gk3zxMu. ID:6kpMwidt Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:43:49 No.4208304

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Quoted By: >>4208310 >>4208345

There's only way it'll go.

You're worried about microslop spying on you.
So you'll switch to something mainstream like ubuntu, possibly your first time installing an OS.

You will be shocked by novelty. Everything is different. Everything is new. You will become drunk with novelty. And it's bad.

You will soon learn, from other users, that Ubuntu isn't that good. Not every distro uses snap packages. Not everything is owned by Canonical. It's not truly free. So why not switch again?

You will want to switch again. After all, you already did this the first time, why not again?

You will try debian. You will try Fedora. You will try shit like OpenSUSE. You will learn about package managers. There are even some dark worlds on the horizon, like Arch and Gentoo, which tempt you.

You will find yourself manually visiting distrowatch.org, using only FOSS suckless soffware made by trannies for trannies. You became addicted to distrohopping. Your main librebooted thinkpad runs Nix OS with a thrembollion long config file while all your other machines saily install some new shit like Exherbro OS or whatever. Instead of using any useful proprietary software or coding something for people to use you argue on twitter about Rust and gobble Linus torvalds balls everyday.

Maybe, you'll get tired of this shit. Maybe, you'll realise, that every distro is the same, that they branch from the same sources, use the same PMs, same desktop manager that still krash, or that they all are just compie and build your own bullshit constructor like Gentoo.

Some of them try to be like windows. Some of them try to be different. But none of them feel natural. They are all bootleg. Because troonix is not an OS to use. It's a hobby. To waste your time on.

2face !H6Gk3zxMu. ID:6kpMwidt Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:45:22 No.4208310

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>>4208304
tldr my clitty leaked a bit I use proprietary software which I pirate

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rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:45:57 No.4208312

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>There's only way it'll go.
>
>You're worried about microslop spying on you.
>So you'll switch to something mainstream like ubuntu, possibly your first time installing an OS.
>
>You will be shocked by novelty. Everything is different. Everything is new. You will become drunk with novelty. And it's bad.
>
>You will soon learn, from other users, that Ubuntu isn't that good. Not every distro uses snap packages. Not everything is owned by Canonical. It's not truly free. So why not switch again?
>
>You will want to switch again. After all, you already did this the first time, why not again?
>
>You will try debian. You will try Fedora. You will try shit like OpenSUSE. You will learn about package managers. There are even some dark worlds on the horizon, like Arch and Gentoo, which tempt you.
>
>You will find yourself manually visiting distrowatch.org, using only FOSS suckless soffware made by trannies for trannies. You became addicted to distrohopping. Your main librebooted thinkpad runs Nix OS with a thrembollion long config file while all your other machines saily install some new shit like Exherbro OS or whatever. Instead of using any useful proprietary software or coding something for people to use you argue on twitter about Rust and gobble Linus torvalds balls everyday.
>
>Maybe, you'll get tired of this shit. Maybe, you'll realise, that every distro is the same, that they branch from the same sources, use the same PMs, same desktop manager that still krash, or that they all are just compie and build your own bullshit constructor like Gentoo.
>
>Some of them try to be like windows. Some of them try to be different. But none of them feel natural. They are all bootleg. Because troonix is not an OS to use. It's a hobby. To waste your time on.

AI pooperald

2face !H6Gk3zxMu. ID:6kpMwidt Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:46:44 No.4208315

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>>4208312
retard i didn't use AI it's all my sperg rant

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:47:14 No.4208320

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>>4208315
Your AI model is right, not you

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Chud ID:9wvnHup1 Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:47:54 No.4208322

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>>4208287
Again, I was referring to Home Edition specifically, which isn't for pentesting.

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Lebanigger !!DmOViibZok ID:9M9kuE5f Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:48:15 No.4208324

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Quoted By: >>4208329

CachyOS

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:48:31 No.4208326

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>>4208322
Still poop snca even if i'm wrong still garbage, use mint

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:48:46 No.4208329

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Quoted By: >>4208332 >>4208340

>>4208324
Troonstone

Lebanigger !!DmOViibZok ID:9M9kuE5f Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:49:19 No.4208332

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>>4208329
Shut your black ass up nigga

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:49:53 No.4208335

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>>4208332
Are you a heckin lamer umm

Chud ID:U!TINdxB Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:50:38 No.4208340

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>>4208329
nigger stop sperging out about trannies in a tech thread, trans rights are white rights

Lebanigger !!DmOViibZok ID:9M9kuE5f Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:50:46 No.4208342

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>>4208335
I just thought it would be better than a droidvalds since I posted those a lot, etc etc

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Chud ID:9wvnHup1 Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:50:48 No.4208344

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Quoted By: >>4208352 >>4208354

>>4208326
>use mint
No.

Chud ID:v7y4yPvN Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:51:56 No.4208345

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Quoted By: >>4208407

Also OP you will probably not enjoy using more niche operating systems if you only have experience with windows.
My advice is find a mainstream beginner-friendly linux distro (I recommend Mint but Fedora, Ubuntu etc. are good too) and if you like it there stay or switch to another operating system (you could also consider BSD here) or if you don't like it being more difficult to use or if libreoffice or openoffice or whatever is not a good alternative to ms word than go back to windows.
>>4208304
This is a bit leaky but yeah this is a real pipeline, tinkering is a hobby and linux is good for tinkering, you don't need to tinker but you said here you like programming and computer so you will probably start to tinker with your system.

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:53:13 No.4208348

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Quoted By: >>4208357

>>4208340
Baiteded Eryveve
>>4208342
I hate that guys face he's ugly so droidvalds would be better. But anyway i was talking about cachyos, its coal

Chud ID:v7y4yPvN Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:54:01 No.4208352

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Quoted By: >>4208369

>>4208344
Mint is the best 'try linux' distro, though by far not the best 'use linux' distro

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:Ze3RIREV Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:54:45 No.4208354

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Quoted By: >>4208369

>>4208344
Use mint, its for lamers like you

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Lebanigger !!DmOViibZok ID:9M9kuE5f Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:54:59 No.4208357

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>>4208348
To any Linoox user, everything but that one tranny, niche distro is coal, so what even is the point of saying that. Have you seen /tech/? Have you been around the block?

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Chud ID:9wvnHup1 Thu 15 Oct 2026 21:58:23 No.4208369

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>>4208352
I use Devuan.
>>4208354
stop leaking

lolbert !vwL4c43ss2 ID:yPXhpWkR Thu 15 Oct 2026 22:12:04 No.4208407

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>>4208345
I'll try out mint here, and then FreeBSD. I have my Thinkpads laying around doing nothing.

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:BQA^kHC3 Thu 15 Oct 2026 22:13:35 No.4208412

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Quoted By: >>4208420 >>4208446

>>4208357
meds cachyos isnt niche

Chud ID:v7y4yPvN Thu 15 Oct 2026 22:15:20 No.4208420

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>>4208412
In fact it's the most popular linux distro on steam, even more popular than steamos itself

Chud ID:i4QMSuUe Thu 15 Oct 2026 22:15:22 No.4208421

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I recommend Debian, Ubuntu or, if you absolutely know what you're doing, Gentoo.

Lebanigger !!DmOViibZok ID:9M9kuE5f Thu 15 Oct 2026 22:21:45 No.4208446

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>>4208412
No, I said the recommendation over the obvious choice (Cachy) usually is some niche tranny distro that the user has feelings for

rusoy !!LfMKLPtkgs ID:BQA^kHC3 Thu 15 Oct 2026 22:30:08 No.4208462

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Quoted By: >>4208503

>>4208446
linux is poop, freebsd won

Lebanigger !!DmOViibZok ID:9M9kuE5f Thu 15 Oct 2026 22:48:26 No.4208503

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>>4208462
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