This is kind of the anti-distro hopping thread. How long have you stayed on a single Linux distribution for your main PC? What about servers?

I’ve been on Debian on and off since 2021, but finally committed to the platform since April of this year.

Before that I was on OpenBSD from 2011 - 2021 for my desktop.

Prior to that, FreeBSD for many years, followed by a few years of distro-hopping various Linux distros (Slackware, Arch, Fedora, simplyMEPIS, and ZenWalk from memory).

How long have you been on your distribution? Do we have anybody here who has been on their current distro for more than a decade?

  • Thorned_Rose
    2•1 year ago

    I distro hopped quite a bit before I settled. Now been running Arch coming up a decade. Before my current PC build, my previous continuous install was 6 years old.

    I’ve DE hopped a number of times throughout that time though. Now been using KDE for several years and happy to stay.

    • @YerbaYerba
      2•1 year ago

      Same here. Arch for over a decade, I remember when there was controversy about arch not gpg signing packages. My current install is from 2018 and has survived 2 cpu and mobo upgrades.

      I’m using kde now, after being a long time mate/gnome 2 user.