I duel boot. I use Mint 99% of the time & Win10 for that 1% of software/games I can't get working.
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Windows 10 primarily due to work requirements. I have a laptop with Xubuntu for personal use.
Kubuntu FTW
Windows 10. No idea why anyone is using Win11.
I've tried Linux every few years for the last few decades and it's never been at a point where I can switch. I am in the process of trying again, however.
Started today trying to dual boot it on a Windows laptop that has a boot SSD and data HDD. Tried resizing the HDD and installing Nobara and can't get the machine to boot into Grub (the suggested fix on their site didn't work, possibly because of the two physical drives). Searching for a solution was fruitless and I'm honestly over it already. I want an OS, not a hobby.
The very definition of insanity right here. There is ALWAYS something that doesn't work and I'm not a fucking idiot but I'm not a developer either. Linux fans act like people on Windows have no excuse not to switch but I've been trying since the 90s and Linux just does everything it can to frustrate me. God knows how someone who's not tech savvy is supposed to figure anything out. /rant
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Debian Linux (stable)
Linux. Pop!_OS
Linux Mint with gnome desktop
Ubuntu Server for my self-hosted cloud service
Fedora Workstation. Everything just works out of the box, even AAC codec with Bose headphone.
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Linux Mint. Never needed anything else, and hopefully it'll stay this way..
I use arch btw. I am waiting for vanilla os v2 for my laptop though, I think it would be great for a device which I want to "just work". Rn it has Ubuntu with some dell repos which have not been updated since Ubuntu 20.
Pop_OS!
Currently on ArcoLinux on both my desktop and laptop (although they both have windows installs that I basically never use except for the rare case I need windows software or games)
Linux (Arch with KDE Plasma)
Heavy gamer here. My main Distro is EndeavourOS, came from Linux Mint months ago. My homelab runs on Ubuntu Server.
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Linux openSUSE
Endeavour OS
Windows 11
Mxlinux
EndeavourOS
MacOS. Looks like there's tens of us on Lemmy. Tens!
Fedora
linux
I have dual boot Manjaro/Windows, but honestly I haven't used the windows partition in two years except for the very occasional moment I need to check if a document format is alright to send to someone, or anyone else not familiar with Linux needs to do something.
Windows 10 Home
Win 11 because of games, music production and other windows-only tools (TIHI). Some flavor of Debian everywhere else.
Win 10 but I'm craving to install mint/endeavour.
Linux mint is great for a stable OS afaik, endeavour is excelent for cutting edge packages and AUR.
Depends on preference and needs so while I want to recommend Arch based, I shouldn't as I don't know if its the wrong decision.
Windows 10 on my main machine and Lubuntu on my home server
Linux Mint. When it first came out, it was the first distro where sound and wifi worked out of the box on fresh installations by shipping with restricted drivers. It made installations so easy that I just stopped trying other distros.
Pop OS from the start of the year. The Steam Deck showed be his far Linux gaming has come, no issues running the things I play. Glad to be rid of Windows
I dual boot Arch Linux and Windows 10, which came preinstalled and is pretty much only used for games at this times.
I use Gentoo because it's quite customizable. What's more, building a whole system from source is more secureπ.
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Windows 10 + linux mint dual booted on my desktop which is my current main, but I have windows 11 on my laptop that will become my main computer because college. Unfortunately windows 11 is required, i dont even know if stuff like solidworks that i will have to use would run on linux. I am also just more used to windows in general
Windows 11 ^^ It is what it is
Arch with i3wm
Windows 11 as my everyday os
But everything around me is Linux (proxmox running Debian LXC) or BSD (opnsense, truenas)
Debian 12 with GNOME. I'm boring and just want something that works. :)
xubuntu cuz im too lazy rn to configure anything else than vim
Fedora Workstation 38. Dual boot Windows on a separate drive, but this is solely for gaming. I know gaming on Linux has gotten better, but I want the best experience, which is much easier on Windows.
Windows.. for gaming on my desktop and Photoshop on my laptop.. I know there's alternatives, but not without compromise
Ubuntu :)
I have win11 and Pop_OS! on separate drives.
Arch with KDE on my desktop where I play games and fuck around, Manjaro KDE on my work laptop, Debian on my servers. Doesn't get much better than that.