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[distrochooser]

Send me an ask, I'll send you a completely biased opinion!

Welcome to the (un)offical Tumblr blog for the popular website distrochooser.de. This blog acts just like the website, but with a couple of key differences. The most important of which being that it's run by a biased teenager on a ThinkPad. Feel free to send me any ask you want, and I'll give you a recommendation for a Linux distribution, 100% Ubuntu free.

This blog is not affiliated with nor bribed by any of the following blogs:

@ubuntu-official

@linuxmint-official

@debian-official

@gentoo-official

@arch-official

@fedora-official

@steamos-official

@lfs-official

@puppylinux-official

[distrochooser]

I’m logging out of this Tumblr account for a while so I’m going to be inactive for a bit. If anybody needs recommendations what distribution to choose, I’ll make a guide soon enough.

(The answer is Debian, it’s almost always Debian.)

[distrochooser]

The internet likes to obsess over something for a couple of days and then move on, but don't. Don't forget about Luigi Mangione.

[distrochooser]

LFS > Gentoo > Arch > Debian > the majority of Linux distributions > Ubuntu > RHEL/ChromeOS > Apartheid Linux.

Any objections?

[distrochooser]

Minor correction:

LFS > Gentoo > Arch > Debian > the majority of Linux distributions > Ubuntu > RHEL/ChromeOS > @tailsos-official > Apartheid Linux.

[tailsos-official]

You want me so bad it makes you look stupid

[distrochooser]

Just a reminder that you're one horrible take away from reaching the bottom of the list.

[tailsos-official]

girl it took you 3 months to come up with that?

[distrochooser]

Honestly, that's just how often I tend to think of you.

[distrochooser]

LFS > Gentoo > Arch > Debian > the majority of Linux distributions > Ubuntu > RHEL/ChromeOS > Apartheid Linux.

Any objections?

[distrochooser]

Minor correction:

LFS > Gentoo > Arch > Debian > the majority of Linux distributions > Ubuntu > RHEL/ChromeOS > @tailsos-official > Apartheid Linux.

[tailsos-official]

You want me so bad it makes you look stupid

[distrochooser]

Just a reminder that you're one horrible take away from reaching the bottom of the list.

[distrochooser]

I hope to one day be the Linux user that has no clue what modern Windows looks like.

[virtualgirladvance]

housemate: why is debian defiling arch

its meant to be a tail ;_;

@debian-official @arch-official

[ubuntu-official]

Cis men using Linux is actually cultural appropriation of trans women. And that's the poast.

[distrochooser]

I'm don't care if it's stupid, I want to be the 1000th note and I've already liked this post.

[distrochooser]

Operate your entire system as the root user. The world is ending anyways.

[distrochooser]

Reblog with your distrohopping journey.

[redstar-official]

ubuntu -> arch

[rubylang-official]

my computer: ubuntu -> arch -> back to windows -> debian dual boot -> just debian -> nixos -> I'm about to jump

my laptop: endeavor OS

[maplecinnamonbun]

windows 10 -> debian -> ubuntu -> debian -> arch -> debian

linux for lesbians for life :3

[fedora-official]

(on my desktop) Windows → Ubuntu live usb → Windows → Arch dual boot → Windows → Debian dual boot → Windows → (now on my laptop) kali → raspbian → debian → void → Gentoo → opensuse → Fedora

[rust-official-deactivated202605]

oh my goodness I'm not even going to try to put them in order because that's almost 30 years of history and I don't even remember at this point. Kinda chronological but accuracy not guaranteed, I remember some version numbers which will help put things in order:

mandrake, debian, slackware, freebsd 4.6, openbsd 2.6? ubuntu 8?, funtoo, gentoo, (and finally, within the past 10 years) void, arch, fedora (still using debian and arch btw, just on different machines)

some windows in there too, but there hasn't been for quite some time, probably >10 years

and macos too

[rust-official-deactivated202605]

some things I forgot because there's too many: andLinux, manjaro, pop_os, netbsd, I'm probably forgetting even more

[sunos-official]

So I actually use a few different OSes concurrently, and I'll only list the history on my daily driver computers, as I have too many computers in my collection to cover completely:

macOS (On my MacBook)

Fedora (On my secondary PC laptop and my 2018 Mac Mini)

Windows 10 (On my primary PC laptop)

My history is as follows:

macOS: 10.10 -> 10.11 -> current

Linux: Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04 - 15.10 -> Mint -> Ubuntu MATE -> Ubuntu Cinnamon -> MX Linux -> Fedora

DOS/Windows: XP -> 7 -> DOS 6.22/XP -> 10

Over the years I've also used (and still currently use on various computers) SunOS and Solaris (of course) (SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 9, Solaris 10), NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenIndiana, Slackware Linux, Windows ME, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT 4.0, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows Vista, MS-DOS 5, Windows 2000, Macintosh System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS 10.4, and Mac OS 10.6, and I also still run Mac OS 10.11, Ubuntu MATE, Windows XP, Windows 7, and MS-DOS 6.22.

[distrochooser]

So there's a new OS gimmick blog, ay? Well welcome to the team, SunOS!

[distrochooser]

They might as well rename Vim to Meth considering how hard it is to quit.

[4literthebestliter]

Remember the thinkpad that liked getting slapped. As mentioned a while back it died. Here’s its brother, my thinkpad P51.

[distrochooser]

We shall never forget our fallen soldier.

🫡

[rubylang-official]

Processes repreduce asexually

[rubylang-official]

Processes kill their young before they die

[rubylang-official]

Processes can be undead

[distrochooser]

Hey wanna make out

DM me.

[rubylang-official]

Reblog if you're a Linux

[rubylang-official]

Lol, ppl read this as "if you use linux"

[distrochooser]

woof as @yiffos-official i would like 2 apply to bribe u 2 have a bias 4 yiffOS. i have 3 nickels a jpeg of a cute dog (heavily compressed) and about 15 slightly damp tennis balls in like new condition

If you compress the cute dog a tad bit more and throw the tennis balls in the bathtub for a minute or two than you've got a deal.

[jswatson]

hello linux side of tumblr! i have an old laptop that i want to install linux on. this is a fujitsu lifebook t4210, an old 32 bit tablet laptop. im looking for recommendations on what distro to use!

i use arch on my main laptop and ive grown quite fond of it. i would have to use arch 32 which kinda sucks so idk if arch is a good option here

i have already tried debian but i dont think i liked it. tho maybe i just dont like kde. shoukd i try some other desktop environment?

[jswatson]

photo session of the thang cause its so cool

its actually a t4215! look at how the screen turns!

extractable optical drive that you can replace with an extra battery!

[irelephant-t-t]

@distrochooser

[distrochooser]

That is so cool! Give me a bit to think of a distro, and please remind me if I forget.