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?

    • operetingushisutemu@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      On 2 tablets actually. ThinkPad X1 Tablet Gen 1 (m7) and ThinkPad X12 detachable (i7). Gnome works actually really good, smooth and with some gestures.

      One thing, that does not work that good, is the virtual keyboard. There is a replacement as extension, but sometimes it does not even show up, when installed.

      Some apps do not have a good touch support either, like chromium. Sometimes I have to use the keyboard case because of that.

      I use both tablets mostly for note taking, xournal++ and the stylus are working perfectly. I am even getting notifications for pen battery warnings.

      • Hexarei@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        Neat! Thanks for the response, I always find myself curious when I hear that folks are using Linux in non-typical ways.

        As for on-screen keyboards and input, dunno if you’ve heard of PostmarketOS? They’re primarily focused on smartphones, but they’ve done a lot in the area of touchscreen compatibility, and may have some insight as to your on screen keyboard woes. Or perhaps alternatives to whatever you’ve tried using so far? https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Input_methods#Touchscreen