Why did you choose the distro you chose?
by KGIII from LinuxQuestions.org on (#56BVS)
I checked and this has been asked before - but the last time was a decade ago and times have changed while choices may have changed. I also didn't want to necro a thread that's been dead for a decade.
As a general rule, I'm using Lubuntu 18.04 LTS (64 bit). I do use other distros, but this is the base OS (bare metal) for most anything I use regularly.
It makes sense to go in reverse with this one.
I chose 64 bit because I like gobs of RAM and having a number of applications open simultaneously.
I use the LTS because I prefer stability over 'shiny new things'.
I use 18.04 because it's the last Lubuntu with LXDE and I'm not fond of LXQt. I'm probably going to go into the extended support with 18.04 because Lubuntu 20.04 runs more like a beta and I'm really not fond of how Canonical is going about this 'Snap' app thing.
I use LXDE because it's pretty straight-forward for me to configure and, once configured, it gets out of my way and I no longer have to play with it. It has the bonus of being light on resources - while being surprisingly good for customization.
I use Lubuntu because it's an official flavor of Ubuntu.
I use an official Ubuntu 'flavor' because of the community around it - which is there possibly because of the popularity of the OS. This community means that I can generally find a solution for any problems I encounter with the same DE, init system, applications, package manager, and things like that. It also means I can sometimes answer questions.
Anyhow, from searching the site, I saw this was last asked a decade ago and times have changed, distros have changed, reasons may have changed, and more. So, I figure it'd be informative to revisit this question.
I did consider some sort of poll, but this sort of info doesn't fit well into polls.
As a general rule, I'm using Lubuntu 18.04 LTS (64 bit). I do use other distros, but this is the base OS (bare metal) for most anything I use regularly.
It makes sense to go in reverse with this one.
I chose 64 bit because I like gobs of RAM and having a number of applications open simultaneously.
I use the LTS because I prefer stability over 'shiny new things'.
I use 18.04 because it's the last Lubuntu with LXDE and I'm not fond of LXQt. I'm probably going to go into the extended support with 18.04 because Lubuntu 20.04 runs more like a beta and I'm really not fond of how Canonical is going about this 'Snap' app thing.
I use LXDE because it's pretty straight-forward for me to configure and, once configured, it gets out of my way and I no longer have to play with it. It has the bonus of being light on resources - while being surprisingly good for customization.
I use Lubuntu because it's an official flavor of Ubuntu.
I use an official Ubuntu 'flavor' because of the community around it - which is there possibly because of the popularity of the OS. This community means that I can generally find a solution for any problems I encounter with the same DE, init system, applications, package manager, and things like that. It also means I can sometimes answer questions.
Anyhow, from searching the site, I saw this was last asked a decade ago and times have changed, distros have changed, reasons may have changed, and more. So, I figure it'd be informative to revisit this question.
I did consider some sort of poll, but this sort of info doesn't fit well into polls.