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Discussion on: Linux distro you are using for development?

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José Jorge • Edited

I've been using Arch Linux (with Openbox) in my main work PC for a bit more than two years, it has "broken" about three times and with my latest MOBO change some stuff have not been working fine (some systemd services). Before that I was using Windows with Arch as a Virtual Box guest, and it also broke a couple of times there (both times VBox related issues). Anyway, I like Arch because of being able to get the latest versions of stuff faster, and the Arch Linux Wiki is just awesome!

That being said, for most of my other machines I use Ubuntu or its "flavors" (Xubuntu in my laptop, Ubuntu Server for remote testing and production machines). Why Ubunutu? Almost every vendor offer Ubuntu packages and/or instructions, you get a stable system out of the box and if you really want it, you can easily find a way to update almost any package to a more recent version. Ubuntu has never broken for me, but as I can read from other comments, everybody can have a different experience.

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Adarsh

It's true everyone has different experience when it comes to OS. For me Ubuntu has broken about three times and Ubuntu servers have some outdated packages. Certain packages have very tedious process when it comes to updating to the latest packages so I had to leave Ubuntu. But I still love the simplicity of the OS for a common user who has everything he needs in his finger tips but as a developer I didn't feel so comfortable with Ubuntu.