I just put Linux back on my machine after a long time with out it and i just wanted to see what distros everyone uses and what they like about it. I put Ubuntu with unity and Kali on my system i like the clean look of Ubuntu Unity and after a few terminal commands the Amazon crap can be disabled as far as Kali well that is self explanatory but I have been looking into arch for some fun.
Ubuntu Unity for computers i share. Fedora KDE for my desktop. Mint Cinnamon for my laptop.
Im not an uber enough h4x0r to have a need to install Kali :p
Primarily Gnome-Based Distros.
Ubuntu Gnome, 14.04 LTS (For the Support)
Fedora (For the security)
OpenSUSE (for the functionality)
I switch between them from time to time. I'm still learning myself. I got some basic stuff down.
I put Arch on my old laptop for fun. Broke the damn OS 3 times trying to install it right with the right drivers. The fun of being a linux nub; not even a noob, a nub.
Debian all the way. Works great on my Servers, netbook, tablet and Desktop. There is enough support as most of the Ubuntu stuff applies, yet you don't have that Canonical BS like the Amazon stuff. Never let me down. For USB-Stick use I usually stick with Kali or GRML, both also debian based(Or a more traditional debian using debian-live)
Ubuntu derived ones out of habit:
Mint on my small desktop
Elementary OS on my gaming rig (dual booting)
Netrunner OS in a VM for coding
Lubuntu on my laptop (guess what, it's old!)
Xubuntu on my eeePC
I had more luck with Mint. It seems like Ubuntu has a problem with 32-bit directories.
I have Mint on my Home PC and Laptop. Debian for my work PC at the office. Also use CentOS VMs for some tools i need. I like Mint for casual use because it works out of the box and it has a very elegant update manager and a few other nice features that makes maintaining it much easier than Ubuntu.
Debian at work because of the stability, performance and the open source nature. If I have sth proprietary in I must install it myself, thus I always know exactly what is installed and what not.
@Lord_Baldur Mint and Ubuntu are basically the same in that respect. I am not sure what you mean with 32-bit directories but if you mean applications that still use 32-bit libraries (like skype) Mint used to have the same glitch. In both the only this you have to do is add the 32-bit libraries.
On my everyday machine I use a bit of a wierd disto called Bedrock linux, which I run 3 other distros inside of.
So I run Gentoo, Arch and Debian all at the same time, inside of one distro.
I can use whatever package manager from the three that I choose, which gives me lots of versatility and a plethora of software builds to choose from.
It's not for the faint hearted, you kinda need some linux knowledge
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As demonstrated on the website that has no images and ASCII art ;)
I always come back to Antergos for both my PC and laptops. I get the wonderful 'pacman' package manager and an easy install(when the installer isn't broken). And for my server opensuse.
I don't currently use linux on any of my machines because gaming and my asus book t100 doesn't support it all too well.
I used to have Manjaro on my main machine but I could never get it to dual boot properly with windows 8 so I gave that up. UEFI makes it so much more difficult. I've heard the newest linux mint has better UEFI support so I might give that a try.
I installed the latest LTS release of Ubuntu on my Mom's laptop and she absolutly loves it. It really turned that old hunk of junk into a usable piece of hardware. I think linux will really shine in low-end hardware situations where the user doesn't need anything that windows offers specificly and just needs your basic computer. If I have to setup any other PCs for my family I'll be using Ubuntu or Linux mint since dealing with Windoze is always a hassle.
I use Mint Cinnamon on almost every PC, but sometimes i try different distros.
Debian - Very stable, old and respected distro, uses GNOME by default, by default uses the main free repo only and you can update the sources.list with non-free if desired (so the choice is nice), nice mix of things just kinda working (due to the stability primarily) but also having less hand holding compared to other distros such as Mint, etc
Debian is next on my list of distros to try. Valve seems to like Debian and steam OS is good and that is Debian that launches steam in big picture mode. I used to use Mint all the time untill Mint 14 I was updating it and it ate its self and there was no saving it. And I have now gaven up on Arch because its too big of a pain to install.
Hmm,
Interesting choices OP.
Like most; I'm no ub3r haxor..
So this is what I run.
Ubuntu 15.10 + Gnome + Paper Theme for the main rig.
Debian 8.1 for the the two servers.
CentOS 6.6 for the makeshift NAS box.
And if I'm feeling a little dirty..
I've got an extra 250GB Seagate with Windows 10 on it..
~ Netty
Personally I'm all about fedora now, I used to use Xubuntu, simple because I hate unity, love XFCE, and even though ubuntu is the spit and glue build of the GNU/ Linux world, it did have the most support from 3rd parties.
However, after leaving Xubuntu for fedora 22, with the gnome environment because I felt like a change, I shan't be looking back!
After removing the Amazon crap, unity is quite nice but that is my two cents. I now have Debian with Gnome running on another machine and I like that the best so far.