I have always been interested in computers, and would find myself hanging out with the Computer Science students instead of the Aviation Management or Business Management students I was a part of. At home and at work I have been largely self-teaching myself using computers starting with Excel and Access with VBA through ASP and SQL at work. Thankfully my current employer values education, and so I have been taking classes and not only learning the technology, but un-learning what I have been doing wrong over the years. At home, though, I have been teaching myself Linux, system administration, networking and the overall method of migrating our system from Windows to Linux. I am involved in the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS.org) I have the opportunity to take what I've learned the hard way and hopefully help others.. I have been enjoying Open Source for a while now, and I am hoping to get a better understanding of the entire model and application.
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Very difficult to pick just one, since I go between 3+
I like Ubuntu because it works for the most part, requires little maintenance and gets me up and running quickly.
I like Fedora because it stays true to the FOSS principal, is usually pretty optimized on my systems and is secure.
I like KDE neon because it's an up-to-date KDE distribution that showcases what KDE offers, and because it is on top of Ubuntu it has the largest breadth of applications available.
I like openSUSE because it seems to be in the middle between Ubuntu and Fedora in many ways.
But currently, I am trying, and liking, Pop! OS (from System 76). It is quite snappy compared to my experiences with Gnome on Ubuntu, openSUSE and Fedora. Yet it is also still rough around the edges so it does have its moments.
What doesn't help in the experience is that I am using a hard drive that has bad sectors, but in my most recent installation I partitioned the hard drive to not use where I suspect those sectors reside. So far, so good!
Awesome!