Jason was an Opensource.com staff member and Red Hatter from 2013 to 2022. This profile contains his work-related articles from that time. Other contributions can be found on his personal account.
Jason B (He/Him/His)
Jason was an Opensource.com staff member and Red Hatter from 2013 to 2022. This profile contains his work-related articles from that time. Other contributions can be found on his personal account.
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I love this question, and am curious not just which distribution folks choose, but why? I think of myself as a distribution-agnostic person who simply chooses the best tool for the job (or when in doubt, the one I'm most familiar with). Fedora has become my go-to distribution when I'm working on a new system, because it frequently "just works" in a way I like without making a lot of changes. What makes your favorite distribution the right tool for your workflow?
I'm on Red Hat Enterprise Linux at work, Fedora 19 (now that 20 is out, it's upgrade time) on my main home computer, and have two Debian-based servers I work on regularly. If we stretch the definition of "distribution" to include Linux-based devices, I'm also running my router on DD-WRT, my NAS (Buffalo) and Roku (an old one) on the original manufacturers' custom Linux distributions, and at least three handheld devices on Android variants. It's exciting to have watched the evolution of Linux, from something that felt like it gave me definite geek cred when I installed my first distribution (Slackware, I believe) in the late 90s, to something that I watch my friends and family use now without even knowing that they're using it!
Good catch; it's now corrected!