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  • To run Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, or some other FOSS OS?

    I’m running Fedora on a refurbished Thinkpad P1 Gen 4, and I’ve had good luck running Linux and the BSDs on higher end refurbished Dell Optiplex, Latitude, and Precision equipment.

    Apple hardware is nice, and MacPorts gives me access to the vast majority of my *nix tools.

    Shopping for new hardware I’d look at the list below to get Linux preinstalled.

    • Thinkpad X1 Carbon
    • Slimbook
    • System76
    • Tuxedo Computers
    • Juno Computers
    • Starlabs Systems

    Or buy refurbed equipment from Dell or Lenovo.













  • I did on arch.

    Arch. There’s the problem. 😆

    Fedora and Tumbleweed keep up with Arch while being easier to maintain. Fedora is a semi-rolling release, and Tumbleweed is rolling release. Both are much more stable than Arch is.

    Arch is great for people who want to tinker with their desktop/laptop install. I do not, so I run Fedora.

    It depends on the user.

    Run Fedora or Tumbleweed. They will be continuously updated, and an install will last years.

    It will always boot…

    Your basis for comparison is Arch which is known to be highly unstable and a handful to maintain. 😆

    For my work, I need different OSes and distros for testing. If someone needs a stable distro for something, a VM or container will work. There are ways around the needing a stable.

    Also, containers aren’t a penalty.

    It’s good for clean up, and I got used to it on Windows.

    You can break the cycle. Just because some you suffered doesn’t mean others have to. 🙂

    Everyone says they’re going to clean up their profiles, but no one does. 😆

    Keep your dot files in a repo…

    I have that because I run through so many test servers and temp installs.

    Then there are Ansible playbooks to setup my systems.