For desktop computers, either Windows or Linux. Windows on my main computer since I rely on so much Windows-only software (MS Office, Many Games) despite the BS that Microsoft does to windows in new versions, but Linux has gotten way better lately, especially as it picks up new users as Windows declines. MacOS to me the worst of both worlds when it comes to lack of software support and corporate BS

For Mobile, definitely Android. Android is what I wish Linux was for Desktop computers; Loads of software you can get from many places, open source, and not locked down. It’s mainly the way it is because for Mobile OS’s, Microsoft was spending too much resources shooting itself in the foot with the Zune than to make the necessary improvements to make Windows Mobile to be competitive, and by the time they realized their mistake it was too late. iOS is such a pain in the ass for me to use due to how locked down it is, and while it has more software support than MacOS, its locked down nature and being mostly restricted to getting software from Apple means that several apps that I rely on (including a few apps not on the Google Play store) will never be available for iOS. I also like to see where every single file on my phone actually is

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    I generally use the OS which fits what I am trying to do. For my desktop PC, I run Arch Linux as it lets me game, run VMs and have a high level of control over what the system is doing. The VMs are mostly Windows for testing stuff and one running Ubuntu as a host for PolarProxy. My server runs Ubuntu, though really just as a platform to host docker containers. That was a decision I made years ago when I knew a lot less about Linux and was looking for something which was more turnkey. My work laptop is Windows, because my work is mostly a Microsoft shop. But, I have WSL running both Ubuntu (for the SANS Sift framework) and Kali.

    An Operating System is a tool. Don’t get wedded to any one OS.

  • algernon@lemmy.ml
    4·
    2 months ago

    On desktop: Linux since late 1996. It is the only operating system that I can perfectly tune to adhere to my - often weird - ideas, and can run all the software I need. I’m a developer, mostly working on free and open source software, so Linux is right there to assist me with that. When I play games, I play them through Wine/Proton, have been since I started gaming on Linux some two decades ago. If a game does not work under Wine/Proton, that’s simply not a game I will be playing.

    For portable gaming, I have a Steam Deck. Surprisingly, that also runs Linux.

    My phone is running stock Android, and I hate it, because the way I function, and how Android imagines I would are not compatible, and the system does not let me bend it to my will, there isn’t enough flexibility built in. Like… I can’t uninstall a bunch of applications I’m never going to use, because my phone came preinstalled with it, and they’re not removable, unless I jailbreak it. Unfortunately, I can’t jailbreak it, because then my bank’s application would stop working. Which would be fine, since I don’t do banking on the phone. Except the application is required for mandatory 2FA. FML.

    Thankfully, I can go days without touching my phone, so I can live with it being a piece of crap.

    (The rest of my family is also on Linux: both parents, wife, and eventually the kids too.)

    • river_chunk@lemmy.world
      0·
      2 months ago

      Probably is not going to make your phone experience much better but I followed this to disabled (not uninstalling) some stock apps on stock Android phones, works great and if you made a mistake it’s easy to rollback.

  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    51·
    2 months ago

    Trisquel GNU/Linux

    https://trisquel.info/en

    Because it is a fully free distro, which is important to me.

    I use Trisquel because it is the most user friendly I’ve found in the free distros.

    Some hardware drivers are unavailable, but that’s fine, just transferred away from non-free hardware.

    For compatibility, usually export to PDF.

    –//–

    Also GrapheneOS on phones and tablet. Has less nags and bloat. Privacy centric mobile OS.

    • JustVik@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      It’s nice to see such a willpower to use fully free distro. I am often prevented from using a fully free distribution only by the non-free firmware for AMD GPU.

  • azimir@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 months ago

    Desktops: Linux (Mint)
    Laptops: Linux (Mint)
    Phones: Linux (Android)
    Servers: Linux (Debian)
    SBC: Linux (Armbian / Raspberry Pi OS)
    ESP32/ESP8266: Arduino (I’ve never really taken to MicroPython)
    ATMega 328P/etc : Arduino

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 months ago

    NixOS is a bear to set up, but it is easy to keep it running for ages since the config is declarative & irons out configuration differences better than other OS since you config will refuse to evaluate.

    I am thinking of moving to SailfishOS next year if my LineageOS phone keeps acting up.

  • satanmat@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    I use MacOS at home as I have to support the fam.

    Work is windows despite my best efforts to move to Linux, any flavor…

    My laptop has macOS and Ubuntu and fedora and win11 (I have a vm problem and I enjoy it)

    I wish I could use Fedora full time. I’m really open to whatever gets the work done. I just prefer software were open.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    In order:

    Android (home)
    Windows 11 (work)
    Playstation
    Xbox
    Windows 11 (home)
    Steamdeck
    iOS (work)
    Switch

  • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    My setup is:

    • Arch (BTW) & KDE on my laptop, that’s the tinkering machine that only I use.
    • Dual boot Pop!_OS & Windows on the desktop, that’s the one that other people use too so I’m not allowed to break it.
    • I also have a bunch of other OS’s in VMs that I mess around with like little specimen jars lol
  • bradboimler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Desktop: Debian testing (Linux)
    Mobile: The Pixel flavor of Android

    I’m simply more comfortable in Linux. It is a hacker’s OS. I feel like I have full control over it and it stays out of the way. I find GNOME pretty polished and cohesive. It has come a long way.

    On a fateful day years and years ago I sat and deliberated between Android and iOS. I picked Android because it works much better with Linux. I have stuck with it ever since.

  • AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    I tried MacOS on my work machine for a couple of years, because everyone says how easy is. It never clicked for me. It felt like the short cuts all needed another key. It was also unintuitive for me. Of course that could be because I grew up on Windows. Either way, I did not like it.

    Linux is crazy easy to install and really cool that you can run a live USB so easily. It’s also secure, stable, can run on garbage hardware, and has a thousand cool flavors. Intuitive and easy for (Mint, Ubuntu, etc.) common stuff. An absolute minefield to install soooo many things- if they even can work. I just want to double click shit and then run it. Much of that is on Microsoft for making things a challenge on purpose.

    Windows gets more intrusive and obnoxious every year, but it runs almost everything I need.

    Never really tried iOS. I don’t like the idea of being locked down.

    Android can do a lot of cool stuff, but gets more intrusive every year too. So I run that for now.

    Some day I’ll probably try some other OS on my phone, but I have less patience and time every day.

    At home, I run Linux on one machine, Windows on another, hoping to cut ties with Windows entirely, but probably won’t ever get there.

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Windows 70. Percent of the time and mint linux 30 percent of the time.

    But that ratio is moving in mint linux favor.

    Mobile is iphone and ipad