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View Poll Results: what linux distro do you use and/or like?
Redhat / Centos 24 14.81%
Suse 4 2.47%
Debian 36 22.22%
Slackware 31 19.14%
Gentoo 14 8.64%
Ubuntu 23 14.20%
Others 30 18.52%
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I have a philosophy of being toolkit consistent (gtk v qt) and installing just enough to meet my needs. For general internet facing use, OpenBSD/gtk3 and the scripted install that I've worked out.

Lately, I'm maintaining a second system for CAD/3D Printing. Most CAD software and 3D printing software is qt based so I'm currently running a Debian 12/LXQt desktop with FreeCAD and 2 qt based Slicing programs. My main dislike of Debian is that the default install of LXQt with kwin pulls in KDE Plasma. Even if I pre-install kwin-x11 with --no-recommends.

Both have been stable compared to my dated experience with MS Windows. My OpenBSD system occasionally lock's up the keyboard/mouse with GIMP 2.99.

When I had more time, the most stable system I ever used was Crux where everything beyond the base install was built from source. The Crux build system allowed me to share the packages with other computers on my network.

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My main dislike of Debian is that the default install of LXQt with kwin pulls in KDE Plasma.
Have you tried the lxqt-core metapackage?
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Main distro = Devuan/XFCE

Secondary distro = RaspiOS

Others = MiniOS, Fatdog64, Tiny Core Plus, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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Have you tried the lxqt-core metapackage?
I think KDE Plasma is pulled in by kwin. The default lxqt install uses xfwm4:
https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/lxqt essentially mixing qt5(6) and gtk3.

Arch Linux does not load up their kwin package such that it installs KDE Plasma so I know it is possible. The AUR has some alternative qt window managers but they are wip's.

The CAD project has some commercial potential so I would prefer a stable system.
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