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Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

So we can clearly see the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them, please follow this format:

  • Write the name of the Linux distro as a first-level comment.
  • Reply to that comment with each reason you like the distro as a separate answer.

For example:

  • Distro (first-level comment)
    • Reason (one answer)
    • Other reason (a different answer)

Please avoid duplicating options. This will help us better understand the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them.

zbb ,

Debian.

ThesePaycheckAvenging ,

Rock solid.

metacolon ,
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Lightweight.

MyNameIsRichard ,
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openSUSE Tumbleweed

MyNameIsRichard ,
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It’s rolling and reliable

MyNameIsRichard ,
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Everything just works

MyNameIsRichard ,
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It’s incredibly well put together

blackbrook ,

The big advantage IMHO, is the out of the box BTRFS set up that lets you simply roll back to a non-broken state, right from the grub menu, should an update break your system. I haven’t had to use it yet, but it is a huge source of comfort knowing it is there.

Also, many people coming to opensuse remark how much snappier it is than other distros.

evadzs ,

Garuda uses this feature on an Arch base, it’s saved me a couple of times. Props to openSUSE for developing the way to make that happen!

kurcatovium ,

Glad to hear someone else uses this awesome tool. I think unstable debian based Siduction uses that too.

shotgun_crab ,

BTRFS has saved my life a bunch, I’m the kind that enjoys experimenting and changing stuff just to see what happens

CrypticCoffee ,

It is up to date so you can often get newer hardware working due to newer kernels.

CrypticCoffee ,

Security by default. Firewall is set up blocking ports for UDP etc. so you are protected out of the box.

sedot ,

YaST

kurcatovium ,

I had to scroll waaaaay down to find this. Mindboggling how underrated this distro is!

CrypticCoffee ,

It’s getting 3/4’s of the votes of Debian. I think their profile has increase a lot in the last year or so.

ar0177417 ,
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Artix Linux

ar0177417 ,
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No Systemd. It uses real init

ar0177417 ,
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Bloat free

ar0177417 ,
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Bleeding Edge

Romdeau4 ,
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Fedora

Romdeau4 ,
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Stable

Romdeau4 ,
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Only FOSS software and repositories unless otherwise enabled

Romdeau4 ,
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Cutting edge application releases so I get the newest toys after they’ve been decently tested

Headbangerd17 ,

Uses the latest tech in linux e.g wayland and pipewire.

FarLine99 ,
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Applies patches for better programs work under Wayland (SDDM with git patches before long awaited 0.20.0 release).

gravitywell ,

Arch, BTW

gravitywell ,

Great wiki

gravitywell ,

The AUR

djsaskdja ,

pacman goes brrrr

fugepe ,

I do real work. Dont have time to waste

Contend6248 ,

Maybe don’t fiddle with your install non-stop then.

varzaman ,

Isn’t that the reason to use arch?

bookworm ,
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I was distrohopping for like a year or two when I first got into Linux desktop. As soon as I installed Arch for the first time that stopped. Now the thought of a distro pre-installing packages gives me the heebie jeebies. You don’t get to tell me how I sync with NTP servers!

wax ,

PKGBUILDs

Sivaru ,

Nixos Void Arch

Jummit ,
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Lubuntu

Jummit , (edited )
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good documentation

Jummit ,
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lightweight

Jummit ,
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beautiful

Jummit ,
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supported

Jummit ,
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intuitive

Jummit ,
@Jummit@lemmy.one avatar

stable

Jummit ,
@Jummit@lemmy.one avatar

small

Jummit ,
@Jummit@lemmy.one avatar

lightweight

VirtualBriefcase ,

Debian

VirtualBriefcase ,
  • Very stable, and can run the bleeding edge through Snap/Flatpack/Appimages, Distrobox, or VMs/Containers
VirtualBriefcase ,
  • Community run distro
VirtualBriefcase ,
  • Extremely customizable
VirtualBriefcase ,
  • Compatible with more devices than many distros
mekkagodzilla ,
@mekkagodzilla@lemmy.world avatar

I love debian because it’s always there for you.

Lamy ,

The new release bookworm solves most hardware/software problems

metacolon ,
@metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Lightweight.

unwillingsomnambulist ,

Low resource footprint — smaller than EndeavourOS on my laptop. Stability is fantastic. Bookworm practically just came out, so the packages are all much newer than they were in Bullseye, making it a viable option for someone who wants an uneventful Linux distro that fades into the background and lets you get stuff done.

Positroni ,
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Definitely my choice for running on server, not so much for desktop but for server Debian has fantastic stability and good enough support by 3rd parties

LinusWorks4Mo ,
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EndeavourOS

LinusWorks4Mo ,
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basically Arch, including the AUR

pixeled ,

Genuine interest, being an Arch user myself: why pick EndeavourOS over Arch? What does it do extra/differently?

ProtonBadger ,

I picked Endeavour because some friends were waiting for me to get online, so I had to hit the ground running with some good defaults. I could really have picked any distro, I’m flexible but Endeavour was lauded for a quick install and I wanted to try an Arch distrib. I was up with KDE, Steam, NV drivers and Discord in 20min so it was good.

I customized it more in the following weeks, like I’d do with any distro. Now I’ve heard about Garuda I kinda regret I didn’t go that way. I’d like that BTRSF+snapshots option but I don’t have patience to set that up for the time being - either converting the FS and setting up grub myself or reinstalling with Garuda, seems like a hassle for now.

Jeramee ,

Linux Mint

  1.  **Stability**. Mint is stable, easy to use, and has a good help forum.  I am better with the end-user side than the developer side.  This allows me to focus on what I need to do.

    1a. If I need to do something more complex that requires the terminal, there are plenty of sites that explain it step by step. So, I don't need to become a programmer to tweak my system.

  2.  **Simplicity**.  It's easy to find where to go to change settings and add new programs.


  3.  **Safety**.  Linux has repositories of trusted programs, and it's super simple to download from them.  Even with trusted sites for Widows programs, I did get a couple programs that came with malware.  The open source nature of Linux eliminates much of the profit motive for scammers, plus other developers would quickly expose such attempts in the Linux community.


  4.  **Speed**.  When I had a dual boot system, the Linux OS booted on avg in 15 sec, where Widows took 30-60 sec.  I can't quantify, but the Linux OS overall seemed to run smoother faster than Widows too.


  5.  **Security**.  I've never had to deal with viruses or malware with Linux. (This may change as Linux gains increased market share, but, so far, so good.)  Linux doesn't come with bloatware or potential spyware either.  There are many Widows programs -- MS Games, Cortana, MS Photos, etc --  that cannot be uninstalled.  Cortana cannot be disabled.  (It says it can, but it still runs in the background.  Who knows what data it is collecting.)


  6.   **Conscience**.  MS has a multibillion dollar contract to develop VR headsets for soldiers.  These will be used to control machines (and maybe robots) on the battlefield.  Once we have troops off the battlefield, war (and all its horrible consequences) will become a much easier choice.  I know my govt has lied about EVERY war after WWII (at least).  Staying away from MS helps me to not fuel the war machine and promote peace.
Squeakiesh ,

its a tie between linux mint and garuda linux, linix mint for stability and garuda for being an arch based linux for people like me that are too stupid to get arch running by itself

Whisper ,

As a daily, linux Mint/Mate all the way.

Kangie ,

Gentoo

Kangie ,

Huge range of supported architectures

LastoftheDinosaurs ,
@LastoftheDinosaurs@lemmy.world avatar

USE flags let you enable/disable parts of software that you normally have no control over. If you don’t use bluetooth, for example, you can choose not to build bluetooth components when installing software.

christos ,
@christos@lemmy.world avatar

Linuxmint.

christos ,
@christos@lemmy.world avatar

Rock solid.

wgs ,
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crux

wgs ,
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It does not use systemd.

wgs ,
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The packaging system is the simplest I’ve ever found in a distro, meaning that making your own package is a very simple and quick process.

wgs ,
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The user repositories are decentralized, and very straightforward to setup, meaning anyone can package something, and share it with the community.

wgs ,
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The setup and configuration is really simple and friction less (for example, daemon start/stop scripts are standalone and sit in /etc/rc.d).

wgs ,
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Uses a port tree system for packages similar to openbsd.

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