this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2025
86 points (93.0% liked)

Linux

3945 readers
148 users here now

Shit, just linux.

Use this community for anything related to linux for now, if it gets too huge maybe there will be some sort of meme/gaming/shitpost spinoff. Currently though… go nuts

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

When I first began researching Linux, for my needs, I found the number of different Distros to be overwhelming. So I made this flow chart, with the intent to help new users find a starting point for choosing a distribution.

I'm open to critique, as to making this chart as helpful as possible.

EDIT: Chart updated based on suggestions in the comments.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Is it just me or is the distinction between a rolling release distro and one that you have to upgrade on a regular basis important to other people as well? That's kinda why I went from Mint to Endeavour. No regrets so far.

Yes. I'd rather have small breakage every so often on small updates where it's easy to tell what happened than large breakage on a release upgrade.