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Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[-] alfredb@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

LMDE

  • Because it's Mint & Debian
[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Arch linux (btw). Because it's easy to install and has the most accessible package manager of em all.

...

...before you shoot rocks at me and try to burn me alive.... download an arch iso, run it, and then type "archinstall". Thank me later.

"Oh, but its still veeeeeery hard to inst-"

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Manjaro

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I don't need to install anything manually because of how extensive the AUR is.

[-] mawkler@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

AUR is amazing

[-] Lemmyin@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

Rolling release model.

[-] Lemmyin@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

more out of the box than what Arch comes with.

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[-] dovedozen@vlemmy.net 7 points 1 year ago

MX Linux

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[-] xoggy@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Alpine -- In praise of Alpine and apk

[-] fzacq9td@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Gentoo Linux

[-] fzacq9td@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Being a source based distro, programs are compiled and optimized to your system configuration. Additionally you can add/remove features you dis/like using USE flags.

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[-] Lamy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Garuda

[-] s4if@lemmy.my.id 7 points 1 year ago

EndeavourOS

[-] s4if@lemmy.my.id 7 points 1 year ago

An installer of Archlinux with sane default but also has all of Arch Power

[-] lig@social.fossware.space 7 points 1 year ago

Fedora Silverblue

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[-] feacesfea@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Universal Blue / ublue-os

[-] feacesfea@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Based on Fedora

  • Fedora uses the latest technology and is quick to adapt new features such as PipeWire, BTRFS, Wayland and etc, yet remains very stable.
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[-] feacesfea@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Clean separation

  • The base system is separated from applications and user data
  • Integration of Flatpak applications via Flathub
  • Toolbox and Distrobox support, run applications from any distribution in a containerized environment
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[-] alternateved@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Void

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[-] zbb@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Debian.

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