List of Linux distros that matter:
>Debian
>Ubuntu
>Mint
>Mint Debian Edition
>Fedora
>RHEL
>CentOS
>Rocky Linux
>OpenSUSE
>SLE
>Arch
>Alpine
>Gentoo
Anything else is pointless, useless, or exists because of the dated "systemd bad" mentality.
There are only three that matter: Arch for bleeding edge, Fedora for middle ground, and Debian for stable. Simple as. Everything else is a meme. Shit like Gentoo is for schizos, CentOS/RHEL for servers, Ubuntu/Mint bloat when Fedora and Debian are just as great for newfags. OpenSUSE is not bad but Fedora and Debian still exist so there's no reason to use it.
>Shit like Gentoo is for schizos
Or people who want a modular and ultra-customizable distro, like Google when they were making Chrome OS.
>CentOS/RHEL for servers
So is Debian. And servers aren't a meme.
Gentoo by itself is just a meme, if you really want a fully modular and truly customizable operating system why even limit yourself to a distribution? Just do kernel and build packages per your own need. Linux from scratch exists. Didn't mean that servers don't matter, but if we are talking about distros most people think about desktops and that's the thing that affects most people trying to daily drive linux.
>Gentoo by itself is just a meme, if you really want a fully modular and truly customizable operating system why even limit yourself to a distribution?
Ask Google.
>Fedora and Debian are just as great for newfags
>t. has never dealt with somebody new to Linux
Stuff like having codecs and closed source drivers preinstalled or available with one click make a huge difference to new users. Ubuntu/Mint may be "bloated", but you have to give them credit for making distros that require little to no maintenance from users who know nothing about Linux.
To be fair most people don't NEED codecs, you just install VLC or use the built in media player and it just werks for everything without codecs. If you NEED codecs then you are already tech adept enough to get them yourself. And if you use AMD open source drivers are pretty much optimal, and most basic mouse/keyboard/monitor/headphones/microphone generic drivers that come on Fedora/Debian just werk for normal users. I installed Fedora KDE spin on my boomer dad's PC and it just werks for him
> bleeding edge
> hyprland is months old
> ROCm 5.7 is still not ready
> no packages like rstudio in repos at all
Bleeding edge my ass.
OpenSUSE for bleeding edge*
Sorry guys I made a typo.
>There are only three that matter:
>Arch
>Fedora
>Debian
>Everything else is a meme.
Absolutely midwit take.
Thanks, but I'll be sticking with Pop!_OS
There is nothing Pop!_OS can do that Ubuntu can't do better.
Ubuntu doesn't come with Pop! Shell, down stream gnome fixes, snaps removed by default, nvidia driver iso, etc.
list of posters in this thread who are gay:
>OP
I think you will find there are probably other gay posters here. OP is the only homosexual though.
Only Debian and Ubuntu (due to normie devs caring only about it) matter. The rest is for retarder contrarians that need something "different" because they're "not like the other girls"
Actual correct list of Distros that matter:
- Ubuntu LTS and variants
- RHEL and copycats
That's it. Everything else is niche meme distro that will never get serious 3rd party support.
Don't like it? Too bad, keep beta testing for us working people on your arch and FEDora
>Everything else is niche meme distro that will never get serious 3rd party support
Doesn't matter on Arch because AUR exists.
>install AUR package
>system breaks
Yeah no thanks
Fedora and Debian sid/testing do great job of beta testing and fixing software for us downstream users, but they are not suitable for just werks enterprise/professional/serious use.
Again, feel free to play around with it on your personal PC, but when it comes to getting work done, vendors that develop professional tools only care about Ubuntu LTS and Red Hat.
If you insist on trying to get these running in Arch/FEDora/Sid/Tumblememe or any other niche meme distro - you're on your own and should not expect things to work.
I don't think any adult over the age of 25 uses arch. But that doesn't change the fact that it's very popular and it's appeal is a good thing to get people brought over to linux. If kids think ubuntu/debian is lame while arch is le cool, then even that's better than nothing if we assume that FOSS growing is better for normal joes around the world to fight back against monopoly abusive changes.
Fedora is literally RHEL's main distro, and Debian is literally deb's main distro. Arch AUR will always make it a big distro, especially since it appeals to underages wanting to be leet hackers.
not including Guix System or NixOS? and yet you thought 4 versions of Debian made the cut
I tried
>debian
>ubuntu
>archlinux
>clearlinux
>qubesos
>nixos
>silverblue
>opensuse tw
>centos
>rhel
>linux mint
any idea what I should try next?
I'm thinking about using it for 2 or more years
how have you tried this many without any idea what you want or what even makes distros different?
Install gentoo.
>>RHEL
Linux
all abandonware after red hat chimpout
>that leglocking
God, I want to breed the squid kid so bad.
>>Mint Debian Edition
Linux
these don't matter lmao
Alpine is used all the time in Docker+virtualization and CentOS/Rocky is used in servers.
>Alpine
thats cool i mostly saw debian being used for docker
>CentOS
straight up dead
>Rocky
it's only a matter of time IBM kills it
>Debian
thread
https://eylenburg.github.io/linux_comparison.htm
This is the real list. And as usual, Ubuntu wins.
>Anything else is pointless, useless, or exists because of the dated "systemd bad" mentality.
You forgot to put Qubes OS or the top of your list.
>pointless
Hiding from glownaggers is never pointless.
>useless
It's nice when a glownagger ping trojan goes off inside a disposable qube instead of the whole system.
>exists because of the dated "systemd bad" mentality.
Not applicable.
But Tails exists.
nixOS
Meanwhile at ops house, his boyfriend is pounding his ass. Little does op know is that he cheated last Wednesday and is about to be dosed with an ass full of HIV infected semen.