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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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[-] Cralex@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago
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[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago
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[-] Lotsen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

Nobara

  • easy to use
  • fast on my hardware
  • fedora based
  • KDE
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[-] dovedozen@vlemmy.net 7 points 2 years ago
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[-] fzacq9td@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
[-] fzacq9td@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years 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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[-] zbb@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago
[-] s4if@lemmy.my.id 7 points 2 years ago
[-] s4if@lemmy.my.id 8 points 2 years ago

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

[-] xoggy@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago
[-] lig@social.fossware.space 7 points 2 years ago
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[-] april435@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

manjaro. i've just switched from windows a few days ago. i was expecting to troubleshoot and spend hours setting up the system, but.. It Just Works ™️

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[-] dartanjinn@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Fedora KDE.

[-] NettoHikari@social.fossware.space 6 points 2 years ago

Arch. It's a "build-your-own" distro without the hassle of compiling everything from source, like with Gentoo (still love Gentoo, though). Also, it has pretty big repos with the AUR on top of that.

And no, it's not unstable, if you can read. My oldest Arch install was 5 years old and even then, it didn't break. I just wanted to do a fresh install for no particular reason.

[-] Lamy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago
[-] Lamy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago
[-] mrdelmo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I've been a Mint faithful for a few years now

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