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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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[–] rfy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Void Linux

It has it's own package manager which is nice and performant, it has another script similar to the AUR to an extent, runit is simple and sensible.

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.

[–] LinusWorks4Mo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] LinusWorks4Mo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

basically Arch, including the AUR

[–] pixeled@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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[–] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Based on Fedora

[–] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Built for gaming

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[–] CosmoCrow@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] ar0177417@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
[–] ar0177417@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Bleeding Edge

[–] ar0177417@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[–] ar0177417@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

No Systemd. It uses real init

[–] Squeakiesh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Uses a port tree system for packages similar to openbsd.

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] Whisper@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Lamy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago
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