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Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them

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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Universal Blue / ublue-os
- 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.
- 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
- Nvidia support
  
  Multiple Nvidia driver streams (525xx, 520xx, and 470xx)
  
  CUDA support
  
  Container runtime support
  
  Secure boot
  
  Hardware-accelerated video playback
  
  Selinux support
  
  Multiple Fedora flavors and releases
  
  Post-install setup with just
  
  Multi-GPU support with supergfxctl (optional Gnome Shell extension)
- Built-in container tools for developers
  
  Consume packages and software from any repo without risking breakage on the client
  
  Easy consumption of other OCI images, if it's on the CNCF Landscape it's a first class citizen thanks to Podman!
- Cloud-native approach
  
  Reliable, atomic updates with built in rollback
  
  Known-good state and fewer failures
  
  Significantly reduced configuration drift
  
  No compiling or building Nvidia drivers on the local client, they come premade on the image

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