I use Nyarch, btw.
Shame on all of you for not knowing Hanna Montana Linux is the best possible OS ever.
I thought that it's a fact everyone using Linux just instinctively knew.
Don't forget Biebian
Cant take EndeavourOS from me.
it is OBJECTIVELY linux mint. Why? Because.
this comment was written on June 2025. So as of this day Mint is fabulous. And if I were to save a single distro from a burning building of all the popular distros, i would grab mint twice.
I know I know, there are many good distros, even texhnically better ones. But having used Mint as a secondary dual boot to my primary Windows, I have felt that Mint has been least annoying and actually worth retaining and updating and maintaining.
There is a slight difference there. You don't ask the first two because social norms have pressured those groups to focus on those elements to unhealthy levels, so asking is, on a certain level, disrupting the peace of the other person by touching a sensitive area. The third is not. The third is poking your own peace because whether they have an extreme loyalty to one or a nuanced understanding of why different ones are better suited to different use cases, you are about to be talked at for an hour about it.
i only use this linux
Pretty much any distro can do any of the things Windows/Mac users are hoping a computer can do. So just pick one and stick with it. Once you're familiar with Linux, the benefits/drawbacks of each distro will become clearer, and you'll be able to make an informed decision. People will tell you "Arch is more lightweight than Mint" but compared to Windows/MacOS, all Linux distros are going to feel blazingly fast and lightweight. The only decent advice is, if you are just starting out and you have an Nvidia GPU, use a distro that sets that up for you automatically. It's not super complicated to set up, but it's definitely going to feel like a foreign experience the first time.
I use coasters, btw.
Easy! The only I use. The rest are too bloated and/or have too little built in and are too easy/hard. Real Linux wizards agree
I don't use arch btw
All of them except the wrong one.
I like Ubuntu but Rocky is also fun.
Once you get out of a monoculture, you start to better appreciate that 'best' is a subjective term.
Some distros are better for some users (and purposes) and others for others.
But it's got to be Mint ;p
It depends on what you're using it for.
Daily driven Mint, OpenSuse Tumbleweed and Fedora. They're all great, with their own pros and cons.
I don't have time to mess around with Arch or customizing things. I tried a couple live boots and went with Mint. Spent 2 hours picking a theme, wallpaper, and menu icon. Boom, done.
Random PSA: set your bios to sleep state linux.
Once you slack, you never go back.
The One I'm Using :tm:
Hmm, probably going to have to distro hop for a few more weeks and get back to you
use a big hammer
I miss Antergos. I know Arch is still there. I know Manjaro exists. I miss Antergos.
GoboLinux
FreeBSD of course.
That one.
The one that everyone likes.
