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.

InternetPirate,

Manjaro

Lemmyin,

more out of the box than what Arch comes with.

Lemmyin,

Rolling release model.

maeries,

Nice default configuration. Good choice of gnome extensions and themes pre installed

InternetPirate,

I don’t need to install anything manually because of how extensive the AUR is.

mawkler,

AUR is amazing

InternetPirate,

Fedora

InternetPirate, (edited )

It is has all the good and new stuff without being unstable.

april435,

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    InternetPirate, (edited )

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    Phoenix3875,

    NixOS

    Phoenix3875,

    Reproducibility is a blessing for both software development and daily use.

    maiskanzler,

    Ubuntu

    maiskanzler,

    I love the dock

    maiskanzler,

    I love the stability of LTS

    maiskanzler,

    A lot of proprietary software is easier to install here

    maiskanzler,

    I can use the same OS on my servers

    maiskanzler,

    It's easy to use

    samwise,
    samwise avatar

    easy enough to use for me (I'm a linux newb) and I can setup steam on it!
    edit: forgot to mention I can get hibernation working on Ubuntu when I couldn't figure out how to do that in Fedora

    jrubal1462,

    Are you playing steam games that have Linux versions? Or is the “comparability mode” stable and fast enough that you don’t really have to think about it?

    samwise,
    samwise avatar

    Im playing on a framework laptop lol so I cant really speak to performance since I play mostly puzzle games, valheim, and mobas like league and dbd. It is good enough support for the games i play and I haven't noticed much difference in performance vs windows.

    mvirts,

    For when I can’t get stuff to work on nixos 😅

    JubilantJaguar,

    Because it just works. Because it’s based on free Debian and not corporate RedHat. Because mainstream Linux needs a flagship distro and that distro needs to be used and supported.

    nerdschleife,

    ArcoLinux with i3.

    nerdschleife,
    • it’s basically an arch installer plus a bunch of presets and scripts to get you started. The goal of this distro is to guide you to your first Arch install. I did that, but stuck with Arco.
    • the absolute friendliest linux community I have come across. The creator himself is likely to answer most of your queries. The youtube channel is a goldmine. Shoutout, Eric Dubois!
    InternetPirate,

    Nobara

    InternetPirate,

    Built for gaming

    InternetPirate,

    Based on Fedora

    InternetPirate,

    Stable and easy to set up

    zbb,

    Debian.

    zbb,

    Debian.

    ThesePaycheckAvenging,

    Rock solid.

    MyNameIsRichard,
    @MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

    openSUSE Tumbleweed

    Jarmer,
    Jarmer avatar

    fast updates, easy rollback support, yast is wonderful, and one of the best plasma environments there are.

    MyNameIsRichard,
    @MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

    It’s rolling and reliable

    MyNameIsRichard,
    @MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

    Everything just works

    MyNameIsRichard,
    @MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

    It’s incredibly well put together

    blackbrook,

    The big advantage IMHO, is the out of the box BTRFS set up that lets you simply roll back to a non-broken state, right from the grub menu, should an update break your system. I haven’t had to use it yet, but it is a huge source of comfort knowing it is there.

    Also, many people coming to opensuse remark how much snappier it is than other distros.

    Jarmer,
    Jarmer avatar

    This blew my mind the first time I used it. It's just amazing.

    evadzs,

    Garuda uses this feature on an Arch base, it’s saved me a couple of times. Props to openSUSE for developing the way to make that happen!

    ar0177417,

    Artix Linux

    ar0177417,

    Bleeding Edge

    ar0177417,

    No Systemd. It uses real init

    ar0177417,

    Bloat free

    Romdeau4,
    Romdeau4 avatar

    Fedora

    Romdeau4,
    Romdeau4 avatar

    Only FOSS software and repositories unless otherwise enabled

    Romdeau4,
    Romdeau4 avatar

    Stable

    FarLine99,

    Applies patches for better programs work under Wayland (SDDM with git patches before long awaited 0.20.0 release).

    Headbangerd17,

    Uses the latest tech in linux e.g wayland and pipewire.

    Romdeau4,
    Romdeau4 avatar

    Cutting edge application releases so I get the newest toys after they’ve been decently tested

    gravitywell,

    Arch, BTW

    gravitywell,

    Great wiki

    MashingBundle,

    Pacman, leagues better than any package manager I’ve ever used

    bookworm,

    I was distrohopping for like a year or two when I first got into Linux desktop. As soon as I installed Arch for the first time that stopped. Now the thought of a distro pre-installing packages gives me the heebie jeebies. You don’t get to tell me how I sync with NTP servers!

    icydefiance,

    Packages are always up to date, so I don't need to hunt down alternative downloads to get the latest version of the software I use.

    wax,

    PKGBUILDs

    gravitywell,

    The AUR

    Sivaru,

    Nixos Void Arch

    VirtualBriefcase,

    Debian

    VirtualBriefcase,
    • Very stable, and can run the bleeding edge through Snap/Flatpack/Appimages, Distrobox, or VMs/Containers
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