Rant: GNU/Linux Distros [and Unix like OS's]
We all know it we all love it, Linux Distros . This post will contain a simple table with the most favorable and most popular distros on the web, i.e. Distrowatch or on r/Unixporn
So lets start!
| Distro | Website | Opinion |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | WWW | It’s alright, it does the job, the only disadvantage is that it uses soystemd Why not use SystemD?, has some cool deriviants who are full libre Parabola or Hyperbola |
| Gentoo Linux | WWW | Perfect, (almost, nothing is perfect, but in a nutshell, it handels my needs very well, having the chance to trim your system to YOUR needs is awesome |
| Debian | WWW | Rock solid, can easily choose if you want unstable(SID) with non-free packages (i.e.) or SID with libre packages |
| Slackware | WWW | Rock solid, very old, it is a T-Rex among the distros |
| MX Linux | WWW | suited for newbies, does the job |
| EndeavourOS | WWW | Arch based, does not DDOS the repositories unlike Manjaro, has got some of the sickest wallpapers on the market |
| Manjaro | WWW | won’t give the link |
| Mint | WWW | did everything right, ditched Ub*ntu and embraced Debian, it does the job perfectly and muh just works |
| Pop!_OS | WWW | Tbh. idgaf about their cool laptops, they might be cool, but their OS is trash and just bad, as once mentioned avoid corporate Linux |
| Kali | WWW | Who really uses it? |
| NixOS | WWW | declarative, reproducable, stable, obviously NixOS is awesome, have been tinkering a little bit with it (a post about it will come in the future) |
| Alpine | WWW | awesome, resource friendly, stable, but pkg is slow (like apt or nix) |
| Arco Linux | WWW | no |
| Tails | WWW | Great for USB, solid and great |
| Devuan | WWW | cool, cool idea, generally a C tier |
| QubesOS | WWW | Used it for a year, had my fun with it, it is a great system to learn about virtualization, compartmentalization and digital-minimalism |
| Deepin | WWW | 天上太阳红呀红彤彤诶 |
| Artix | WWW | ask this guy(who managed to bloat dwm) https://lukesmith.xyz/ |
| Void | WWWW | cool, but weird repos but yeah, it’s cool |
| Openbsd | WWW | secure out of the box + it’s Unix like |
| Ubuntu | [WWW] | don’t |
| Solus | WWW | never used it, don’t know |