sourcemage? It is a linux distro.
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EndeavourOS
Antergos
Manjaro
Anarchy
Archlabs
Solus
SwagArch
Arch
Arco
Mint
MX
PopOS
OpenSuse
Debian
KaOS
KDE Neon
Fedora
ZorinOS
Ive probably tried and or used 20+ or more others. Now is EndeavourOS mostly. 
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- EndeavourOS / Vanilla Arch
- MX Linux
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Arco Linux
- POP!_OS
- Kali
- Bodi Linux
- Peppermin
- Linux Lite
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- Debian 9, 10, 11 ā 2017 to present
- Arch (My Way) ā 2019 to present
- Xubuntu (10.04 to 16.04) ā 2009 to 2017
- Kubuntu (5.10 to 9.04) ā 2005 to 2009
- Mandriva 2005 LE ā 2005 ā This one got me off of Windows completely, no more dual booting from here on out!
- Red Hat (7.3 to 9) ā 2001 to 2005
- Caldera Linux (2.4 & 3.11) ā 2000 to 2001
I used a lot of Linux distros over the years, but the ones listed were the long term use distros that I kept coming back to and used many of them for years at a time. All other distros were used briefly and do not count since I always moved on or back to the ones on my list very quickly.
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I havenāt used very many distros, when I find something I like, I usually stick to it, until I donāt like it any more.
Here is how I would rank all the distros Iāve used for more than a week:
S tier: EndeavourOS, Arch
A tier: Fedora, Mint
B tier: Debian, Manjaro
C tier: ā¦
D tier: Kubuntu, old Ubuntu with Unity DE
F tier: KDE Neon, Ubuntu (with Gnome)
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So basically your ranking is arch/fedora/mint/debian>everything else except ubuntu>ubuntu 
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Yeah, that pretty much sums it up, based on my limited experience with distrohopping
I still need to try Gentoo, but Iām saving that for when Iām unemployedā¦
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Hannah Montana Distro should be at #2. 
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No one should ever put themselves through that much pain. . .
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I still have PTSD from that distro. I built a new back porch in the time it took to install Firefox, two days later.
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Iāve never even tried - but there was time I used to build ungoogled-chromium from the repos. . .
After 7-8 ābuildsā I gave up and went back to firefox. That was enough compiling for me for a lifetime.
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LOL. Yeah, even in Arch there are some hefty compile times for some of the apps. I think if I remember correctly, either Chrome or Firefox versions that arenāt (bin) take quite a while to build. I accidentally installed one of them by mistake, or tried to, again, curled up under my desk in a fetal position āNo, please NOT Gentoo againā¦make it stop!ā 
I tried it again a couple of months ago.
It provides an amazing amount of control but you spend a lot of time compiling.
I used Gentoo as my daily driver distro for about 8 - 9 months.
It kept the apartment nice and warm in the winter, but when summer rolled around, it just heated the place up too much 
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Letās begin!
Distros I have used + An opinion by using pros and cons and might be better than a list from good to bad imho.
EndeavourOS
+Great arch based distro, probably the best I have ever used!
+Customize the distro the way you want.
+Great performance, no bloat after installation.
+Great forum, wholesome community, donāt eat a lot of turkeys.
+Also has a turkey bird in their forum. Gobble gobble!
-Since itās basically vanilla arch with an installer, newbies will have a hard time getting used to this distro.
-Nvidia drivers tend to bug for some odd reason after installation. You may/may not encounter this issue.
ArcoLinux
+Another great arch based distro
+Great selection of ISOs
+Great wiki
+Good arch based distro for people who want a true stable Manjaro exprience
-Too many ISOs, strange naming scheme
-Ugly icon and wallpaper selection, not a big deal.
Pop!_OS
+Great distro for beginners
+Nvidia drivers out of the box, hybrid graphics capable too!
+No snaps out of the box, no bloatware.
-PPAs are a nightmare to deal with, not as easy as AUR.
-Cosmic extension is ugly out of the box. Needs more customization options.
Ubuntu
+Another great distro for beginners.
+Has a lot of software preinstalled , however if you are a newbie, you will be happy to have them.
+Backed by strong community.
+Comes in many flavors.
-Snaps are aā¦snap!
-Same as Pop!_Os : PPAs are a nightmare.
Linux Mint
+Best distro for beginners.
+Awesome wallpapers.
+Best welcome app Iāve ever seen on a ubuntu/debian based distro.
+Cinammon is a great windows-like DE, pretty powerful and is snappier than XFCE (at least for me)
-PPA nightmare like the other ubuntu based distros.
-Website needs some work (they are reworking the website design)
-Software manager is very barebones, feels empty.
Zorin OS
+A good distro for people who come from windows and want a familiar look.
+Good software out of the box.
+Nice layout tweaks.
+Zorin Lite for grandma pcs.
+Nvidia selection before booting into the live iso.
-Zorin Pro is not worth 40$. Maybe 20-25$, but I donāt want to pay for more layouts and bonus software. Itās worth it if you want to support the company.
-PPA nightmare as always.
Manjaro
+A good arch based distro for beginners.
+Pamac out of the box, very easy to install stuff from the AUR.
+Comes in different ISO variants, including a minimal version of each DE.
+Mhwd is a blessing.
+Great integration with XFCE, KDE and Gnome.
+Great selection of themes.
-āstableā release branch tends to break AUR programs. Some do work, others break. Be careful what you install.
-Too much green.
-Questionable history.
Salient OS
+Good arch based distro for gamers and multimedia consumption
+KDE looks great with the out of the box customization option. Gives windows 7 vibes
+Out of the box gaming tools
-Game Hub is not as good as Lutris
-Is borked, database does not refresh or update in the live iso (at least in my experience). Because of this it will wipe your ssd/hdd and leave you without an OS installed. (Use Ventoy and a backup distro in case this occurs)
-Tweaks donāt seem to give any benefits, might differ from hardware to another
Garuda Linux
+Probably a better version of Manjaro
+Same pros as Manjaro, except the themes
+Interesting themes distros and programs installed
+Good tweaks out of the box
-Direct links are unstable, sometimes the ISOs donāt download fully and instead crash midway through.
-Too bloated, even more than Manjaro standard ISOs
-XFCE edition is a mess
ElementaryOS
+Linux for MacOS users.
+Desktop looks very great, pretty intuitive.
+Touchpad gestures out of the box.
+Interesting āpay what you wantā concept.
-Not so great for gaming, needs in depth tweaking.
-Distro updates take very long, usually they are worth it.
Drauger OS
+Best distro for gaming, hands down.
+XFCE, Xanmod and gaming tweaks out of the box.
-Ugly desktop layout out of the box.
-Best used for home made consoles, not so great for day to day usage.
PureOS
-Donāt even bother. Itās buggy and only works if you enable Legacy Boot. Probably good for 32 bit only computers.
-Purism isnāt so trustworthy (allegedly)
Gobble gobble 
Edit : Added a few more distros.
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Iāve lost track of all the distros Iāve tried over the years, but the ones that stand out:
The good:
- EndeavourOS for a rolling release distro.
- Linux Mint for a scheduled release distro.
- Mandrake. This was the distro I first fell in love with. Itās a shame itās discontinued. There is an offshoot (Mageia Linux) that I havenāt tried.
The bad:
- ElementaryOS. Itās a pretty distro. However, the DE (Pantheon) is extremely ātake it or leave itā in terms of customization. And ā without Pantheon, it is pretty much Ubuntu.
- Deepin. Again pretty (very pretty) but not āflexibleā enough for me to use on a daily basis. Kinda like Windows in that regard.
The ugly:
- Linux From Scratch. I think everybody should attempt LFS at least once in their computing career. Even if they donāt succeed, theyāll develop an appreciation for the work that goes into developing and maintaining a distro.
- Gentoo. While I like flexibility and customization ā it is possible to go too far.
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The modern day equivalent of owning an Aga. Will keep your house warm through the winter months.
- LibraNet (long since RIP)
- Debian
- EndeavourOS
- KDE Neon
- Void
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- Garuda (sorry, but it has grown on me over EndeavourOS)
- EndeavourOS
- Linux Mint Debian Edition - IMHO, better than both the main Mint and vanilla Debian - the best of both worlds in the Debian and its derivatives universe.
- Void Linux - Dances to the beat of a different drummer, but pretty cool.
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