What are your top 5 distros?

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Of course, we all know #1, though I am curious what are your top 5 distros in the order of what you prefer to use on a new device. I keep all 5 listed below on a Ventoy USB stick, just in case the need ever arises.

#1. EndeavourOS
#2. Artix
#3. Arch
#4. Debian
#5. openSUSE

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Arch
Debian
FreeBSD

Nothing else.

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#1 Arch
#2 EndeavourOS
#3 Ubuntu Server
#4 Debian SID
#5 Solus

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Gonna have to pick what works ootb for me on this one. No biases.

Archcraft :hushed:
ArcoLinux :astonished:
LMDE :scream: ā† changed from MX Linux because LMDE now has everything I need in a backup system
Endeavour OS :face_exhaling:
Ubuntu Studio :grimacing:

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#1 EndeavourOS
#2 Arch
#3 Archcraft
#4 Garuda
(For now I have only used these distros but since a few months ago I only use EndeavourOS)

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EndeavourOS
Ubuntu
OpenSUSE

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  1. EndeavourOS
  2. EndeavourOS
  3. EndeavourOS
  4. EndeavourOS
  5. EndeavourOS.

Iā€™ve never used anything else since I used EOS. The last other distro I used was back when Iā€™m still a student in college (2013-2017), Ubuntu Gnome (discontinued), Linux Lite, Fedora and ElementaryOS.

EndeavourOS got me by the balls and I love it.

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  1. EndeavourOS
  2. Debian
  3. Linux Mint
  4. Ubuntu
  5. OpenSUSE
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  1. EndeavourOS
  2. Mabox Linux
  3. MX Linux
  4. antiX
    Only those I would bother to install on my machines.
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Arch.

And not in a particular order :wink:

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Been on this block long enough that I have only one and that is my Daily. If that wasnā€™t what I wanted then at this point I would just make my own. However since I neither have the time nor the actual desire to maintain a distro (even if for ones self)

I guess to some and OS is like clothing but to me its not that interchangeable.

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Hmmm, I can remember the last few Iā€™ve used or installed for others

  1. EOS (and Arch)
  2. Mint
  3. MX however have stopped using this lately as it is very bloated
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EndeavourOS
Ubuntu Server
Manjaro (for now, going to switch to EOS)
Linux mint

Besides the above i played a little with:
Haiku (OS2 clone/reincarnation)
ReactOS (Windows alternative)

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EndeavourOS
Mabox
ArchBang
Lilidog
Void

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Iā€™ve used a few distros but two of those are not applicable in the sense of the word. RaspberryPi OS. Would never run this unless on a Raspberry Pi. Iā€™ve also used Manjaro and, no. Not Manjaro.

So. That leaves me with 2 distros.

  1. EndeavourOS
  2. Ubuntu

I left Ubuntu. Will not be going back.
If Endeavour would magically dissapear and I had to choose something else Iā€™d go Arch. If no arch then Iā€™d probably try both Void and Nix.
Apart from that, Debian I guess.

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Seen this mentioned quite a bit, I might have to give it another go. The last time I tried it I just found there was too much already setup for me.

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Same; I always have MXlinux in my ventoy usb drive to use as recovery tool to help family and friends when winBlows crash or get infected by viruses/rootkits.
It became bloated, but sometimes helpfulā€¦

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Iā€™m under the same opinion with MX I used to love using this and would often install it for others or just use it as a bit of a playground but these days too much bloat included

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Arch / EndeavourOS
Rocky Linux
Debian
Fedora
Ubuntu

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Endeavour
Manjaro
Xubuntu
MX Linux (for 32bit architecture)
PepermintOS
Bunsen Labs

I know thatā€™s more than 5 but I started counting at 0. :grin:

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