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Just a simple run down of DistroWatch's best distros of the year.

Currently using Linux Mint Mate and I gotta agree with them that it's pretty fucking great. Whats everyone's favorite distro of 2025?

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[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 16 points 1 month ago

Distrowatch list is just how many people click the page on Distrowatch. It's not a general metric how many people use it.

[-] eleijeep@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

I've always thought of it as being a measure of the "WTF is that one again?" factor of a distro. Maybe it represents how unmemorable the name is.

[-] poinck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

We know, who is clicking at MX Linux? And the other distros that are currently at the top?

My top distros:

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