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Which distro do you believe deserves more recognition?
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The nature of FOSS suggests (make that extra italic) that the most popular distros should be those that actually work the best. Totally agree that Ubuntu is an outlier, and even that is because of choices Canonical made -- and corporate decisions really aren't typically a part of FOSS.
That said, I truly enjoy smaller distros for hobbyism. I don't necessarily see a use case where they should be chosen over a larger one, except for the really annoying fact that distros with corporate backing will always also tend to get quicker adoption.