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My Linux distro tierlist (pawb.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago by callyral@pawb.social to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I labeled some of the lesser known logos. The criteria are arbitrary and I made this based on how much I liked using it.

Note that Fedora Sway Atomic isn't bad, but I had a bad experience because I was trying to install NIri on it and it clearly wasn't meant for that. Basically, it's just not for me.

I wanted to rank Manjaro low because I heard bad things about it, but I think I used it for like a few minutes because I wanted to try Gnome, and I didn't like Gnome after trying it and didn't want to deal with uninstalling all the Gnome stuff manually, so I just hopped to another distro.

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[-] _NetNomad@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago

no hannah montana linux??

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's at least two tiers above S, obviously

[-] jim3692@discuss.online 9 points 3 weeks ago

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I was getting really mad, the I realized what you did there.

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

How dare you rank Debian at....oh. I see what you did there. Nice.

[-] Morph9@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

~~In all honesty i don't get it the E for endravourOS on my old ass laptop everything works just fine, even the nvidia card~~

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wait, where's Gentoo?

[-] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

the dark and forbidden G tier

[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Here's mine:

  • Note 1: This tierlist only includes distros I've tried.
  • Note 2: Slackware would rank higher now; I made this about month ago.
  • Note 3: The "noob" tier doesn't mean the distro is bad. If it weren't there, Mint would rank higher.
[-] albbi@piefed.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, you've tried a lot of different distros. I've been using Linux for 15 years but only been on like 8 different ones. Installed personally about 5.

[-] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

CachyOS in S, based.

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Redhat and Ubuntu are controversial for me. Don't want them for desktop, but for any professional server I would choose them over any of the others (and preferably alpine for any docker containers running on them)

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

So, why would you pick RedHat over Rocky or Alma?

Or Ubuntu over Debian?

Genuinely curious, not judging

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's way easier to explain to customers "these companies have enterprise commitments and long term support available if needed", I realize that they all essentially run the same stuff but frankly I can't guarantee I'm always gonna be the one supporting them and it is an added safety net for when they decide not to upgrade for an eternity. Not to mention just about every VPS provider has at least one of those two options available out of the box, they're frankly the safe boring choices.

[-] 1stQ@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Noob here.

I tried CachyOS because read good things about it. But wifi only worked during installation. After installation it was a hassle to get WiFi running again.

So Zorin it is for me. Simply runs.

[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Need to add Qubes os as S+ tier

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[-] gustofwind@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I use fedora workstation but itโ€™s so boring because it just does what I need and I never have any problems ๐Ÿฅฒ

I might give Debian a spin at some point

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[-] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

I enjoy linux mint a lot

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've been recommending it as the beginner's distro for years. Default DE is very windows familiar, install is easy, out of box experience is great, built on Debian so it's stable as fuck. There's nothing really wrong with it unless you need newer drivers or something

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Only Linux Mint Debian Edition is built on Debian. Linux Mint (main) is built on Ubuntu.

[-] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I put LM on my n100 HTPC and hasn't done a thing more besides updates. It just works...

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I wish I was competent enough to install and maintain void ๐Ÿฅฒ

Maybe someday

[-] nil@piefed.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

I switched from Arch to Fedora recently and so far I like it. Faster than any distro I've ever run on this laptop.

[-] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What about LMDE?

[-] librekitty@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

artix mentioned!!!

as an artix/gentoo user, where would you place gentoo?

[-] juipeltje@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Void and NixOS in S tier is based, my two favorite distros. Because of me using void though i kinda miss using Runit when i want to use a declaritive system like nix. I'm working on a gnu guix config in a vm now to see if i can use that as an alternative instead. It's not runit per se, but who knows, maybe i'll still like shepherd better than systemd.

[-] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

Why did you try so many different distros? For me it was RedHat first, then I switched to Debian(because "no corporations" sentiment, technically RH was ok) somewhere 20 years ago and use it since then.

[-] callyral@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

I was curious

[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

When I started my Linux journey I switched distros every weekend. But later I found Qubes OS and been using it for 8+years now...

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[-] VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I tried Mint and Bazzite on my laptop, installed Bazzite on my Desktop, wasn't happy with the atomic style (wanted to install a lot of stuff and switch to the low-latency-kernel for music production),

switched to OpenSuse Tumbleweed and stayed there. I got a second Desktop PC for cheap from a friend, took out the GPU, installed Debian on it and run Game Servers (Minecraft, Satisfactory, TF2) on it now.

Very happy with both Tumbleweed (as a daily driver) and Debian (for my server).

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[-] olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Void, Debian and Artix being in S tier is just based.

[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Uhhh, I, uhhh

I use Arch by the way :3

Sorry I couldn't help it. Technically I started this install as Antegos, but since that project ended I used some voodoo to convince my OS that it's Arch now with moderate succes.

Oh I do dislike Manjaro. I tried it a few times on some PCs and every time it ended in a dumpster fire. Can't remember exactly what it was, but it has something to do with pitting me pick the kernel but also completely going to shit if I didn't pick the right one at the right moment. Constant errors, pain and suffering. When I switched that machine to Fedora it was suddenly happily purring like a kitten without any issues.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hot take

[-] nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I love nixos for my homelab! Out of curiosity, why C tier for KDE Neon? (My desktop and laptop both daily drive them, and I've loved it since abandoning Ubuntu post-Unity)

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Here is mine:

Mint

Haven't really tried anything else or it was 10+ years ago.

[-] radiouser@crazypeople.online 1 points 3 weeks ago

Why is OpenSUSE at the bottom? I'd heard good things about it. EndeavourOS is my current OS but I'm always looking for a new distro.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's in the "Unranked" tier because OP hasn't used it enough to have an opinion.

When I used it decades ago, I was a kid. It seemed pleasant enough for me back then. On one hand, I'd say "works for children" is an endorsement. On the other, child-me never tried any of the advanced stuff I'd care about today.

[-] Katzenmann@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Very nice. I would rank down debian because it has weird defaults like not having /sbin in the user PATH but other than that I agree

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, NixOS has lots of weird "defaults" in that sense, too. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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