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1. Normal people use Ubuntu
I agree but one should use the Desktop Version.
It used to support Synaptic Package Manager which they have done away with. Ubuntu use only SNAP.
2. System Administrators use Ubuntu Server
I have no interest in servers but only desktop use.
3. People use Debian that love apt get but hate Ubuntu.
Debian is my base and it has many versions and I love Gnome desktop. In addition, I begin to love Cinnamon and Mate Desktops.
It has lot of Debian Live DVDs.
It supports both Synaptic Package Manager and the SNAP package system. GDeb is a nice graphic installer, which I discovered by accident.
4. Penetration testing or Kali Linux
mostly +hacker wannabees
Kali is a blood sucking Goddess in Indian Mythology. Linux guys are not blood suckers.
I do not like the word hackers.
I have never used Kali but prefer Parrot Linux.
5. Windows Refugees
Linux Mint
It is more or less Windows like but much better.
There are two versions, one based on Debian and the other based on Ubuntu.
It has overtaken Ubuntu by many a mile. It is easy to install, it is stable, and it is possible to perform virtually any task from the desktop without opening the command line.
Those are the very reasons I do not use it.
It has gone to Debian for fear of Ubuntu going astray. The latest Linux Mint version based on Debian isLinux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7, code named "Gigi," which is based on Debian 13 "Trixie".
I agree but one should use the Desktop Version.
It used to support Synaptic Package Manager which they have done away with. Ubuntu use only SNAP.
2. System Administrators use Ubuntu Server
I have no interest in servers but only desktop use.
3. People use Debian that love apt get but hate Ubuntu.
Debian is my base and it has many versions and I love Gnome desktop. In addition, I begin to love Cinnamon and Mate Desktops.
It has lot of Debian Live DVDs.
It supports both Synaptic Package Manager and the SNAP package system. GDeb is a nice graphic installer, which I discovered by accident.
4. Penetration testing or Kali Linux
mostly +hacker wannabees
Kali is a blood sucking Goddess in Indian Mythology. Linux guys are not blood suckers.
I do not like the word hackers.
I have never used Kali but prefer Parrot Linux.
5. Windows Refugees
Linux Mint
It is more or less Windows like but much better.
There are two versions, one based on Debian and the other based on Ubuntu.
It has overtaken Ubuntu by many a mile. It is easy to install, it is stable, and it is possible to perform virtually any task from the desktop without opening the command line.
Those are the very reasons I do not use it.
It has gone to Debian for fear of Ubuntu going astray. The latest Linux Mint version based on Debian isLinux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7, code named "Gigi," which is based on Debian 13 "Trixie".
6. Arch BTWers
Arch is too, difficult for beginners but lately Endeavour OS, Manjaro, BlueStar Linux, Archman, ArcoLinux, Storm OS and Cachy OS have made inroads in to the Arch’s frugal behaviour of the past. In my belief, it is the distribution which has the most number of derivatives. I love BlueStar Linux which has the most beautiful KDE desktop but one can install other desktops on top of it including Gnome. My latest finding is KIRO Linux which is pretty good.
7. Cool Kids (cool with a k levels of cool) for Fedora.
I now hate Fedora. It pretends to be glossy and flashy. But Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theatre PCs.
8. Corporate Slaves of Redhat
Redhat is worse than Microsoft Windows.
9. Cool Kids (cool with c)
Manjaro is Arch based but an excellent distribution. Manjaro has taken the user pain out of Arch Base. It the desktop I recommend for a new user.
10. 40 machine Raspberry Pi cluster owners
I have no interest in Raspberry Pi.
Overall utilization is less than 1% and there are better options. While Arduino is a microcontroller board, meaning it is designed for direct control of hardware components and executing specific, repetitive tasks. Runs a compiled "sketch" directly on the hardware, without the overhead of an operating system.
In essence, Arduino is a specialized tool for direct hardware control, while Raspberry Pi is a versatile mini computer capable of a broader range of applications. The best choice depends on the specific requirements and complexity of individual project.
11. People so cool that they live in their own 3D Dimension + Germans
Open Suse
I gave up when milestone editions came into existence. It has now cleared up the dust and Tumbleweed is a good Game distribution. OpenSuSe Tumbleweed is a rolling release that provides the latest software, drivers and gaming related packages.
12. Bestiality porn watchers for Tails.
Useful to carry in a USB stick but it changes its protocols ever so often. I have lost interest in it.
Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a portable, live Linux operating system designed to preserve the privacy and anonymity. It runs entirely from a USB drive or DVD, can be used on any computer and automatically routes all internet traffic through the Tor network. Key features include leaving no trace of activity on the host computer and coming with pre-installed security-focused applications, like the Tor Browser. One can explicitly create persistent storage volume.
Parrot OS on a USB in much better and it has its own desktop version. Parrot OS is a Debian based Linux distribution built for cybersecurity operations, with AI powered tools to assist in tasks like penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and reverse engineering. It acts as a portable, advanced lab for security experts and developers, focusing on user-friendly security and privacy features like AnonSurf for anonymous browsing. Parrot OS integrates AI to enhance human capabilities, enabling AI to handle routine reconnaissance while humans focus on complex analysis. However, AI should augment, not replace, human judgement.
13. Ancient machine owners for Lubuntu.
It lacks in many Linux utilities. Lubuntu is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, known for being fast, user friendly and low on system resources, making it ideal for older or less powerful computers. It uses the LXQt desktop environment and comes with essential pre-installed applications for daily use. While initially focused on being energy efficient, its modern goal is to be a modular distribution that gets out of the way and lets the users uses his or her own computer.
14. People with Nvidia GPUs
Pop Os is partially commercial and it is trying to penetrate the Gaming Platform but it is failing. Generally speaking, KDE desktop is bulky. Tuxedo and Tuxedo computers have a much better assortment of hardware and Linux implementation. COSMIC is a new desktop environment for Linux developed in Rust by System76, built from the ground up to be efficient, customizable and secure. It features a streamlined, modern UI with built in window tiling and a suite of custom applications like COSMIC Files and COSMIC Terminal. Key goals include better performance and security through its modular design and Rust based foundation.
Netrunner and Neptune are much better.
I used Netrunner since, it supports Synaptic Package Manager but it is stuck with Debian 12, Bookworm edition.
The latest release of Neptune Linux is Neptune OS 9.0 “Maja”. It is based on Debian 13 "Trixie" and features the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment and Linux Kernel 6.12.
What is Not in the List
1. My favorite is Puppy Linux which I carry in my pocket when I travel abroad looking for new hardware. If puppy does not boot, I shun buying that hardware.
Arch is too, difficult for beginners but lately Endeavour OS, Manjaro, BlueStar Linux, Archman, ArcoLinux, Storm OS and Cachy OS have made inroads in to the Arch’s frugal behaviour of the past. In my belief, it is the distribution which has the most number of derivatives. I love BlueStar Linux which has the most beautiful KDE desktop but one can install other desktops on top of it including Gnome. My latest finding is KIRO Linux which is pretty good.
7. Cool Kids (cool with a k levels of cool) for Fedora.
I now hate Fedora. It pretends to be glossy and flashy. But Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theatre PCs.
8. Corporate Slaves of Redhat
Redhat is worse than Microsoft Windows.
9. Cool Kids (cool with c)
Manjaro is Arch based but an excellent distribution. Manjaro has taken the user pain out of Arch Base. It the desktop I recommend for a new user.
10. 40 machine Raspberry Pi cluster owners
I have no interest in Raspberry Pi.
Overall utilization is less than 1% and there are better options. While Arduino is a microcontroller board, meaning it is designed for direct control of hardware components and executing specific, repetitive tasks. Runs a compiled "sketch" directly on the hardware, without the overhead of an operating system.
In essence, Arduino is a specialized tool for direct hardware control, while Raspberry Pi is a versatile mini computer capable of a broader range of applications. The best choice depends on the specific requirements and complexity of individual project.
11. People so cool that they live in their own 3D Dimension + Germans
Open Suse
I gave up when milestone editions came into existence. It has now cleared up the dust and Tumbleweed is a good Game distribution. OpenSuSe Tumbleweed is a rolling release that provides the latest software, drivers and gaming related packages.
12. Bestiality porn watchers for Tails.
Useful to carry in a USB stick but it changes its protocols ever so often. I have lost interest in it.
Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a portable, live Linux operating system designed to preserve the privacy and anonymity. It runs entirely from a USB drive or DVD, can be used on any computer and automatically routes all internet traffic through the Tor network. Key features include leaving no trace of activity on the host computer and coming with pre-installed security-focused applications, like the Tor Browser. One can explicitly create persistent storage volume.
Parrot OS on a USB in much better and it has its own desktop version. Parrot OS is a Debian based Linux distribution built for cybersecurity operations, with AI powered tools to assist in tasks like penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and reverse engineering. It acts as a portable, advanced lab for security experts and developers, focusing on user-friendly security and privacy features like AnonSurf for anonymous browsing. Parrot OS integrates AI to enhance human capabilities, enabling AI to handle routine reconnaissance while humans focus on complex analysis. However, AI should augment, not replace, human judgement.
13. Ancient machine owners for Lubuntu.
It lacks in many Linux utilities. Lubuntu is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, known for being fast, user friendly and low on system resources, making it ideal for older or less powerful computers. It uses the LXQt desktop environment and comes with essential pre-installed applications for daily use. While initially focused on being energy efficient, its modern goal is to be a modular distribution that gets out of the way and lets the users uses his or her own computer.
14. People with Nvidia GPUs
Pop Os is partially commercial and it is trying to penetrate the Gaming Platform but it is failing. Generally speaking, KDE desktop is bulky. Tuxedo and Tuxedo computers have a much better assortment of hardware and Linux implementation. COSMIC is a new desktop environment for Linux developed in Rust by System76, built from the ground up to be efficient, customizable and secure. It features a streamlined, modern UI with built in window tiling and a suite of custom applications like COSMIC Files and COSMIC Terminal. Key goals include better performance and security through its modular design and Rust based foundation.
Netrunner and Neptune are much better.
I used Netrunner since, it supports Synaptic Package Manager but it is stuck with Debian 12, Bookworm edition.
The latest release of Neptune Linux is Neptune OS 9.0 “Maja”. It is based on Debian 13 "Trixie" and features the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment and Linux Kernel 6.12.
What is Not in the List
1. My favorite is Puppy Linux which I carry in my pocket when I travel abroad looking for new hardware. If puppy does not boot, I shun buying that hardware.
2. Emmabantus is very good distribution with lot of utilities but it does (Version 5) not want to co-habit with other Linux distributions except Windows, in the same machine.
3. About antiX
antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy to install systemd-free linux live CD distribution based on Debian Stable for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems. antiX offers users the “antiX Magic” in an environment suitable for old and new computers. So don’t throw away that old computer yet! The goal of antiX is to provide a light, but fully functional and flexible free operating system for both newcomers and experienced users of Linux. It should run on most computers, ranging from 256MB old systems with pre-configured swap to the latest powerful boxes. 512MB RAM is the recommended minimum for antiX. Installation to hard drive requires a minimum 7.0GB hard disk size.
antiX can also be used as a fast-booting rescue cd and works extremely well running ‘live’ with or without ‘persistence’ on a usb stick or ‘frugal’ on a hard drive. Customize your own version with our live ‘remaster’ tools or create ‘snapshots’ of an installed system.
At the moment antiX-23.2 “Arditi del Popolo” comes as a full distro (c1.8GB), a base distro (c1.2GB), a core distro (c520MB) and a net distro (c220MB) for 32 bit and 64 bit computers. For those who wish to have total control over the install, use antiX-core or antiX-net and build up. Note that the net version will need an ethernet/wired connection
4. MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and MX Linux communities. It is a family of operating systems built by users from Debian Stable repositories that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and solid performance
4. AVL-MXE-23-4 is based on Enlightenment Desktop is a very good Linux distribution to try. It brings me the nostalgia of the old Enlightenment Desktop Effects. AV Linux uses a customized version of
Enlightenment as its default desktop environment in recent releases like version 23.1, while older versions primarily featured Xfce. The Enlightenment desktop is specifically modified with unique features like a right-side shelf for audio and video application shortcuts to enhance productivity.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/E17_enlightenment_logo_shiny_black_curved.svg/1200px-E17_enlightenment_logo_shiny_black_curved.svg.png
Enlightenment: Recent versions of AV Linux, such as 23.1, have introduced a custom version of the Enlightenment 0.25 desktop environment, which includes custom theming and a specialized shelf for audio/video apps.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Xfce_logo.svg
Xfce: Xfce was the primary desktop environment in earlier versions of AV Linux and is still offered as an option. It was chosen for its lightweight performance, which was beneficial for media creation tasks
I think, it still promotes Multimedia of AVL Linux. AV Linux has all the Audio and Video packages that is available in Linux.
It is not the usual Linux environment.
It has only basic utilities.
It has three desktop environments, Fluxbox, KDE and Xfce.
Elive: A Debian-based distribution that features a customized version of Enlightenment as its main desktop environment.
AV Linux: This distribution is specifically curated for content creators and includes Enlightenment as an available desktop option, based on the MX Linux 23.1.
antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy to install systemd-free linux live CD distribution based on Debian Stable for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems. antiX offers users the “antiX Magic” in an environment suitable for old and new computers. So don’t throw away that old computer yet! The goal of antiX is to provide a light, but fully functional and flexible free operating system for both newcomers and experienced users of Linux. It should run on most computers, ranging from 256MB old systems with pre-configured swap to the latest powerful boxes. 512MB RAM is the recommended minimum for antiX. Installation to hard drive requires a minimum 7.0GB hard disk size.
antiX can also be used as a fast-booting rescue cd and works extremely well running ‘live’ with or without ‘persistence’ on a usb stick or ‘frugal’ on a hard drive. Customize your own version with our live ‘remaster’ tools or create ‘snapshots’ of an installed system.
At the moment antiX-23.2 “Arditi del Popolo” comes as a full distro (c1.8GB), a base distro (c1.2GB), a core distro (c520MB) and a net distro (c220MB) for 32 bit and 64 bit computers. For those who wish to have total control over the install, use antiX-core or antiX-net and build up. Note that the net version will need an ethernet/wired connection
4. MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and MX Linux communities. It is a family of operating systems built by users from Debian Stable repositories that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and solid performance
4. AVL-MXE-23-4 is based on Enlightenment Desktop is a very good Linux distribution to try. It brings me the nostalgia of the old Enlightenment Desktop Effects. AV Linux uses a customized version of
Enlightenment as its default desktop environment in recent releases like version 23.1, while older versions primarily featured Xfce. The Enlightenment desktop is specifically modified with unique features like a right-side shelf for audio and video application shortcuts to enhance productivity.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/E17_enlightenment_logo_shiny_black_curved.svg/1200px-E17_enlightenment_logo_shiny_black_curved.svg.png
Enlightenment: Recent versions of AV Linux, such as 23.1, have introduced a custom version of the Enlightenment 0.25 desktop environment, which includes custom theming and a specialized shelf for audio/video apps.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Xfce_logo.svg
Xfce: Xfce was the primary desktop environment in earlier versions of AV Linux and is still offered as an option. It was chosen for its lightweight performance, which was beneficial for media creation tasks
I think, it still promotes Multimedia of AVL Linux. AV Linux has all the Audio and Video packages that is available in Linux.
It is not the usual Linux environment.
It has only basic utilities.
It has three desktop environments, Fluxbox, KDE and Xfce.
Elive: A Debian-based distribution that features a customized version of Enlightenment as its main desktop environment.
AV Linux: This distribution is specifically curated for content creators and includes Enlightenment as an available desktop option, based on the MX Linux 23.1.
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