@const_void@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agoWhat's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?message-square146fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?@const_void@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square146fedilinkfile-text
I’m wondering what the current favorite distros are besides the most popular ones like Arch, Debian and Fedora.
minus-squareDizzy Devil DuckylinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoConsidering pretty much all of the best distros are based on those three, probably the best you’ll get is trying BSD. I can’t think of a single distro not based on one.of the three that is still maintained.
minus-squarecallyral [he/they]linkEnglish1•edit-26 months agoOff the top of my head I can think of Gentoo, NixOS, Void, Guix and Slackware. Although idk if Slackware is mantained. edit: I forgot about Alpine Linux edit 2: forgot about OpenSUSE
minus-squareDizzy Devil DuckylinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoFair. I totally forgot that ones like NixOS, Gentoo, and Slackware existed.
Considering pretty much all of the best distros are based on those three, probably the best you’ll get is trying BSD. I can’t think of a single distro not based on one.of the three that is still maintained.
Off the top of my head I can think of Gentoo, NixOS, Void, Guix and Slackware. Although idk if Slackware is mantained.
edit: I forgot about Alpine Linux
edit 2: forgot about OpenSUSE
Fair. I totally forgot that ones like NixOS, Gentoo, and Slackware existed.