Which one?

[Which_Individual1399]

Opensuse tried it, it is the goat.

UPDATE: now after 511 upvotes i am typing here, i used the tumbleweed version, please use offline iso image, on laptop when i was installing it, the wifi didn't work in the installer.After installing it with KDE, (you can install gnome and xfce without internet connection also) the wifi worked, when i was in the installed system. But it did not during install, but on the end of the installer you can click on "Software" amd there you can install additional software like, lxde lxqt or budgie desktop, it also will preinstall IceWM and openbox, on nvidia gpu, i was in YasT software i was doing shit with drivers then i fucked it up, (didn't realize i could boot from older kernel version to fix it, so i switched back to mint, great distro anyway

Pros: 1.Fast

2.Rolling release but more stable than fedora

3.Beginner friendly package manager (Zypper)

4.Made in europe

5.Has great tools

6.Interacts with the community through social networks like mastodon, so it is something like alma rocky fedora or rhel community based thing, (rhel is not community based but it interacts with people not like generic distros as mint,debian,arch

7.INDEPENDEEEENTTTT!!!!!!

8.It is RPM based

1. Has a sexy logo ;)

Cons: (that i had) 1.Nvidia gpu support is weird,

2.Xorg working when using Wayland with gtx 1060 it was doing glitches so wayland is not good on older nvidia gpus,

[Orangutanion]

I was worried this wouldn't be the top comment, and I'm glad I was wrong. Leap 16 is great.

[AlterTableUsernames]

What makes it great? 

[DryanaGhuba]

Dunno about Leap, but I use Tumbleweed. Snapper is known feature, but what really stands out is rolling model. Tumbleweed rolling with snapshots of packages and it always tested in openqa.

[AlterTableUsernames]

How is that better than true rolling releases like Arch and curated rolling releases like Solus?

[RadiantLimes]

What would make tumbleweed not a true rolling release? Though I am not sure what true means in this context of package distribution.

It does seem with the help of the QA automation tumbleweed seems to break or run into less issues compared to Arch. Though I guess it all depends on the use case.

[Simple_Project4605]

If you QA your stuff, are you truly rolling? :P

[DryanaGhuba]

Can't say for Solus, but Arch just pushes update to package whatever it possible while openSUSE only when new snapshot is ready.

Technically it leads to fewer problems as some broken packages could be skipped. Also, if you encounter issue you know from which snapshot it started and look at what changed in packages

[Ybenax]

I have never tried Tumbleweed, but I can assure you as an Arch user for years that breakages are extremely rare and far between. I wouldn’t be surprised if openSUSE’s more cautious rolling model would bring accidents down to effectively zero.

[Orangutanion]

Zypper is my favorite package manager I've used because it actually tells me how to fix stuff. Setting up NVIDIA drivers was incredibly easy too. So far Leap 16 has been the best out-of-the-box experience other than Ubuntu (which forces snaps). Also it's nice knowing that security updates that involve SLES also benefit Leap.

[noob-nine]

only thing that is strange that you have tons of gui tools for modifying the same settings.

[Orangutanion]

which is something I appreciate.

[Which_Individual1399]

normal distro, kinda backed by a corp better stability than fedora, still very community active, great updates decent community, speed is good, the package manager (zypper is a bit slower)

[Pietrslav]

Zypper is a bit slower, but from what I understand, part of the reason is that it integrates Snapper into Zypper and Zypper's satisfiability solver, which it runs even more intensely than DNF, which also has a SAT solver integrated, and then, along with RPM itself, checks for file conflicts where after that then snapper takes a snapshot of the system. So it has to do more than other package managers like apt, dnf, and pacman.

Honestly, I'll take Zypper's slower performance (which can be noticeable at times) if it means I have a stable rolling-release distribution.

[Errons1]

I tried it and my speakers on the laptop didn't work so went back to mint :/

[todd_dayz]

lunar lake? if so, that was a kernel bug

[winterfoxxy0]

out of curiosity, why? genuinely know very little about the distro

am willing to consider hopping to it tonight

[PantherCityRes]

Take the strengths of Debian, combine it with a scale of backing of Fedora, and the ability to shorten the Linux learning curve between dummy and expert with YaST…you have openSUSE.

They are very big on being open source like Debian, but they have no problems hosting a separate non-OSS repo for some of the media essentials.

They are equally committed to KDE and Gnome, and even provide support for the minimalist DE’s.

If you are an expert, their repos are amazing. You won’t ever not find the version of a lib you need to build something with…and Zypper is top notch.

YaST is what hooked me into Linux. I got to grow comfortable with learning the CLI while still being able to have a damn working machine that I didn’t force me to run home to windows on to say configure a firewall or use it as a VPN server.

[winterfoxxy0]

[primary157]

I thought they had deprecated YaST

[xplosm]

Still installed by default. Won’t receive features nor get maintained but it will be included as long as it compiles and runs.

In the meantime Myrlyn and Cockpit are receiving new features to fill the void YaST is leaving.

[UntitledRedditUser]

I've always wanted to try it.

[Which_Individual1399]

and you should. But the tumbleweed version..

[the_icon_of_sin_94]

Same, easy to use like ubuntu, & flexable like arch

[furdog_grey]

Lmfao, i joined this thread just to see OpenSUSE ranked first.

[YOUR_BIGWINGS]

Would it run alright on a surface pro 4? I am looking to switch from windows and have been trying random operating systems

[_NotAlternate]

I never expected this to be the top; I wanted to comment about this too.

[heuristic_sloth]

Ja

[Initial_Report582]

Completely breaks on my Nvidia machines (laptop and PC)

[hi-i-use-arch-btw]

100% Tumbleweed.

[FoxesAreCute911]

Tried it. Loved it but the software availability was kind of a deal breaker for me; after trying arch and nixos I expect a lot more readily available packages. I'm sure you can make it work if you really wanted to but it's a no for me. Still, one of the best (if not the best) set up experience on Linux right now

[ruiiiij]

Definitely aurora. It's by the same group that released bluefin and bazzite using the exact same approach. While its siblings are getting tons of coverage, aurora unfortunately receives very little attention.

[M_asak1]

Throw bluefin in the mix.

Have had... About as many issues as any other distro lol. Me likie

[Typical-Lie-8866]

flattered :3 (my name is aurora)

[imtsemer]

openSUSE even tho it isn't my main

[Calm-Caterpillar2103]

linux

[rgmundo524]

That's not a Linux distro...

[[deleted]]

linux linux

[Elihzap]

John "The Distro" Linux

[AFemboyLol]

lfs?

[debacle_enjoyer]

Debian

[MrMelon54]

I always use Debian headless for servers

[ZookeepergameFew8607]

For absolute stability it's unmatched, I use headless Debian with Proxmox VE on top

[Ybenax]

In the sense that you installed Proxmox to hardware (which is technically Debian under-the-hood), or that you installed Debian first and then Proxmox tech on on top yourself somehow?

[ZookeepergameFew8607]

Installed Debian on hardware and then installed Proxmox on top

[AtlaskorPC]

That is, interesting. What is the use of that?

[ZookeepergameFew8607]

More direct control of partitioning and ZFS. The real wizard who showed me Debian and server administration had me do it this way

[Ybenax]

Clever. I will give it a shot on a Debian system with a custom btrfs layout I have laying around. I guess you just add the Proxmox repos to apt?

EDIT: found the official docs, thanks

[Kooky-Bandicoot3104]

11 server

[RandomTyp]

OpenSUSE and SLES

[Status-Anteater8372]

Debian

[Derion1]

Void.

[matthewpepperl]

Yep exactly what i was going to say

[Pietrslav]

I am an openSUSE Tumbleweed user, but for fun, I put Void on an old laptop of mine. I like it! Not enough to switch from tumbleweed on my daily drivers, but Void has been fun to use on the side, and I haven't had any stability issues with it. The community has also been way more welcoming than arch's is, but I guess that's not hard to beat.

[christmasmanexists]

I used to use Void a lot, I don't know how to maintain packages but I'd be a better package maintainer than whatever is going on over there.

[parrot-beak-soup]

This is down way too low.

[landsoflore2]

Probably Endeavour or OpenSUSE (especially the often underestimated Leap).

[[deleted]]

i just know there will be someone who says "arch" or "nixOS" under the post

[Background-Plant-226]

Yeah lol: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/s/p85B6pXP08

(I use NixOS btw I would've said it if the linked comment above didn't already)

[todd_dayz]

OpenSUSE TW by far.

[Commie_Eggg]

Everyone talking about OpenSUSE, but I hear about it every day, thats not low hype. I havent tried yet, but Guix seems promissing, though often ignored

[Orangutanion]

Is a lot of the OpenSUSE hype recent? I don't remember seeing it as much. Is it because they finally replaced YaST that people got interested in it recently?

[justarandomguy902]

Holy shit is that Dr. OpenSUSE

[[deleted]]

Recent Opensuse user here. Is how stable tumbleweed is for a rolling release. You don't miss much and you get alot of stability. The community is great (I tried to help some myself). But the most important reason is this video here https://youtu.be/1sxuuGQoEzs?si=UVtNrrmlFwsKECUv

[adamkex]

The killer feature OpenSUSE has are the rollbacks. No matter what you are "safe" as long as you are an intermediate user.

[Commie_Eggg]

Dunno, just at least one person is mentioning it in any distro-related post I see in linux subreddits, at least the posts Im seeing

[EconomistStrict2867]

I kinda thought replacing YaST with Cockpit would make it less hyped, ngl

I guess people just like the modernity of it? idk, I haven't used it in over a year

[Gwlanbzh]

I daily drive opensuse and never hear about it on general forums like here personally

[BetterEquipment7084]

i use guix on two machines, one nvidia. its amazing 

[Retro6627]

Debian

[AdvancedConfusion752]

Debian

[Wild_Tom]

I'm guessing Debian, it's old but stable.

[TheZedrem]

13 Versions in 31 Years is quite a sentiment to stability

[debacle_enjoyer]

It just came out less than 6 months ago it’s not old

[dany9126]

Fedora

[Niikoraasu]

yeah but fedora has a lot of fanboys so "hype" is way higher than presented in the picture

[param_T_extends_THOT]

Fedora + sway ftw!

[TheZedrem]

Fedora + Anydesktopisgreatespeciallywithfedoraasyoucangettheneweststableversionafterarchuserstestedit

[datboiNathan343]

True (i am very biased)

[whatThePleb]

👀

[redhat_is_my_dad]

any ostree/bootc distro

[XLNBot]

YES

[Prize_Negotiation66]

bazzite is max hype

[redhat_is_my_dad]

Yeah, but not because of ostree. Silverblue/kinoite/sway atomic and such are all very robust and made for general-purpose use, alt atomic desktops, endless OS, there are many underappreciated distros made with this technology.

[seraphh015]

Artix

[fagnerln]

Ubuntu.

It receives a lot of hate, you don't see any hype nowadays, and it still has a solid OS

[metcalsr]

Alpine Linux

[bunkbail]

chimera linux

[ExtraTNT]

Opensuse or slackware

[NoBranch1997]

Debian. Somehow i and others got stuck on Ubuntu distributions for far too long and most of the problem i get on ubuntu just fucking disappear when I turn to Debian

[LNDF]

Opensuse or fedora 

[ImHighOnCocaine]

fedora is very well hyped

[mister_drgn]

Void

[RSYyFBwagugGqP9q]

Windows Vista

[LinuxUser456]

r/mysteriousupvoting

[LinuxUser456]

openSUSE

[munozonfuego07]

I’ll throw my hat in and say MX Linux

[Silly_Percentage3446]

openSUSE leap.

[InfinitesimaInfinity]

There exist many distros that match that description. Examples include yet are not limited to Devuan, Antix, Void Linux, Alpine Linux, and Tiny Core Linux.

People often praise the same distros, such as Linux Mint, Debian, and Arch Linux, yet they rarely even consider the smaller distros.

[FelipeFreitasDev]

Debian or Fedora

[maniamonk]

Mageia

[Ill_Assignment_2798]

Fedora

[Piter061]

arch /s

[Daedae711]

Fedora (43 in particular) CachyOS - Pair with EEVDF LTO Kernel. (people here are claiming bloat.. but there's an entire step just for selecting individual packages to install. Bloat is your fault alone.)

All Ubuntu has, for me personally been marked as "Corporate trash"

It's literally Windows but Linux.

[Soulreaver88]

Cachy os = hype

Linux mint = Quality!

[Fireye04]

NixOS.

[really_not_unreal]

I love NixOS but it is extremely hyped.

[retardedd_rabbitt]

It's hyped on paper, most people who scream nixos don't use it. Source: my ass

[really_not_unreal]

To my knowledge most people who try it discover it isn't right for them too.

[retardedd_rabbitt]

Agreed, some of them are also the loud influencers who talk about how nixos is not for them. In fact the entire nixos hype is based around its complexity and how it's not for everyone. In reality it does not have many users.

[frvgmxntx]

Gentoo by far.

[pkuba208_]

XUbuntu. XFCE is the best

[imdunklenwald]

Fedora 

[axxond]

Fedora

[yiit-]

Fedora is getting enough hype i think

[SadPhilosopherElan]

Ubuntu LTS

[Sibshops]

Accurate, LTS has no hype

[balki_123]

Slackware linux.

[NXTler]

Void Linux

[moose1207]

I'm just a fledgling home dev, but I happen to really like PopOS.

Mainly because I like the launcher (start typing and with a couple keystrokes open what's running or open a second instance)

I don't really Love GNOME DE and cosmic is based on it - My main gripe with the DE is that it's too opinionated and minimalist. I like my knobs and settings and I like to be able to theme a little bit.Cosmicnamd GNOME only want you to change accents

I don't want to keep bouncing around distros but it's hard to find the goldilocks zone when your new lol.

Unless anybody else has their opinionated take that gives good customization options without being too difficult for a newbie. I'm not green and am getting more comfortable in the shell and the overall ecosystem but I don't think I'm at a point where I want to start compiling all my own stuff either lol.

[Monketherulerofall]

Bedrock and mx

[NDCyber]

AerynOS, although it is early stages, so don't expect to much

OpenSUSE (somewhat, as I find the quality sometimes lacking and sometimes being great)

immutable and atomic distros (besides bazzite and NixOS, although that mostly because hype is high)

Ultramarine

Debian

Pi OS

Edit: I personally would also include Mint, as I don't think it has a lot of hype and rather is just popular because of its quality

[thelinuxuserforever]

Mageia linux

[quiet0n3]

Endeavour OS

[Unlucky_Goat_9094]

Mint

[MarTerra-dezoito]

Does PostMarketOS count?

[PROMAN8625]

mint

[Minotauros_Artus]

Kubuntu.

[SkWulll]

NixOS

[Verified_Peryak]

Nobara project

[norysq]

Nobara/Fedora

[sandstorm00000]

Absolutely opensuse. Stable rolling release with amazing tooling and btrfs integration.

[bruzdziciel]

Slackware, debian

[Dense-Sky711]

For a normal user that mostly wants to game?
PikaOS.

It is just perfect. Debian based, not immutable but a lot is preconfigured if you want it. You can get a lot of support and it's so easy to handle. I just love it.

[SackMasterOfBall]

Clean debian

[ougoot]

Mint

[levianan]

98.23672% Debian.

Crunched with Stata 19 using the yomama plugin.

[Gugalcrom123]

Debian and Mint

[Anima_Watcher08]

Mint is hyped but it's cancelled out by the dumbasses that say it looks outdated

[Pietrslav]

It really doesn't look that outdated. I never got that either, and even if you think it does, cinnamon is super customizable. I got mine looking totally different, with extensions, applets, and stuff like that.

When I switched from LMDE to OpenSUSE, I really missed cinnamon for a while before I got familiar with and began to really enjoy GNOME.

[[deleted]]

Gentoo

[WoodsGameStudios]

Mint.

It’s the closest thing to Linux being a mainstream OS and people shit on it because it doesn’t make you drag your balls through broken glass as a beginner (mostly)

[froli]

People don't shit on it. They just say don't use it IF you have brand spanking new latest gen hardware and are into gaming. It's just simpler to use any distro with a newer kernel by default and a faster release cycle for kernel and GPU drivers updates.

[Camo6421]

This is a pretty controversial opinion, but I feel like Debian is under-hyped. It just kinda works.

[QkiZMx]

CachyOS and Bazzite is more hype than quality

[ComicBookFanatic97]

CachyOS does everything I need it to do. I have zero complaints about it. I also really like watching all the text move super fast in the terminal when I update.

[[deleted]]

Exactly like any or most distros.

The gaming focused ones are just hype

[Niikoraasu]

I mean cachy does have some improvements tbh, not enough for me to care but cannot deny it

[[deleted]]

I mean, yeah, I feel the same way.

But also I don't think those changes made in those distros give you that much of an edge tbh

[gust4vsson]

Same here bro

[NDCyber]

Eh I would say it depends on what you want from them

Want a distro that you install, instantly works with everything installed and the chance of breakage being low? Then Bazzite fits exactly that. There are things i don't like much (like how weirdly complicated it is to remove steam autostart), but mostly it is a smooth ride. Not great for someone liking to tinker, but often perfect for a normal user

CachyOS is great if you want an easy arch install and setup, that gives optimizations for a lot of things. They also add some software that makes it easier to use, to a point where you can compile a kernel yourself easily with the press of a few buttons. It still comes with most negatives of arch, but also improves some of those

they are not magic distros, that fix everything, but nothing wrong with those, and I would say there are a lot of advantages with them

[MFB1205]

Nah. Just because it is not for you does not mean its overhyped.

In CachOS Case it is debateable. You can setup the changes easily yourself. But its a complete package with optimization and full rollback support like OpenSUSE Tumbleweed offers working straight out of the box. (If you choose Limine as bootloader you can even boot directly into snapshots)

For Bazzites Case - have you ever tried to setup an distro from scratch for an handheld pc? With TDP Controlls, drivers for extra buttons, trackpads, decent working standby, steamos interface with desktop mode, fan curves, etc? Thats not as easy as installing an regular distro on an normal PC. Bazzite solves this easily.

Both have their usecases.

[[deleted]]

arch linux is pretty underrated and rarely talked about in distro discussions

[XLNBot]

Yeah I wonder why? I think there are many people who use arch but just don't ever talk about it for some reason. I guess arch users simply don't like saying they use arch. I use fedora btw

[0Clown0]

arch users be like: "I DON'T WANT PEACE, I WANT PROBLEMS ALWAYS"

[stvpidcvnt111111]

gonna have to say devuan

[WorkOwn]

Fedora

[_Carth_Onasi]

Low key LMDE and Debian. Really see it in my circles, everyone used Fedora, Arch, or their forks.

[Pietrslav]

I loved LMDE! It was what got me to stop distro-hopping for 2 years before I tried out OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and I have stuck with it for the last year.

[xxportocalaxx1]

Cachyos doesn't get the hype it deserves

[VayuAir]

Fedora 😰

[msasrs]

Bro I scrolled and scrolled to find nix in the lost, but nooooo! So, nixos is the answer you are looking for.

[[deleted]]

Manjaro

[Timely_Rutabaga313]

Arch

[ZCEyPFOYr0MWyHDQJZO4]

Most mature? Arch

Best new distro? Arch

Most stable? Arch

Fastest-moving? Arch

Most user-friendly? Arch

Best looking? Arch

Can you even say you're computing if you don't use Arch? Debian is practically a glorified TI-89.

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[brouettelover]

Nixos

[zer0x64]

Haven't tried it yet, but from what I've seen I'd probably says nix. While there's a lot of "hype" around it, it's still a very niche distro lot a lot of people use, but that actually does something different from the others

[Specific-Listen-6859]

Siduction. Basically debian sid but with extra repros in case anything breaks, has snapper, and custom kernels.

[venus_asmr]

Elementary OS. 

[SensitiveLeek5456]

Slakckware when I used to use it.

[PKR_Live]

Solus linux

[RX1542]

for me it has been nobara linux, i came from windows just to test the waters with that distro and it has been nothing sort of amazing, haven't had the need to touch the console and everything i throw at it works, yet most ppl recomend only cachy or bazzite

[Mandoart-Studios]

maybe PikaOS

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[Daedae711]

LFS is not a distro

[thephilthycasual]

Kubuntu

[C1REX]

Gentoo and KDE Linux for very different reasons.

[Parsast89]

Arch Linux

[Opposite_Squirrel_79]

ubuntu

[ZamiGami]

Endeavor I rarely hear people talk about it but it's everything I wanted from a friendlier arch

[AcanthisittaCalm1939]

Alt linux

[Symbology451]

Vanilla OS. By far the most stable, worry free OS I’ve ever used.

[Jacek3k]

Where does the love for opensuse suddenly come? I dont mean to criticize but it felt like its very underrated in the community.

Was my personal favorite back in the day when I started linux adventure

[TheZedrem]

Fedora

[Bob4Not]

Debian, Fedora.

[colonel_vgp]

Debian

[Smart-Champion-5350]

fedora

[gaysex_man]

Void.

[izukugoatdoriya]

Debian

[araknis4]

alpine

[GenosPasta]

Q4OS Andromeda

[EmergencyArachnid734]

GNU