Ranking Linux Distributions for 2024: a tier list for my use case !

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Sponsor: SquareX
01:58 Ranking Criteria
02:44 Ubuntu
03:45 Linux Mint
04:31 Zorin OS
05:23 elementaryOS
05:58 Fedora
06:46 Debian Stable
07:45 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
08:14 OpenSUSE Leap
08:50 Arch Linux
09:44 Manjaro
10:31 Tuxedo OS
11:40 Pop!_OS
12:32 Solus
13:19 Gentoo
13:51 KDE Neon
14:12 Asahi Linux / Fedora Asahi
14:46 NixOS
15:36 HoloISO
16:09 Nobara
16:39 Vanilla OS
17:06 ChromeOS Flex
17:41 Deepin
18:29 Sponsor: Tuxedo

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[johnettipio]

As a recovering Windows user, I really like Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop environment.

[BuceGar]

I switched to Linux Mint around a seven years ago and have never looked back. Why would anyone pay for Microsoft spyware?

[fedora]

We're glad to see Fedora so high up on the list! Constant improvements and innovation always! 💙

[coldbrew]

5:24 I think it's worth mentioning, too, that elementaryOS doesn't offer an upgrade path between major versions; you MUST reinstall. This is a nightmare for regular end users, something I couldn't offer to someone, say, my mom.

Aside from that, my only other gripes keeping me from it is the lack of a tiling window manager (only splitscreen tiling) and the AppCenter is it's own store so it's missing a LOT of packages, even common things like Discord and Spotify.

It's such a shame because I find eOS beautiful and I love their design language and philosophy for the most part. I hope new things come soon!

[Montegasppa]

Subjective videos are a very good strategy to get lots of comments. 😂

[PopCar]

16:09 It's not mentioned in the video because you might have missed it, but Nobara has actually switched to using KDE as its main DE, and while the Gnome version exists it currently ships without any extensions so it's just the default experience. The dev talked a lot about it in a post, but be aware that it doesn't look like this anymore.

[bytesbreadandbarbecue]

I think I owe you an apology! After I complained about your ranking of Ubuntu, I temped the fates and my Ubuntu system went belly up this afternoon. LOL. I stand corrected!

[spstiles]

I would like to see MX Linux added to this list. I have been using it for a while and I really love it. I even have it on a rescue USB because it has disk tools that work in the live environment.

[murraymcm]

Given the problems from a year ago, I understand your reluctance to recommend Solus. They have changed their organizational structure, adding much needed redundancy so they are no longer dependent on a single person. There is new management, a plan that has shown fruit and the future is bright there.

[Redyf]

NixOS mentioned!
update: davinci-resolve has been broken in nixpkgs for months but nvidia drivers do work, you just need to setup correctly. I've been using NixOS with nvidia drivers for over a year now, it only crashed like 5 times (with hyprland).

[maoathanaric]

Can't wait to try out VanillaOS Orchid. Imagine a sudo free immutable system with every Linux-software there is and trace-free rollback support by design. Yes, you said it, it was very subjective -- but it's always fun to watch your content. Stay the way you are!

[Clanps]

did you try to install arch following the wiki or did you only use arch install? (not saying that archinstall is bad but I know it has some security holes as well as some questionable ways of doing some things) I've been daily driving arch linux for nearly 3 years and I've never had any issues that I couldn't solve by looking at forum posts or the wiki

[e]

Mint and Fedora are so wonderful to run, in my case. Just missed both of my dear brazilians distro: BigLinux and Regata OS

[zolaarczakle]

I love Gentoo (and Portage and OpenRC) but I only recommend it for people who wants to understand how a Linux system is working (great documentation on their website). For the others, I recommand Linux Mint.

[tdrluzi]

Love your content and presentation skills. I've recently switched from Windows to Linux, approximately 3 months now and use you videos as guides to help make distro and software choices. I have now plumped for Nobara 39, it needed a few tweaks but we got there

[phenoumene]

thanks a lot for this new great review!! I have more info to make my future choices 👍
Can you please tell me what is the software you're using at 0'14 please ?

[cluesagi]

I don't use Mint but I feel like it's really the gold standard for what a general-purpose, beginner-friendly distro should be. I've never heard of anyone having a bad experience with it

[atemoc]

With better documentation and package consistency, and maybe an official graphical tool to configure NixOS for beginners-ish, I would put NixOS higher up in my favourite distros. I still use it as my main and only distribution, but it does have its issues.

[kmpk]

I've been running Gentoo since 2004 and love the control over my system. The distro doesn't force anything on you but is all about choice. As for the computers for my family members I've been running Manjaro on several computers for years as I find it faster to install than Arch proper. Never had any problems at all. I don't follow distro politics so I have no idea about the behind the scenes stuff.

[zenu]

I'm rooting for Solus to succeed so much; they really have something special there and it'd be a shame for it to not get the support it deserves