Best Linux distributions

Saturday, March 11, 2023.

"What Linux Distribution should I install?" This is the first real choice every new Linux user will be confronted to, but this is also a question experienced users will ask themself when learning about that brand new Linux distribution everyone is suddendly talking about. So lets review here 5 of the most popular Linux distributions.

Ubuntu

This is not a surprise, Ubuntu is still the most popular Linux distribution, and the most recommended to new Linux adopters. Being user-friendly and providing an easy to use installer, Ubuntu is without any doubt the perfect distribution to begin with.

One point worth mentioning is that Canonical recently opened the Ubuntu Software Centre which offers an easy to way to discover ( and install ) Linux software, and may incite more software companies to port their products to Linux.

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Linux Mint

Being based on Ubuntu, Linux Mint offers the same advantages, but a more traditional Gnome environment wich many people tend to prefer to Unity. Saw as an "enhanced" version of Ubuntu, Linux Mint does not only look really nice, but also provides additional software, as well as some nice configuring tools that deserve to be mentioned for their ease of use.

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Fedora

You simply cant go wrong with Fedora ( or Red Hat Enterprise Linux for a more server oriented usage ). The quality of Red Hat Linux distributions, and a great looking desktop. Perhaps a little less user-friendly than the two previous Debian based Linux distributions mentioned above.

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Open Suse

Open Suse comes with an easy to use installer, and a well-know package manager (YaST) simplifying considerably the process of installing software.

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Arch Linux

Arch Linux is a Linux distribution targeting experienced users. This is one of the best distribution for who want to build his very own Linux box. Only a few software are installed by default, allowing users to install, customize, configure the software they really want.

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Backtrack Linux

And this is the magic of Linux : deciding to select the 5 best Linux distro and ending with 6. Well, we had to mention Backtrack here. A security testing Linux distribution.

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Comments

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Anonymous

You forgot the best one!

Mageia is a community based fork of Mandriva/Mandrake. It is robust, intuitive and the plasma desktop look simply stunning! It is developed and maintained by the community on a non-profit basis. The passion of their work really shows up in their just released Mageia 2!

Linux Mint KDE

For me Ubuntu is not good anymore. I've been using it ever since I started using Linux but they completely ruined it with Unity desktop. I switched to Linux Mint with KDE desktop and it is better than Ubuntu ever was. KDE is just awesome!