Isn't it amazing how the most supreme distros are both community based

amount of debian users after watching this video: 📈📈📈

I agree that you can just install everything on a Debian machine instead of going with Parrot, but when you work in so many different environments it's nice to be able to quickly set up a machine in a few minutes and already have half of the tools you need.

I’ve run Debian, Arch, and Gentoo, and love all 3 for different reasons. That being said I don’t think EndeavourOS should be pointless. It’s beautifully designed and has a good community, plus being so close to base Arch makes it far better than Manjaro. I still prefer building my system from scratch but for installing “Arch” via endeavourOS on other systems or just wanting a convenient method of install with relatively good maintenance, EndeavourOS is admirable.

you forgot about the third supreme tier option templeOS

*Supreme* 00:11 Debian / Arch *Amazing for New Users* 15:00 Kubuntu 16:10 Linux Mint 23:45 Zorin 24:30 Nobara *Best for Business* 02:20 Alma Rocky Oracle 04:20 Alpine Linux 17:35 NixOS 21:30 SUSE and OpenSUSE *Creative and Unique* 07:30 Artix 08:05 Clear Linux 11:55 Gentoo 20:20 Slackware 20:55 Solus 22:20 Tails and Qubes 23:10 Void Linux *Devil* 02:31 RHEL Centos and Fedora 03:30 Ubuntu *Lightweight* 04:55 AntiX 16:45 Lubuntu 18:17 Peppermint 19:45 Puppy Linux 23:30 TinyCore *Pointless* 05:20 Arco Linux 06:25 Manjaro 09:15 Deepin 09:50 KDE Neon 10:15 Elementary OS 11:20 Endeavor and Garuda 11:37 Feren OS 12:55 Kali Linux 14:00 Parrot 17:10 MX Linux 17:50 PCLinuxOS 18:30 PopOS

I agree with you on most of your selection. I however find it hard to accept the tier you've chosen for Kali. It's extremely useful to have all those utilities come preinstalled on a distribution and an iso, and run it from a USB stick. It's way too much work to just install these if there aren't scripts for it. Additionally, sometimes and for certain reasons it would not be practical to have them actually installed; running them live makes more sense. They also have specific patches applied to the kernel. Also, MX would be better in the "Creative" or "Amazing for new users" category. It's a systemd-free version of Debian, and the new users, even power users would love all the utilities. I would also bump Gentoo to supreme. Being able to optimize your whole system to your CPU architecture, adjust the compiler and its flags with just a few environment variables, change a dependency according to your needs, harden some parts or the entire OS, etc etc etc makes you the creator of your system, and that's just amazing.

One added nice thing about Zorin is that the Zorin team has tested all major applications and when you open the software store, for any application you select to install, it has automatically-selected the one that works best with the OS. It might be a deb, flatpak, or snap, but the default will be whatever was tested and works best. Meanwhile, if you want to select another, you easily can from a dropdown. It takes away the headache of the user having to try each and decide what is best. I am not a new user. I work full-time in Linux both on desktop and on servers, but I appreciate how Zorin just works. The last thing that I want to think about is how to get from point A to point B. I just want to install something and have it work. I hate wasting time customizing stuff and playing.

Parrot, Kali, Tails and QubesOS should have their own category "Highly specific usage"

What I love about this comment section is everyone is bringing their own experience to the table and contributing their opinions rather than flat-out disagreeing for no apparent reason. Thanks everyone for all the useful info!

Would've definitely love to hear the raionale behind Debian and Arch being the only supreme tier picks. I feel like we got great insight on everything on the tier list except the two at the top.

I think EndeavourOS actually has a point, I was an Arch user for a long time, and when it was time to upgrade my laptop I wanted/needed a new setup. Endeavour was the most convenient option, doesn't lack anything Arch has, and is just straight beautiful right out of the box. It's not for complete noobs, but as long as they know to be careful, it's actually a great way to learn for people who maybe don't have a lot of time to set everything up manually. It's for people who want a ready, good base Arch setup to build upon gradually.

I think placing Fedora in the devil tier just because a few community members (Red Hat employees are also community members, as they have no privileges over others) submitted a proposal, which was subsequently rejected by a significant majority of the Fedora community even before an official vote, seems like an overreaction. If I were to submit a similar proposal for the next Debian release, and it gets rejected, would Debian also be labeled as devil? I believe it would be the complete opposite, they would be "based", because they rejected it.

I totally agree, most distros are pointless, yet people seem obsessed with them

I completely agree with this tier list! Especially now, when I finally decided to migrate from Fedora to Arch. I could choose Debian, but I'm not happy with the delay of Neovim 0.9+, even in the unstable version Neovim still remains in versions 0.7+. Also, I really like the challenge to my Linux knowledge, it will be my first attempt at working on a window manager. Void, Alpine, Artix and Rocky Linux are also interesting options. Thanks for mentioning them - even you mentioned AlmaLinux along with Rocky, I think it's ok.

I think Pop OS has a lot to offer. The NVIDIA image it provides is a real boon, making graphics driver setup incredibly straightforward, which can be a lifesaver for newcomers and they don't have 'sanp'

The think about kali is that its a disposable environment that just has all the tools you need, without the need to reinstall every time you use it on a new device, you just drop it in, use what you need and wipe it.

The trouble if you steer too many people towards Debian is that they will get stuck and frustrated. Ubuntu, Mint, Pop, MX etc exist because they add the comfort blanket which makes certain things work

There is more to SUSE / openSUSE than a single Enterprise oriented distribution. We have also a rolling distribution, Immutable system with flatpak desktop etc. Otherwise nice and entertaining video. Thank you!

I just want to commend how well this tier list video is presented. Most videos tiering this many items would be over an hour long, but so many items are cleared swiftly in a single explanation. Bravo.

It would be nice to see a "Daily Driver" tier. Ones that would really give Windows a run for their money.

It's amazing how both supreme distros are so opposite of each other, Arch: The Bleeding Edge; Debian: The Rock Solid. I use Debian BTW

20:58 man, I miss the old days of Solus. It used to be one of my first linux experiences that didn't break and was also really good for gaming. Sadly, some years ago they had lots of internal problems, which was a turn off. Hope the new team brings it some new found glory

Arch was my personal choice for a while, but shortly after they switched to systemd, the problem I ran into again and again was that their documentation lagged behind their latest packages. And I chose Arch as a Linux novice: a nice middle ground between Gentoo & Fedora or whatever. You write the configs yourself, you watch the chained installations, if you have a problem read the docs. It's still a good model for a distro for people who want finer control but don't know where to begin -- it solves the whole "you don't know what you don't know" issue.

ArcoLinux has a lot of resources to help newbies learn Arch and Linux in general. Eric has a ton of great videos you can follow their learning path and get a ton of info. Granted he could do it with Vanilla arch too but he makes learning Arch really approachable

"Why don't more people use Linux?" This video...

The rationales generally made sense to me, but I really expected NixOS to go into the unique tier. I mean, yeah, it *is* good for business, you're not wrong, but if completely throwing out the FHS and turning system configuration and management into a programming exercise isn't unique, I don't know what is. It has a draw of its own entirely outside of the business space, because it keeps the maintenance cost of tweaks so much lower with the declarative config. I've actually made so many customizations, tweaks, and fixes, that I would never make in another distro, because I know that I won't get bogged down or lost regarding how my customizations work. I can go read the code that defines them.

Really appreciated this! Wouldn't consider myself a OS Hopper, but I have been playing around with VMs of various distros to learn more and find ones for specific uses. My key takeaways (specific to what I've been playing around with and want to do) are: Linux Mint is still a great starting OS and I chose very well for my 'Base'/Host OS. (Yes I use the host to run VMs and Docker, but I needed something simple to learn on when setting it up at first so it worked for me). To Try: Tails - Good Lightweight for live USB or CD and is essentially 'disposable' Qubes - Privacy and 'compartmentalisation' focussed OS? Nobara - Great Linux gaming OS based on Fedora (good OS to learn Fedora?) Reference: Kubuntu - Good for learning on a KDE Environment Peppermint - Lightweight with a better package selection than Lubuntu Puppy Linux - Lightweight and a bit quirky but nothing amazing Ultimately! I need to just use Debian: Kali - 'pointless', just use Debian and install what you need Parrot - Similar to Kali, lighter but just use Debian MX - used to be a good debian fork, now, just use Debian

KDE team never say that neon is a disstribution

openSUSE tumbleweed is a great arch alternative. Gets updated faster than arch, more stable due to automated testing, easy rollback with snapper installed by default. If you're irritated by bloatware you'll have to fight the pattern system but once you set it up it's a very rock-solid experience. Also uses RPM packages so software made for Fedora/RHEL is usually compatible

I simply like that Kali has pre installed the tools I need, they also came out with Kali purple. With Kali I can quickly move to learning about new security tools without downloading them. It also sets me on a path of learning about applications I've never seen before

Debian was the first distro I tried to work with, but I kept having issues with video drivers that I just couldn't resolve. Bounced around distros for a while and ended up moving on. I'm here at your video trying to figure out where to start and just a little apprehensive about giving debian another go. For context I guess I should add that I'm extremely comfortable with the linux command line, having a bs in comp sci and especially working in cloud computing devops, but I've never quite been able to get linux to work for my own PC setup at home.

As a Debian user, I agree that it is supreme. I also agree that many people fire up Kali to feel like Mr Robot (hell, that's me a bit) but it really is very lightweight and quiet on the network. A standard installation of Debian (maybe not Arch) is actually quite a bit more "chatty" on the network. I like how Kali feels stripped back and doesn't put extraneous stuff out that you need to filter out to analyse network traffic. This also makes it surprisingly good on old under-powered hardware. I have it on a 2008 Dell laptop and it's pretty slick.

I think MX should be amazing for new users simply because it's better handling of proprietary drivers out of the box and it has KDE version which is comparable to Kubuntu. It also comes packed with utilities, tools to help new users.

I am using MX Linux primarily for its remaster and snapshot functionality for live ISOs. Does anything comparable exist for vanilla debian?

Thanks for this re-evaluation, some interesting thoughts on several distros I am using personally or install on friend's computers who want to get started with Linux. I missed thoughts on Vanilla OS though, any comments on that?

I remember finding a screen in a museum area at a Mont-Blanc observetory in France that had the Debian 11 logo displayed instead of the museum content. I thought that was cool.

I still put Pop_OS! in the amazing for beginner category. I also put Tuxedo OS in there too. Between Pop_OS! and Tuxedo OS, you have two distributions made to run on hardware from their respective companies and have their own tools to handle it, but they can also stand on their own as terrific beginner friendly distributions that go in different directions. Then there's Mint that sits between the two while being more vendor agnostic.

How viable is debian for multimedia creation? I've been interested in switching from Ubuntu as long as Davinci Resolve, Krita, and Reaper work. I keep seeing that the argument "against" debian stable is "old package versions" but as long as I can do stuff I should be fine

Wow I actually learned a few things from this. Your reasoning for people to avoid spins of arch and debian makes a lot of sense.

One thing to consider is the communities of those distributions. EndeavorOS for example is just arch with a calamaras installer. But their community is helpful especially for newer users.

I like how your list isn't just like "good, mid, bad, trash" but points out where it is useful

Funny how he uses the RHL Icon for RHEL, which is *in fact* an downstream of Fedora.

Thanks for an excellent tier-list! Since Arch refuses to install on my laptop with full-disk encryption, I decided to go "native" and installed Debian instead two months ago. Haven't regretted it one second.

Arch/Debain > ALL

Not as harsh as I expected. I use endeavour but I still agree with your point of just learn arch; you should already know arch if you use EOS, but I sometimes need to click install and not think too hard

Can you do a speedtest on which Linux distro boots fastest, the end point being that it launches a browser to a page and instance of LibreOffice calc

I’m planning to switch to MX and was almost convinced by this video to try Debian instead. Thanks to the comments that added perspectives/reminded about the differences and advantages between Debian and MX ! I’ll stick with my MX choice (my motivations : laptop getting old, want to try a snap free systemd free distro, a light desktop, stable but up-to-date softwares availability. I’ve been using Ubuntu for 8 years as my main OS, work in IT, but still definitely wouldn’t consider myself an advanced user)

MX Linux does not use Systemd. It does have its niche and not useless. I would have also added Devuan to the tier list.

I've used Linux Mint for years now and I've learned quite a bit about Linux from using it. I've really never had a need or a want to distro hop or try different distros. Just satisfied alone with Mint, they do a great job of support as well as making things fresh again with new version releases and features.

PopOs is not outdated. Currently is upgrading kernel, Mesa and other important packages. Now ship with kernel 6.5.6 and mesa 23.1.9. The version remain 22.04 but its more like a "rolling release"

As a SBC user, I have around 12 distros set up for my Raspberry Pi 400 (which is my main go to machine these days), and I usually rotate them on a daily basis. Any views on RASPBERRY Pi OS (Raspbian) TWISTER OS, CHROME OS (with Linux within it). These three also work well on the ARM 64 system.

I like endeavour, even if it's pointless, I don't need to decide everything from a default arch, and it is close enough that it still gets me into that same ecosystem. I tried garuda and had some weird issues, and the theming is easy enough to get if you want it. I used Manjaro before Endeavour, and Nobara after Endeavour and came back to it because I really prefer the base of Arch to the Fedora base of Nobara. I used gentoo for a number of years but that's when I had more time to toy with compiling and building stage4s and all that, it is a tedious distro, which is fine when you are up for it.

I’m now living in a world where Oracle is seen as a good player. I have to sit down and have a stiff whisky.

Which distros are immutable and are not in the Devil Category? I like the idea of the Atomic update Fedora has, the OS can't be broken during update nor can it be infected. Thoughts on immutable OS's?

Im currently trying debian 12 and i am tormented by the slowness of apt installs, iv tried some mirrors but its really unusable . any tips?

I get why EndevourOS is in the pointless tier, but it is still my favorite distro. I know how to install vanilla arch my self, yet I like the most defaults for a base Endeavour install. It is also not bloated like something like Manjaro (nor does it use its own repos down stream from arch, which is the main reason people should avoid Manjaro.)

If Manjaro didn't mess up and brick updates so often, I'd say they deserve to be in Amazing For New Users for all the same reasons that he cites for Kubuntu and Mint. And I have a hard time saying Red Hat is the Devil in spite of recent events. They have contributed so much to the Linux ecosystem that it would be completely unusable without them. The DE distributions aren't completely pointless, maybe people shouldn't really use them, but the DE developers need a platform to demonstrate their work before they get upstreamed. Lastly, Gentoo should be in God tier.

Would someone mind elaborating more on Ubuntu? I've been playing around and getting comfortable with ubuntu servers for the last couple months and thought I would finally start migrating my windows10 comp to ubuntu. Like what is Chris alluding to by saying `apt install firefox`?

I used to daily drive Linux Mint, and I tend to recommend it as a distro for people who want to try Linux. But personally I have grown past it, and I just got tired of circumventing apt and manually installing stuff to get up to date stuff (I'm a developer, and apt doesn't always have the tools I need/want, and if it has it, it's usually really old), and when I tried to update it to a new version it just broke, so I got tired of distros with point releases, and just bit the bullet and moved on to Arch, and I love it. It's great for beginners, but when you begin to get better at Linux and notice that you begin to fight the package manager, etc it might be better to move on.

I actually like Endeavor just because it’s surprisingly close to vanilla Arch, it just does most of the set up for you

I like how you point out how temporary these charts are, and how things always change. I hope Pop OS continues, it might get me to switch from Fedora.

Nice video:) I'm here because I have a couple old desktops I was going to get rid of but then I thought, why not try making one into a linux PC. I would fall into the newbie category for linux but I know Windows pretty well. When taking the best parts of each PC it will be an AMD FX8150 with 16GB of ram and a GTX 1080. I don't really know where to start but I'm thinking Linux mint??? Should I go Debian? Any thoughts from the people in the comment section is most appreciated.

Weird... The issue with a broken update you describe on Manjaro is exactly why I switched from Arch to Manjaro about 10 years ago - I got sick of my Arch install breaking and eating a day of productivity just because I didn't go read the release notes on the Arch website. I've had far fewer issues with Manjaro breaking on update, even with relatively heavy AUR usage. Maybe I need to try Arch again... I hope they've fixed the required manual intervention issue. Or maybe I'll try Artix or Void...

It's amazing how Debian became so much better the last years. Not that it was bad, it was great, but it indeed killed the need for many distros. Mostly agree with the list. I still think fedora is pretty good overall and kali fulfils a very specific niche and demand, even though I don't use either :)

NixOS isnt just for reproducible servers, it has a lot of features that are also attractive to everyday users: reproducibility allows you to replicate your config across, for example, your desktop and your laptop, it also has a very large range of packages, and I have almost never searched for a package and not found it, even lesser known ones.

Thank you so much. I am looking to try to switch an old Laptop to Linux, because it was dying, and this helped guiding which one would be suitable for me. Although I am still confused, I have a more clear picture now and might just try out a few to see which works best for me.

Hello Beautiful People. Does anyone know if there is an equivalent of Ubuntu studio (nicely configured distro for Wizards) in another version, e.g. Arch, Manjaro, Debian, Gentoo? Is it possible to create on another Linux equivalent of Ubuntu studio, to install individual elements (in a sense, duplicating ubuntu studio) programs on another already used distro so manually? Will I get the same? Thank you.

As a total noob to the Linux world, I cannot tell you how insanely valuable this video is with regards to finding a path through the distro jungle. Thank you so much for creating this. Last weekend I got myself a used Thinkpad, installed Debian with GNOME thanks to your recommendation and am blown by how awesome, beautiful and functional the entire system is - and that everything just works. I cannot believe that all of this is provided free of charge and love the fact that I feel like my device is really mine for the first time in my life. Thank you!

Running Mint on my desktop and LMDE on my laptop for many years now. The stability and reliability is such, that it is POINTLESS for me to explore other distributions. Great analysis by Chris...

Whats your opinion on Lubuntu? For me it feels a little bit like a lightweight Kubuntu for older hardware. Works Ok with my Q9300, HD 7770, 8GB DDR2 RAM and 120 GB SSD. A bit sluggish from time to time but usable.

You are life savior for making this Linus video, I still new to Linux, this let me get my final decision. I wonder that which Linux Distro can use run Android and Windows software? What do you think of Ubunto Kylin and Blend OS?

Though I disagree with some of the choices, it was fantastic to hear about your opinions and reasons for ranking certain distros. The video was great food for thought and gave some ideas about the next VM install / distro hop!

as a Slackware user, I am happy where Slackware is. I am also a special case as I started using Slackware fully in '05 even when ubuntu was probably it is peak or getting there. I am glad I stuck with Slackware, no regrets.

I saw a video talking about Garuda , so i was like "oh that's cool" , so i checked other videos (this one) to see if it was actually okay as i'm on Windows , and i ended this video , and i don't know i might use Nobara , but i'm not sure about going to nobara i'm a bit scared of switching my OS... and i primarly wanna change my OS because windows so slow , the more im on windows , the more my pc is slow...... edit : and why couldn't i pick like one of the Supreme ones ?

Hi, i am going to use for the first time Linux. I have some questions. Bodhi Linux is lightweight, it looks very good, but other Distros have also lightweight options. I am not a programmer or IT guy. But i know basic things about computers. I want something Debian based, because i heard that Debian is most stable. 1) I have an imac from 2009 with 8gb Ram. Which lightweight, user friendly, complete and good looking Linux Distro do you recommend for my Imac? 2) I have also a new laptop from HP. Just bought. It has a i5 processor with 16gb Ram. Which user friendly, complete and good looking Linux Distro do you recommend? 3) If i can use a lightweight Distro on an old computer. Can i use it also on a new computer? 4) What are the benefits to use a lightweight Distro on a new computer, especially a laptop? 5) I was thinking also about KDE plasma, Ultra Marine Linux, Alpine Linux, Open Suse, NixOs Actually, I prefer to use the same Distro on each computer. The same Distro in lightweight and Normal or both in lightweight. I am not a gamer. Only sometimes. I want to do also some simple video editing with the Distros. Vacation videos. I want the best possible option. I will wait for your reply. Thank you very much.

I have just recently moved over from Windows to Mint, and it might be one of the best decision I've ever made. Everything just works and lightweight while also being very familiar. I do have to say that for some reason, my Kubuntu install has some of the apps straight-up crashes and never work despite coming OOTB (case in point for mine is Elisa and the Discovery apps), but then I just decided to go with Mint and never went back.

Pop OS can be pre installed an the user can select the username on the first boot. It also has an recovery partition by default. So it has its unique features.

You say the problem with arch based distros is that they break easily from package upgrades, however some distros like Garuda have snapshots so you can easily rollback after a bad terminal command. You can set this on other distros as well but the one of Garuda is just already configured really well so it saves you the work.

Awesome video! I agree about Manjaro ..... same thing happened to me. Things were going great with it and then one day it just broke doing an update and I absolutely could not recover the mess. It was cool while it worked though. I might actually use Debian this time around vs going with Ubuntu.

My 2 gripes are the kali placement and the fedora one I looked into the proposed telemetry from fedora and its down right ethical, i would prefer it to be opt in instead of opt out but its currently just a proposal and can change. As for Kali, it is kinda pointless to actually install and run as a full distro, but oh man it is good as a live ISO to boot into on demand. Run your work distro of choice and have kali on your key ring for when you need that toolkit.

I think kali is more useful to boot as a live USB or a small persistent USB instead of the base system. The issue isn't that the software installs are hard but rather it is just a nice list of tools and well organized. I'm not a huge fan of kali, but I use it for bug bounty and CTFs because it is convenient

*Moved to the Pointless category* Good video, your bias was high at times. Some systems it felt like you gave a concise description of and some were ignored. I guess you can't make the video too long. I appreciate the effort that was put into the Video.

I got curious after you mentioning how great Debian is, and I agree, but I haven't checked it out in a while. And I just installed Debian 12 in a VM and damn, it has changed since I last used it. I like it more now. I might try daily driving it at some point.

Three of my hosts are on debian 12. two are on Arch. I agree with your God tier

Solus is pretty cool, they just released the first new version in two years, and the Budgie project just did an announcement about what they're up to. Since I was running a Lenovo D525 (Windows version of a netbook) with a distro I was happy with (no trackpad support), I figured I'd give it a shot, and I'm impressed, boot is a little slow, but once it gets going, everything is snappy.

My first distro was Mandrake, before it became Mandriva. Then I switched over to Ubuntu, but when Canonical moved from GNOME to that Unity environment I threw a fit and switched to Linux Mint. Never left Linux Mint - it's solid, customizable, and just so easy for new users.

Really interesting episode. I've been very much enjoying Garuda this last 6 months, because it really is lovely to use for someone who doesn't want to change a whole lot but does want up-to-date packages.

i would say pop_os should probably get the bump to new user, for laptop installs. out of the box the DE keybindings and window tiling feature without having to go full tiling window manager is really good for keyboard track-pad env. System76 has also done some work with power management to get it running well on their laptops, which does transfer over to non S76 laptops.

As an intermediate Linux user for work and fun I'm interested to check out Nobara, Alpine, Alma, NixOS, AntiX and maybe even Parrot Linux based on these recommendations. And there's a lot of other great stuff on this list too. Learn something new today. Thanks Chris!

I've only ever used Ubuntu which tbh isn't even that long. 2018 was when I made the switch from Windows to Linux and I wouldn't go back. Now I'm the guy that is pissed when new notebooks come with preinstalled Windows. I'm quite happy with Ubuntu but I was wondering what KDE feels like so rather than just switching the DE and going with Kubuntu, I thought I might make make a more drastic change and go a little more outside of my comfort zone. It's funny you put Debian and Arch into the supreme category since those were the two I was looking at. That and Manjaro. I'm quite the tinkerer type but I'm not sure if pure Arch isn't a big undertaking for me at the moment, hence the Manjaro. Also I'm not sure how to feel about the rolling releases. Debian on the other hand would be much closer to what I'm used to. I don't know. What do you guys think?

So I tried ParrotOS as my first distro thinking I'm going to learn so much and have a secure experience. It was so secure that I found myself fighting with it all the time. I guess it was secure from me as much as it was secure from the outside world. I eventually went to Linux Mint, which was great as it "just worked", especially after using Parrot, but every now and then I still wondered about certain decisions. Now, I'm excited to start using Arch and just making what I want. I'm starting to see the appeal of just using the base and grabbing what you need and it feels like every question I've asked about certain software there's an answer for. I feel like I can almost stick my head in the sand and not worry about distros this way aside from maybe seeing the odd thing I want and looking to implement that on my own terms.

Just now rejoining the Linux community again after a while, and I had no idea Debian had made a comeback in terms of being user friendly until this video. I'll check it out for my next stop. My last distro was Manjaro in about 2019, and I loved it for it being cutting edge enough to support my hardware and to get all the new bells and whistles, but whenever I got busy with real life and put off updating and maintaining my OS, I'd update everything, and something would break, and it'd be a pain in the neck to fix. Now, I'm looking for something more stable, and if I want cutting edge, it's probably going to application specific, so I can just use a flatpack for that if I need to. I'll try Debian next.

I consider myself a noob when it comes to linux and recently installed endeavourOS after trying Mint, so far i'm liking it a lot and when i get more acclimatized with the whole linux environment, maybe i would try to install vanilla arch. Anyways, thanks for your videos, Chris!

I can understand putting the DE distros like neon in poitless but endeavour? what if you just want a nice, failry lean arch distro fairly close to the base system with out the hassel? not everyone wants to deal with the base distro and perfer something like endeavour as a jumping off point. or for arch users that are just sick of formating their shit

Can Chris Titus Tech make and present us his best top tier of or with the Linux based hypervisor OSes like Proxmox?

As much as I agree with Fedora possibly becoming the devil, I think it's not there yet - the proposal for telemetry is yet to be voted on, and it's an option you would be able to disable in the welcome screen, if the proposal is actually accepted. As long as they ask the user and they use an open-source telemetry tool, it should be fine. I also finally found the sweet spot between stable, but old packages (Debian, Mint) and the volatile bleeding-edge Arch. It's new, but not new enough to break things. As long as Red Hat doesn't escalate their evil influence on Fedora, users should be fine.

Mostely agree, but just wanted to point out that Arco is not just a distribution you "install and forget" ... It's a learning project, great for beginers and intermediate users. They have a LOT of merit. I've been using Artix with DWM for a while now, and it works great for me :)

So i'm getting a rasbury pie 5 and I want to try mint but Debian sounds like a good direction for an amateur computer scientist such as my self to go into. What do you guys think

please explain in depth about debian and arch im using ubuntu till today, and im wondering whether i should consider jumping or not just for development purpose as engineer