Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them
Share Your Favorite Linux Distros and Why You Love Them
So we can clearly see the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them, please follow this format:
- Write the name of the Linux distro as a first-level comment.
- Reply to that comment with each reason you like the distro as a separate answer.
For example:
- Distro (first-level comment)
- Reason (one answer)
- Other reason (a different answer)
Please avoid duplicating options. This will help us better understand the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them.
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Arch Linux
Easy config with archinstall script if you want to choose options from a list when installing
Pacman package manager works well and PKGBUILD files are simple enough to edit if you want to alter how a package builds
Comments in the AUR can be a helpful troubleshooting source or indicate the quality of a package hosted there
Extensive documentation with useful troubleshooting sections for many articles
Build the system from the ground up choosing how you want it to work
AUR's developer change hands faster than british prime ministers that it gets harder and to trust upstream devs
Up to date packages
Incredibly easy to hack with it's no-security by default policy
AUR offers a lot of resources for a straightforward way to install software that isn't in the main repositories