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The best Linux distro for 2017

22 points by StedeBonnet 10y ago

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git-pull 10y ago
Best resource for me since the early 2000's has been https://distrowatch.com https://distrowatch.com. No bloat, just the latest info on Linux distro releases. As well as the versions for popular packages in the release. Looks like NixOS 17.03 dropped yesterday (2017/03/31): https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09772 https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09772 Couple of days before that, Oracle Linux 6.9 (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09770 https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09770) and DragonFly BSD 4.8.0 (https://distrowatch.com/9769 https://distrowatch.com/9769). For those who still use news readers, the feed is at https://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml https://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml.
najati83 10y ago
How did this rubbish make it to the front page? Botnet of voters?
- aliakhtar 10y ago
  Probably just those of us using Ubuntu 16.04 who agree with the article.
- aithoughts 10y ago
  Why is it rubbish? Would you please elaborate?
  - najati83 10y ago
    It's an article signed by nobody claiming three distros to be "the best distros of 2017" without any kind of serious arguments.
    - PleaseHelpMe 10y ago
      Really?
cJ0th 10y ago
Is there any Linux distro out there that supports sleep/hibernate flawlessly ? I've got a very plain Asus notebook (no Nvidia card, just Intel Graphics!) running Debian 8 and the situation is unacceptable atm. I didn't have to reboot for weeks in the past. At the moment I am lucky if my laptop doesn't freeze thanks to sleep/hibernate within 2 days.
- najati83 10y ago
  My recommendation for any kind of serious desktop use is always Gentoo. Problems like the one you mention are much easier to solve when you can pick which versions of all packages to install and which kernel flags to enable.
  - k_sze 10y ago
    I can't tell whether you are being sarcastic. Seriously. I hate Gentoo with a passion. Being able to pick versions and set flags means that, between any two Gentoo installations, the difference is likely bigger than any two Ubuntu 16.04 installation. I think it just creates more complexity for support scenarios. I'd definitely not recommend it for "serious desktop use" unless you are a hardcore graybeard.
    - najati83 10y ago
      I am not being sarcastic and I use it and I have used it for years. I consider myself a "hardcore greybeard", or a neckbeard, which is what you actually meant ;P I don't agree with the support thing though. Most Gentoo users are knowledgeable; developers are always on irc/forums lending support; certain commands such as `emerge --info' make it easy to figure out what the state of the machine is regarding flags/masks.
      - k_sze 10y ago
        I really meant "graybeard". I think "neckbeard" has a negative connotation, whereas "graybeard" is just supposed to mean somebody of older age who is knowledgeable.
madmax108 10y ago
TL;DR: Ubuntu 16.04, Manjaro and Chromium OS Hug of death (probably): https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wQGgEGTjt0gJ:https://cd-rw.org/t/the-best-linux-distro-for-2017/636+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wQGgEG...
mdekkers 10y ago
*Desktop linux distro. Also, nothing to back up the assertions.
- yellowapple 10y ago
  Especially the ones about openSUSE's supposed inadequacies. openSUSE is my distro of choice for computer users switching away from Windows XP, and I've had very few problems with it even on Tumbleweed, let alone any Leap version. YaST alone is a killer feature; zero other distros (AFAIK; I'd happy to be corrected here) have anything like it. The DE might have something to do with it, though; I typically set people up with Xfce, whereas KDE - as fantastic as it may be - can be a little overwhelming for new users. The complaints about Fedora are spot-on, though, even if lacking specificity in this article. Every time I've used Fedora, it's been a nightmare of kernel panicking/oopsing and weird user-facing software bugs that are just plain absent even on other "bleeding-edge" distros on the same hardware.
dqvsra 10y ago
I'm for Elementary OS
canadian_voter 10y ago
It should be noted that Manjaro is phasing out x86. From Manjaro v17.1 Hakoila onward they will only be supporting ARM[1]. [1] https://manjaro.org/2017/04/01/phasing-out-x86-architecture-support-in-general/ https://manjaro.org/2017/04/01/phasing-out-x86-architecture-...
- panzerboy 10y ago
  You do realize that's an April Fool's right?
shivamnema 10y ago
For me it's Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It started not really well but after 2nd and 3rd update is working flawlessly. I'm wondering and looking forward for the next upcoming fedora release also. However, for me (till march 17) the best distro gonna be Ubuntu 16.04.
- dhimes 10y ago
  ^^ It's already April 17 ...
gremlinsinc 10y ago
I'm gonna throw my vote in for Antergos a less barbones Arch distro, with i3wm of course because tiling with shortcuts is so much more productive

22 points by StedeBonnet 10y ago

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Best resource for me since the early 2000's has been https://distrowatch.com https://distrowatch.com. No bloat, just the latest info on Linux distro releases. As well as the versions for popular packages in the release. Looks like NixOS 17.03 dropped yesterday (2017/03/31): https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09772 https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09772 Couple of days before that, Oracle Linux 6.9 (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09770 https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09770) and DragonFly BSD 4.8.0 (https://distrowatch.com/9769 https://distrowatch.com/9769). For those who still use news readers, the feed is at https://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml https://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml.

najati83 10y ago

How did this rubbish make it to the front page? Botnet of voters?

aliakhtar 10y ago
Probably just those of us using Ubuntu 16.04 who agree with the article.
aithoughts 10y ago
Why is it rubbish? Would you please elaborate?
- najati83 10y ago
  It's an article signed by nobody claiming three distros to be "the best distros of 2017" without any kind of serious arguments.
  - PleaseHelpMe 10y ago
    Really?

cJ0th 10y ago

Is there any Linux distro out there that supports sleep/hibernate flawlessly ? I've got a very plain Asus notebook (no Nvidia card, just Intel Graphics!) running Debian 8 and the situation is unacceptable atm. I didn't have to reboot for weeks in the past. At the moment I am lucky if my laptop doesn't freeze thanks to sleep/hibernate within 2 days.

najati83 10y ago
My recommendation for any kind of serious desktop use is always Gentoo. Problems like the one you mention are much easier to solve when you can pick which versions of all packages to install and which kernel flags to enable.
- k_sze 10y ago
  I can't tell whether you are being sarcastic. Seriously. I hate Gentoo with a passion. Being able to pick versions and set flags means that, between any two Gentoo installations, the difference is likely bigger than any two Ubuntu 16.04 installation. I think it just creates more complexity for support scenarios. I'd definitely not recommend it for "serious desktop use" unless you are a hardcore graybeard.
  - najati83 10y ago
    I am not being sarcastic and I use it and I have used it for years. I consider myself a "hardcore greybeard", or a neckbeard, which is what you actually meant ;P I don't agree with the support thing though. Most Gentoo users are knowledgeable; developers are always on irc/forums lending support; certain commands such as `emerge --info' make it easy to figure out what the state of the machine is regarding flags/masks.
    - k_sze 10y ago
      I really meant "graybeard". I think "neckbeard" has a negative connotation, whereas "graybeard" is just supposed to mean somebody of older age who is knowledgeable.

madmax108 10y ago

TL;DR: Ubuntu 16.04, Manjaro and Chromium OS Hug of death (probably): https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wQGgEGTjt0gJ:https://cd-rw.org/t/the-best-linux-distro-for-2017/636+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wQGgEG...

mdekkers 10y ago

*Desktop linux distro. Also, nothing to back up the assertions.

yellowapple 10y ago
Especially the ones about openSUSE's supposed inadequacies. openSUSE is my distro of choice for computer users switching away from Windows XP, and I've had very few problems with it even on Tumbleweed, let alone any Leap version. YaST alone is a killer feature; zero other distros (AFAIK; I'd happy to be corrected here) have anything like it. The DE might have something to do with it, though; I typically set people up with Xfce, whereas KDE - as fantastic as it may be - can be a little overwhelming for new users. The complaints about Fedora are spot-on, though, even if lacking specificity in this article. Every time I've used Fedora, it's been a nightmare of kernel panicking/oopsing and weird user-facing software bugs that are just plain absent even on other "bleeding-edge" distros on the same hardware.

dqvsra 10y ago

I'm for Elementary OS

canadian_voter 10y ago

It should be noted that Manjaro is phasing out x86. From Manjaro v17.1 Hakoila onward they will only be supporting ARM[1]. [1] https://manjaro.org/2017/04/01/phasing-out-x86-architecture-support-in-general/ https://manjaro.org/2017/04/01/phasing-out-x86-architecture-...

panzerboy 10y ago
You do realize that's an April Fool's right?

shivamnema 10y ago

For me it's Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It started not really well but after 2nd and 3rd update is working flawlessly. I'm wondering and looking forward for the next upcoming fedora release also. However, for me (till march 17) the best distro gonna be Ubuntu 16.04.

dhimes 10y ago
^^ It's already April 17 ...

gremlinsinc 10y ago

I'm gonna throw my vote in for Antergos a less barbones Arch distro, with i3wm of course because tiling with shortcuts is so much more productive