Just about every week on the PCMech LIVE show I am asked (more or less), "Where do I go to get a list of Linux distros that people actually use?"
The answer I always give is DistroWatch. Is that place the be-all/end-all for all things Linux? No (because there are many), but it’s a darn good start to get the news on what’s going on with different distros.
On the right sidebar there is a list of 100 different Linux distributions sorted by hit ranking. This gives an indication of what’s being actively used/developed. It is not by any means a master list, but like I said it gives a good indication on what you can try out that other people use.
As of this writing, the top 10 are:
- Ubuntu
- openSUSE
- Mint
- Fedora
- Debian
- Mandriva
- PCLinuxOS
- MEPIS
- CentOS
- Puppy
Want to see the rest? Check out DistroWatch for yourself.
What sites do you go to for Linux distro information? Are they better or worse than DistroWatch?
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