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.
Ubuntu
A lot of proprietary software is easier to install here
I can use the same OS on my servers
Shit just works
easy enough to use for me (I’m a linux newb) and I can setup steam on it!
edit: forgot to mention I can get hibernation working on Ubuntu when I couldn’t figure out how to do that in Fedora
It’s easy to use
I love the stability of LTS
I love the dock
Because it just works. Because it’s based on free Debian and not corporate RedHat. Because mainstream Linux needs a flagship distro and that distro needs to be used and supported.
but Ubuntu is corporate, no?
I don’t have time to fuck about, I use ubuntu mate because it gets out of my way and does what I expect it to do.
For when I can’t get stuff to work on nixos 😅