The Linux Tier List

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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

As a full time pentester I have to really disagree with the idea that kali is pointless. While yes absolutely you could do everything that kali is set up to do by yourself, using whatever distro, the fact that you can spend 10 minutes on setting up a usb stick with all the necessary drivers for your specific hardware, combined with kali and be able to use that for a fresh non-interactive installation between each new client and have everything be up to date (including new tools that might not even have existed when you set it all up the first time). That is priceless, it’s a massive time saver. Saying it is pointless is just like saying that buying bread is pointless when you could just plant the wheat yourself.

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.

you forgot about the third supreme tier option templeOS

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

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.

I am a new cyber security student and my school recommended me Kali or parrot. First time ever I used Linux. After using it for a month or two, I learned all these different distros and how most of the stuff just come down from Debian or Arch. And I got a little adventurous and installed debian because I needed to use a unique distro that I can customize the way I want (not that it can't be done to Kali, I just needed to start fresh and learn Linux) and then I just installed debian and all the tools I normally use on Kali. I got ridiculed for doing this by some of my professors lol. They said i was doing "unwanted" work, but doing all this taught me so much that I don't regret the time and effort I spent at all.

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

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.

And people wonder why not more people switched to Linux.

Half the distros you put into pointless are just because you haven't found a use case for them. You admit that Arco linux is really good and you use parts of it, but the "flaw" that makes it pointless is that it's easier to install than Arch? So right out of the gate the bar is on the floor, and then kali linux - "If you don't create a bunch of extra steps for yourself to get the same tools on debian then you're just a script kiddie" Sounds like you just don't realize how to work efficiently lol Also put arch in supreme tier then says gentoo is for tryhards??

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!

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

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

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

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.

Wow all of those arch derivatives opinions are supremely unhelpful, thanks for giving nothing except "just use arch"

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.