Top 5 Linux distros June 2019

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Top 5 Linux distros June 2019

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This is based on my needs, experience and hardware, your mileage may vary.

1.Netrunner KDE 19.01
2.Zorin OS Core 15
3.MX Linux 18.3
4.Linux Mint Mate 19.1
5.ROSA R11 KDE
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Re: Top 5 Linux distros June 2019

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WOW, it is june already!!

So, as usual, here's my hardly changing list!!:

1. Debian
2. KDE Neon
3. Arch (still haven't forgiven it for breaking Atheros firmware, but the Firefox breakage on Rosa is also unforgivable given how many times they've done that)
4. ROSA
5. Fedora (I've been playing with 30 on a VM)
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I wasnt happy with Open Mandriva nor Mageia 7 so ROSA is still my top RPM distro. Netrunner and MX18 have become my only Debian based distros along with the two Ubuntu based ones, Mint and Zorin.
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I do have a Mageia 7 VM at work. Haven't done much with it since creating it.

I agree on OpenMandriva, wasn't really impressed at all.

I personally have yet to find a Debian-based distro that can compete with Debian for my affection. Neptune is close, but they do some things IMO wrong so it's still not able to compete. Neon is nearly the perfect Ubuntu-based distro IMO.
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To hear you talk about an Ubuntu based distro, :shock: :o

I havent touched Neon for quite awhile.
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At this point I've grown to like Neon enough that I doubt it will fall from #2 unless they do something REALLY dumb. Arch and ROSA simply have too much work to do to catch it at this point.

BTW - Neon is 5.16.0 as of today...
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Netrunner I think is using 5.15.5 I believe but Im happy with it.
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5.15.5 was the prior release to 5.16.0

Supposed to be 5.16.0 has a TON of HUGE updates. I haven't used it sufficiently to really notice yet.
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Thats the same with me as most of the time I never really see much difference between versions. I have to say that Im enjoying Zorin far more than I did Mint Cinnamon.
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I actually just deleted my Mint Cinnamon VM at work today...
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