My top 5 distros for October 2019

[crosscourt]

These choices were based on my needs ,experience, and hardware, your mileage may vary.

1.Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.2
2.Zorin OS 15
3.KDE Neon 201909
4.Q4OS Centaurus 3.8 KDE
5.Neptune OS 6
5.Netrunner 19.08

[tlmiller]

I'll post mine, even though noone will be surprised in the least by my choices...

1. Debian
2. KDE Neon
3. Arch
4. Void
5. Manjaro

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Ive got n0 RPM distros for the first time in quite some time. I dropped Mageia 7.1 as it was having some issues and ROSA isnt being updated as much as it should.

[tlmiller]

I think I no longer had any rpm distro's last month, but usually I had still had some form of rpm distro even if it was usually near the bottom of my top 5.

[crosscourt]

Neon and Mint Cinnamon are the two distros I use the most and have multiple installs right now. Ive got one laptop with ROSA but that will probably get switched over to another distro.

[tlmiller]

Not shockingly, Debian is by far the most used for me. Whenever I have to test hardware, install Debian. When I want to try out new hardware, first OS that goes on is Debian. After that I use a lot of Neon. While I love Arch (with an installer), it's just a hassle how much can be required to get it set up, so Neon's just quicker to get going. I don't use Void unless I know it's going to stay since I'm still not familiar enough with it to immediately know how to work through most issues.

[crosscourt]

Neon is a great distro and continues to be my favorite for my portable devices. Never thought Id be saying that about a KDE based distro that use to be too heavy for most laptops, particularly older hardware.

[crosscourt]

Recently there havent been many other distros that really interest me. Havent been testing as much as in prior years.

[tlmiller]

I've actually been wishing there were more distro's that interest me. IMO, 99% of the release I see are the type that "I changed the wallpaper, it's a NEW DISTRO!!!"

[crosscourt]

Thats how I use Q4OS Centaurus KDE as a quick way to install Debian 10 as all the wallpapers and screen logins are all Debian. Outside of the install method its Debian 10. Netrunner has some nice features but Neptune is essentially just a KDE clone with nice wallpapers and other art.