What is the best alternative to Linux Mint?

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score 222 · Answer 1

Deepin OS

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Default Desktop Environment:Deepin Desktop Environment

Based On:Debian Unstable

Release Schedule:Rolling release

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score 840 · Answer 2

Manjaro Linux

Top Pro

Different editions to select from + Manjaro community

You can choose between different Manjaro editions which have their own change in features, and there is also Manjaro community editions where the community can make their own changes. See More

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Default Desktop Environment:XFCE, KDE, Gnome, Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, i3, LXDE/lxqt, and MATE

Based On:Arch Linux

Release Schedule:Rolling Release

Init-System:Systemd

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score 645 · Answer 3

Ubuntu

Gnome has lot of extensions available and can be custmoized rather easily. See More

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Default Desktop Environment:GNOME(various editons with MATE, Xfce, LXDE and other)

Based On:Debian Stable

Release Schedule:5 Year LTS / 6 Month Releases

Init-System:Systemd

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score 336 · Answer 4

Fedora

Release Schedule:6 Months

Init-System:Systemd

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score 476 · Answer 5

Elementary OS

Problems often arise with functions like keyboard layout and touchpad. See More

Top Con

Boring UI

It can be very boring. See More

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Default Desktop Environment:Pantheon

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score 201 · Answer 6

Solus

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Price:Absolutely Free

Default Desktop Environment:Budgie, GNOME, MATE

Based On:N/A

Release Schedule:Rolling Release

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201 55

score 505 · Answer 7

Debian GNU/Linux

Once installed you can almost forget about it and start to use your desktop for your daily tasks See More

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Price:Free

Default Desktop Environment:CLI, GNOME(Xfce on non-Linux Ports)

Based On:None

Release Schedule:2 Years / Rolling

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score 982 · Answer 8

Arch Linux

QoL of Arch is generally good. You get something more consistent and doable in Arch then you would get with most other OSes. See More

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Default Desktop Environment:CLI

Based On:(independent)

Release Schedule:Rolling

Init-System:Systemd

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score 136 · Answer 9

Gentoo Linux

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Default Desktop Environment:None

Based On:NA

Release Schedule:Rolling

Init-System:OpenRC

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score 259 · Answer 10

Antergos

Release Schedule:Rolling Release

Init-System:Systemd

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score 82 · Answer 11

Zorin OS

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Price:Free for core, €19 for Ultimate

Default Desktop Environment:(Customized) Gnome 3 Desktop Environment

Based On:Ubuntu

Release Schedule:2 Year

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score 228 · Answer 12

OpenSUSE LEAP

OpenSUSE has a VERY active user community. Questions on forums are generally answered in minutes. See More

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Dedicated professional community

Directions on other desktop Linux's often force you to use GUI packages or have steps that introduce security issues. OpenSUSE has a professional community and directions are usually geared toward GUI and CLI with similar steps. See More

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Default Desktop Environment:Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, LXQT

Based On: SLS Linux>Slackware>SuSE>openSUSE

Release Schedule:1 year minor releases, 3 years major releases

Init-System:Systemd

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score 67 · Answer 13

Ubuntu MATE

Release Schedule:2 Year LTS / 6 Month Releases

Init-System:Systemd

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score 302 · Answer 14

KDE Neon

Release Schedule:Follows KDE releases

Init-System:Systemd

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score 84 · Answer 15

Kubuntu

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Full featured desktop environment that is actively developed

Unlike some abandoned, unfinished distros, Kubuntu is up to date and offers a fully functional desktop environment that targets workstation users. See More

Top Con

Often unstable

There have been several bugs reported. Some of these bugs are: shutting down randomly, refusing to boot, refusing to shut down, menus may act strange, icons may disappear, etc... See More

Top Pro

Customizable

You can easily adjust the workspace to your needs. See More

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Default Desktop Environment:KDE

Based On:Ubuntu

Release Schedule:2 Year LTS/6 Months Releases

Init-System:Systemd

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score 57 · Answer 16

CentOS

Top Pro

Greatly favours stability over anything else

CentOS favours stability over being up-to date. For this reason it ships with packages that may be up to two years behind in order to ensure stability over everything else. Using older versions for packages means that they have been thoroughly tested and used in production for quite some time, and are ensured to play well with each-other. This strategy has paid off quite a lot in the past. One example is the Heartbleed bug which left CentOS unaffected since it was using a two-year old OpenSSL library which did not have the bug. See More

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Applications don't have to take into account potentially breaking changes in libraries

Since CentOS backports all updates and bug fixes to older versions in order to maintain package compatibility across releases, applications hosted on Red Hat Linux don't have to worry about potential breaking changes in libraries they use, especially language libraries. See More

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Built-in support for containers

Comes with built-in management tools for containers (Atomic CLI, Cockpit) and a container runtime in the form of Docker engine. See More

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Built-in disaster recovery solutions through clusters

CentOS has several built-in solutions for disaster recovery. For example, it comes with pacemaker which can be configured to manage multi-site and and stretch clusters across multiple geographical locations for disaster recovery and scalability. It can also be configured to trigger notifications when the status of a managed cluster changes by using enhanced pacemaker alerts. See More

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Publisher:The CentOS Project

Default Desktop Environment:GNOME 3

Based On:Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Release Schedule:Concurrent with RHEL

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score 49 · Answer 17

Void Linux

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Default Desktop Environment:XFCE, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, LXDE, LXQt, MATE

Based On:N/A

Release Schedule:Rolling

Init-System:runit

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score 17 · Answer 18

Ubuntu LTS

PPA repositories allow you to install the latest version of your preferred software while keeping the rest of the operating system "stable". See More

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score 64 · Answer 19

Linux Lite

Linux Lite is not compatible with UEFI. You have to enable Legacy Mode to install Linux Lite. Which makes this OS a little behind latest OS. See More

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Price:Free

Default Desktop Environment:XFCE

Based On:Ubuntu LTS 16.04.2

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score 51 · Answer 20

PCLinuxOS

Comes with nVidia drivers out of the box. Important if the PC has an nVidia chipset. Most Debian based distros don't have nVidia drivers available at install time. LXDE version works well with older hardware. See More

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Default Desktop Environment:KDE, MATE

Based On:Mandrake Linux

Release Schedule:Rolling Release

Init-System:SysVinit

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