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Specs

Based On

NONE

Default Desktop Environment

N/A

Package Manager

Pacman

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

Desktop with latest software

Origin

Canada

Official Supported Architectures

x86-64 (AMD64)

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

2002

Current Linux Kernel

5.16.0

Last Officially Updated

2020-05-16

Minimum Available Storage

800MiB

Minimum System RAM

512MiB

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Independent

Default Desktop Environment

GNOME

Package Manager

RPM Package Manager, DNF package manager

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Point (6 Months)

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

-

Origin

USA

Official Supported Architectures

ARMv7 (armhfp, arm-32), ARMv8 (aarch64, arm-64), x86_64, PPC64LE, MIPS-64el, MIPS-el, RISC-V, s390x

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

2003

Current Linux Kernel

6.08

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

42

Display Server

Wayland (default), X11

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch Linux

Default Desktop Environment

XFCE, KDE Plasma, GNOME

Package Manager

pamac

Init-System

systemd

Release Schedule

rolling

OS Family

linux

Main Usage

desktop

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

x64,ARM

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

KDE Plasma

Os Family

Linux

RAM

64

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

NONE

Default Desktop Environment

NONE

Package Manager

Portage

Init-System

OpenRC

Release Schedule

rolling release

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

-

Origin

Canada

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

Source or Binary

Initial Release

2002

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian Stable>antiX

Default Desktop Environment

XFCE

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

SysV-init (default) & systemD

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

Stable System with backported Desktop

Origin

Greece, USA

Official Supported Architectures

i386, amd64

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian

Default Desktop Environment

XFCE

Package Manager

dpkg with apt, aptitude or apt-build

Init-System

SysVinit, runit or OpenRC

Release Schedule

Long-term support (stable edition) and rolling release (testing and unstable editions)

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Servers, Industry(Stable/Oldstable) | Desktop, Multimedia(Testing/Unstable)

Origin

Worldwide

Official Supported Architectures

aarch64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64le, amd64

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

2016

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian>Ubuntu LTS

Default Desktop Environment

Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Point( 2 Year LTS / 6 Month)

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

Desktop, Showcase for the MATE and Cinnamon desktops

Origin

Ireland

Official Supported Architectures

i386, amd64

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch Linux

Default Desktop Environment

Bash (Unix shell), Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and XFCE

Package Manager

Pacman

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

Rolling release

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

-

Origin

Worldwide

Official Supported Architectures

x86-64 (AMD64) and AArch64 (ARM64)

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

Dinit, OpenRC, runit and s6

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Independent

Default Desktop Environment

CLI, XFCE, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, GNOME

Package Manager

XBPS & xbps-src

Init-System

runit

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Universal

Origin

Spain

Official Supported Architectures

x86_64, i686, arm, arm platforms.

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

musl / glibc

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

x11

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Devuan

Default Desktop Environment

XFCE

Package Manager

Debian Package manager

Init-System

SysVinit

Release Schedule

Point, but no official schedule

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Desktop

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

Binary; however, source created during the Respin process is available on https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

GPL v3

Developer

https://theouterlinux.gitlab.io

File Size

3.8GB ISO

Processor

i686

Minimum System Specs

512MB RAM

Developement Status

Active

Officially Supported Architecture

i686

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian Stable(core) Testing/Unstable(universe/multiverse)

Default Desktop Environment

GNOME

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager, Snap Store

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Point (5 Year LTS / 6 Month Releases)

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Desktop

Origin

Great Britain

Official Supported Architectures

amd64

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

German

Removable storage

Virtual Box

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Softlanding Linux System

Default Desktop Environment

KDE, Xfce, NONE

Package Manager

pkgtool

Init-System

SysVinit

Release Schedule

Point or Rolling(Slackware - current)

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

Server/Stable Desktop

Origin

USA

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

1993

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

SLS>Slackware>Jurix>SuSE Linux

Default Desktop Environment

Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, LXQT, NONE

Package Manager

rpm with zypper

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Point (1 year minor releases, 3 years major releases)

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Desktop, Free alternative to SLE

Origin

Germany

Official Supported Architectures

amd64, ppc64, arm64, s390x

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

2006

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

NONE

Default Desktop Environment

GNOME

Package Manager

dpkg with apt, aptitude or apt-build

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

approximately every 24 months

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Universal

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

amd64 (x86_64), arm64 (aarch64), armel, armhf, i386, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

1993

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

11.4 "bullseye"

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian>Ubuntu

Default Desktop Environment

Pantheon

Package Manager

-

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

macOS-like Desktop, Showcase for the Pantheon Destop

Origin

UK

Official Supported Architectures

amd64

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

Professionals, Creatives and Students looking for an alternative

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian>Ubuntu LTS

Default Desktop Environment

Gnome / Xfce

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Point (2 Year)

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

Windows-like Desktop

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

Desktop, Showcase for the Deepin Desktop

Origin

China

Official Supported Architectures

amd64

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian

Default Desktop Environment

LXDE, KDE or GNOME

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

SysV, knoppix-autoconfig

Release Schedule

Point

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Live Desktop, System Rescue

Origin

Germany

Official Supported Architectures

i586

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Scratch

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

eopkg package manager (PiSi fork)

Init-System

systemd

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

x86_64

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch

Default Desktop Environment

KDE, GNOME, Deepin, Budgie, Cinnamon, Apricity, OpenBox, i3, Xfce, Pantheon

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian Unstable>Aptosid

Default Desktop Environment

KDE, Xfce, Cinnamon and LXQt

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

systemd

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

Recent Desktop

Origin

Germany

Official Supported Architectures

amd64

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian>Ubuntu>Linux Mint

Default Desktop Environment

KDE

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

systemd

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

Desktop

Origin

USA

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Research UNIX>BSD>NeXTSTEP

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

UNIX (BSD/Darwin)

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

EULA

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Fedora

Default Desktop Environment

Anything is possible

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch Linux (Rolling)

Default Desktop Environment

Openbox + Xfce + i3

Package Manager

pacman

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

FREE

Init-system

systemd

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian Testing

Default Desktop Environment

GNOME

Package Manager

-

Init-System

systemd

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

Desktop

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch Linux

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

pacman

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

s6/66

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch Linux

Default Desktop Environment

Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Xfce

Package Manager

pacman

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

Netherlands

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

GNU+Linux

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

x64

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

BeOS-like

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

MIT

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

C++, C

Widget Toolkit

Interface Kit

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian Stable

Default Desktop Environment

KDE

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

systemd

Release Schedule

Point

OS Family

-

Main Usage

Desktop that focuses KDE

Origin

Germany

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

LEAF Project

Default Desktop Environment

N/A

Package Manager

Alpine Package Keeper

Init-System

OpenRC

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

GNU/Linux

Main Usage

embedded systems, routers, access servers, thin servers, thin clients, network appliances

Origin

Norway

Official Supported Architectures

amd64, i386, armhf, aarch64, ppc64

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Debian

Default Desktop Environment

GNOME

Package Manager

Debian Package Manager

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Point(6 Weeks)

OS Family

-

Main Usage

Live Desktop with privacy

Origin

Ireland

Official Supported Architectures

amd64

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Windows 8.1

Default Desktop Environment

Windows 10

Package Manager

winget, MS Store, Windows Installer

Init-System

Service Control Manager

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

Windows NT

Main Usage

Universal

Origin

USA

Official Supported Architectures

amd64, arm64

Release Type

Binary

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

Proprietary

Developer

Microsoft

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL Source)

Default Desktop Environment

GNOME

Package Manager

RPM Package Manager

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Point (Concurrent with RHEL)

OS Family

GNU+Linux

Main Usage

Free alternative to RHLE, Enterprise

Origin

USA

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

4.18.0-168.el8

Last Officially Updated

June 15, 2020

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GNU+Linux

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Serbia

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Debian Packgage Manager

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Desktop

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amd64

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Gnome

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BSD, MIT, GPL, LGPL, MPL

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C, C++, JavaScript

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4 Years Support

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Official Website

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Current Major Versions

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Sources

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Available on

ChomiumOS/ChromeOS

Available On

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Windows NT

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Gnome

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GPL, BSD

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MFC, WTL, .NET

Platforms

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Selective downloading

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10 Years Support

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Project leader

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SIG's

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4 Years Support

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Official Website

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Current Major Versions

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Sources

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ReactOS

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Official Website

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Current Major Versions

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Sources

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Init-Sysztem

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Available on

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Arch Linux

Default Desktop Environment

Steam Big Picture, Kde Plasma

Package Manager

Pacman Arch Package Manager, Steam

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Systemd

Release Schedule

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GNU/Linux

Main Usage

Gaming

Origin

USA

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amd64/x86_64

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Gnome

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Proprietary on top of Linux

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4 Years Support

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Official Website

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Current Major Versions

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Sources

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Init-Sysztem

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Available on

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Available On

multiple devices (amd64 based PCs)

Package manager

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Based On

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Init-System

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Current Linux Kernel

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Gnome

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10 Years Support

-

Project leader

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SIG's

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4 Years Support

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Official Website

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Current Major Versions

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Init-Sysztem

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License

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Developer

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Processor

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Languages

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Last Release

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Great For

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Price

-

Init-system

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Init System

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Architecture

-

Programming Language

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Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

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Selective downloading

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10 Years Support

-

Project leader

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SIG's

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4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

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-

update policy

-

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RAM

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Officially Supported Architecture

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Last Release

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Great For

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Price

-

Init-system

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Init System

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Architecture

-

Programming Language

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Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

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-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

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-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

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Release Schedule

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Last Release

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Price

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Init-system

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Init System

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Platforms

-

Project management

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Selective downloading

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10 Years Support

-

Project leader

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SIG's

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4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

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Sources

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Init-Sysztem

-

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Package manager

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update policy

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Package Manager

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Init-System

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Release Schedule

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Origin

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Release Type

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Initial Release

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Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

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Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

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Init Systems

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Standard Library

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License

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Developer

-

File Size

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Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

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-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

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-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

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OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

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Release Type

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Initial Release

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Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

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Display Server

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Desktop Environments

-

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RAM

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Init Systems

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Standard Library

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License

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Developer

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-

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Developement Status

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Officially Supported Architecture

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Languages

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Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

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Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

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Platforms

-

Project management

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Selective downloading

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10 Years Support

-

Project leader

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SIG's

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4 Years Support

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Official Website

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Current Major Versions

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Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

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Last Officially Updated

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-

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RAM

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Init Systems

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License

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Developer

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Processor

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Officially Supported Architecture

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Languages

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Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

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Price

-

Init-system

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Init System

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Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

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10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

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4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

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Available on

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Package manager

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update policy

-

Based On

-

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Package Manager

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Init-System

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Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

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Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

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Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

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Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Ubuntu

Default Desktop Environment

Cinnamon

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

Release Every 6 months.

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Jurix>SUSE

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Rolling

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

Germany

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

Free

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch Linux

Default Desktop Environment

Cinnamon / GNOME 3 / KDE / i3 / MATE / Openbox / Xfce/ Deepin

Package Manager

-

Init-System

Systemd

Release Schedule

Rolling Release

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

amd64

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

pacman

update policy

-

Based On

Windows Vista

Default Desktop Environment

Windows 7

Package Manager

Windows Installer

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

Windows NT

Main Usage

Universal

Origin

USA

Official Supported Architectures

x86, amd64

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

Proprietary

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

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Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

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-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

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Package Manager

Apt/Aptitude, DPKG

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

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Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

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-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

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RAM

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Init Systems

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Standard Library

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License

-

Developer

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File Size

-

Processor

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Minimum System Specs

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Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

SystemD

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

rolling

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

AIO desktop environment

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

GPL, LGPL, MIT, X11, BSD

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

mostly C++

Widget Toolkit

Qt

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

X11, Wayland

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

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Display Server

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Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

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RAM

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Init Systems

-

Standard Library

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License

-

Developer

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File Size

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Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

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Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

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Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

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-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

Arch

Default Desktop Environment

KDE

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

16.10.1

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

-

License

-

Developer

-

File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

-

Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

Available On

-

Package manager

-

update policy

-

Based On

-

Default Desktop Environment

-

Package Manager

-

Init-System

-

Release Schedule

-

OS Family

-

Main Usage

-

Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

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License

-

Developer

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File Size

-

Processor

-

Minimum System Specs

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Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

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Price

-

Init-system

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Init System

-

Architecture

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Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

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10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

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-

Package manager

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update policy

-

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Default Desktop Environment

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Package Manager

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Init-System

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Release Schedule

-

OS Family

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Main Usage

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Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

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-

Gnome

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Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

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Init Systems

-

Standard Library

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License

-

Developer

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File Size

-

Processor

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Officially Supported Architecture

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-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

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Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

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4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

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Available on

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Package manager

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update policy

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Package Manager

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Init-System

-

Release Schedule

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OS Family

-

Main Usage

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Origin

-

Official Supported Architectures

-

Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

Last Officially Updated

-

Minimum Available Storage

-

Minimum System RAM

-

Gnome

-

Display Server

-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

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RAM

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Init Systems

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Standard Library

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License

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Developer

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File Size

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-

Officially Supported Architecture

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Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

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Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

-

Current Major Versions

-

Sources

-

Init-Sysztem

-

Available on

-

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Package manager

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update policy

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Package Manager

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Init-System

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Release Schedule

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OS Family

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Main Usage

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Origin

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Release Type

-

Initial Release

-

Current Linux Kernel

-

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-

Minimum Available Storage

-

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-

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-

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-

Desktop Environments

-

Os Family

-

RAM

-

Init Systems

-

Standard Library

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License

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Developer

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File Size

-

Processor

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Minimum System Specs

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Developement Status

-

Officially Supported Architecture

-

Languages

-

Removable storage

-

Last Release

-

Great For

-

Price

-

Init-system

-

Init System

-

Architecture

-

Programming Language

-

Widget Toolkit

-

Platforms

-

Project management

-

Selective downloading

-

10 Years Support

-

Project leader

-

SIG's

-

4 Years Support

-

Official Website

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Current Major Versions

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Pros + Cons

Pro
 With AUR you are almost guaranteed to get the software you need

Pretty much every software built for Linux finds its way in Arch User Repository ( AUR ). Makes finding and getting cliche software a lot easier and quicker!
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 Uses one of the best package managers

Arch has pacman--definitely one of the best available package managers, arguably better-liked than even Debian's well-respected apt.
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 You make your box what you want it to be

Arch is extremely customizable so you can make it look and work pretty much as u want. Be it Desktop Environment, Window Manager, Boot manager, or anything. Customizability is one of Arch's greatest strengths. It's like a piano, it have a beginning and an end, but possibilities are endless.
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Pro
 You can choose your own desktop and window manager

You can make your desktop what you want it to be. Light-weight or fully featured one.
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 Rolling release system

Updates are continuously delivered and installed as needed. There are no numbered releases of Arch, so you get updates as soon as developers publish them.
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 Excellent documentation

Arch's goal of simplicity means there's usually one preferred way to get things done - through organized and well documented configuration files. This focus, combined with the community's recognition that configuration files can be intimidating, has resulted in excellent documentation that's accessible to newcomers, and very instructive about how Linux actually works. The documentation is often so thorough that, when searching for solutions to problems while using other distributions, such as with video card drivers, oftentimes you'll find the most effective solution in the Arch Linux wiki or on the forums.
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Pro
 Very stable

By default, only the bare necessities are installed, so there is very little running that can crash. Also, pacman gives you full control of what packages are updated and when.
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 A package for almost everything

If you need to install something, chances are someone in the Arch community has already made a package for it. This makes it incredibly easy for you to install and maintain all of the non-media content on your computer.
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Pro
 Stripped down to the bone

Since its stripped down. its fast and you dont have to deal with bloatware.
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Pro
 Fast, high performance

Tried and tested, Arch is the fastest daily use distro in both average daily tasks as well as boot time.
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Pro
 Vanilla packages

Packages that come with software are easily available.
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 Lightweight

Arch starts out in CLI and you only install what you really need. Therefore it uses less storage and can be set up to be easy on resources.
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 Great learning experience

Arch provides top insight into the operating system and how everything works together. Thus providing a great option to go from beginner to advanced with little hassle. Also without too much waste of time (for example compared to Gentoo, where everything has to be compiled from scratch). As a matter of fact it provides a lot of insight on the way operating systems work and are stored in general. Not only Arch or Linux.
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 Fast and simple package management

Pacman has performance advantages over apt-get and yum in both database operations (thanks to being written for speed) and download times (by virtue of using better mirrors than other distributions tend to select by default). There are also fewer default repositories to download from, and all package management is combined into one tool instead of being split into dpkg, apt-get, and apt-cache like on Debian distros.
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 Arch Linux Wiki

The Arch Linux Wiki is very useful not just for Arch Linux users, but for anyone who uses Linux.
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Pro
 No restrictive handholding, pure control over everything

Arch is mainly aimed at experienced Linux users, there is no hand-holding and not much in a way of UI elements when trying to install or tweak settings.
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 It is Linux at the core

This distro is barebones enough to make a new distro from.
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Pro
 Excellent package management with the AUR

The AUR is a repository with a very extensive catalogue of build/install scripts that are contributed by users. While these scripts are inherently less secure than conventional packages maintained by a distro's authors, it's still way easier to verify the security of install scripts than it would be to write them yourself. It's very usefull.
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 Arch knowledge works for other distros

Since Arch is very vanilla and provides a vast range of applications and tools, what you learn with Arch and read in the Arch Wiki works with many other distros too.
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Con
 Difficult to install

You need to read the Arch Wiki and determine how you want your system to work. There is no one-size-fits-all graphical installer.
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Pro
 An opportunity to improve

The process of learning to setup and use Arch will improve your skills with Linux and computers in general.
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 On average only 1 manual intervention needed a year now

The comments about issues with upgrades are over exaggerated. Those comments assume that : A) They happen often, B) you are using a specific package with an issue, C) that package maintainers can't release a patch to the package that will work around the issue for you, and that D) Manual intervention or system recovery from such issues is hard to fix. On average once or twice a year a user may have to cut and paste some commands in the terminal to fix an issue, but that's about it. Additionally any system recovery required from such missed interventions is easy, just follow the wiki and make a live USB if you're using a desktop or laptop.
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Con
 Not ready out of the box

You have to install your day-to-day software requirements manually.
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 Helpful community

If searching through the wiki or the forums for any problems turns nothing, any question on the official forums, Arch subreddit or the IRC channel will be answered within minutes. There will probably be no hand-holding however, Arch users prefer to point anyone to a resource that may help them instead of trying to outright solve their problem in a forum thread. This is quite helpful for people who want to really learn how their system works but also for other people who may stumble in that thread considering how most problems don’t have a universal solution.
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 As slim or copious as you want it

Arch keeps its core repositories slim and free of unnecessary dependencies. At first installation only a bare system is set up. You can easily get the other applications through the package manager. The repositories are nearly as full as those of Ubuntu, while they are often more up to date. That way you don't have to waste time with software you don't need or want.
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 Highly customizable

Taylor the system to your needs.
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 Simplicity is absolutely the principal objective behind Arch development

The design approach of the development team focuses on elegance, code correctness, minimalism, and simplicity, and expects the user to be willing to make some effort to understand the system's operation.
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 Completely signed repos by default

Arch-based distros, or even Arch installers, often use unsigned repositories.
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 Support for a large variety of hardware

From latest wacom pads to obscure wireless cards in laptops Arch's hw support has been and continues to be good. It has worked on laptops where other leading distro's like debian/ mint/ ubuntu failed to detect and work with all hardware.
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 Very versatile

You can use Arch on your PC, notebook, Raspberries, bay tail devices, as daily operating system, as server operating system, as operating system for your media player, your firewall, your router, you can install it natively on your tablet, security experts can add BlackArch functionality,...
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 Good overall system quality

QoL of Arch is generally good. You get something more consistent and doable in Arch than you would get with most other OSes.
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 Helpful for understanding how Linux is installed

Arch does not come with an automatic installation process. The user is expected to walk through the installation steps published on the Arch wiki. This is very useful if, later, something happens to the installation as the user will be more familiar with the foundational steps required to get a full blown Arch installation working.
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 Huge Repositories

Although Arch Linux only comes with around 10,000 packages, you can use the Arch User Repositories (AUR) which will add over 50,000 more packages.
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 Rolling updates

Updating will keep the whole OS up to date (unlike Ubuntu/Debian/etc. where occasionally you will need to perform major version updates).
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 Simple by design

Arch Linux is actually incredibly simple. It's really just a partition scheme, package manager, Linux kernel, file system, systemd and the bare minimum of utilities needed to easily set up your hardware. This makes it super simple to build your desired system using binary packages because there no bloat getting in your way when installing or configuring packages.
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 Vast variety of use and purpose

With its vast repos, Arch offers tons of applications for all kinds of use.
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 No need for external repos

The default and community repo of Arch Linux are so vast, that there is barely any need for additional software sources. And if there is, the additional software can be added to AUR, which results in the need actually growing the Arch repos.
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 Great for low performance hardware

Arch Linux works quite well with low performance hardware like netbooks.
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 Helpful 3rd party installers

There are extremely helpful 3rd party installers such as Anarchy Linux (Formerly Arch Anywhere).
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Con
 Manual install process

The installation process for Arch Linux is not as streamlined as it is in other distributions. You have to install the OS, Desktop Environment, Network software and configure everything by yourself.
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 Not for the faint of heart

Arch only holds your hand a little bit of the way. While documentation is great, you are expected to know what you're doing. The result is that when you find the solution for a problem on a forum or elsewhere, the response may be completely over your head. If you're not well-versed in Linux, what would be a minor issue on another distribution can become a drawn-out research project on Arch, as you learn all the inner workings of the operating system, until you understand it well enough to solve your problems yourself.
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 Great security out of the box

Even a default Arch setup offers great security with the minimum number of open ports and very little information on the system for outsiders.
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 Flexible upgrades

Upgrade once a day, once a week, once a month,... three times a day... automate it, upgrade manually, add packages to the ignore list.
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 Low maintenance

To basically keep your Arch setup up and running, it takes very little to barely any maintenance.
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 Incredibly easy to manage

Arch is very simple to maintain, backup and in rare cases repair and recover. For example, the manual to recover your boot manager is already in the install guide!
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 Highly reliable upgrades

Always works. No matter if you upgrade 7 or 700 packages.
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 Ultimate mid-range OS for tinkering

If you like to tinker with things and see how they work you don't get much better than Arch Linux unless you commit to building your own kernel and using flags manually when installing your packages.
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 Minimal

If you need something, you should install it. It has nothing as default and you can build your system from zero.
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 Highly reliable and stable build

See experts working on the packages and upgrades. Given Arch splits the load among people who care and have the experience, the overall setup is very stable and reliable, even though very broad too.
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 Great hardware support

Out of the box Arch comes with great hardware support.
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Pro
 Good for ricing for r/unixporn

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 Fully modular

You can add or remove DE's, WM's, or login managers. All without breaking your system, some other distros can't say that.
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Pro
 You actually learn a LOT of the inner workings of your OS

Since you do everything by hand and a LOT of it, you actually learn very useful things even for other distros.
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 Easier to review the distribution's packages

Unlike some other distributions, it's super simple to review the packages you download on the official Arch repos or Arch user repository.
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 Experts working on the packages

Providers only provide the basic system and do a great job doing so. While with AUR people who actually use the packages, provide and maintain them. They CARE about making them work.
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 Supports various desktop environments and window managers

Doesn't limit you in terms of desktop environments or graphical servers (X, Wayland).
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Con
 Requires some background with Linux and the command-line to setup

Going in with zero Linux knowledge is not really recommended when wanting to install Arch, though it can be a good learning experience for those that are dedicated to trial and error as well as reading many faqs.
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Pro
 Multilib support is just around the corner

Just uncomment the according entries in the pacman.conf.
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Con
 No Official Graphical Installer

There is no official graphical installer for Arch. Anarchy Linux is an unofficial graphical installer for Arch. There are also Arch derivatives such as Manjaro and ArcoLinux that have graphical installers.
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Con
 Highly egotistical community

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 Documentation only makes sense if you know how to adjust it

While the documentation is a very valuable reference for experts, the recipes often don't actually work on your own computer. Some articles are outdated, incomplete, contradictory or duplicated. Only if you are expert enough to know which steps to skip, to adjust or which other documentation parts to plug in, you can make it work.
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Con
 Too many package upgrades that require manual intervention

Every year or so there is a update to ArchLinux that will break your system unless you first read the front page of archlinux.org. This happened with SystemD and with a few other updates that require you to do prior steps befor pacman -Syu.
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Pro
 Works very well for beginners

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 It is as you want it to be

You can configure it to be just a tty remote machine server with just one simple task and nothing more. But you can also configure it to be the fancier OS never seen not even in Matrix. Arch Linux is what you want it to be.
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Pro
 Arch Linux Archive lets you choose your own update schedule

Despite being rolling release Arch Linux lets you be flexible about your update policy. If distro repos moved forward, but you don't want to update, you can temporarily switch to Arch Linux Archive, which stores repo snapshots across time. Later, when you're ready to update, you switch back to bleeding edge.
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Con
 Configurations are required to make it work like you want it to

Arch comes in a very barebones form ( literally just console at first ). You are required to install everything that you want. Some packages are also required to be configured by yourself to make them as you would like them to be. Arch Wiki does help a lot with this though.
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Con
 Prone to breaking

Arch Linux installations can break after installing updates which requires manually typing commands in a TTY to fix it.
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Con
 Not really for desktop

More like for posting screenshots on Reddit.
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Con
 Uses Systemd

Why Systemd is horrible can be found here and here. You can't change to not using it.
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Con
 Fragile packages

Updating an Arch system is always a gamble. The problem could be as simple as a package having a bug causing a program to crash on start or it may be something bigger like the WiFi or Bluetooth no longer working. There is also the slight chance the system may not even boot at all after a large update. If the user does not plan to read the forums weekly/daily or update fairly often, things can go wrong very fast.
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Con
 Instability can be an issue

Sometimes you can have a surprise, but in most cases it can be fixed quickly.
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Con
 No support for multiple versions of the same package

In development sometimes there is a need to switch between different versions of the same package. In mainstream distributions such as this this is often solved ad hoc by each package. However there are systems that support such use case at the first place.
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Con
 Occasional upstream package bugs

Most package maintainers look for issues that the packages might have ispecifically for arch. Which means if a package has a bug that applies to all linux distros regardless of the flavor, the maintainer may not be able to: A) catch it before pushing a update or B) have to wait for the packages developers to fix it. This is a minor issue because most issues are often patched before the end of the day if many users rely on it, or if its a less used package there will be specific troubleshooting instructions on the arch site.
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Con
 Rolling release requires bandwidth

Arch uses a rolling release model for updates. Unlike, for example Ubuntu where a new version is released every six months, packages are updated when they are ready. The advantage is a very up to date system and that the work of upgrading can be spread over a longer span of time to a point where it is hardly noticeably effort. However it can be difficult for people without a high bandwidth connection, or with limits on how many GB can be downloaded imposed by their internet service providers. A GB a month of downloads is quite possible. This can be somewhat offset by Arch being lightweight, besides the relatively small core, the user selects what is installed (and has to be updated).
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Con
 Problems with driver/kernel/gpu consistency

Arch has no proper desktop support, you must craft your system together. Things may work for the first but generally it takes days to configure a stable and working system. This is NOT ideal for a desktop user.
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Con
 Multiple Aur helpers

Arch has strict reasoning behind what goes into the official repositories accessible by pacman. As a result, many other projects end up in the Arch User Repository (AUR). Effectively using Arch, and getting easy access to all of the available software, means either manually downloading and installing from the AUR, or installing an AUR helper - these work along side the main package manager (Pacman), but are a bit less standardized or heavily supported.
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Con
 Lost its way

It aimed to be KISS but it has lost its way and is getting more and more complex, for example it uses systemd which is anything but KISS. It also has now some kind of package post configuration included.
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 Works only on AMD64

It is the only official supported instruction set of CPUs.
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Con
 Pacman is a slow package manager

Compared to other distribution packages the extracting of a pacman package archives is taking ages.
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Pro
 Vanilla

Learn about Arch, learn about Linux. What works for Arch, works for many other distros too.
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 Incredible educational value

Arch gives great insight in the inner workings of operating systems, computers and data manipulation.
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 Ultimate mid-range OS for Tinkering

If you like to tinker with things and see how they work you don't get much better than arch linux unless you commit to building your own kernel and using flags manually when installing your packages.
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 Helpful for understanding how Linux is installed

Arch does not come with an automatic installation process. The user is expected to walk through the installation steps published on the Arch wiki. This is very useful if, later, something happens to the installation as the user will be more familiar with the foundational steps required to get a full blown Arch installation working.
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Pro
 Easier to review the distributions packages

Unlike other some distributions, it's super simple to review the packages you download on the official arch repos or arch user repository.
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Con
 You have to install everything by hand on a command line

This may be a CON for a lot of people that are new to Linux but a PRO to those who actually want to learn something new.
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Con
 No graphical installer

Although some derivatives such as Manjaro and ArcoLinux exist.
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Pro
 Ultimate mid-range OS for tinkering

If you like to tinker with things and see how they work, you don't get much better than Arch Linux unless you commit to building your own kernel and using flags manually when installing your packages.
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Pro
 You actually learn a LOT of the inner workings of your OS.

Since you do everything by hand and a LOT of it, you actually learn very useful things even for other distros.
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Pro
 You actually learn a LOT of the inner workings of your OS

Since you do everything by hand and a LOT of it, you actually learn very useful things even for other distros.
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 Cutting edge rolling release

Arch Linux follows a rolling release model which allows users to stay on the most up-to-date versions of the software they are using.
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Con
 Not so great overall

Apart from the ArchBuildSystem/AUR, which brings you very quickly newer package versions, there is not really much where Arch Linux shines. You get better package managers with other systems. The most Linux distributions are far more stable than Arch. You learn more about Linux by using LFS or a source based distribution. You can customize the system much more in LFS or Gentoo.
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Con
 pacman is a slow package manager

Compared to other distribution packages the extracting of a pacman package archives is taking ages.
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Con
 Package manager is so naive

For example, it doesn't allow you to purge (remove package and it's configuration files).
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Pro
 Helpful 3rd-party installers

There are extremely helpful 3rd-party installers such as Anarchy Linux (Formerly Arch Anywhere).
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Pro
 Good balance between up to date packages and stability

Not as cutting edge as Arch but not as stale as Debian.
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 Fast and stable updates

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 Backed by the biggest Linux kernel contributor

Fedora is backed by RedHat, the biggest Linux kernel contributor in the world. Using a distribution made by RedHat means that it will be fine-tuned to work as efficiently as possible since it's made by the same people who work extensively on the kernel and know its ins and outs.
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Pro
 Spins and Labs

Spins are images with a different WM/DE, and Labs are filled with a specific theme of packages.
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 Integration with GNOME

It perhaps has the best integration with GNOME (GNOME software works out of the box).
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 Strong commitment to free software philosophy

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 Fast performance

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 Focuses on innovation

By using bleeding edge software, Fedora allows for innovation to take place by testing out things which other distros are not willing to try due to fears of having instability issues.
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 Backed by one of the biggest Linux kernel contributors

Fedora is backed by RedHat, the 2nd biggest Linux kernel contributor in the world. Using a distribution made by RedHat means that it will be fine-tuned to work as efficiently as possible since it's made by the same people who work extensively on the kernel and know its ins and outs.
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 Frees developers from some backward compatibility restraints

Fedora has a relatively short life cycle: version X is supported only until 1 month after version X+2 and with approximately 6 months between versions this means that a version of Fedora is supported for approximately 13 months. This promotes leading-edge software because it frees developers from some backward compatibility restraints.
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Pro
 Create user after the installation

Very good for selling PC‘s with Fedora.
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 Frequent updates to latest versions of software, so quick security and other bug fixes

Latest version software often means quick bug fixes, more useful features. For example, for a daily user of TeX, the latest TeX distro is a must. It's also useful to be able to use recent external hardware such as USB Wi-Fi dongles or printers.
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Pro
 Rpm based

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 Minimalist GNOME

Fedora Workshop does not come with bloatware. It is a minimal GNOME installation, which makes it very simple and nice to use out of the box.
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 The best choice for sysAdmin and developers

Nearly flawless, perfect performance and consistency with development and operational software.
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Con
 Lacks of some software, not a big con

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 Uses Systemd

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 Huge array of binary packages ready to install

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 Linus Torvalds distro of choice

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Con
 Unstable

Some packages may break, because there isn't an option to test them before rolling them out.
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 Very good integration with Flatpak and Snap Packages

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 Nice setup process

Easy to understand plus automatic partitioning available for full installs.
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 Linus Torvalds' distro of choice

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 Neat Layout and compatible with Tweeks

With Fedora, you get a neat easy to get use to system that is compatible with Gnome Tweaks
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Con
 Problematic on Apple hardware

Worked on MacBook Pro ca. 2014 but doesn't on anything later other than under a VM.
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Pro
 Can still be installed in a bad sector on the hard disk

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Con
 Not for beginners

It is not a user-friendly distro like ubuntu, PCLos. You will be required to learn a lot of commands even for simple activities.
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Con
 Updating to a new release can be problematic

While there are a few tools on offer that will upgrade an old Fedora release to the newest, there can often be problems with these methods. Some that may not even crop up at first but will show later down the road. Being that upgrading can be an issue, it can be exacerbated by the fact that Fedora updates every six months, which means twice a year there is a risk of completely borking one's install.
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Con
 Slow

It is quite slow on some computers.
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Con
 Wayland does not work with Prime/Optimus

On a PC with hybrid video, you must use Gnome on Xorg to let the Prime or Optimus technology work.
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Con
 Loss of performance in GNOME version

Because of Gnome integration, not made for light stuff.
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Con
 Proprietary drivers are unsupported

Fedora does not support proprietary drivers, meaning that users may have problems with a lot of hardware when using Fedora. The software to make that kind of hardware work can be installed, but it can be done only through third-parties and it's not easy for the average user.
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Con
 Too many changes to upstream packages leading to a "Fedora way" of doing things

Linux should be linux, but Fedora is constantly introducing breakage and changes which move things in the wrong direction and make things worse for everyone.
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Con
 Weird mouse behavior

Even adjusting settings doesn't help to get rid of it.
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 Not meant for desktop

Fedora is upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It's meant to be used for development to keep the server operating system stable. It's basically a live testing environment, not a desktop operating system for average use.
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 Stable and consistently up to date

Manjaro receives regular updates, but more importantly these updates are stable. The updates are rolled out, which means you can easily update the software without needing to re-install.
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 Installation is a breeze

Calamares installer and MHWD is the reason why this distribution is good for desktop user- friendliness. Audio codecs, latest packages, latest kernel and easy upgrade to the latest build makes it the best choice for new users.
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 Has access to the AUR

In addition to the Manjaro package repository, you can connect to the Arch User Repository, which has thousands of packages.
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 Based on Arch and user friendly

Manjaro is an Arch-based distribution with all the benefits of the Arch ecosystem and community but with the added benefit of being much more user-friendly than Arch.
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 Support for multiple kernels

Manjaro has built-in support for multiple kernels as well as a way to easily install them.
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 Uses low memory

By using XFCE (or LXDE, Fluxbox, supported by community) as the default desktop on an install, Manjaro is able to have a low memory footprint.
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 A rolling-release distribution

Manjaro uses a rolling release method for all updates, so once a system is installed, as long as the user regularly updates there is no need to re-install.
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 Great performance

Manjaro put low load on RAM. It shows fast response and great performance.
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 Friendly community

If you ask questions of users in their forums or on other platforms, they are willing to help you. Also according to the developers, they are open to new ideas in order to make the distro better.
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 All major desktops and even less common once like budgie, lumina, lxqt, deepin, enlightenment etc can be directly installed from official repositories

Also available as independent variants.
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 Excellent graphical package manager (Pamac)

Features include: providing notifications of available updates; mirror management; AUR support (with the option to suppress unnecessary confirmations during the install process); update settings (frequency, whether to check for updates from the AUR, packages to ignore updates for); and a history of packages installed, updated, or removed (from the official repositories - AUR packages are not currently tracked).
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Pro
 Manjaro provides its own distribution-specific tools such as the Manjaro Hardware Detection (mhwd) utility, and the Manjaro Settings Manager (msm).

Run automatically during the installation process, it allows for Manjaro to work fully on your system 'straight out of the box', without the need to manually identify and install the necessary drivers or to manually edit the appropriate configuration files. Also usable via the terminal after installation, the features of the mhwd command include: The choice of free (i.e. open-source) or non-free (i.e. proprietary) drivers Identification and listing (general or detailed) of your system's hardware Identification and listing (general or detailed) of installed drivers Listing of available drivers for installation (free and proprietary) Support of hybrid graphics cards (e.g. Nvidia Optimus) Easy removal and installation of drivers (selected automatically, or you can identify and choose your own)
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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.
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Pro
 Very good looking desktops

All desktops look good by default.
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Con
 Can still be unstable

Here are the details of it.
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Con
 The Manjaro unstable repository is slow to sync with the Arch stable repository

The Manjaro unstable repository syncs with the Arch stable repository and if any package has moved, it gets moved to stable. Manjaro gets package updates a bit than Arch.
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Pro
 Arch User Repository access

Manjaro allows the user to access of the Arch User Repository, a very large user-maintained repository of packages for Arch Linux and derivatives.
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Pro
 Good documentation and forum

The Manjaro community is very helpful, and there are lots of tutorials.
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Pro
 Well-rounded set of features for daily use

Out of the box Manjaro comes with a well-rounded set of applications for average daily use.
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Con
 Slightly bloated

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Pro
 Improved stability due to a longer testing period for new packages

Packages from Arch's repositories are tested (about two weeks) longer for stability and compatibility issues. Patches are applied, when necessary, before being made available in the stable repositories.
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Pro
 Access to AUR, Snap and FlatPack

You can download from Official repository but, as an easy option, you can acces to AUR, Snap and Flatpack repos. Really simple and efficient!
Comment

Con
 Calls itself "stable," but actually just holds Arch Linux repositories back for a week

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Pro
 It looks good and feels good to use.

It's a system that is easy to get into and learn a little about using terminal, and also has a graphical software centre. @78yrs I can use a Podcasts saying "I use Arch" Luv it
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Pro
 Steam installed by default

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Con
 Uses Systemd

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Con
 Daily manual updates

Since it is rolling release, it needs updates nearly every day, which (though are checked for automatically) must be manually downloaded, confirmed and installed. That may annoy or scare off many new users.
Comment

Con
 Same cons that apply to Arch Linux

Since it is based on Arch Linux.
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Con
 Bundled with proprietary software

This OS comes with Steam pre-installed and might include freeoffice in the future
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Pro
 Deepin desktop environment is a worthy attraction

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Con
 It's Archbuntu

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Con
 Bad way of handling dependencies

Manjaro is based on Arch linux. Arch linux and its derivatives has a bad way of handling dependencies. To handle dependencies, it installs a whole another program which contains the required dependencies.
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Con
 You can't change the default theme in certain applications

Although it is possible to change the default dark theme, this has no effect on Firefox, which appears to have the dark theme "hard coded". I am sure hardened Linux pros may find a way to change this, but for the rest of us, it renders an otherwise nice distro a no-go.
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Con
 New packages and security updates are held for testing longer

Packages are usually about two weeks behind Arch's stable repository. While some urgent security updates are released as soon as they become available, other security updates are held for testing longer.
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Con
 Installation is extremely buggy

There's no easy way to switch from local keyboard layout if non-Latin installer language is selected.
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Con
 Bad Dependencies

This is similar to the mac0S experience in that you're not allowed to remove plank.
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Con
 No gfvs pre-installed

So no Trash (and possibly smartphone file system access via USB) support.
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Con
 Very slow development for 32-bit hardwares

ArchLinux-32 community maintain their forums every day. They upload new ISO's every month. But Manjaro-32 community upload new ISO's in every 6 month. And provide only a DE-mate.
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Con
 Nothing new

There is nothing new in manjaro compared to any other arch based distribution.
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Con
 Redundant

It's just Arch Linux with an easier installer so there is no reason to use it.
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Pro
 All major desktops and even less common ones like Budgie, Lumina, LXQT, Deepin, Enlightenment, etc. can be directly installed from official repositories

Also available as independent variants.
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Pro
 All major and even less common ones DEs can be directly installed from official repositories

This includes Budgie, Lumina, LXQT, Deepin, Enlightenment, etc. Also available as independent variants.
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Pro
 Manjaro provides its own distribution-specific tools such as the Manjaro Hardware Detection (mhwd) utility, and the Manjaro Settings Manager (msm)

Run automatically during the installation process, it allows for Manjaro to work fully on your system 'straight out of the box', without the need to manually identify and install the necessary drivers or to manually edit the appropriate configuration files. Also usable via the terminal after installation, the features of the mhwd command include: The choice of free (i.e. open-source) or non-free (i.e. proprietary) drivers Identification and listing (general or detailed) of your system's hardware Identification and listing (general or detailed) of installed drivers Listing of available drivers for installation (free and proprietary) Support of hybrid graphics cards (e.g. Nvidia Optimus) Easy removal and installation of drivers (selected automatically, or you can identify and choose your own)
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Con
 Calls itself "stable," but actually just holds Arch Linux repositories back for a week

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Con
 Don't use Manjaro if you're not familiar with Arch

A good way to break your system, too simple to install aur package, a nice place for unstable updates... Not really made for newbies.
Comment

Con
 Bad dependencies

This is similar to the mac0S experience in that you're not allowed to remove plank.
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Con
 Weekly manual updates

Since it is rolling release, it needs updates nearly every week, which (though are checked for automatically) must be manually downloaded, confirmed and installed. That may annoy or scare off many new users.
Comment

Con
 Security issues

Since packages are not updated as fast as in Arch, critical security updates may not come as fast as needed for packages that may have issues.
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Pro
 Full control of the software

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Pro
 Freedom

You are free to do whatever you want with it. As a result, its configuration reflects your unique taste and personality.
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Pro
 Can by optimized to any given CPU by using proper compile flags

Since everything is being built on your PC you can tune the code to make use of your CPU.
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Pro
 Easy to patch any modify

Every package can be patched by placing patch files to specified directory.
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Pro
 Fully customizable

The usage of advanced features like USE flags makes it more customizable than any binary distribution.
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Pro
 Portability

There are many architectures available for Gentoo : i386, x86-64, PowerPC, PowerPC 64, sparc, DEC Alpha, ARM, MIPS, PA-RISC, S390, IA-64, sh, m68k.
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Pro
 Gentoo does not impose a standard look-and-feel

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Pro
 Documentation and community are second to none

Provides a whole handbook to refer to during setup and usage.
Comment

Con
 Not beginner-friendly

You have to read a lot of instructions to start, even if you are familiar with Linux.
Comment

Con
 Since everything must be compiled it takes a lot longer to update

And if you have to update the kernel or some heavy software like Chromium it can takes hours if not more on weaker hardware.
Comment

Con
 No default installer

Installation must be done manually by following instructions in the handbook.
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Pro
 Great for anyone who is serious about learning the intricacies of Linux

It's useful for both beginners and professionals. For the installation, Gentoo offers various types, which are referred to as stages. Basically meaning how in depth you would want to go into the process of installation. For beginners it's useful to choose for a starting distro due to its various stages that can be very time consuming but beneficial as you learn the composition in general of Linux.
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Pro
 A very large collection of software is available

There are more than 19.000 packages available in the official repository. And even more with overlays.
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Pro
 Portage's emerge is powerful

Portage is a package management system with a huge amount of options and features.
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Con
 Too hard

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Con
 Somewhat outdated solutions

While being outdated per se is virtually impossible for a rolling-release distro with a large community, a large portion of said community sticks to outdated solutions. For example, Gentoo's primary init system is OpenRC, which is cumbersome and awkward to use and provides little control over the system. While you can just choose systemd, it will require some tinkering. Other examples include stubbornly declaring an initramfs a last resort and an "oh my god 1337 H4XX0RZ surely have nothing better to do than trying for a month to exploit some vulnerability to steal my pony art, I have to fortify so hard my performance and ease of use will suffer" 90s security mentality. Because of just how much freedom Gentoo provides you with, this usually isn't a big deal though.
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Con
 Customized package installation can take a long time and cause installation failures

The Gentoo package management system allows you to configure what compilation flags packages should support - i.e. specific processor flag support (SSE, SSE2, etc.), -O1, -O2, -O3 optimization, etc. If you accept one of the default flags, Gentoo downloads binaries from the server. However, if you decide to optimise, it can and will download all source packages and start compiling allthe programs and libraries on your system. If your chosen flags don't work with a particular library, installation will fail.
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Pro
 Can be officially systemd-free

Gentoo's default init system is OpenRC. Gentoo also officially supports systemd-free Gnome and udev. Users are free to choose any init system they want.
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Con
 It consumes a lot of CPU

No matter how good your processor is, Gentoo Linux will continue to consume your processor to the fullest. Especially when downloading packages, it is extremely slow because it consumes a lot of CPU.
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Pro
 Live USB

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Pro
 Portage's emerge is powerful

Portage is a package management system with a huge amount of options and features.
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Pro
 Good MX Tools and Package Installer

MX Linux comes with its own set of tools called MX Tools, designed to make life easier for users.
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Pro
 Based on Debian

It is based on Debian and not based on Ubuntu.
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Pro
 Easy install

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Pro
 Can also be used as an emergency tool

It has almost all tools to repair non booting systems or recover files & folders and save them on a safe place. And when thought together with it starts quick on live-session. In addition, you can do these with "your own", customized distro (snapshot).
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Pro
 Very stable

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Pro
 Lightweight

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Pro
 Easy to use

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Pro
 MX Snapshot: lets you make your own distro

Can create your own ISO (snapshot) and use it either as live-session and install back when needed. With the (pre-installed) Snapshot tool you can easily create an ISO of your running system and then save it to a USB (or other media) and use "your own" distro as a live session or install back whenever you like (even on a different PC with different specs with no issues). You can even give that customized ISO to friends (selecting "non-personal" ISO when creating the snapshot; thus resetting the accounts & passwords and Home folder etc.). Also you can save that ISO directly encrypted via MX Live USB Maker tool. Again, you can install MX encrypted during installation with just ticking a box, no matter if it's the official ISO or your snapshot.
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Pro
 No systemd

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Pro
 Supports non-free drivers

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Pro
 Live-Session boots fastest after Puppy

After Puppy Linux (which's aimed to run from RAM and which is smaller in size) the second fastest (head & shoulders) booting one (together with the sister project antiX) and also has the option "toram" to run from RAM. Yes, not only when compared to full distros, even far faster than small sized or tiny distros, especially when booted to "live-session", about 2 - 2.5 times faster on an old single core laptop.
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Pro
 Multiple Desktops

Budgie, Gnome, KDE5, LXDE, and Mate are on the first tab of favorite packages when opening the package manger. Just click and install.
Comment

Con
 More than 50 tweaking softwares pre-installed

Comment

Con
 Too many preinstalled applications

Comment

Con
 UX is terrible

Comment

Con
 Too much customization

Comment

Con
 Old software

Many software applications are older.
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Con
 Only one Desktop Environment

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Pro
 Debian without system d

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Pro
 Init based

Isn't based on systemd which can spread malware into your system.
Comment

Pro
 Very secure

More secure than Debian, because it doesn't use Systemd.
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Pro
 Most decent look amongst other XFCE distros

Default XFCE theme is unique of all the XFCE distos including MXLinux, Xubuntu etc.
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Pro
 It's Debian

Devuan is Debian just without systemd, it just mirrors the the Debian archive and repacks packages that have hard dependencies on systemd.
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Pro
 Stability

It is stable like Debian.
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Pro
 Excellent for normal people

It is easy to use and is a good choice for beginners.
Comment

Con
 Impossibe to install on non-free hardware

Unlike Debian, Devuan offers no non-free install media so if your system needs non-free drivers (e.g., a laptop or a tablet) its nearly impossible to install Devuan on it.
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Pro
 It's debian

Devuan is just Debian without systemd. It just mirrors the Debian archive and repacks packages that have hard deps on systemd.
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Pro
 Familiar user interface

Mint is highly recommended for both users coming from Windows, as well as users coming from Ubuntu, but unhappy with Ubuntu's recent, rather dramatic interface changes. Mint provides an updated interface with a look and feel similar to Gnome 2, with an application menu reminiscent of the Windows 7 Start Menu, with categorization and search.
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Pro
 Already functional out-of-the-box

Mint comes bundled with software for browsing the web, editing pictures, browsing files, watching videos and even a full office suite (LibreOffice). An average user can use Mint right away after a fresh install, using all the software that comes with the distribution to complete most of their daily tasks.
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Pro
 Provides LTS (long term support) versions

Long Term Support versions are versions of software that are continuously updated for an extended period of time, even after newer versions are launched. LTS versions will typically get feature additions and enhancements for an extended period of time, then security updates up until its End of Life. An LTS release should typically be considered good for at least 5 years.
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Pro
 Easy installation and configuration

Linux Mint uses the same installer as Ubuntu. It is very easy to use for beginners, and also allows more advanced users to choose their own partitions. Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop is highly customizable and can be made to look however preferred.
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Pro
 Compatibility with Debian and Ubuntu software builds and repositories

Mint and gains the very strong package ecosystem and software manager of Debian, including more than 30,000 packages available from the Debian repositories.
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Pro
 Stable

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Pro
 Stable for work

The amount of tools for Mint makes it one of the best OSs for any workstation. Supports 3 monitors easily and looks great in the process.
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Pro
 The OS is great for both starters and advanced users.

The OS has different update settings for different users and has an easy manual within the OS.
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Pro
 Complete and stable

Complete and stable
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Con
 The Linux Mint website once provided malware

The website for Linux Mint was hacked in 2016 and its download links led to a modified ISO, which contained malware.
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Pro
 Good community support

There are several different ways to get support for this distribution, including the forums, their IRC channel, or their github repositories if you think their software isn't behaving as it should.
Comment

Con
 Outdated software centers

Many of the offered options are older versions.
Comment

Con
 Security may be an issue

Linux Mint by default does not have auto updates turned on for important packages such as xorg or the kernel, thus leaving users with potentially insecure software.
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Pro
 Cinnamon desktop environment (as an option)

They say Cinnamon is a little slower than the other DEs and they may be right. But Cinnamon compensates this flaw with absolute freedom of what you can do with it. It's so highly customizable that you can change it in such a way that no one else would know this is Cinnamon, except for you.
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Con
 Looks ugly

The default theme and wallpaper looks outdated and bland. Luckily that is easy to change in the settings.
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Pro
 The OS is great for both beginners and advanced users

The OS has different update settings for different users and has easy manual within the OS.
Comment

Con
 Poor documentation

Documentation for Mint is not very convincing.
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Pro
 The easiest option ever

The distro is the easiest operating system to run ever.
Comment

Con
 Bloated

Mint is very bloated. A basic installtion consists of a huge number of packages. Which adds to upgrades too.
Comment

Pro
 Simple and fast updates

The system bar has an icon that shows whether your packages are up to date, which leads to the update manager that explains what the updates are for.
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Con
 Mint 19 adopted Microsoft's policy of forcing their users

Mint 19 adopted Microsoft's policy to force their users to install things they don't want and there's absolutely no option to cancel the installation of the unwanted package. Starting with kernel 4.15 the user has to install a CPU microcode and is given no option to cancel that. And it seems they have no intention to give up that policy.
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Pro
 Has more Desktop options

You can choose between Cinnamon, MATE and XFCE.
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Pro
 Pretty desktop

Linux Mint has a quite pretty default desktop. Cinnamon is adopted by other distros also.
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Con
 Cheap Windows substitute

Mint tries to be like Windows, where it could be different and provide options.
Comment

Con
 Slow especially on older hardware

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Con
 Heavy on resources

Mint puts way more load on RAM than many other distros.
Comment

Con
 Many proprietary (closed-source) packages

By default, Linux Mint includes almost all the proprietary packages just to improve the user experience.
Comment

Con
 Systemd

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Pro
 Has access to Ubuntu's repositories

Mint has access to Ubuntu's large repositories of free software.
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Con
 Linux Mint tries to force people to use less powerful custom package management system

The custom package management system is slow, frustrating, and forces you to select and install one package at a time. Can't select a whole load of packages and then run the installations in one go.
Comment

Con
 Limits to the support of propriatary hardware drivers

Mint has limited support for older graphics cards beyond the generic nouveau driver, and some software (like Stremio) only works with official Nvidia drivers (for example).
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Con
 Nothing new

Just another fork of Ubuntu. Produces nothing that can't be found in another Debian-based distros.
Comment

Con
 Cinamon environment is not beautiful and in the same time KDE environment is no longer used

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Pro
 MATE desktop (as an option)

MATE is a classic desktop as opposed to the newer "Unity" desktop. For people who prefer the classic style this is one of only few modern distributions with still active MATE desktop development.
Comment

Con
 Lags and Freezes in most GUIs

After testing 3 different versions of Mint, all three showed lags and actually froze every single time upon opening applications.
Comment

Pro
 Supports proprietary software

Linux Mint does maintain a free software environment, however, it does offer full support to proprietary software (Chrome, Skype, Teamviewer).
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Con
 No AUR

Without AUR you have to resort to heavily bloated snaps for which sandboxing instead of increased safety (there is already firejail for that!) just results in poor system integration. Otherwise you can also try compiling stuff from the sources, which may be time consuming and with the slow update cycle of debian based distros may experience problems satisfying dependencies. Most of the systems that promise to be easy for windows users are just one big marketing con, whereby especially in case of mint the main point is a DE, which is: Ugly Ships with most other distros or can be easily installed there. Another one might be stability, but again, the update cycle is very much of an overkill, negatively impacting safety and UX. Generally speaking, if anything it would rather discourage many newcoming Windows users. Even privacy-wise it isn't the best pick, see above.
Comment

Con
 Deceiving

Makes newbies believe it's like Windows and easier to use than other distributions, just because it looks a lot like Windows. Also it makes users believe, that looking like Windows is a unique feature.
Comment

Pro
 Popular

Linux mint is currently the most hit page on DistroWatch. Because of its popularity, long term support is pretty guaranteed.
Comment

Con
 System Restore was a good idea, but it's not done well

Requires an external hard drive with a Linux partition.
Comment

Con
 Narrow range / not versatile

Mint is pretty much for basic average desktop use only and doesn't support many purposes or platforms like servers or Raspberries, or provide any relevant benefits for other purposes like development.
Comment

Con
 All desktop environments look nearly the same

Mint has no range and doesn't address different taste. All GUIs look the same.
Comment

Con
 UI glitches

Mint show a number of UI glitches. Even more so with their very own Cinnamon.
Comment

Pro
 There is a "system restore" tool to restore the OS if something breaks

This tool backs up the core OS files to an external drive with an option for full encryption.
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Con
 Upgrade process between version can be painful

The Linux Mint team offers a method to upgrade the OS between versions but they tend to recommend clean installs, which isn't always suitable for everyone. However, following the upgrade process currently is less than straightforward and is easily capable of leaving your system in a confused state.
Comment

Con
 Does not handle multiple languages well

Comment

Pro
 Dedicated upgrade process

The Linux Mint team are very dedicated to upgrading and improving Mint, to the point where their releases are fairly predictable. They are also dedicated to their users, meaning that they are responsive to critiques, suggestions, etc.
Comment

Pro
 Mint 20 will actively avoid the Snap landmine planted by Canonical in Ubuntu 20.04

Comment

Pro
 Not from a big company

Linux Mint is not Canonical, while based upon Ubuntu.
Comment

Con
 Slow

Mint boots and responds quite slowly, compared to other distributions.
Comment

Con
 Too many kernel crashes

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Pro
 2016 hack listed here as a Con, was very quickly dealt with and is a non-issue over 4 years later

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Pro
 Has more desktop options

You can choose between Cinnamon, MATE and XFCE.
Comment

Con
 Wish there was a vanilla GNOME version

GNOME can easily be installed, but an out of the box GNOME install for a laptop would be nice.
Comment

Con
 System updates can lead the system to being unstable

While a new installed system is stable, after an update, there is a slight chance of something not working.
Comment

Pro
 No systemd

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Pro
 Lightweight

Only the software you would need like Terminal emulator, file manager, media player and a browser.
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Pro
 Close to bare Arch Linux

No learning curve if you're coming from Arch or any of its derivatives.
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Pro
 Supports runit

Artix actively supports the runit init system known from Void Linux (equally besides the OpenRC init system known from Gentoo).
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Pro
 Supports OpenRC

Artix actively supports OpenRC, which is a very fast init system.
Comment

Pro
 Flexibility

You can have a functional system in less than 10 mins using GUI installer OR you can do it "the Arch way" .
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Pro
 Rolling distro

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Pro
 Supports dinit

Artix actively supports dinit.
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Pro
 Compatible with Arch Repositories

It is fully compatible with almost all packages from community, extra, multilib and AUR.
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Pro
 Supports S6

Artix actively supports the s6 init system.
Comment

Con
 Ugly UX

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Con
 Risky/difficult migration

Somehow a fault of bad developers' practices, who often make their software unnecessarily dependent on systemd; but as much as it is technically possible to migrate, it may prove difficult or risky, especially for unexperienced users, even with the provided documentation on the Artix's website, which also clearly advises against it. Backing up your package list and then restoring them is also a no-go if you want to avoid rolling back to shitstemd accidentally so you have to manually select what to reinstall.
Comment

Con
 No systemd

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Con
 It's not professionally made and bugs are consistent

It doesn't take long to realize that this distribution is in a very raw state. It lacks polish from every side you look.
Comment

Con
 Few Arch packages might not be available yet

Developers are working migrating all packages into their own repositories while ensuring there's no systemd malware.
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Pro
 Runit

Artix actively supports the runit init system known from Void Linux. (Equally besides the OpenRC init system known from Gentoo).
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Pro
 Supports Runit

Artix actively supports the runit init system known from Void Linux. (Equally besides the OpenRC init system known from Gentoo).
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Pro
 Very lightweight

Base installation can idle at less than 250 megabytes of RAM.
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Pro
 Xbps (X Binary Package System)

A brand new package manager that is fast, full-featured, and tailored specifically for Void Linux.
Comment

Con
 Not popular

Void Linux is not a popular Linux distro. So, if you run into a problem then it's likely you won't find any fix except from the maintainers.
Comment

Pro
 Easy to use installer

Unlike it's closest competitor, Arch, Void includes a very user-friendly and simple installer in the ISO.
Comment

Pro
 Runit init system

An init system with the "do one thing and do it right" mentality. Void Linux does not support systemd.
Comment

Con
 Not suitable for those new to Linux

Documentation is scarce, NTFS partitions aren't automatically mounted, etc.
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Pro
 BSD-like improvements with Linux

Full support for LibreSSL, an OpenSSL fork focused on maximizing security. The xbps-src package builder works in a similar manner to BSD's ports collection.
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Pro
 Musl image available

Musl libc is lighter and faster than bloated glibc. Musl has been argued to be more secure overall than glibc also.
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Pro
 Friendly forum

Unlike the Arch Forum, it is a friendly forum (although small).
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Pro
 Very stable

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Pro
 Xbps-src

Xbps-src is a source packages collection which is pretty similar to FreeBSD's ports and may replace AUR for Void users.
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Pro
 Cool Neofetch logo

Neofetch looks good.
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Con
 No packages

Void developers refuse to package brave.
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Pro
 Rolling release

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Con
 Poor video performance with AMD gfx cards

While you can easily get the latest VLC thanks to Void being a rolling distro, video performance is abysmal, at least for those with AMD cards.
Comment

Pro
 Many packages

There are some packages in official repos, than may be found only in AUR.
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Pro
 Updated version of IceCat included in the default repositories

GNU IceCat is available and updated.
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Pro
 Very minimal

More minimalistic than Arch since it doesn't use systemd.
Comment

Con
 Small amount of packages

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Con
 Slower than pacman

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Pro
 Different DE's live ISO's are available

Arch Linux doesn't make ISO's with different DE's. One need to manually install it through CLI version. But Void which is competitor of Arch, provides a wide range of DE's ISOs.
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Con
 Nvidia CUDA cumbersome to setup

If your using a Nvidia card with programs that require CUDA for fast rendering (Blender), you can expect some trouble getting it to work as it's not included with the Nvidiadriver of the nonfree repo.
Comment

Pro
 XBPS (X Binary Package System)

A brand new package manager that is fast, full-featured, and tailored specifically for Void Linux.
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Pro
 Very Minimal

More minimalistic than Arch since it doesn't use systemd.
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Pro
 Friendly Forum

Unlike the Arch Forum, it is a friendly forum (although small)
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Pro
 Uses LibreSSL

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Pro
 No systemd

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Pro
 Runit is fast and easy to configure

Runit init system is incredibly fast to boot and very simple to use.
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Pro
 Super fast

Uses vram, and a zen kernel.
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Pro
 Themes

The dr460nized KDE theme is awesome.
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Pro
 Easy entrance to Arch Linux

Filled to the brim with lots of quality-of-life changes and optimizations that are simple enough for long-time Windows, long-time Mac users, and Arch newbies to understand. Though, it also leads to bloat or not necessarily helpful extra software. If you're not into the "bloat" added in, try checking out the barebones version, you'll need to know a lot of things bout Arch to fully use barebones.
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Pro
 Highly customized interface

You already have most of the customization done for you out of the box.
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Pro
 Nice UI

Comes with a good UI with almost all DEs.
Comment

Con
 Bloated

See the comparison of gaming performance of this supposedly gaming-optimised distro and manjaro. Manjaro performs better in almost every category. All that eyecandy isn't really worth it when you have 1,5k GTK 3/4 themes available as of 21/02/2022 and you can also obviously theme virtually anything else cause this is GNU/Linux!
Comment

Con
 Needs a lot of RAM

Minimum is 4GB, for most Linux distributions it's 2GB or less.
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Pro
 Super-fast

Uses vram, and a zen kernel.
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Pro
 Suitable for desktop use and as a complete programming environment

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Pro
 Large repositories

As one of the most popular Linux distributions, Ubuntu has free sotware repositories of considerable size and quality. They're also kept reasonably up to date.
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 Great support

It's easy to find solutions online.
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 Tracking

As of 18.04 the package ubuntu-report tracks the users' system info.
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 It just works

Ubuntu works out of the box and it is easy to use. If you do not like tweaking your box, Ubuntu is a good solution.
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 Debian-based

Ubuntu is based on the pretty stable and respected Debian Linux distribution. Debian has one of the better package management systems, and all of Debian's package management tools work in Ubuntu.
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 Bloated

Being a full-featured desktop OS with many pre-installed programs (with their needed dependencies), Ubuntu is one of the most bloated linux-based desktop OS's.
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 Both productive and simple

Not minimal but okayish in terms of power and simplicity. Also debian based Ubuntu is more stable that RedHat based alternative's. Backed by Canonical, security and updates are guaranteed.
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Con
 Heavy, and therefore slow, on older computers

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 Very stable

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 Canonical (author) is proprietary

Canonical is focused on making money so you can see many proprietary offers by them and the OS has built-in trackers (Amazon).
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Con
 Software can be outdated, if not severely outdated

If you try to download "unpopular" software, so you may find you're downloading a version that's several years old.
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 Looks good

Ubuntu looks clean even when running from a LiveCD.
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 Relatively high system requirements

The default GNOME desktop environment is a resource hog which requires hardware accelerated graphics rendering in order to run smoothly, making out of the box Ubuntu unsuitable for low end systems and older hardware. Even mildly aged hardware, you'll get far better performance out of a lighter desktop environment like LXDE or XFCE.
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Con
 No rolling release

New Ubuntu versions are released two times a year, during this period almost all software receives only security updates and minor bug fixes.
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 Large collection of free and high quality software

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 Unified search

Type any query into the Dash Home, and search will look through files, stores and web-pages to find what you are looking for.
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 Cares about stable drivers

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Con
 Deletes manually installed packages upon upgrade

Upon upgrade Ubuntu cleans old packages, including manually installed packages that are still maintained and available in the repos. It doesn't allow to choose single packages. You can either remove all or none.
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Con
 Canonical does not respect Ubuntu users' preferences

In 2012 it became impossible in Ubuntu to move the close-window-button back to the upper-right corner of the window, where it always was before. To the questions of their users Canonical replied that they know better than users where it would be convenient for users to have the close-window-button.
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 Great Long Term Support release schedule (2 years)

This allows for users to always have a new supported release available without long unkown wait times in between.
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Con
 Custom PPAs required for most software

To get the most software available, user must add several PPAs to the system. That has major problems: 1) Terminal recommended for adding a PPA, which can scare away users 2) A PPA can potentially distribute malware by creating a "newer" version of a package than available in other PPAs, such as the Linux kernel. 3) PPAs must be recreated and re-added with every major system update.
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 Flexible

The setup for personal use is simple enough for anyone to achieve, and can easily be modified to act as a server. Programs and all features are easy to find and use, and first-timers can easily pick up on how to use it.
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Con
 A tweaked Gnome version

Instead of original Gnome desktop with Ubuntu you get a tweaked Gnome and most of the tweaks makes user experience worse.
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 Good PPA repositories available

PPA repositories allow you to install the latest version of your preferred software while keeping the rest of the operating system "stable".
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Con
 Random system errors may pop up

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 Company behind it

This means that the system must run well, otherwise they will lose money. There is no better incentive!
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Con
 Treats desktop like a testing environment

Examples are Unity vs. Gnome, X vs. Wayland, Software Center vs. Software Boutique, apt vs. snap.
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Con
 Forces unsupported upgrades

By removing old repos, Ubuntu forces people to perform unsupported upgrades.
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 Stable

It‘s one of the most stable Linux Distros.
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Con
 Redundant

With the removal of Unity, there is no point in choosing Ubuntu over Debian anymore because everything else is imported from Debian to Ubuntu.
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Con
 Market share vs. benefit

Canonical only cares about market share. They are all over the place and have no particular advantages for the users in either of the fields. Like desktop, server, cloud, mobile (touch), ARM.
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Con
 Includes adware

Advertisers pay to have their links or software preinstalled. Like the links to Amazon installed by default in the dock.
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Con
 Terrible design

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 Splits the Debian community

The most packages are imported from Debian but Ubuntu uses own bug trackers and develops its own patches.
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Con
 Snaps

Extremely bloated non-solution to porting software across different Linux packaging systems. Even the sandboxing is a bad joke, neither secure nor always seamlessly integrated with the system. There is already a solution for the latter, called Firejail. Or even better, there is Qubes.
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Con
 Extremely un-customizable

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Con
 Broken upgrade packages

Sometimes broken packages in the repos lead to upgrade errors.
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Con
 Breaks upon upgrade

Tends to break upon upgrade. Even beyond repair.
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Con
 The desktop version isn't stable

It's not very stable. You can start getting errors after a week of using it.
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Con
 Narrow repos and significant need for third party PPAs

Ubuntu actually narrows down software choice a lot. Especially in the GUI package management application. Searching for additional applications online and adding additional repos for every single additional package is quite tedious. Even worse in case versions don't match and packages don't install or work afterwards.
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Con
 Upgrade manager being unresponsive

Sometimes the upgrade manager renders unresponsive. The info states, that there are new upgrades. But trying to open the upgrade manager, nothing happens.
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Con
 Upgrade manager unreliable

For example, upgrading in the console you would sometimes be asked to run autoremove. The GUI upgrade manager doesn't recognize that and just gets stuck. You still get the message, that upgrades are available. But nothing happens.
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Con
 Being behind on application upgrades

Between distro upgrades, Ubuntu primarily upgrades security but falls behind on application upgrades. This can get very annoying. Especially in case applications check versions. Like browsers for example.
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Con
 Poor application for package management

Removing Software Center for Software Boutique was a really poor choice.
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Con
 Random/continuous breakage upon upgrade

Like GUI panels, display limitations or welcome screen settings.
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Con
 Applets not working from one day to the other

Like the info applet or the trash bin applet.
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Con
 Corners users by deleting old repos

Deleting old repos prevents installation of additional software and also problems with upgrades.
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 Perfect for collaboration on open source projects

This is probably the best option when collaborating on open source projects in hardware. This is mostly because packages and tools are readily available via software center.
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 Developed by major company - Canonical...

Linux distros are great but what happens when the developers just choose to abandon their hobby project? Take Antergos for example, one day super polished desktop OS, the next day the lead developer just throws it in! It's better to use a Linux distribution that has financial backing at-least. Ubuntu, Fedora, Opensuse, Elementary OS...
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Con
 Binary incompatible to Debian

Ubuntu releases are based on Debian testing/unstable, however, unlike other Debian-based distributions they are not binary compatible due to different libc versions, so you can't install Debian packages in Ubuntu and vice versa.
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 UTF-8 is the default character encoding

Beginning with Ubuntu 5.04, UTF-8 became the default character encoding, which allows for support of a variety of non-Roman scripts.
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 Use it on almost any device

Not just for laptops - Ubuntu was designed with tablets and touchscreen devices in mind, and with phone support on the way. Ubuntu also has Long Term Support releases, as well as a version oriented toward servers, so you can use the same OS at work or on mobile as you do on your desktop.
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 Has a clean Gnome Interface

Gnome has lot of extensions available and can be custmoized rather easily.
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 Dedicated software center

The Ubuntu Software Center offers a GUI interface for installing new apps which is extremely easy and welcoming for beginners to Linux. But it should not be used by more advanced users since the method of installing through the terminal is much faster and easier after one is used to it.
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 Good UI for small monitors

Becaue the menu usually is in the title bar and the launcher auto-hides, the whole screen can be used by an application.
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 Wide range of software out of the box

The default apps available in Ubuntu cover the gamut of most anyone's needs. From music, video or office applications Ubuntu has an app that will cover the users needs.
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 One of the nicest looking Linux distributions

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Con
 Poor Flash Player support

It's one thing to offer flash player packages. It's another, if none of them work with either Chromium, Firefox or Opera, because Ubuntu just doesn't put it where the browsers actually search for it.
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 Just works out of the box

Lots of support for hardware, lots of pre-installed software, and a smooth install process means less time downloading drivers, less time digging through configuration files, and less time deciding on software to use just to get up and running. It also means less time digging through forums looking for support.
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 Runs 95% out of the box

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 Lightweight, runs on any low-end hardware it is thrown at.

VERY Lightweight compared to other full featured desktop OS, mainly Windows. On decent hardware, it takes ~8 seconds to boot up, login, and present you a fully functional desktop.
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 Simplicity

Ubuntu is designed to be used by everyday people. Because of that, Ubuntu has tried hard to make a user interface that's intuitive and looks pleasant and clean.
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 Lots of support

As the most popular Linux distribution, there's a wide range of sources for support online if you ever need help, including the Ubuntu Wiki, Ubuntu Forums and the Ask Ubuntu Stack Exchange site.
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 Has a clean Gnome interface

Gnome has lot of extensions available and can be custmoized rather easily.
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 Great long term support release schedule (2 years)

This allows for users to always have a new supported release available without long unkown wait times in between.
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Con
 Unstable

Some people pointed out that updating Arch is a high risk affair. And one should carefully read forums before doing it. The same is true about Ubuntu. Making system updates (like it was with 10.04 to 11.04) that screw so many things up became a routine. Even LTS releases should not give confidence that it will work.
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 Differs from other l

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 Stable

Uses stable, plain-vanilla packages from upstream.
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 Ideal to learn more of Linux

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 Strong adherence to UNIX principles

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 No systemd

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 KISS

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Con
 Not user-friendly

It is made to be KISS (keep it simple, stupid), so you have to do everything by hand.
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Con
 Dependency issues

When it comes to dependencies, Slackware shows more issues than many other distros.
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Con
 Very slow release cycle

Hasn't updated in 3+ years.
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Pro
 Oldest surviving Linux distro

Besides Debian (which was first released in August 1993), it is the oldest still maintained Linux Distribution and was first released in July 1993.
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 Package management

Uses standard tar archives with shell scripting as packages.
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 One more distro which is init based

Some users don't like to install systemd based distros because they increase booting and processing speed.
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 Small group of maintaners == fewer conflicts

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 Very stable

Opensuse is tested thoroughly before being released, eliminating most bugs.
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Pro
 Amazing choice for both newbies and power users

OpenSUSE is very easy in terms of installing packages, administration and customization, yet very powerful in the same. Every user should find his own piece of cake in this OS.
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Pro
 Outstanding community support

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

Best administration and setup tool.
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 Easy installation and administration

openSUSE makes use of a GUI tool called YaST to install and setup an openSUSE system. YaST is very easy to use and makes the process of installing and maintaining an openSUSE installation a breeze.
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Con
 Packman repository has to be added to have good software support

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Con
 Old kernel by the Leap version

Kernel in Leap 42.3 is in version 4.4, that's pretty old.
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Con
 Installation is old school style not easy to understand

Needs advanced knowledge of Linux to install.
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Con
 Unlike other distribution many media formats missing from base installation due to the right violations

Which is politically correct but annoying.
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Con
 Short lived distro

Every release lasts 18 months only before needing a major upgrade.
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 Built-in drivers

Does the job needed and has the hardware drivers for the application built-in by the H/W supplier.
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Con
 Massive ISO download

The base ISOs are over 4 gigs, so be prepared for a very long DL if you have slow internet. There's a network installer version, but that just delays the long DL.
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Con
 Bloated installer and terrible UX

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Con
 Bloated and slow

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Con
 Startup takes a long time

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 One-Click install

Much better system then other distros for installing any package. It is as simple as clicking on one button and typing in your password. Adds a repo to your system keeping everything updated at the same time.
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 Extremely reliable

The packaging team is dependable resulting in system updates that come in a timely fashion and systems which rarely, if ever, break due to packaging. The versions of software that are selected and the configuration of them is typically extremely high quality.
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Con
 Not rolling release

This means that the system has to perform a full system update from time to time, which is known to break things in applications downloaded from outside the official repos.
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 Flexibility

Is perfect for desktop users or as a server, with a lot of desktop environments available.
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Con
 Bad support to NTFS fotmat.

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 Convenient package management with Zypper

Fast, reliable, powerful and almost impossible to leave a broken system. The Yast interface will also give you access to a Zypper GUI if you are uncomfortable with the command line.
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 Supports RPM packages

Popular format shared with distros like Fedora, RHEL, Scientific Linux, Mageia etc.
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 Probably the best KDE desktop experience

Both Gnome and KDE desktop options are well polished to fit with the opensuse theme and environement, so either desktop is a great choice.
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 Tumbleweed gives you a rolling release

This is without the DIY from scratch Arch will force you through.
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 Easily get packages from other sources

SUSE Build Service offers packages from the same sources as Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE Linux Enterprise and other distributions. This is the most underused package tool in Linux today.
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Con
 Limited community support

The community is fairly small, and there is no indication on the forums regarding when issues will be solved.
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 Version upgrades are also great and well documented

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 Updates are excellent

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 Backed by the SUSE company

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Con
 Poor support for nVidia drivers in Tumbleweed

No native driver support and nouveau may be broken, especially for KDE, and not suitable for some GPUs.
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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.
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Con
 Some clear differences from other Linux distros

This might be a systemd issue or OpenSUSE specific, but changing certain text files does not update things. They must be edited in YaST, or in /etc/sysconfig/.
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Con
 YAST not intuitive at all

On the surface YAST looks simple enough, but inside can be as complicated as a WindowsOS registry. Using YAST is not user-friendly for beginners.
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Pro
 "Tumbleweed" Rolling Release

Regular and easy upgrades to stable and well tested software.
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Con
 Security

Security is lowered while packages are still unreleased and being tested
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 Comes with flatpak support out of the box

The Pop!_Shop comes with flatpaks and debian packages already.
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Con
 64-bit only

Some older PCs still have 32 Bit processors. This limitation will be a major con for those who use an older PC since they will not be able to install, run it in a VM or live media.
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 Nice gnome theme dy default

Has nice gnome theme looks really good.
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 Ready to play games, out of the box

If you still miss how easy it was to just click-install and play games in Windows, Pop! will give you that similar expectation.
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 Made by a hardware seller

System76 is a hardware company. It configures machines to ship with Linux pre-installed. This means its entire business model centers around delivering a quality desktop Linux experience. As a result, the company pours more attention onto the desktop. It can fix visual issues and may be able to provide a smoother overall experience than you would have installing a different version of Linux on your machine yourself. Providing Pop!_OS also empowers System76 to make certain fixes for users directly rather than having to coordinate with Canonical or the broader Ubuntu community.
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 A separate NVIDIA version

Most linux distros seem to hate Nvidia's graphics cards e.g. Fedora and OpenSUSE. System76 have decided to be kind. They have decided to form a good relationship with Nvidia fans and Nvidia itself. By creating a separate installation media that is dedicated for providing support to Nvidia's graphics cards. Even going as far as putting Nvidia's driver updates on Pop!_Shop for users to easily access and install.
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 Optimized for modern hardware

Whereas normally, to use a brand new computer with a Linux OS, you would typically try to use unstable and sometimes buggy drivers - or struggle without hardware support until a stable release comes along.
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 User-friendly installer

The visually appealing and easy to use installer makes dual booting as easy as it can be.
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 Pop! makes GNOME look really good

If you're a fan of flat desktop interfaces reminiscent of Material design on Android, you'll like the theme that comes as a default in Pop! OS. The desktop and title bars all use a bright turquoise theme that makes the interface feel happy and borderline retro-chic. I found it to be like something you'd find printed on a ringer t-shirt.
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Con
 Tries too hard with the UI

They've focused way too much on ricing the GNOME UI in 21.04 when they should have just left it alone and focused on other things.
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 Very stable

Debian has a Stable branch, where packages are thoroughly tested before release. Furthermore Debian is know to be the definition of stable when it comes to production systems.
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 Wide choice in desktop environments

Debian offers stable and testing CD images specifically built for GNOME (the default), KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce and LXDE. Less common window managers such as Enlightenment, Openbox, Fluxbox, GNUstep, IceWM, Window Maker and others can also be installed.
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 Wide choice of hardware platforms

Debian has the widest choice of hardware platforms, including: amd64, armel, armhf, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-i386, kfreebsd-amd64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, sparc, s390, s390x, source, multi-arch.
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 Standard vanilla Linux desktop

Debian runs standard Gnome, XFCE, KDE - it doesn't use its own special desktop environment, which means that users benefit from the work of the whole Linux community, Debian developers can focus on the distribution itself, and any support for your desktop environment on other distributions should work on Debian as well.
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 Highly secure system

Known for being consistent in maintaining a highly secure system. Several other popular distros use Debian as a base or core for their own Linux OS, the security being one of the main factors why it's so commonly used.
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 Extremely easy to find help with any problem

Debian is one of the oldest and most popular distros out there. Debian's popularity means that you will always be able to find a solution for your problem just by searching on Google, or if by chance nobody has had the problem you are having it's very easy to ask the community and quickly get a solution.
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 Big open-source project

The Debian project is the biggest open source project with over 5000 active contributors.
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 Comes with over 55.500 packages

Because of its popularity, Debian has a lot of applications available which range from productivity programs to business software, games and development tools. It comes with over 55.500 packages (software that is precompiled and ready to be installed on a local machine) -- all of them for free.
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 Install and forget

Once installed you can almost forget about it and start to use your desktop for your daily tasks.
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 Great for gaming

As Debian is the base for SteamOS and because Ubuntu is based on it, it's almost certain that all Linux games will run properly and require no hacks like creating symbolic links because of some hardcoded paths.
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Con
 Ridiculous package splitting

Even though it makes sense to split devel and the actual binary of an application, the splitting has become as mess in debian and its derivates: for example the nvidia driver is splitted into over 40 different packages.
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 Supports SecureBoot

You don't have to disable SecureBoot if you use it, which is useful for LiveUSB or dualboot setups.
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 Widely supported

Almost any software that is available for Linux provides a Debian package.
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Con
 Old software is not useful, but is stable

Certainly for the stable and old stable versions. But the testing version has quite up to date software.
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Pro
 Strict separation of non-free software

Debian is one of the few distros that let the user choose if he wants a free system or not.
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Con
 Slow boot

Debian boots very slowly.
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Con
 Stable release contains extremely outdated packages

If you want the newest packages, you'll have to do a minimal installation of Debian stable then upgrade to testing or unstable by editing the repositories. Save yourself time and install a distro that is rolling release by default.
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Pro
 A real installer

Unlike other distributions that just extract their Live image, Debian offers a real traditional and modular installer to customize the installation.
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 Standard archives

Debs are normal ar and tar archives with shell scripting and additional gz, bz, lzma or xz compression.
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 Great choice for returning Linux users

If you haven't used Linux for a long time, say 5-10 years, it's a great distro in which you can quickly get in the boat again. You don't have to worry about falling back. Everything is in its place.
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Con
 Systemd is everywhere

Systemd is very hard to debug by itself, and can break in very strange ways (such as not being able to mount a single partition on bootup), but the increasing number of desktops that are relying on specific functionality provided only by systemd (policy kit, dbus, etc) makes the entire system more fragile and harder to debug.
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Con
 Poor hardware support out of the box

For example, for WiFi adapters
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Con
 Breaks if you suspend/resume

Breaks when you resume the activity on the system.
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Con
 Poor documentation

Try to get a WiFi connection with the live system as newbie.
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Con
 No good choices of fresh desktop environments

GNOME is quite outdated and buggy; KDE is too old, even in Sid it is at 5.14 branch (at Jun 13 2019 Plasma 5.16 is available in many rolling/fresh distros); XFCE behaves like crooked, visual artifacts at the taskbar and so on; Cinnamon as far as I know works better in Linux Mint compared to (almost) any other distro; For other desktop environments (e.g. MATE) can't say - these are too new (as projects) and possibly incomplete, thus might have many bugs.
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Con
 Outdated kernel of the live system

The kernel of the live system is years behind.
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Con
 Buggy and non-user friendly

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 Rolling or release based

Every Debian Release can either use a rolling or release based model.
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 Unique release cycle

The most Linux distros have one or two stages before a release, but Debian has five before a new stable version is released (experimental > unstable > testing > code-freeze/bug hunting > stable).
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Pro
 A lot of ways to install software

You can either use aptitude, apt or apt-build to install software from the Debian package archives.
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 Well-working team

The developer works very well so the the code is one of the best written out there.
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Con
 No default support for non-free hardware

Non-free hardware will not work upon install of Debian and the user will need to search out the correct non-free software to install in order to make them work. This can be difficult if one of the things not working is the WiFi connection.
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Pro
 Easy to find help with any problem

Debian is one of the oldest and most popular distros out there. Debian's popularity means that you will always be able to find a solution for your problem just by searching on Google, or if by chance nobody has had the problem you are having it's very easy to ask the community and quickly get a solution.
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Con
 Internal quarrels harm the project

Instead of working all together to provide the best Operating System, some maintainers are just ignorant and aggressive to new ideas or new maintainers. That led to many crises and controversy in Debian's history.
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Con
 Not designed for general desktop usage

By default, Debian is not that great of a distro for general desktop usage, since the packages are very outdated. You'll have to spend a while configuring the system in order to make it work.
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Con
 No choices

Debian basically doesn't give you any choices: for example it is very hard to use a different Sound system than ALSA like OSS4, and the same goes for different init systems.
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Pro
 Live install images for CDs, DVDs and USB thumb drives

Debian releases live install images for CDs, DVDs and USB thumb drives, for the i386 and amd64 architectures, and with a choice of desktop environments. These Debian Live images allow the user to boot from a removable media and run Debian without affecting the contents of their computer.
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Pro
 Rolling or Release based

Every Debian Release can either use a Rolling or Release based model.
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Con
 No WiFi for Live System

Pretty much the only live system that doesn't offer ANY of the usual choices for a WiFi connection. Like Network Manager or WICD.
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Pro
 Comes with over 55.500 packages

Because of its popularity, Debian has a lot of applications available which range from productivity programs to business software, games and development tools. It comes with over 55.500 packages (software that is precompiled and ready to be installed on a local machine) -- all of them for free.
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Pro
 Simple

It's very easy to use.
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Con
 Very slow development cycle

elementary does not offer any release date for their stable releases going more with a "it's done when it's done" attitude. Making depending on newer apps a difficulty as well as a poor choice for those that need consistent release schedules for their OS.
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Con
 Old base and applications

The slow release schedule makes the applications outdated. It drags behind Ubuntu LTS (on which it's based) which itself drags behind Ubuntu which is often still quite far behind Arch for example.
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Con
 Quite buggy

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Con
 Outdated or bad default applications

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Con
 Heavy animations

It has some animations that don‘t run good on older hardware.
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Con
 Missing major functionality out of the box

Elementary opts for reskins of applications that excludes expected app features, e.g., changing spell check language. Minimal programs should be theoretically nicer for light users, but anyone other than a light user has a much harder time getting up and going.
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Con
 Poor Linux community reputation

The devs of elementary OS feel anyone not paying for their Ubuntu respin are not worthy of using it. Which upset a good bit of people. Obviously the core dev team have issues with their community outreach and PR.
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Con
 Not very configurable

elementay doesn't allow you to change much aside from the size of the dock... and wallpaper
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Con
 Not a rolling-release

It's not a rolling-release Linux distribution. Which means you either have to take some risks and update to a newer version of the OS or perform a whole new installation of the newer version of the OS
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Con
 Ultralight typeface

Appears modern but is difficult to read
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Con
 Pre-Installed programs are bad

However, this is like most Linux distros. Just install the usuals (VLC, Chrome, etc).
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Con
 Window control button placement may be unintuitive to some

elementary OS has window controls on the left side of the window. It may be less intuitive to users coming from other operating systems that put window controls on the right.
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Con
 Doesn't support 32-bit hardwares anymore

One can install pantheon DE from new ubuntu's repo but Elementry OS is not making new ISO's nor is it supporting them. It makes confuzzled to new users.
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Con
 Problems with basic functions

Problems often arise with functions like keyboard layout and touchpad.
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Con
 Major bugs in Loki remain months after release

https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-mail/+bug/1547949
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Pro
 UI design consistency

Excellent uniformity between all the stock application and an overall extremely clean design with simple animations.
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Con
 No proprietary driver installer

Elementary OS removed the driver installer of Ubuntu.
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Pro
 Extremely user-friendly

This distribution promises you a very tailored user experience and it does deliver on that promise. The developers provide you with a custom desktop environment and a set of neat programs. And the whole desktop looks simply gorgeous.
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Pro
 Minimalist macOS-style look and feel with custom Pantheon desktop environment

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 Built on Ubuntu

Built on Ubuntu LTS with all its qualities and support.
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Pro
 If you like MacOSX the UI/UX is similar

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 Consistent development practices

All Elementary apps are written in Vala and hosted on Launchpad, and there are standard APIs such as contractor for applications to interact with one another. This is different from most distros, in which apps are written in a variety of languages. This design decision makes it easy to get started developing for Elementary and to understand how the various pieces fit together.
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 Lightweight and fast

Runs well on limited-resources hardware, including netbooks or chromebooks.
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Con
 Tech support is a runaround

Elementary sends users to its dedicated Stack Exchange for help (no web forum), but the site is understaffed and most questions go unanswered or are closed as bug reports (which should be reported on Launchpad). Those bug reports go unanswered at Launchpad too until someone posts a bounty or more than several users express the issue as urgent. A singular user gets the runaround from site to site without having the issue addressed.
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Con
 The desktop doesn't let you to put icons by default

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 A dedicated StackExchange site

elementary OS has a dedicated StackExchange site where users can easily find answers to common questions.
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 With new tweak tools customization is not a problem

Now the OS is amazingly customizable.
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 PPA not available by default

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 Upper panel requires extra spaces

The upper panel in Elementary OS requires more space. This can be a problem for computers with small monitors.
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 Innovative

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 Active Google+ community

There is a place where elementary users can ask their questions and usually get answers pretty quickly. Not only by the other users, but the devs are pretty active themselves, often engaging in the discussions on the hows, whys and plans of the os.
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Con
 UI doesn't let you change anything

Every installation of elementaryOS looks excactly like the same
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Con
 Emacs doesn't work

Emacs crashes due to a partial gnome library update.
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Con
 Defaults to Nouveau drivers, which can cause graphical issues

Rather than giving the option of non-free drivers. http://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/7472/install-nvidia-dual-graphics-driver-on-loki/7548#7548
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Con
 Boring UI

It can be very boring.
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 Lightweight & fast

Runs well on limited-resources hardware, including netbooks or chromebooks.
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 With new tweak tools customisation is not a problem

Now the OS is amazingly customisable
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 Simplicity, limited configurability

Sane defaults with less confusion for new users.
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 Very light weight

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 Based on Ubuntu, so similar to users used to it.

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 Familiar interface

Zorin's GUI can be set to resemble MacOS or various Windows versions.
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 Partial Windows compatibility

Zorin comes with WINE and PlayOnLinux which lets it install and run many Windows applications and games.
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 Windows desktop style

The desktop UI was made to resemble Windows 7, but alternative settings are available.
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 Stable

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 The easiest installation ever

The installation is the easiest, and it works on most systems.
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 Great support for GPUs

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 Great GUI

From Zorin os 15.1 it is probably the best-looking Ubuntu distro out of the box that actually works.
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 Regular updates

New versions with new decent features are released really fast.
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Con
 Even with v16 Pro, zero tech support replies

Do not pay for Pro. You’re supposed to get tech support with your $39 purchase. After contacting them a few months ago about the inability to install build tools due to their wonky custom versions, to date there has been no answer. You could find a friend and get them to send you the theme and look packages. The rest is all available easily in the Ubuntu catalog.
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Con
 Slow

It uses a customized version of Gnome 3 desktop environment which is why it's quite slow.
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 Installer can set up dual boot

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 Good Selection of pre-installed software

New users may be unaware of what software is available for Linux, but Zorin includes a good selection for everyday tasks out of the box.
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 Bundles tools for changing the look and feel of the distribution

Zorin includes look changer and theme changer.
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Con
 Even lite is bloated

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 Zorin Connect

Allows syncing notifications with your phone.
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 Educational focus

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 Ubuntu got too big

Using too much resources.
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 Accessibility features

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 It is very fast

Zorin OS works smoothly and fast.
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 Ubuntu-based

Zorin is compatible with Ubuntu's sizable repositories of Free Software.
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 Has access to Ubuntu's repositories

Zorin has access to Ubuntu's large repositories of free software.
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Con
 Limited desktop styles in Free Version

All free editions only offer Windows XP, 2000, and 7 and Gnome 2. You have to pay $9-10 in order to get Unity (Ubuntu) and Mac OS X themes.
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 Supports Flatpak

Deepin OS supports Flatpak. It also has some Flatpak programs installed by default.
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 Blur and transparent design

Deepin has a blur and transparent design throughout the OS, which makes it one of the, if not the, most beautiful Linux distro.
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 Easy to use

It's very easy to use. You can easily uninstall a program by going to the menu then right-clicking on the preferred app and selecting the "Uninstall" option.
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 Great design to the app store

The app store is gorgeous.
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 Gorgeous design

Desktop Environment on this distribution by far is the best looking DE available on Linux.
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Con
 Deepin store apps not up to date

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Con
 App store is terribly out of date and vast majority of applications are not translated to English

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Con
 Slow on some computers

Very slow - launching apps takes more time than other distros. On the other hand - booting and shutting down is very fast on SSD.
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Con
 No Custom Install or engaging experience

There is no custom installation process that makes you feel like the developers spent time working on it. Looks rushed at least the Manjaro version
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Con
 Installer lacks features

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Con
 Team doesn't know what to do

Deepin has changed the base 4 times, and the name 3 times. The Desktop Environment also has been changed 4 times.
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Con
 Pretty laggy

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Con
 Primitive deepin apps

Nice looking, but often severely deficient in functionality or irritating. Mail app needs you to add an online account in system settings, so if you want to switch to other DE than GNOME and the like, you have to use other mail client. Deepin album is also less functional than for example Shotwell.
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Con
 Restart or shut down option does not work on some PCs

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 Easy to switch between languages

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 Easy to install

Installing Deepin OS is very easy. Even easier than installing Ubuntu.
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 Very stable

Even though it is based on Debian unstable, it is still pretty stable and you will hardly ever get a dependency issue.
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 Can be made to look like Windows easily

By default, Deepin looks kinda like macOS but it can be made to look like Windows by right-clicking on the dock and changing the mode from "Fashion Mode" to "Efficient Mode".
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 It comes with every essential utility pre-installed

By default, Deepin OS comes with Steam, WPS Office, Chrome, Foxit PDF Reader, Deepin Music Player, Deepin Movie, Deepin Voice Recorder, Deepin Screen Recorder and many other programs for daily use.
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 Based on Debian

It is based on Debian which is the best Linux distribution for desktops
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 Well-designed in every detail, developers have a professional approach to the system

Deepin has a sane default set of apps including custom apps of their own design that gives the distro a very consistent look and feel. By working with the community on these tools as well as custom translations there is a great sense of polish when using it that is not often seen when using such a new desktop environment.
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 Launches programs faster

Programs load and launch faster in Deepin OS compared to other Linux distributions. It takes only about three seconds to launch Chrome.
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 Rolling release

It's a rolling release. Meaning that it will get updated automatically.
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 Exciting applications

It has some exciting applications, such as Deepin Graphics Driver Manager which can easily change between free and proprietary drivers without any issue.
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 Has their own tool kit

They have their own tool kit called "Deepin Tool Kit", and they themselves uses it.
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 Excellent apps

Having Deepin installed also means you have thousands of quality apps to choose from. The apps which come with installation will suit your needs to browse the Internet, listen to music, watch videos, talk with friends, editing documents or simply any task you want to do at home or in your office.
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 Pro network managment

Deepin has the facilities to create VLAN and other configuration like Wifi Hostpot on their GUI.
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 VLC media player works without any issue

In some cases, VLC media player has some problems with Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based Linux distros. That isn't the case with Deepin.
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 Best for daily use

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 Automatically cleans package cache

Deepin automatically cleans package cache. Cleaning package cache is a good thing as it will make the OS much faster and lighter.
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 Includes a lot of packages in the official repository

The official repository of deepin OS includes over 73,000 packages.
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Con
 Customization is a bit hidden

GUI is not straight forward for changing GTK+ or QT themes.
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Con
 Very slow installer

Because the servers are in China.
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 Gives warning messages when upgrading packages using apt

Deepin uses their own modified version of apt. When there is a distribution upgrade available and if we try to upgrade by running "sudo apt upgrade", then this modified version of apt gives this warning message, "DDE programs will work abnormally if run this command. Run sudo apt dist-upgrade or sudo apt full-upgrade instead."
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 Includes both Windows and macOS style interface

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 There's a company behind it

The Wuhan Deepin Technology is behind this Linux distribution. Because there is a company behind it, the company has to make sure that the OS is perfect, otherwise the company will fail.
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 Not based on Ubuntu

Some people don't like Ubuntu nor its derivatives.
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 Enjoy the simplicity of Deepin's desktop

The desktop interface and apps feature an intuitive and elegant design. Moving around, sharing and searching etc. has become simply a joyful experience.
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 Can be made to look like Windows

By default, Deepin looks kinda like macOS but it can be made to look like Windows by right-clicking on the dock and changing the mode from "Fashion Mode" to "Efficient Mode".
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 Company behind it

The Wuhan Deepin Technology is behind this Linux distribution.
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 Great support for graphics cards

Deepin OS includes a program called "Deepin Graphics Driver Manager" which can easily install a good driver for the graphics card.
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 PRO Network Managment

Deepin has the facilities to create VLAN and other configuration like Wifi Hostpot on their GUI.
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 Well-designed in every detail, developers have a professional aproach to the system

Deepin has a sane default set of apps including custom apps of their own design that gives the distro a very consistent look and feel. By working with the community on these tools as well as custom translations there is a great sense of polish when using it that is not often seen when using such a new desktop environment.
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 Seamless transition from Windows to Linux

Easy to install, comes with default packages to typical needs e.g. Chrome, WPS office, System Monitor and a bunch of multimedia utilities. Its easy to install and uninstall applications, it has a great app store and is fast. On same laptop run much faster than Windows 10 did.
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 Quite lightweight

Deepin 15.7 is lighter than Windows 10 and Ubuntu.
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Con
 Slow default repos

Download speed for packages from the default repos, is abnormally slow if you don't choose the correct sever.
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Con
 Based in China

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 Made in China

Doubtful security.
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 Powerful and lightweight

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Con
 Not the best choice for a repair solution

There are certain issues with chrooting to my LUKS-encrypted drive with devuan on Knoppix.
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 Built from scratch

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 Responsive

System boots quickly and stays responsive. Does what operating system should do, and does it really well.
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 Easy installation

The installation procedure for this distribution is quite simple. It's GUI based and all you have to do is to follow the instructions given by the installation window itself.
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Con
 The default desktop environment is not very customizable

Maybe because it's a relatively new project still in its infancy and this may be fixed in the future, but Budgie is not very customizable. You can only change the theme and wallpaper.
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 Modern desktop environment

The default desktop environment used by Solus is called Budgie and is quite nice and minimalistic.
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 Easy & fancy

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Con
 Slow development

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 Limited repositories

As you can see Solus is a new project that's built from scratch.
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 Default experience is clean and easy

The default desktop experience on the Budgie version is very clean and streamlined. Although the Budgie DE isn't the most customisable, but it's customisable enough for me to recreate the desktop style of ElementaryOS with the dock and bar at the top.
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Con
 Installing apps from "third-party" section of Software Center is extremely slow

The Software Center is generally very good but installing apps from the "third-party" section often takes a crazy amount of time.
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Con
 Not much software

There is not much software available.
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 Well curated software

The software is well curated in the repos, you have access to flatpaks and snaps, so virtually, all the software you'll ever need is there for you.
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Con
 An upgrade breaks the system quite often

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Con
 Lack of software in repositories

There is a lack of software in the repositories. This is the only OS where I have had to build some applications from source or install from the app's site within the first month os usage. Though this is most likely because the distro is still relatively new.
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Con
 There is often a black screen after update

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 Rolling Release Model

Wich means you don't have to suffer from version to version updates that can break it.
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 Rock-solid distro

Very stable and well curated.
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 Exclusively for desktop systems

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 Stable

The system itself is very stable. All packages in the repository seem to be carefully picked, well prepared and run stable.
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 Most stable Rolling Release Distro

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Con
 No USB image writer

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Con
 Forums are not very friendly

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 Great package management

The software center makes really easy to install the latest software. Including third party software.
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 Seamless packages

It may not have the most obscure packages, but the packages it does have is a good number of everything a Linux user needs. Gamers, developers, desktop users, etc. all have the necessary packages and then some. The packages themselves are integrated perfectly and are very well updated.
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 Rolling release

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 Blazing fast

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 Latest kernels

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 Rolling Release

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 Debian based

Apt/Aptitude, debconf or the alternatives system.
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 Stable

Based on Mint, so stability is guaranteed!
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Con
 Locked into Apple hardware

Only works with Apple brand computers without a fair amount of hacking.
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 Great combination of good GUI and powerful base

Based on FreeBSD with a Mach Kernel, it has a refined GUI user interface.
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Con
 Expensive

If you are not interested in building your own Hackintosh, which can be a real pain to get up and running. A mac will cost you a lot more than a typical windows machine.
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 Excellent accessibility features

There is hardly anything out there that works better for visually-impaired users.
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 Ease of use

Not only are most workflow very concise and simple, app developers are aware of the user's preference for clean and easy UIs, so most OS X native apps have a strong focus on clean, efficient UIs and workflows.
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 Based on & certified UNIX

macOS being a UNIX certified system means that you can install a lot more stuff with a lot fewer headaches then if you were on Windows. Starting with Mac OS X 10.5 all versions of macOS have been certified as UNIX by the Open Group.
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 Great multilingual support

Adding another keyboard layout is easy, even adding another input method for languages that can't be typed straight via keyboard input (Korean, Chinese, Japanese) is a few mouseclicks and works perfectly with all apps. Switching system (and thus app) language is a few mouselicks, too.
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 Lots of open-source software available

Because it's Unix under the fancy GUI, it's easy to port most open source projects.
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 Easy access to lots of great dev tools

There's a large selection of great development tools available for OSX. The operating system itself comes bundled with a powerful terminal emulator, called Terminal. Additionally, Apple provides tools, like Xcode, an IDE that contains a comprehensive collection of tools for developing OSX and iOS software, for free.
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Con
 Not user-friendly

MacOS's UI is complex and very difficult to get used to compared to something like Windows. Experience is required to use something like this and not something you could just easily use. Because of this, navigating is tricky. Even for some company like Apple, it's pointless when you want something you already know. Compared to iOS the experience required is too much.
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 Powerful terminal

It's very similar to a Linux terminal.
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 Pervasive drag & drop

Works for all types of media and across apps.
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Con
 Most software is closed source

For people who like to use open source tools for their development work, this may be a problem. There's plenty of advantages to open source software, one of which is the ability to tinker with and customize the tools themselves that you are using. Although there's plenty of FOSS tools available for Mac, especially through Homebrew, the number of packages available is much lower than the number of packages available for any Linux distribution.
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Con
 Can delete anything on your device that they don't like

Ripped M4Vs from DVDs can disappear from your library of movies.
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Con
 Default software updates require Apple ID

All but macOS and iTunes updates appear to require an Apple ID.
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 Streamlined workflow between devices

Because this is an Apple product, there is a streamlined workflow between your computer and all mobile devices. For example, if you type an a Pages document, once you save, you can open the updated document just moments later on your iPad, and vice versa. The same goes for iMessage, (yes, you can text people with your phone number from your computer. Actually, you can text other people with apple devices with just your Apple ID, with or without a phone number, for free!) Numbers, Notes, Reminders, Contacts, and just about any other Apple workflow application.
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 Custom keyboard shortcuts for all apps

You can set custom keyboard shortcuts for all menu entries in all apps on Mac OS X.
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 Built better and more aesthetically appealing

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 Has software that only runs on Mac

For example, Sketch.
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 Ideal setup, out of the box

Next to no custom configuration is necessary.
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Con
 Finder hides items

To view hidden files and folders in Finder, e.g. ".ssh" for your keys, one must run "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES;" in the Terminal, hold Alt while right clicking the Finder icon, and select "Relaunch". To hide them again, do the same with "NO" instead of "YES". If you wish to see folder display settings in ".DS_Store" files, Finder hides those anyway, so use another program.
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 Fluent workflow out of the box

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 Polished UI

The UI of Mac OS is rather unrivaled. The smooth, responsive, and cohesive UI makes the system quite joyous to use.
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 Has many special tools for developers

Has support for multiple IDEs.
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 More commercial software and gaming support compared to other Unix systems

Adobe CC, MS Office, Steam games.
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 Using VMware you can also run Windows 10 on the Mac

This is useful for testing and some development tools that are Windows-only (XML Spy, MapForce).
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Con
 Not very configurable

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 Great Git GUI tools

Tower, Kaleidoscope, SourceTree.
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 Reliable

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Con
 Limited hardware

Usually, the hardware that can run this can't be upgraded.
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Con
 Lacks color

System desktop preferences GUI offers blue and gray as button colors. The only other visible color options are that for text selections and the desktop background. A far cry from Windows, which lets you change task bar and window border colors, and many GNU/Linux GUIs can even change their widget shapes with a single click.
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Con
 Not very user-friendly

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Con
 Confusing window management

Instead of a simple taskbar like on Windows, MacOS has many different and lacking window management features. Third party apps like Spectacle, HyperSwitch, and HyperDock are needed to gain similar functionality. Not being able to minimize an app by clicking the dock icon and not knowing at a glance which window the menu bar is referring to are still annoying.
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Con
 Bash version is obsolete

MacOS comes with an obsolete version of Bash, due to licensing issues.
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Con
 Poor application support

Fewer apps run on Mac OS than on Windows or Linux.
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Con
 Unintuitive

Despite what they say it is very unintuitive to navigate.
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Con
 Finder pollutes folders with .DS_Store files

Modern filesystems support metadata without using files, and centralized configuration files have been around forever.
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Con
 Vendor-Lock-in

You are now forced to use the Apple services.
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Con
 Hard to see original trashed file location

To know where a file in Trash came from, one has to open and search a hidden text file, or install a script that does that for you.
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Con
 Silly modifier keys layout

The Command key is strange, Alt is where Super should be.
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Con
 Siri only listens to spoken words

You can't type or simply press a button to identify a song, as it is possible with Google Now, Windows Cortana, and Shazam (used internally by Siri).
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Con
 Touchbar on Macbook Pro's

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Con
 No longer superior in terms of software availability

Thanks to Steam, Wine devs, Snaps and Flatpaks, things moving to a cloud and the great AUR community more and more software runs either natively or is often well ported to Linux, e.g. Photoshop.
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Con
 Unstable resume

Sleeping the display (with a hot corner) often causes the display to not wake up, requiring a hard reset by holding the power button. MacOS offers to restart your program session but doesn't offer more info than "You shut down your computer because of a problem".
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Pro
 Consistent keyboard shortcuts

Across applications, even for mouse operation modifiers (resize from centre, resize proportionally, etc.) and placed ergonomically (no need to use the little finger/Ctrl key).
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Con
 Hard to remove Finder and Trash icons from Dock

Hacking DockMenus.plist just to manually remove them after each boot is time-consuming.
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 Best support for Objective-C

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Pro
 Great modifier key layout

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Con
 Very few options for running hosted, on the cloud

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Con
 No native package management

A comparison of package managers available for OSX can be found here.
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Con
 Closed-source

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Pro
 Based on Unix

macOS being a UNIX certified system means that you can install a lot more stuff with a lot fewer headaches then if you were on Windows.
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Con
 Not user-friendly

macOS's UI is complex and very difficult to get used to compared to something like Windows. Experience is required to use something like this and not something you could just easily use. Because of this, navigating is tricky. Even for some company like Apple, it's pointless when you want something you already know. Compared to iOS the experience required is too much.
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Con
 Not user-friendly

macOS's UI is complex and very difficult to get used to compared to something like Windows. Experience is required to use something like this and not something you could just easily use. Because of this, navigating is tricky. Even for some company like Apple, it's pointless when you want something you already know. Compared to iOS the experience required is too much.
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Con
 Too little customization options

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Con
 Closed source

Mac OS is closed source itself, which means that it is developed more slowly and has more problems
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Con
 Not user-friendly

macOS's UI is complex and very difficult to get used to compared to something like Windows. Experience is required to use something like this and not something you could just easily use. Because of this, navigating is tricky. Even for some company like Apple, it's pointless when you want something you already know. Compared to iOS the experience required is too much.
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Pro
 Allows you to easily compartmentalize different applications using virtualization

See here.
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 The most secure OS out there

Most features of the OS are under the user's control through containment
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Pro
 Allows using different OS seamlessly using virtualization

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Pro
 Community support is great

Need to install Discord on cell phone and computer. Fastest way to receive help. Community is mostly European on Discord so getting help at midnight may be a challenge.
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Pro
 Helps you to become a Arch Linux user

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Pro
 Blazingly fast

Startup time, shutdown time, everything in between.
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Pro
 Easy to install

Unbelievably fast for ArcoLinux with XFCE, Openbox, I3.
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Pro
 Learning bash script

The fastest way to reload any Linux desktop is a script that will install all your favorite apps. Keep this file on a USB stick Update for any distro from Ubuntu, Fedora, or even Arch Linux back to your favorite apps in minutes.
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Pro
 Easy to install NVIDIA Drivers

Has option to install NVIDIA proprietary drivers. Runs great.
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Pro
 Efficient use of memory

OpenBox on Arco Linux is AWESOME!
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Pro
 Easy to install desktop environments

Thanks to the manuals provided by the developers it is really easy to install more than 10 different desktop environments that'll work at the same time!
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 A great way to learn Arch Linux

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 XFCE, Openbox and I3

Finished product with almost every tool a experienced user will use.
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Con
 Forums are not very friendly or helpful

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Con
 A bit bloated

It is is a bit bloated, too many web browsers, text editors out the box. A simple customize menu's for all 3 desktops would have been nice.
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Pro
 Disables Intel ME

PureOS disabled Intel Management Engine. Intel ME is a backdoor in your pc. Only Intel CPU's have intel ME.
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Pro
 You can download and install it, without the need to purchase their laptop

PureOS is available from their site for free for anyone to use. No need to purchase any of their laptops in order to check out the OS, which is a tweaked build of the Trisquel distro.
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Con
 Not for everyone

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Pro
 No restrictive handholding, pure control over everything

The user can do whatever he wishes because the distro IS Arch - with and easy installer and great themes.
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Pro
 Easy installer

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 As slim as you want it

Based on Arch, Endevour OS keeps its core repositories slim and free of unnecessary dependencies. The distro comes with no bloatware, only the necessary packages. The repositories are nearly as full as those of Ubuntu, while they are often more up to date.
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Pro
 Stripped down to the bone

Since its stripped down, it is fast and you don't have to deal with bloatware.
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Pro
 Great for low performance hardware

Easy on the specs and still blazingly fast.
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Pro
 Arch Linux Wiki

Being an "easy to install version of Arch" means it is exactly easy to use the famous Arch Wiki!
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Pro
 Helpful community

Great team of developers and excellent forum support on their official website.
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Pro
 Cutting edge rolling release

Exactly as Arch - allows users to stay on the most up-to-date versions of the software they are using.
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Pro
 Good overall system quality and performance

Lean, fast and surprisingly stable.
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Pro
 AUR support

One of the best reasons to use an Arch based distro. You can find almost every package there is in the Linux world!
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Con
 Unfinished

It's still in beta and quite unstable. Making it unsuitable for developing applications of any kind.
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Con
 Small community

It is important when developing to be familiar with tools that other developers use. You can make any utility in any language you feel like, but if it's in an esoteric language that no one can read targeting a small platform that no one uses, then it was just something you did as a hobbyist, not as a developer. This is not to say that Haiku isn't a great operating system to hack around on. Just don't delude yourself into thinking you're doing it to get familiar with tools that you need to know to be a better developer.
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Pro
 Very fast

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 Has a good future

It has a very high potential. It's like BeOS, which was good. It can be another major OS, like Windows, OSX or Linux.
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 Runs perfectly on old hardware

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 Stability

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Con
 Unusable compared to other OSes

The stock browser, WebPositive, is still using the old WebKit code, and can barely browse on web. There is some applications in Haiku, but some popular apps isn't ported.
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Pro
 Has a good future

It has a very high potential. It's like BeOS, which was good. It can be another major OS, like Windows, OSX or Linux.
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 Development is supposedly going to begin again

Originally Haiku was based on the BeOS which has since been discontinued. The alpha release was in 2009, and the most recent alpha build was compiled late 2012. There are still regular updates on the official website, and development hasn't stopped.
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 Beta has been released

After about 6 years since the alpha version, beta has been released on Fri, 2018-09-28. Check here for release notes.
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Pro
 Beautiful and faithful KDE implementation

Modified but not overly tweaked (like BlueStar Linux or Ka OS).
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Con
 Very unsuitable for ordinary people

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Pro
 Secure

User space binaries compiled with stack smashing protection and as Position Independent Executables. Kernel is hardened.
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Pro
 Simple package manager

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Pro
 Lightweight

It's packages are small. Standard images are <140MB. Extended is <400MB. Smallest image is 2MB.
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Pro
 No systemd

It doesn't have such garbage as systemd.
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Pro
 Multiple architectures are supported

It supports aarch64, x86, armv7, ppc64le, armhf, s390x, x86_64, aarch64.
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Con
 Not a lot of packages and package scripts

Arch has much more of them. Debian and Fedora has more less optimized packages. Clear Linux has more optimized packages only for x86_64 CPU. Gentoo has more package scripts.
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Pro
 Musl is default libc

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Con
 Not for daily use

Tails is a privacy focused Linux distro. The updates that you will receive are only for improving privacy and not for improving user experience.
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Pro
 Privacy focused

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Pro
 Has TOR built-in

Use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship; all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the Tor network.
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Pro
 Easy to use with an USB key

Comment

Con
 Slow internet

Tails uses the TOR network and as a result the internet on your computer will be very slow.
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Con
 Saved states are not present for security

For security reasons, saved states are not supported in Tails. Files can be stored in a separate, persistent volume which must be accessed with a root password. Personal settings (e.g. -- keyboard layout, window settings, etc.) are not saved persistently across reboots. This can be a hindrance for anyone not using English as their language, or not using a QWERTY keyboard layout.
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Con
 Only GNOME desktop environment

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Con
 Not intended to be a daily driver

This distro was written for pen testing and security work. It is not meant to be a day-to-day OS (unless that's your job).
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Pro
 Standard pentest tool set

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Pro
 Live session distro used for forensics

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Con
 Very old packages

E.G. Firefox's current version is 61 but Kali linux consists of its 52th version. Though kernel is not that old.
Comment

Pro
 Better than ParrotOS, BackBox for hacking purpose

Contains too many tools for hacking. Those tools are not already included in BackBox or ParrotOS.
Comment

Con
 Privacy concerns

Microsoft can collect information from your Windows 10 installation, this can be turn off in the settings
Comment

Con
 Disjointed configuration

Some settings are in a tablet-style app; most are still in the old Configuration Panel.
Comment

Con
 Proprietary

You are unable to "look behind the scenes" and verify or change code.
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Con
 Expensive

Unlike other free or cheaper alternatives, Windows 10 Home costs 119.99 USD
Comment

Con
 Shows advertisements

By default, Windows 10 displays advertisements on, among other places, the start menu.
Comment

Con
 Horrible stock performance on old hardware

Would recommend windows 7 (or even 8.1) on older (older than 5-6 years) hardware.
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Con
 Collects a lot of user data and sends it Microsoft by default

By default Windows 10 gathers information related to contacts, location, calendar and input (text and touch). The process for opting out of all data collection efforts is both time consuming and requires a reasonable amount of technical know-how.
Comment

Con
 Includes ads by default

Even in the Pro version.
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Pro
 Number of games running on Windows is incomparably higher than on other platforms

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Con
 Slow system updates

Major updates can take all night to install.
Comment

Con
 Target of most malwares

Cause of its popularity and philosophy, Windows is not really good at all at this point. Minimum of knowledge is required to do some harm.
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Con
 Pre-installed bloatware

Unlike earlier iterations of Windows before Windows 8, Windows 10 comes with a pre-installed marketplace, which is essentially an online shop run by Microsoft, OneDrive, a cloud sharing service also run by Microsoft and some large and possibly undesirable games among other things.
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Con
 Installs bloatware

It installs many Windows Store apps by default. Moreover, it updates them automatically even after you uninstalled them, then they come back when you install a bigger update or service pack, eg: the creator's update.
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Con
 Forced updates to Home and Pro versions

Since Microsoft has a checkered past in regard to Windows updates, many people worry that a bad patch might break applications, drivers, peripherals or even brick their computers.
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Con
 DirectX 12 is Microsoft only

Unlike use of Vulkan or openGL, Dx12 locks you to Microsoft platforms unless you are able to use more than one API.
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Con
 Lacks polish

Many interface and functionality changes have not been finalized yet, creating an inconsistent user experience. For example, there are both simplified Windows 10 style settings menus as well as Windows 7 style settings menus that can easily create confusion. Similarly, many of the bundled applications (People, Photos, Groove, Mail, Calendar, etc) lack functionality compared to their counterparts in previous Windows versions.
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Pro
 Tried and tested window management for professional office and development work

Does not require purchase of third-party apps like HyperDock on MacOS to simply switch between all windows of a running application.
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Pro
 Complete ecosystem

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Con
 No simple Linux app support

The Windows Subsystem for Linux might help, but so far that's only for insiders. Even MacOS (built on BSD) can use common *nix tools via Homebrew.
Comment

Con
 Slightly slower startup times

Windows 10 takes longer to start than older iterations by a few seconds.
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Pro
 Compatibility with third-party software

Almost every single program made today has native support for windows, making its software availability the largest on the market.
Comment

Con
 No guest accounts

Windows 10 lacks the ability to set up Guest accounts.
Comment

Con
 Start menu lacks expected customization options

It's not possible to cascade menus, pin files, locations or apps to the list (it's possible to pin apps to the live tile section) or add custom menus.
Comment

Con
 No built-in way to play DVDs

Third-party software is required to play DVDs.
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Con
 Tablet mode is a pain to use

The tablet mode of Windows 10 has many issues compared to other major tablet operating systems like Android, for example: 1.) In the tablet mode the desktop is replaced by the Windows 10 start menu 1.1.) As there is no Desktop there is no proper launcher to start your apps so you always have to open that windows 10 start menu... 2.) Virtual keyboard often don't come up automatically(you need to click on the keybord icon near the systray to bring it up) 2.1.) If the keyboard is docked and comes up it will lay over the window and if(like here on slant) the entry box is on the bottom of the page it will lay over that box so you have to manually undock the keyboard and move it to any other border which of course breaks other options like scrolling a page etc. 2.2.) Virtual keyboard and virtual touchpad have no customization options so you can't make them bigger or smaller etc.
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Con
 Problems with updates

Like deleting data during updates.
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Con
 No support for USB Audio 2.0 or 3.0

USB Audio 2.0 was published in May 2006. Windows has taken over a decade to add support for it.
Comment

Con
 CPU Load

Many users have complained about high CPU load.
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Con
 Annoying questions during installation

Microsoft account, reporting to Microsoft,...
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Con
 High RAM load

Windows 10 needs a few drivers, a background image, a few desktop icons and a panel. For Windows 10 that sums up to 1.6GB of RAM usage out of the box with nothing else.
Comment

Con
 Telemetry and ads in an expensive os

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Con
 Usage of Storage Space

Runs out of storage space after only few upgrades on bay trail devices where it's default
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Con
 Poor System Management

To come back from hibernation, Windows modifies the boot manager. This is a risk factor. Not to mention, destroying boot loaders in dual boot setups.
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Con
 Does not include Windows XP Mode

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Pro
 Works out of the box

No need to tweak and adjust.
Comment

Con
 Upgrade version breaks systems

On one hand Microsoft offered/offers the Windows 10 upgrade option for free to convert old versions. On the other hand many upgrades have gone wrong and broke the before working system.
Comment

Con
 "Unfriendly" desktop environment

The Windows 10 look and feel might be more modern, but the darker theme also takes the friendly, bright and happy feeling out of Windows 10, compared to former versions. Looks alone put a heavy feeling on it.
Comment

Con
 Tons of outdated components

Many components from win 95, partly apps are uwp, partly win32, everything looks like a holy mess for an advanced pc user.
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Pro
 Native DirectX 12 support

Windows 10 natively supports DirectX 12.
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Pro
 Good compatibility with Windows 7 software

Both applications and drivers created for Windows 7 work well on Windows 10.
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Pro
 Built-in support for VPNs

A VPN connection can be established from the "Change Virtual Private Network" panel. Quickest way to access the panel is by searching for "VPN" in the start menu.
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Pro
 Latest version of Windows

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Pro
 Linux environment can be embedded so you get both Windows and Linux in a single box

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Pro
 Slightly faster wake-up times

Windows 10 wakes up faster from sleep and hibernation than older iterations of Windows by a few seconds.
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Pro
 More driver support

Supports almost every driver.
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Pro
 Good cloud environment

Not privacy friendly, but for work it is much more convenient than e.g. Nextcloud for which desktop integration with Linux is light years behind what MS provides. And privacy on my work machine doesn't concern me that much.
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Pro
 Frequent feature updates

2 feature updates a years brings lots of features and improvements. (Creators, April 2018 etc.)
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Pro
 New and faster default web browser

Unlike older iterations of windows, windows 10 has replaced the browser "Internet Explorer" with the newer "edge", a more secure and faster browser, at the cost of lower web page compatibility
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Pro
 Returns to a more familiar style start bar unlike Windows 8

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Pro
 DirectX

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Pro
 Decent market share

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Pro
 Compatibility with phones through phone companion

Built-in app called phone companion helps integrate your phone (any os) to your computer.
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Pro
 Better than all the other Windows versions

It's better than all the previous versions.
Comment

Con
 Has too many different settings menus

Very hard to find the setting you are looking for, because there are at least 3 commonly used settings panels.
Comment

Con
 Automatic update sharing

Windows 10 automatically uses your Internet connection to upload Windows and app updates to other Windows 10 PCs, this however, can be changed in the settings.
Comment

Pro
 DirectX 12

The newest version of Microsoft’s DirectX application programming interface, which handles visual and other multimedia tasks on Windows-based systems.
Comment

Con
 Breaks frequently

Blue Screen of death is so common it has that nickname.
Comment

Pro
 DirectX

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Pro
 Built-in way to play DVDs

No third-party software is required to play DVDs.
Comment

Pro
 Latest version of Windows.

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Pro
 Latest version of Windows

Comment

Con
 Audio system has bugs

Low USB microphone recording volume (AT2020) - Windows 10, for instance.
Comment

Pro
 Frequent feature updates

2 feature updates a years brings lots of features and improvements. (Creators, April 2018 etc.)
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Pro
 Chromebook hardware support baked in

Many things work out of the box that do not with other distros, such as touchscreens.
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Pro
 Good TOR integration

The integration of TOR is very good
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Con
 Discontinued

Since April 8, 2014, support and updates for Windows XP are no longer available.
Comment

Con
 Absolutely absolete

It is just sort of a mozachism to use this os.
Comment

Con
 No software supported anymore(Almost)

Comment

Con
 Linux Zorin Lite is a much better alternative

Comment

Con
 Unsecure

Discontinued updates, after 8 years hacking it is a piece of cake.
Comment

Con
 Garbage, ancient, and slow

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Pro
 No Bloatware

Unlike its next gen, this OS has no bloatware included.
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Pro
 Fast

It loads very fast, recommended for older hardware.
Comment

Con
 Garbige, ancent, and s l o w.

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Pro
 Unknown OS

Comment

Con
 Unlikely going to be your PC main OS

If looking for a lightweight OS, and thinking of FreeDOS as a possible option, consider that it will only useful when having to deal with legacy software, or other dos-based programs still commonly used at workplaces. Nonetheless it's a fantastic solution for Retro-Gamers who still own a a supported sound card. However the lack of modern software makes it hard to accomplish common everyday tasks, such us opening a document written in UTF-8, not mentioning, obviously docx and pdf files. The best choice is to install it on a USB drive, in order to have a portable OS, with basic hardware and all your files (and if you want games) ready to be launched with every machine. Useful to edit partitions, as well as restore MBR, check errors, install a light bootmanager on any kind of FAT partiton of every IDE-mode compatible hard-disk.
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Pro
 Open Source

GNU GPL
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Pro
 Large and friendly community

You won't be let alone, any question submitted on FreeDOS forums will be detailedly answered in a few hours time.
Comment

Con
 Obvious lack of sound card drivers

If you own a sound card produced after than 2000, you won't find a driver to make it work.
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Pro
 Compatible with MS-DOS apps

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Pro
 Supports FAT32 partition

As opposite to every MS-DOS version equal or older than 6.22, or any DR-DOS version, you won't be restricted by a 2 Gb large FAT16 partition.
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Pro
 Highly portable OS

It takes ten minutes to make a portable, USB FreeDOS drive, All you need is a USB device FAT or FAT32 formatted (128 Mb should be enough, but a 2 GB device would be better). First make a FreeDOS bootable USB drive with a program like Rufus (on Windows) or UnetBootin (on linux or Mac). Select it at boot and run fdisk to make a Primary DOS partition and install FreeDOS on it. Final step: reboot and run fdisk again to make the new partition active (optional: delete the installer partition). After that, the system is ready to boot with any computer.
Comment

Pro
 Extremely lightweight

Takes less than 10 seconds to boot.
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Pro
 Easy to dual-boot, either with any Linux distro or Windows

If you install a Linux distro after Freedos, GRUB2 will automatically detect it. As for Windows, newer EasyBCD releases implemented FreeDOS and automatically recognize it.
Comment

Pro
 Lightweight

It is tiny and runs even on the oldest machines.
Comment

Con
 Horrible DE

Neither very functional nor lightweight or convenient, a failed fork of GNOME. Still has a lot of work ahead.
Comment

Con
 Can be slow and bloated

May be preferable for new users, but for those who want a minimal system it can be rather slow and comes with many preinstalled applications.
Comment

Con
 Discontinued

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Pro
 OpenZFS

A superior filesystem with software RAID, boot environments with rollback and snapshots, and bedrock reliability.
Comment

Con
 Lack of software

Lacks a lot of software available on other operating systems.
Comment

Con
 CPU load

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Pro
 Best UX

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Pro
 Has windows

Safari allows you to open new windows, just like a desktop computer.
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Pro
 APFS (Apple File System)

It adds speed, reliability, flexibility.
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Pro
 It has touchscreen

iPadOS has touchscreen.
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Pro
 It has windows.

Safari allows you to open new windows, just like a desktop computer.
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Pro
 One of the best supported linux versions

Comment

Con
 “Just a web browser”

There aren’t really any applications you can get on ChromeOS. If you can do it via Chrome you can do it on a Chromebook, but not much else.
Comment

Con
 Privacy unfriendly

A system made by the company whose business model is tracking users and non-users, selling their data and serving ads. And while we're at it, switch to a custom ROM for your smartphone and if needed, get microG instead of GPlay services and Aurora Store instead of Play Store. For the other stuff there is a comprehensive list of alternatives at privacytools.io and privacyguides.org
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Pro
 Booting & updating

Chrome OS boots from power off in about 7 seconds. So you don't need to leave it on and consuming power when it's not in use. You NEVER download and update any apps, although the OS does update itself. Web apps live on servers, so they're always up to date and virus free.
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Pro
 Android apps

Android apps add basic offline functionality.
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Pro
 Full laptop form-factor

Unlike tablets, the home of most hyper user friendly operating systems, Chromebooks come on an array of devices that don’t require you to buy any flimsy keyboard attachments.
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Pro
 Speedy even on crappy hardware

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Con
 Very limited in features

There aren’t really any applications you can get on ChromeOS. If you can do it via Chrome you can do it on a Chromebook, but not much else.
Comment

Pro
 Pushes oneself to use (and learn how to use) cloud based solutions

With this ChromeOS also eliminates the time needed to configure the local environment.
Comment

Con
 You might need a cloud printer

If you don’t live in the paperless world yet and you haven’t bought a new printer in the last three years you may need money up for a new cloud enabled printer.
Comment

Pro
 Free and Open Source

GNU GPL.
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Con
 Not ready

It's still in alpha, despite being in development for 19 years.
Comment

Pro
 Ambitious

The goal of ReactOS (when complete) is full compatibility with all Windows software. This would allow a FOSS alternative to Windows without needing leaving behind the programs that one uses.
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Con
 Will never succeed

It just resembles the Zeno's paradox of the tortoise and Achilles. A small community of enthusiasts will never catch up with an enormous company and it gets even more true when you consider the fact that instead of creating new quality like the GNU/Linux community they choose to parrot such a complex and quickly evolving thing as an operating system.
Comment

Pro
 Compatible with Windows software

Or that's the goal. Not just applications, but drivers too.
Comment

Pro
 Can also be used as a Linux based desktop

Depending on which profile you choose on startup, you can, among other things, run the Gnome desktop environment.
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Pro
 More resources for games

This OS by default starts in steam without a desktop loaded in the background, leading to faster start times and more resources for games to use.
Comment

Con
 Not built around the desktop experience

SteamOS is, first and foremost, meant to act as a gaming console - it doesn't ship with even some of the most basic applications, such as a file manager or image viewer. As a result, using SteamOS as your primary operating system would require a fair bit of work.
Comment

Pro
 Free

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Pro
 Streaming service integration (under development)

Valve is in talks with streaming companies such as Spotify and Netflix to bring their features to SteamOS.
Comment

Con
 Hard to install

If you've installed Arch you're probably fine, but for those used to simple installs like (Ubuntu to name just one) you should prepare some patience, determination, and painkillers. Good news is, it's getting better (it's very young).
Comment

Pro
 Native graphics processor support

The OS natively supports Nvidia, Intel, and AMD graphics processors.
Comment

Pro
 For entertainment, it just works

What media center software do for videos, it does for games (and later videos).
Comment

Con
 Proprietary

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Pro
 KDE in general is the most customizable DE in Ubuntu

KDE Neon is no exception.
Comment

Pro
 Great support for video games

Top support for video drivers.
Comment

Pro
 New Features

Such as notification pane, weather gadget and a sweet new centered taskbar.
Comment

Con
 Tethered to the Microsoft Store

Each new release of Windows tugs users closer to the walled garden of the Microsoft Store.
Comment

Con
 Still too many legacy features

Windows 11 still has the Control Panel, Computer Managment and lots of other legacy features that originate from XP, Vista or 7.
Comment

Pro
 Great for gamers

DirectX 12 Ultimate and DirectStorage boost gaming performance quite a bit.
Comment

Pro
 New UI design and features

Centered Taskbar and Start Menu, Widgets panel, and so many more new features and UI elements make Windows 11 truly unique compared to other operating systems.
Comment

Con
 Spyware

Like Windows 10, Windows 11 records everything you do, builds a profile, then sells it to a third party. Go with Linux.
Comment

Con
 OneDrive is a bit slow

OneDrive opens a folder or file a couple seconds slower on Windows 10 compared to Windows 11. Not a problem if you don't use OneDrive though.
Comment

Con
 UX is terrible

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Con
 Outdated OS version

No longer supported by Apple (neither bugfixes or security fixes). The last release was in 2014.
Comment

Con
 Slower compared to previous versions

Comment

Con
 Very hard to find

Apple is very keen to only show the latest version.
Comment

Pro
 Battery optimization

There are many features that improve battery life, such as App Nap.
Comment

Con
 Can't delete base applications

Comment

Con
 Looks nasty, and slow

Comment

Pro
 Great if you don't like El Capitan and up.

Relatively fast and retains many design decisions of the OS X of old.
Comment

Pro
 Memory compression features

You can have a lot of things running yet have plenty of memory left.
Comment

Pro
 Free if you have Snow leopard or Lion

Comment

Pro
 Very tweakable

There are many things you can still change through the terminal.
Comment

Pro
 Still supported so far

Comment

Con
 No Google Play services

Google play is the biggest go-to for mainstream Android apps, so it can be quite disagreeable not to have it out of the box.
Comment

Con
 No support for recent NVIDIA gpus

All recent nvidia GPU's are unsupported. This is because NVIDIA makes there own closed source drivers, and thus RemixOS must use reverse engineered nouvau drivers. Not only does this scratch support for recent cards, but it inhibits performance drastically.
Comment

Con
 Scary Terms and Conditions

Comment

Pro
 Google services

The latest version of the Remix OS downloaded from its official website comes with the Google Play Store, etc. When you are booting up he latest version of the OS, it asks you whether to enable or disable Google services. You can choose to enable or disable according to your needs.
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Pro
 Free

There's never as good a price as a grand total zero dollars, and that is exactly what this will cost you. That means if it does not work, if you're not happy with it, or if you just can't afford buying an operating system, you can still get RemixOS.
Comment

Pro
 Fast

The fact that it's a real operating system, and not an emulator, means that you can use it without emulator-related slow downs.
Comment

Pro
 Google play store

Although some apps may not start, most apps are usable from the google play store.
Comment

Con
 Abandoned

Comment

Con
 Bad Interface

It's designed for tablets, so a desktop may can't use that.
Comment

Pro
 Underrated

Yes, it's still have flaws, but it's better than Windows 10 in my opinion.
Comment

Pro
 Hardware Compatibility

Windows has excellent x86-based compatibility, and has recently announced ARM compatibility as well.
Comment

Con
 Proprietary software

Windows 8.1 is proprietary and can't be modified / redistributed.
Comment

Con
 Resource-intensive

In contrast to many dedicated solutions which can run on nearly anything, running a full Windows install requires decent hardware. This is not a lightweight solution.
Comment

Pro
 Like Windows 7+"Metro", do not like Windows 10 => Windows 8.1

Comment

Con
 Resource Intensive

In contrast to many dedicated solutions which can run on nearly anything, running a full Windows install requires decent hardware. This is not a lightweight solution.
Comment

Con
 Expensive

You will need to purchase a Windows license.
Comment

Con
 20 years old

Comment

Con
 No longer supported

It is no longer being supported by Microsoft and therefore no longer receives updates.
Comment

Con
 No longer being sold

The product is not longer sold commercially, the only legitimate way to acquire it is through the second-hand market.
Comment

Pro
 Brings back memories to older developers

Comment

Con
 Not a modern OS

If you need to know how to run legacy software that will run on DOS (crazier things have happened, there's probably still some ancient, leviathan, software out there that requires it), go for it. Otherwise you're practicing skills that are out of date and are using an operating system that is woefully insecure.
Comment

Con
 Literally horrible

MS-DOS is terrible -- just read about real mode. It was an almost decent solution for its time, but not anymore.
Comment

Pro
 Compatibility with old software

A lot of older software that is no longer able to run on modern operating systems is compatible.
Comment

Pro
 Runs well on almost any computer

As there isn't a GUI, it can run on almost any computer.
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Pro
 Simplicity

No distracting and confusing UI, just clear text.
Comment

Pro
 Still better than Windows 8

Comment

Con
 Discontinued

Comment

Pro
 There is very sexy dark theme

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Pro
 Great user experience convenient for Windows users

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Pro
 Require zero configuration out of the box. Just works.

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Pro
 Great look & feel, polished like Mac OS X

Comment

Con
 For slow CPU's, it is better to choose Linux Mint XFce Edition. It consumes pretty nothing of CPU resources for Desktop Environment. But looks good enough too.

Comment

Pro
 Stable updates

Updates to applications are tested a lot before being published, resulting in more stable updates than most rolling release distros, but this might also delay new updates slightly.
Comment

Pro
 Extensive UI

You are able to do most things inside the UI without having to use the console. This is partially due to software such as YaST.
Comment

Con
 Less documentation

Due to openSUSE tumbleweed being less popular than other distros, there is generally less documentation available.
Comment

Pro
 Great stability

openSUSE tests all packages automatically before publishing them leading to increased stability.
Comment

Pro
 Rolling releases

Although a bit later than other distros such as arch, openSUSE receives the latest software updates as soon as they release if they are considered stable.
Comment

Pro
 Easy to follow documentation

The documentation doesn't require as much knowledge to follow as other distros.
Comment

Pro
 Easy to install

ArchLinux is rather hard to install using command line. Antergos's advantage is the easy installation using a GUI. So instead of manual installation of software you can just download Antergos which does things for you automatically.
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Pro
 Rolling release model make is easy to keep apps on updated versions

Antergos is a rolling release distribution (as it's based on Arch Linux). Your entire system, from the base OS components to the applications that you install, will receive updates as they are released upstream—with only a minimal delay to ensure stability.
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Pro
 Offers choice of desktop environment on installation

Ability to choose your preferred desktop environment on installation.
Comment

Pro
 Surprisingly stable Linux desktop

From popular distros of rolling and standard releases, compared to Debian (stable) and Arch, Antergos stability rocks. Debian is stable, however, it's with old packages and Arch. The only thing that broke it, so far, was compiz-manjaro (C++ 0.9 branch) from AUR, but compiz in Antergos repositories is 0.8 and it is working flawlessly.
Comment

Pro
 It comes with every essential utility pre-installed

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Pro
 Arch User Repository access

It can visit AUR to build packages.
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Pro
 Offers minimal ISO download

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Pro
 Excellent graphical package manager (Pamac)

Features include: providing notifications of available updates; mirror management; AUR support (with the option to suppress unnecessary confirmations during the install process); update settings (frequency, whether to check for updates from the AUR, packages to ignore updates for); and a history of packages installed, updated, or removed (from the official repositories - AUR packages are not currently tracked).
Comment

Con
 Not being developed anymore

Like all small Linux distributions, what happens when the developers don't have time to work on the OS? That's why it's better to use a distribution that is backed by a major Linux company.
Comment

Con
 Rolling release problems

Rolling release is quite a pain sometimes. You might face some problems with a bugged application since you always get the latest version. This problem is a little bit solved by Manjaro distro where applications are tested but updates are slower than usual.
Comment

Con
 The installer breaks often

The installer, cnchi breaks all the time. It's very buggy.
Comment

Pro
 Extremely fast

Everything runs at the speed of light. Antergos is super responsive and programs/apps runs effortlessly.
Comment

Pro
 Rolling release model make it easy to keep apps on updated versions

Antergos is a rolling release distribution (as it's based on Arch Linux). Your entire system, from the base OS components to the applications that you install, will receive updates as they are released upstream—with only a minimal delay to ensure stability.
Comment

Con
 Package popularity is not visible in Antergos repositories

Small issue, but would be nice to see package popularity in Antergos repos, just like it is visible for AUR. packages. Antergos with AUR gives access practically to all possible packages, so popularity could help in this sea of packages.
Comment

Pro
 Stable

Comment

Pro
 Easy-to-grasp

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Pro
 Well-documented and tested

Comment

Con
 Absolutely disorganized

A lot of obsolete cmponents from win 95, both 32bit and 64bit apps.
Comment

Con
 No support for DX12

Could be a problem if you want to run the latest and greatest games.
Comment

Con
 Outdated system

Windows 7 is starting to lose support. For example, the newest processors are not supported in Windows 7. It's been 9 years. It's time to let go and move to something else.
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 Non-free software

Windows 7 is proprietary and can't be modified / redistributed.
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 Best GUI design

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 Obsolete and outdated

Newer apps will stop work in 3 years. Some newer features like DX12 and newer hardware support isn't present. Security will get lessen over time.
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 Fast

It's ready in 10-15 seconds, even on HDD.
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 Allows touch bar

The newest Touch Bar is supported on this OS! I absolutely love OS X!
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 For typical PC users

Mostly for typical PC users who do not really care about some advanced features.
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 They changed their name to macOS

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 No point to use it, since Win10 is better and update is free

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 Good support

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 Large repository

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 A little hard to install

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 Stable

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 Direct download of testing .iso

Debian supplies many different direct downloads of a testing iso.
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 Latest software

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 Fast! Fast! Fast!

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 Limited to Apple Hardware

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 Yast is really a good tool to configurate your pc

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