So we can clearly see the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them, please follow this format:

  • Write the name of the Linux distro as a first-level comment.
  • Reply to that comment with each reason you like the distro as a separate answer.

For example:

  • Distro (first-level comment)
    • Reason (one answer)
    • Other reason (a different answer)

Please avoid duplicating options. This will help us better understand the most popular distros and the reasons why people use them.

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openSUSE Tumbleweed

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The big advantage IMHO, is the out of the box BTRFS set up that lets you simply roll back to a non-broken state, right from the grub menu, should an update break your system. I haven’t had to use it yet, but it is a huge source of comfort knowing it is there.

Also, many people coming to opensuse remark how much snappier it is than other distros.

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Garuda uses this feature on an Arch base, it’s saved me a couple of times. Props to openSUSE for developing the way to make that happen!

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Glad to hear someone else uses this awesome tool. I think unstable debian based Siduction uses that too.

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BTRFS has saved my life a bunch, I’m the kind that enjoys experimenting and changing stuff just to see what happens

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9 points

I had to scroll waaaaay down to find this. Mindboggling how underrated this distro is!

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It’s getting 3/4’s of the votes of Debian. I think their profile has increase a lot in the last year or so.

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It is up to date so you can often get newer hardware working due to newer kernels.

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Security by default. Firewall is set up blocking ports for UDP etc. so you are protected out of the box.

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6 points

YaST

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5 points

It’s incredibly well put together

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It’s rolling and reliable

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Everything just works

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