What’s up people this is Harshith and in this article, I am going to walk you through how you should choose the best Linux distro for you
Based on GUI
There are a few popular GUI Environments you can choose from for different devices
GNOME
GNOME is probably the most popular desktop environment among Linux users, it is free and open-source, simple, yet powerful, and easy to use.
This GUI contains a floating dock in the Dashboard part of the desktop and allows you to use your display more effectively. This can be changed in the settings to have the dock on the desktop.
This Environment is used by:
- Ubuntu
- Pop OS
- Fedora
KDE Plasma
KDE is a well-known, powerful, and highly customizable desktop environment, designed to offer Linux desktop users absolute control over their desktop.
The GUI is highly customizable of all the environments available and it generally looks like the Windows dock.
This Environment is used by:
- Kubuntu
- Manjaro
- OpenSUSE
- Fedora KDE
XFCE
XFCE is generally for Slow or Old computers. This is because XFCE uses the least memory usage as compared to KDE and GNOME.
This Environment is used by:
- Manjaro XFCE
- Xubuntu
Based on Package Managers
DPKG – Debian Package Management System
.deb
This is used in almost every popular Linux distribution and it is for Distros based on Debian like
- Ubuntu
- Kubuntu
- Xubuntu
RPM – Red Hat Package Manager
.rpm
This is used in Linux distributions based on Red Hat’s CoreOS. Used in distros like
- Fedora
- CentOS
- OpenSUSE
Conclusion
I personally recommend you to use GNOME or KDE Environments with “.deb”. Because of the following reasons
- .deb based Linux distros usually have more repositories, So you probably won’t have to ever download a “tar.gz” file for applications.
- Normally GNOME based distros like Ubuntu and KDE based distros like Kubuntu are more stable as comapred to other OSes and Environment. Which means you will have less applications and software crashes
But I use Arch and this article talks about why you should too!