Which Linux distros have you tried?

Linux is a Unix-like open-source operating system and there are hundreds of distros to choose from: Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Fedora, Mint, Arch, Kali, Tails to name a few.

Which Linux distros have you tried?
Which one do you currently use and what do you like about it?

Comments

[Gary Bell]

• Ubuntu Most people have, but this is the one I use daily. Mainly because the rest of my team know how to use it, and it keeps us standard. It's really easy to use and customise or, as some people put it, "it just works".

It can be slow and clunky with the default GUI though.

• Debian I actually prefer this one to Ubuntu, and used to run it on my servers. I moved from it to Ubuntu full time a couple of years ago after some issues with some software package I needed (can't remember which one), and when I had issues with my file server.

I would absolutely go back to it

• CentOs I used to support the CentOs servers at my old job. Never really liked it. Probably because I am so used to Ubuntu and the Debian foundation it has.
• Fedora Way back a long, long time ago. Found it to be too unstable. It might have still been in single-digit release numbers at the time, though.

[Ziad696]

just tried

• linux mint mate (my laptop run faster, but the graphic not maximal for my laptop )
• ubuntu (cool)

want try

• ubuntu server

[Akhil Rana]

Ubuntu was the first.
Then Kubuntu
Then Pop OS
Now I'm using Arch and it's the best.

[Yury Troynov]

HI, in the past windows user currently use Linux as the main OS on the personal laptop (previously even at work but right now obliged to work on boring mac :( ), tried a bunch of distros. In my opinion, the best is Linux-mint, why?

• contains a lot of preinstalled tools
• supports 2+ video cards out of the box (hello gaming laptops) + widget for a hot switch
• contains app store (which is working like charm)
• easy to move from windows or mac (multiply desktops, mission control, etc...)

[Michael Jyms Gutierrez]

Ubuntu
Debian
Fedora
Linux Mint
Linux Lite
Suse
Deepin
Crunchbang++
Bunsenlabs
Zorin OS
Cent OS
Gentoo
Linux Arch
Kali
Puppy

[GnuUserDebug]

Linux Mint, Centos, Ubuntu, and PoP OS.

[Gordon Reeder]

• Ubunto
• Xubuntu
• raspbian
• Puppy

Just a DIY here. Mostly I use Linux at home to do hobbyist stuff. But I have used Ubuntu at work. We did a lot of verification and test work which Linux is great at. So; Ubuntu Workstation from version 14.0 and upgrading as we went along to version 18.0 by the time I left. I also set up a couple of small Linux servers For things like CIFS, RADIUS, etc.
At home I run Xubuntu on two desktops and a Laptop. I also have a Raspberry pi running Raspbian as a NAS.
Way back in 1998 I dipped my toes into Linux by checking out Redhat and Suse. Neither of them actually ended up sticking around.
I gave a couple versions of Puppy Linux a try when my kids virused their Windows Machine. I actually liked it because it loaded fresh from a CD with each boot. I don't care what they end up downloading, it isn't going to survive the reboot.
When Win XP went EOL I switched everything over to Xubuntu and never looked back.
Why Xubuntu? Because the XFCE desktop passed the "Wife and Kids" test.

[pyro]

Mint
Ubuntu
Popos
Debian
Suse tumbleweed
Antetgos (rip)
EndeavorOS
Manjaro
Elementary
Hannah Montana (you have to at least once)
And landed on Arch.

[Eggburt]

I tried Ubuntu for a while, but felt it did not update the mutlimedia and VPN support apps too well, so I switched to MX Linux, which has great tools for personalization and kernel installs.
I've mainly stuck to Debian based distro's, although I have Manjaro on a swap-out SSD.
My main desktop is XFCE.

[Carl Draper]

Pretty much most of them at some point, but have settled on KDE Neon because it is based on a stable LTS Ubuntu but with the very latest KDE.