Linux Distros

Distros by Userbase

NOTE

Remember, get familiarized with Desktop Environments. I’m biased to think that among GNOME and Plasma, people will generally like GNOME purely based on personal feelings, mainly because Plasma’s default styling isn’t what I think most people will find coolest.

Baby Newbie Friendly

I don’t know what a computer is but I’ve seen Windows.

• Zorin OS (All round beginner)
• Linux Mint MATE (All round beginner)
• Linux Mint Cinnamon (All round beginner)

Immutable Distros

• Fedora Silverblue
• Nitrux Linux

Classy Newbie Friendly

Can use a strange operating system as long as it looks good.

• Solus (Budgie flagship)
• Ubuntu Budgie (Budgie but with Ubuntu backend)
• elementary OS (Minimalist)
• Deepin Linux (Aesthetic)
• Ubuntu DDE (Deepin but with Ubuntu backend)

Techie Newbie Friendly

• Ubuntu (Default, GNOME version of Ubuntu)
• Kubuntu (KDE Version of Ubuntu)
• Debian
• Fedora
• Ubuntu Budgie

Gamer Men

• Nobara (Fedora based)
• Nitrux Linux (Fedora based, Immutable)

Techie Skiller Men

For men of skill and customization

• Arch Linux
• Void Linux (Like Arch but a more peaceful and friendly community)

Techie God Tier

• Gentoo Linux
• Custom Linux Distributions (You know what you want here)

SysAdmin

• CentOS (Dead)
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• Fedora
• RHEL

General Derivatives List

• Fedora
  • RHEL
    • CentOS
    • Rocky Linux
• OpenSUSE
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise
• Debian
  • Ubuntu
    • KITE
  • Deepin
  • MX Linux
• Arch
  • Manjaro
  • Garuda
• Alpine
• Solus
• Gentoo
• Slackware

Awesome

MX Linux (also w/ MATE) Q4OS Bodhi Linux Linux Mint MATE elementary

Quirky Distros

Lucifer’s Linux (Arch) Ubuntu Satanic Edition Hannah Montana Linux Ubuntu Christian Edition