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Just a simple run down of DistroWatch’s best distros of the year.

Currently using Linux Mint Mate and I gotta agree with them that it’s pretty fucking great. Whats everyone’s favorite distro of 2025?

  • rozodru@pie.andmc.caEnglish
    11·
    1 day ago

    I don’t know a single person that uses MX Linux and yet it’s always at the top of the distrowatch list

    • janNatan@lemmy.ml
      3·
      14 hours ago

      Me, I use it.

      In fact, his sentiment of “Linux mint for everyone else, MX Linux for me” is my exact philosophy.

      I started using it for this shitty old system I was using as an HTPC. Then I tried it on my main system (using the KDE flavor), and I love it. Everything just works. Most stable system I’ve ever used. And, the MX tools are great. I can change the bootloader settings so easy. I try other distros, and I always wind up missing some small feature from the tools.

      I like that I can set my password as [nothing] right from the installer. Why do all the other installers fight you for that? Sure there are ways around it with the command line, but I don’t even need them in MX.

    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
      11·
      23 hours ago

      Distrowatch list is just how many people click the page on Distrowatch. It’s not a general metric how many people use it.

      • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        I’ve always thought of it as being a measure of the “WTF is that one again?” factor of a distro. Maybe it represents how unmemorable the name is.

      • poinck@lemmy.world
        2·
        15 hours ago

        We know, who is clicking at MX Linux? And the other distros that are currently at the top?

        My top distros:

        1. Debian
        2. Fedora
        3. Gentoo
    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      It runs on an Intel compute stick about a decade old, and quite well. I use it on a couple of them I have.

      Thats about it though.

    • WorkingPie@feddit.onlineOPEnglish
      4·
      23 hours ago

      I used MX for a bit. Its actually pretty solid and I liked their Fluxbox setup. Very similar to Mint as it provides quite a solid suite of tried and tested tools and is fairly easy to get started with if you have basic computer experience. It also has non-systemd options for those who are into that. Quite a few reasons for folks to check it out so I am not shocked its towards the top of the list.

    • Dave.@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 day ago

      I use MX Linux because it provides a simple way to use both the NVIDIA 340 drivers and the latest kernels with my 14 year old laptop.