I've used about a dozen different distros over the past 25+ years (Red Hat, Knoppix, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, etc.), but when I purchased a refurbished notebook 8 years ago, I immediately got rid of Windows and installed Mint. The desktop my son put together for me a couple years ago is also running Mint. Love it. I was both surprised and pleased at how quickly and easily it installed my wireless printer without having to configure anything. The Mint desktop also runs my Steam games as well or even better than Windows did.
This is why I love Linux earlier my mom was having a problem with her windows pc where an important device security feature called “core isolation” was missing. Apparently you have to go to the bios to activate it. There’s even files missing in the registry. And I’m just like when I get my pc Linux is where I’m going
Proton is HUGE at the moment, Valves Steam Deck relies heavily on it to play Windows games and thanks to Proton, ALL Linux distros can now play 90 percent of games made for Windows. Most of my games that run on Proton are the same performance as Windows, some are better even and in rare cases you get the odd game that crashes, lags or refuses to run but it's 100,000,000 times better than the days of messing with Wine.
I can't put my finger on it exactly, but I keep coming back to Linux Mint Cinnamon which I installed first over a decade ago. While I have used a number of distros, Mint just seems to be everything I need without headaches. Recently downloaded and installed VanillaOS, but I decided it wasn't exactly what I wanted. I have tried Zorin and I think it is very good, but it hasn't been able to pull me away from Mint. You do a good job on these videos; Well Done!
I recently installed Mint Cinnamon in an old laptop (2017) I have, and I have had absolutely NO issues. The OS just WORKS. I've been able to install any programs I've wanted, all Flatpaks, and I've had no drivers issues either. I'm so happy with how stable it is!
Me too. I think it has a good balance of simplicity and choice for me. KDE is great but feels too overwhelming. Havent tried gnome for a while, tried live popos and ubuntu and they felt off. Maybe I should install then and try them for a bit.
Exactly Ed. I think it's Linux Mint as whole that's appealing. It just makes you comfortable using your computer. And you know you can get almost anything that other distros are offering.
I've had a ton of fun trying different distros! At the end of the day, I think I've settled on Ubuntu and Fedora as neck-and-neck competitors. Fedora is great for newer hardware especially with frequent kernel updates, but from a software compatibility standpoint Ubuntu is just a bit better. Independent distros on the other hand bring new features I didn't know I even wanted like with VanillaOS's immutability. At the end of the day, it's nice to appreciate the community-driven environment that Linux as a whole fosters
Even I did a massive Linux Distro hopping last week with Base Arch, CachyOS, Ubuntu 22.10, Pop 22.04, Fedora37, EndeavourOS. I also excited to try VanillaOS, but sadly they don't support manual partitioning as of now and finally I settled with CachyOS. RAM usage, mem optimisation, power consumpition with optimus and nvidia prime are great. So far enjoying CachyOS. I would be down to try VanillaOS in a month or two when they include manual partitioning. It really appealed me.
Hundreds of distros. About 4 worth installing IMO. 1. Manjaro KDE 2. Fedora 3. Linux Mint Cinnimon 4. Zorin OS And yes, I've tried every Linux distro on distro watch and many not on there for over 18 years.
@@RobReznor Correct, but the title of the vid is "Ultimate Linux Distro Guide" not Low Spec Linux Distro Guide. A VW use less fuel then a Ferrari, no one is saying the VW is better than the Ferrari.
Linux Mint is my daily driver. It is highly customizable. I took it and customized it to look like mac os for a person who used apple mac his entire life. I like Fedora as well. I went away from Ubuntu because of stability issues. I started with Ubuntu back in 2011. I will have to try Garuda.
While choosing a Linux distro can be mind blowingly difficult, this video describes the differences and highlights in a simple way. Thank you for doing this glossover of seven of the best Linux distros.
Once you get past a certain level of knowledge with Linux it all falls into place and all distros are the same. When you understand apt, DNF, pacman, Yay, AUR etc and the basic commands for them you are golden for the rest of your life. People think Arch is complicated but it has the best online help and information out of any distro with the Arch WIKI.
This is the single most interesting video on youtube for me. For the first time, I've read, all the comments and opinions. You are putting efforts in helping FOSS community. Stay Blessed ✌
Funny how reviewers keep missing Slackware, the gold standard for, configurability, stability and control in the Linux world. And it's as fast as anything. Mint in the top spot -- saw that one coming from a mile away.
Hundred different distributions available points to the usefulness of Linux. It shows every user can pick up the one most suited to their needs, rather than "one jacket fits all" option.
I have tried Fedora 36 and 37 for a while on my desktop and laptop. Then I tried Garuda for a few months, but it was a bit heavy on resources on my old laptop. Two days ago, I actually installed MX Linux and my desktop machine is now running Vanilla OS.
Personally I would swap arch for suse, swap Garuda for pop os, and put fedora much higher on the list while also touching on their spins. Several good options in the list though.
I've been using Mx Linux for more than 6 months and it's excellent, I'm not going to change it, I like its stability... greetings from Mexico and sorry for my translation
@@syetaaque07 yea i had fixed it thank you tho. I don't even remember what the issue was that i was having. I upgraded my system recently and switched back to windows. Linux was a headache tbh jahaha
I see you saved the best for last. I've used Linux Mint since Release 15.0 and am currently running Linux Mint 20.1. My system runs perfectly. I've tried Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSuse and a few other Distros but Linux Mint was the best for my Dell Inspiron. Just sayin'.
Been trying several OS and for now the 2 best one I had are Zorin and Fedora. Zorin is the best if you want a stable system where everything has been taken care of. It just works and your unlikely to have to add anything. It gives you that feeling of “everything is fine, I got everything I need, no need to look under the hood”. Plus being able to install exe out of the box it’s just amazing and beats MacOS. Fedora it’s immensely powerful and has I think everything and anything. You can customise it and make it yours. Zorin is like a Lexus LS Fedora it’s like Mazda Miaiata. 2 incredibly efficient reliable cars. One for leisure driving, the other to test the roads.
Thank you for the great review! I have a stack of Thinkpad P51 and P52 laptops sitting around, so I've been experimenting with various Linux distros. So far, I've tried Fedora, and since I'm relatively new to Linux, I found it challenging since I don't yet know many terminal commands. Linux Mint was dull, though perhaps because I hadn't given it enough time. Zorin OS 16.2 has become one of my favorites, but I fell head over heels for Ubuntu 22.10. Therefore, I, too, prefer Ubuntu as my daily driver. However, I've yet to try out MX, Garuda, or Arch, although perhaps I'll give those three a pass for now. In summary, my first pick is Ubuntu, and the second is Zorin OS, both backed by corporate sponsors (Canonical and Zorin), which I realize is FOSS blasphemy, but I don't really care about all of that nonsense. Again, thank you for this review and all of your others too.
I started in Linux same as you. Spare devices and an aversion to commandline. But now I love it. I think the next time you install a distro, you may want to Google "things to do after installing x" and then, most of the articles actually have corresponding commands. This brings you up to speed with the basic commands required to use the system from the day to day.
@@EnglishwithBob1 Thank you. Perhaps I should give Linux Mint another look and even try out MX Linux. I hadn't considered MX, simply because there are so many distros to deal with. Linux users are truly faced with an "embarrassment of riches."
I use multiple distros over my devices. I'm running CachyOS (Arch-based) for gaming and Fedora feels the best on the laptop. I started on Ubuntu using GUI for updates and now I almost exclusively use terminal for package management. Mint is where I landed after Ubuntu itself before deciding to hop over to Arch-based (started on Manjaro, then Garuda, now CachyOS).
I don't know. I never particularly liked it. It has Gnome as default (which I don't like ... at all) and KDE was far from stable. For me Manjaro always worked quite well, but I ended using mostly OpenSuse Leap. Why? Both distributions work, Manjaro is better for desktop, but in the end I want stable system - stable in terms of frozen in time. Upgrading VirtualBox or old notebook once in a few months may break something. It usually does not, but from time to time, it happens. OpenSuse is a bit harder to install (more options), you may want to add few extra repositories, but it has stable KDE desktop and so far I haven't found other flaw than zypper/rpm being slower than pacman/arch packages. So I use it as Windows subsystem for Linux, on low power single board computer/server and for VirtualBox, which I use rarely nowadays. I may eventually reinstall Manjaro on very old notebook that I use rarely too. But some distros like Linux Mint/Cinnamon based on Ubuntu look pretty good.
@@marasion0862 Tumbleweed by Default has a lot of Few Basic apps on it you Must do The First Online Update before install apps,OpensuseTW is targeted for Developers ..its a bleeding edge Rolling Release,Distrobox and Flatpak and Snap Give You the Chance To Run Isolated Apps that not Bug The System Because Distrobox use Containers to Run Apps
i did a little research, and found out that fedora 38 WS is what i really need. Stable, fast, gorgeus gnome UI, built on latest kernel, with frequent updates...excelent for gaming via steam..all new hardware autom. detect..what more do i want from OS :D p.s. i was a windows user from a start lol..
I was expecting the big reveal to be Pop! OS, since I've seen more than a couple other videos lately come to that conclusion. I just put Pop! on a old Lenovo Tiny computer about a week ago and I guess I would have to say that good old MX Linux is still tops for me. It's been a few years since I gave Mint a go and there are a couple distro's on your list that I've never tried. It's fun to install different distro's and test them out. Thanks for the video, gives me food for thought.
My top choice for a Linux distribution this year is OpenSuse micro os. I run both the server and kde plasma desktop versions. It’s a immutable operating system with a rolling release model based on tumbleweed. Has the OpenSuse snapper snapshots, It’s super light and quick. Very low maintenance once everything is setup and configured.
Bhai! after using Manjaro for two years.. i am still confused. Before that it was Mint Cinnamon Before that it was Kde Neon Before that it was Ubuntu Before that Elementry OS Lagta hai abki baar Fedora hoga
I knew or had a feeling LM would bet #1. If you haven't already heard of or used, LMDE5 later this year hopefully 6(LinuxMintDebianEdition) is rock solid and doesn't use Ubuntu for it's base, it uses Debian. I had switch over to LMDE5 when it came out and I love it, 100% everything regular LM does but I feel is better.
Actually, rn I am using LM+XFCE regular edition. Could you please tell me what do you love about the LMDE and how is it better than the LM's regular edition?
@@ayushmaanraturi Yeah, well this is just about my opinion. LMDE5 is still with the Cinnamon Desktop Environment but takes away the middle ground of Ubuntu. Just like Ubuntu's base is Debian and then they have their own packages. LMDE is just based Debian with LM+Cinnamon. I don't like how Ubuntu(Conanical) has been. So it just, in my mind, feels better. Nothing SUPER SPECIAL or better in LM's regular edition. All so, I don't like to upgrade versions every six months or so. LMDE only really upgrades every 2 years when Debian has a new Stable Version. Which will hopefully be later this year.
thanks very much for your video. I like your approach, as i was trying to do the same. I liked the approach because it was different from all the other. I have some favorites that have really helped me with linux, ALU. Another thing i liked is that you demonstrated a bit more each of the distro and talked more technical. This helps one see with out installing it. Its interesting to see what are the real differences between your distro with out having to install them. The choice is very much dependant on the user. If the user just wants email, videos, music, and web browsing versus a computer geek. The desktop of just those two will be completely different. My working distro's now are Debian on Server, Manjaro on laptop, raspian on pi4. I have virtual machines with arch/manjaro/debian on Gnome as a test phase. I may need to redo the server and i may load arch, since I'm leaning that way, and i will need to decide whether gnome43 or XFCE. I think XFCE needs a bit of a suped up revision, but i still love it. Thanks again and sorry for the long
Zorin 16.2 is # 1 , Ubuntu 22.10 is # 2. The rest ran horribly, or not at all. Arch Linux would not even load. Best all around is Zorin, hands down! Zorin even has some games with it. Most of the others would not print! Zorin is worth leaving MS Windows behind!
Me watching this video on my PC with Zorin OS. I agree, with all the linux distros on this list, i am sticking with Zorin. I used to love Mint, but I am past that. Not saying that it it isnt cool anymore, but Zorin is the closest as you get to Windows.
I would love to see a good tutorial on installing Zorin 16.2 using the MANUAL PARTITION option to isolate the OS partition from my other files to make upgrades/changes easier. Any suggestions ?
Also I want to upgrade my RAM to 32 GB and SSD to 1 GB Nvme before installing Zorin. Microsoft won't let me intall Win 11 on my Alienware desktop since it only has 7th gen Intel i7 CPU 😢.
I´m running Fedora KDE on my main machine and its the best experience I had since I tried my first distro (Suse) in 1995. I found Garuda to be a little bit unstable. Especially when running under Wayland. Zorin is what I install on the machines of former windows users because I can´t stand the look of Mint.
A lot of these distros fail for the visually impaired, because we can only see white text on black background. In other words, everything has to be DArk Theme from the start and all the way through, There was a reason old terminals used green or white or orange text on a black terminal. It's because it works for everyone. Dialog boxes with black text on white backgrounds for me, are like staring at the sun would be for you. All it takes is to run across one to stop me dead in my tracks. Look at the screen at 10:20 of Ubuntu. What I see is what you would see if the sun were one big rectangle and you were staring right at it at high noon. ONe blazing white thing surrounded by orange. If someone wrote across the sun with a SHarpie marker, could you read it? I can't. I can't see those icons or the text labels for them at all, it's just a bright blur. But I can type this comment to you just fine because I have Firefox in Dark themed mode. You just can't make these kind of catastrophic Useer Interface design choices by default. Maybe consult the old Macintosh Programmers Reference Manual Encyclopedias from the 1990's, they are a gold mine on how to design a good intuitive user interface everyone can use...
I started off with Mandriva, {Mandrake}, went to Ubuntu, and most of the time it has always been Mint. Mint has a USB formatter, ans Image writer as part of the package. Ubuntu has always messed up my Grub Boot partition after install. I have a multi-disc Desktop, which I need Windows sometimes. The NVME SSD is MInt, the other Sata drives are windows and another distro such as Parrot or Backtrack.
Super light weight and extra secure is FreeBSD no mater what, yeah it may need some technical knowledge, yet it seems to be the most stable and workable environment.
Great Video. Awesome Presentation. I would have wanted to see Pop OS in the list though. Also I would have rated Fedora higher than it is. For all its fancy, I feel Garuda and Zorin have too much of bloatware.
Pop OS is a dumpster fire. It is a private company masquerading as an open source project. It is a Linux distro masquerading as MacOS. Of the many things wrong with PopOS, they make the choice for the user. So, new Gnome layout? Well, PopOS believes it's not good so we won't ship that update. Oh you still want to use it? Well, PopOS team didn't believe in it so it doesn't work and the resolution is fudged.
@@JD-rd4pk Why are you so hostile towards PopOS? It's usually the distros that are backed by companies that will have an impact and be sure to last due to the financial backing - Ubuntu (Canonical), OpenSUSE (SUSE), Fedora (Red Hat) and Pop!_OS (System76). Are you seriously comparing System76 with Apple? The differences are apparent. System76 actually cares about the users' privacy and sustainability, not just claiming to do so for marketing purposes. System76 is working on their own Cosmic Desktop environment based on Rust, moving away from Gnome completely.
@@JD-rd4pk You can literally disable all of their extensions to get a vanilla Gnome experience on the current Pop!_OS version. So I am not sure what you are talking about, you are not forced to use it the way they suggest it
Tried Pop os yesterday. It's totally a garbage🗑️ It can't even handle simple animations on a low-end PC. A operating system should be mature enough to handle both high-end and low-end hardware.
@@_tanzil_ Have you checked whether your hardware matches the recommended specs? Linux has desktop environments for low end/old hardware such as xfce, mate, lxqt. Gnome can be rather heavy on resource usage. It will be interesting to see the hardware requirements for their upcoming Cosmic desktop
Sooooo… I’m looking at your website and can’t help but notice a disclaimer of no fluidity in VM machines vis a vis assistants not working, fascinated by your TH-cam top 7 , but am not sure where the hang up is. I ‘ll test and see, I’m fascinated about what you previewed.
There is no one linux distro that fits them all. There are distros better suited for older computers, for low-spec computers, for high-end computers, for gaming computers, and so on. When presenting the "best" linux distro, present one distro for each type/catagory of computer, at least this would be the way I would do it.
Crazy people use older systems at all.. then they're the exact same ones crying about new software being "slow" and resource hungry.. on an out dated piece of garbage.. 😂
Nice video, enjoyed watching it! I'm running on my daily driver Manjaro and hope to make the change to Arch one day 🙂 My second laptop runs MX Linux and I highly recommend it: stable, smooth and quick, haven't had a problem in a year. And I love the community and the spirit, to me it feels like: If people are hungry, dont give them a fish, give them a net
i would not be so hiped with aur coz most of progams here may not work or requare config file to make able run program on arch.So i dont bother about it and just use flatpack.
Hey guy! I’m a backend developer, I used Ubuntu since 2020 however there’s a stability issues. I want to get read of it and try another distro. What should I pick up?
I LIKED Fedora-- (39 workstation) but it tried to take over EVERYTHING on my computer-- I multi-boot and couldn't access anything else after Fedora-- it took one complete drive- and deleted one of my favorites I had just completed.. couldn't boot the blooming thing-- hated that part of it-- but WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
Tried zorin os, the look is great but my bluetooth is not showing any devices. I tried all kind of fixes but still not working. Disappointed in zorin...
Linux mint Cinnamon c'est ma distribution préférée depuis longtemps. Je teste les autres distributions dans les machines virtuelles. Mais pour mon travail c'est Mint.
Since it's my first time both building a pc and using Linux, I think I'll go with zorin since it has windows app support, how do I install zorin though?
You need to download the iso and flash it to a USB drive using a program like Rufus, BalenaEtcher or Ventoy. When you boot the PC, you need to access the Boot menu by pressing a specific button which depends on your hardware and select the USB drive, then the Zorin OS iso
BTW, Zorin just has Wine for Windows preconfigured. You can install Wine on any linux distro and run windows apps. I chose Mint/Cinnamon and I'm absolutely *loving* it (using it now as I type). It can be a pain to install graphic drivers but it's not bad once you know how. I did not choose Zorin because it apparently doesn't come with native tiling (window docking) and requires add-ons from PopOS! to get something similar. With Mint, it's native. I see nothing that's not to love in Mint. The trouble I ran into is my Bluetooth hardware is not yet supported but that's an easy fix with a new $15 BT adapter (either M.2-based or USB-based). So if you're ok with the $39 Zorin Pro fee for installation support and some features that are otherwise free in other distros, then it might be worth it.
@Nicholas H I agree, Zorin isn't very special. However, I don't quite understand your remark on Mint having native tiling. As far as I know, it is manual, so you have to enable it with a keyboard shortcut or by dragging a window to a screen edge. Thus, it is basically the same as Zorin in that regard, but of course they can be enhanced with extra plugins/tools. Or does Mint/the Cinnamon desktop have a tool similar to the Pop shell, enabling automatic tiling of windows as you open them? On KDE Plasma, Krohnkite/ bismuth are great extensions to enhance the tiling capabilities.
Zorin OS & Mint. What about Zorin Connect can you show anything on that & its feature for handling a small to large Zorin OS network deployment & mangement?
I've used about a dozen different distros over the past 25+ years (Red Hat, Knoppix, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, etc.), but when I purchased a refurbished notebook 8 years ago, I immediately got rid of Windows and installed Mint. The desktop my son put together for me a couple years ago is also running Mint. Love it. I was both surprised and pleased at how quickly and easily it installed my wireless printer without having to configure anything. The Mint desktop also runs my Steam games as well or even better than Windows did.
This is why I love Linux earlier my mom was having a problem with her windows pc where an important device security feature called “core isolation” was missing. Apparently you have to go to the bios to activate it. There’s even files missing in the registry. And I’m just like when I get my pc Linux is where I’m going
Proton?
@@zeroturn7091 I suspect you mean Proton email which has both free and paid accounts.
Proton is HUGE at the moment, Valves Steam Deck relies heavily on it to play Windows games and thanks to Proton, ALL Linux distros can now play 90 percent of games made for Windows. Most of my games that run on Proton are the same performance as Windows, some are better even and in rare cases you get the odd game that crashes, lags or refuses to run but it's 100,000,000 times better than the days of messing with Wine.
knoppix? haven't heard that in a while
I can't put my finger on it exactly, but I keep coming back to Linux Mint Cinnamon which I installed first over a decade ago. While I have used a number of distros, Mint just seems to be everything I need without headaches. Recently downloaded and installed VanillaOS, but I decided it wasn't exactly what I wanted. I have tried Zorin and I think it is very good, but it hasn't been able to pull me away from Mint. You do a good job on these videos; Well Done!
I recently installed Mint Cinnamon in an old laptop (2017) I have, and I have had absolutely NO issues. The OS just WORKS. I've been able to install any programs I've wanted, all Flatpaks, and I've had no drivers issues either. I'm so happy with how stable it is!
Me too. I think it has a good balance of simplicity and choice for me. KDE is great but feels too overwhelming. Havent tried gnome for a while, tried live popos and ubuntu and they felt off. Maybe I should install then and try them for a bit.
Linux Mint is The Best Distro
Exactly Ed. I think it's Linux Mint as whole that's appealing. It just makes you comfortable using your computer. And you know you can get almost anything that other distros are offering.
@@tektauron 5 years laptop is not an old one by any way...
I've had a ton of fun trying different distros! At the end of the day, I think I've settled on Ubuntu and Fedora as neck-and-neck competitors. Fedora is great for newer hardware especially with frequent kernel updates, but from a software compatibility standpoint Ubuntu is just a bit better. Independent distros on the other hand bring new features I didn't know I even wanted like with VanillaOS's immutability. At the end of the day, it's nice to appreciate the community-driven environment that Linux as a whole fosters
Nicely put Ashish.
Even I did a massive Linux Distro hopping last week with Base Arch, CachyOS, Ubuntu 22.10, Pop 22.04, Fedora37, EndeavourOS. I also excited to try VanillaOS, but sadly they don't support manual partitioning as of now and finally I settled with CachyOS. RAM usage, mem optimisation, power consumpition with optimus and nvidia prime are great. So far enjoying CachyOS.
I would be down to try VanillaOS in a month or two when they include manual partitioning. It really appealed me.
@@LinuxTex Fedora 38 Parrot sec Ubuntu 22,04 lts Arch Manjaro the rest I don't care...
Hundreds of distros. About 4 worth installing IMO.
1. Manjaro KDE
2. Fedora
3. Linux Mint Cinnimon
4. Zorin OS
And yes, I've tried every Linux distro on distro watch and many not on there for over 18 years.
I'm surprised that Pop OS did not make the list. In my own experience I have found it to be better than Ubuntu or Zorin OS.
Since the name is Pop OS, they pop it out of their list.
Pop()
I think Pop OS it uses more ram than ubuntu
Pop Os don't run with 2GB
@@RobReznor Correct, but the title of the vid is "Ultimate Linux Distro Guide" not Low Spec Linux Distro Guide. A VW use less fuel then a Ferrari, no one is saying the VW is better than the Ferrari.
Linux Mint is my daily driver. It is highly customizable. I took it and customized it to look like mac os for a person who used apple mac his entire life. I like Fedora as well. I went away from Ubuntu because of stability issues. I started with Ubuntu back in 2011. I will have to try Garuda.
Garuda is a good way to get into Arch based distros and learn about pacman and the AUR
@@HikingFeralbut the best one is Arco
While choosing a Linux distro can be mind blowingly difficult, this video describes the differences and highlights in a simple way. Thank you for doing this glossover of seven of the best Linux distros.
Once you get past a certain level of knowledge with Linux it all falls into place and all distros are the same. When you understand apt, DNF, pacman, Yay, AUR etc and the basic commands for them you are golden for the rest of your life. People think Arch is complicated but it has the best online help and information out of any distro with the Arch WIKI.
Thank you for posting the date immediately after the number of views. I wish more TH-camrs would do this.
Your video editing is fantastic, keep up the great work :)
Thank you so much!
This is the single most interesting video on youtube for me. For the first time, I've read, all the comments and opinions. You are putting efforts in helping FOSS community. Stay Blessed ✌
Thank you Mayank. 🤟
I am an openSUSE user for 15+ years and love it.
I just started running Mint - after 30 years of Windows - Linux mint is amazingly great.
Funny how reviewers keep missing Slackware, the gold standard for, configurability, stability and control in the Linux world. And it's as fast as anything. Mint in the top spot -- saw that one coming from a mile away.
Hundred different distributions available points to the usefulness of Linux. It shows every user can pick up the one most suited to their needs, rather than "one jacket fits all" option.
Tried them all but for me it's zorin. Love the simplicity, the clean lines and smooth operation and most importantly it's reliability.
I have tried Fedora 36 and 37 for a while on my desktop and laptop. Then I tried Garuda for a few months, but it was a bit heavy on resources on my old laptop. Two days ago, I actually installed MX Linux and my desktop machine is now running Vanilla OS.
One of the best presenters on TH-cam right now
Thank you very much bro
I'm using mint for years now. Glad to see it on number 1! With the help of WINE i can load even ms win programs. MS windows is by by for me... :-)
I am by no means a Linux guru but I have been using Garuda Linux for the past year now and I'm loving it. Good calls on all the distros
Personally I would swap arch for suse, swap Garuda for pop os, and put fedora much higher on the list while also touching on their spins.
Several good options in the list though.
yep POP OS has character
I finally gravitated to Linux Mint. So easy to use after using Windows for a long time.
I've been using Mx Linux for more than 6 months and it's excellent, I'm not going to change it, I like its stability... greetings from Mexico and sorry for my translation
This video is so good. Why are you not reviewing Pop 22.04 lts. You have not even mentioned it here?
After trying 20 distros last year, I found that LinuxMint-KDE is The Bomb! Secondly, MX-Linux and 3rd Manjaro.
LinuxMint-Cinnamon -- LOVE IT
Testing this, testing that, tasting many of them. But, for me, there is no better distro than Linux Mint.
Hey how's it going? Could you help me with a problem I'm having using linux mint?
@@coreymocchi9619 Were you able to solve it? If not, just state whats the prob here, maybe someone here on the comments can give a tip.
@@syetaaque07 yea i had fixed it thank you tho. I don't even remember what the issue was that i was having. I upgraded my system recently and switched back to windows. Linux was a headache tbh jahaha
I see you saved the best for last. I've used Linux Mint since Release 15.0 and am currently running Linux Mint 20.1. My system runs perfectly. I've tried Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSuse and a few other Distros but Linux Mint was the best for my Dell Inspiron. Just sayin'.
running antiX22 on my old inspiron n7010 runs great.
Been trying several OS and for now the 2 best one I had are Zorin and Fedora.
Zorin is the best if you want a stable system where everything has been taken care of. It just works and your unlikely to have to add anything. It gives you that feeling of “everything is fine, I got everything I need, no need to look under the hood”. Plus being able to install exe out of the box it’s just amazing and beats MacOS. Fedora it’s immensely powerful and has I think everything and anything. You can customise it and make it yours.
Zorin is like a Lexus LS
Fedora it’s like Mazda Miaiata.
2 incredibly efficient reliable cars. One for leisure driving, the other to test the roads.
Thank you for the great review! I have a stack of Thinkpad P51 and P52 laptops sitting around, so I've been experimenting with various Linux distros. So far, I've tried Fedora, and since I'm relatively new to Linux, I found it challenging since I don't yet know many terminal commands. Linux Mint was dull, though perhaps because I hadn't given it enough time. Zorin OS 16.2 has become one of my favorites, but I fell head over heels for Ubuntu 22.10. Therefore, I, too, prefer Ubuntu as my daily driver. However, I've yet to try out MX, Garuda, or Arch, although perhaps I'll give those three a pass for now. In summary, my first pick is Ubuntu, and the second is Zorin OS, both backed by corporate sponsors (Canonical and Zorin), which I realize is FOSS blasphemy, but I don't really care about all of that nonsense. Again, thank you for this review and all of your others too.
I started in Linux same as you. Spare devices and an aversion to commandline. But now I love it. I think the next time you install a distro, you may want to Google "things to do after installing x" and then, most of the articles actually have corresponding commands. This brings you up to speed with the basic commands required to use the system from the day to day.
@@JD-rd4pk Thank you for the tip. I will give it a try.
I really like linux mint and have it as my alternative system (Unfortunately most of my stuff only runs on Windoze) but MX is definitely worth a look!
@@EnglishwithBob1 Thank you. Perhaps I should give Linux Mint another look and even try out MX Linux. I hadn't considered MX, simply because there are so many distros to deal with. Linux users are truly faced with an "embarrassment of riches."
I use multiple distros over my devices. I'm running CachyOS (Arch-based) for gaming and Fedora feels the best on the laptop. I started on Ubuntu using GUI for updates and now I almost exclusively use terminal for package management. Mint is where I landed after Ubuntu itself before deciding to hop over to Arch-based (started on Manjaro, then Garuda, now CachyOS).
bro, how do you switch different distros so easily without save data?😂😂
I would have put Endeavor OS instead of Arch as 2nd
Yes, these are all excellent choices. Ubuntu is still awesome, not just as Ubuntu but in its many flavors.
you are correct
I don't know. I never particularly liked it. It has Gnome as default (which I don't like ... at all) and KDE was far from stable. For me Manjaro always worked quite well, but I ended using mostly OpenSuse Leap. Why? Both distributions work, Manjaro is better for desktop, but in the end I want stable system - stable in terms of frozen in time. Upgrading VirtualBox or old notebook once in a few months may break something. It usually does not, but from time to time, it happens. OpenSuse is a bit harder to install (more options), you may want to add few extra repositories, but it has stable KDE desktop and so far I haven't found other flaw than zypper/rpm being slower than pacman/arch packages. So I use it as Windows subsystem for Linux, on low power single board computer/server and for VirtualBox, which I use rarely nowadays. I may eventually reinstall Manjaro on very old notebook that I use rarely too.
But some distros like Linux Mint/Cinnamon based on Ubuntu look pretty good.
I found KDE to be the most stable on Arch Linux, it was pretty unreliable for me on Ubuntu.@@pavelperina7629
I float between Mint and Zorin. They seem to do what I need without having to command-line-warrior them into shape.
My Fav One Is Open Suse Tumbleweed with Distrobox Aplication installed..But this Variation is Valid for all Linux OS for Regular people.
I'm thinking about switching to openSUSE Tumbleweed, are there specific apps that you have installed via distrobox?
@@marasion0862 Tumbleweed by Default has a lot of Few Basic apps on it you Must do The First Online Update before install apps,OpensuseTW is targeted for Developers ..its a bleeding edge Rolling Release,Distrobox and Flatpak and Snap Give You the Chance To Run Isolated Apps that not Bug The System Because Distrobox use Containers to Run Apps
OpenSuse micro os has distrobox preinstalled and it’s based on tumbleweed. It uses flatpaks to install gui applications.
Man i've been using linux mint xfce edition. And i've gotta say, they make the best xfce hands down
Yup
i did a little research, and found out that fedora 38 WS is what i really need. Stable, fast, gorgeus gnome UI, built on latest kernel, with frequent updates...excelent for gaming via steam..all new hardware autom. detect..what more do i want from OS :D p.s. i was a windows user from a start lol..
I always find myself going back to Linux Mint. Great Video.
I appreciate this review. You mentioned some distros I hadn’t heard of. I shall try Zorin.
And Arch, as I have much to learn.
I was expecting the big reveal to be Pop! OS, since I've seen more than a couple other videos lately come to that conclusion. I just put Pop! on a old Lenovo Tiny computer about a week ago and I guess I would have to say that good old MX Linux is still tops for me. It's been a few years since I gave Mint a go and there are a couple distro's on your list that I've never tried. It's fun to install different distro's and test them out. Thanks for the video, gives me food for thought.
Not for nothing my dude but YOU are amazing, thank you very much. Simplest thing I've ever downloaded I think
My top choice for a Linux distribution this year is OpenSuse micro os. I run both the server and kde plasma desktop versions. It’s a immutable operating system with a rolling release model based on tumbleweed. Has the OpenSuse snapper snapshots, It’s super light and quick. Very low maintenance once everything is setup and configured.
Bhai! after using Manjaro for two years.. i am still confused.
Before that it was Mint Cinnamon
Before that it was Kde Neon
Before that it was Ubuntu
Before that Elementry OS
Lagta hai abki baar Fedora hoga
I love every video, full of knowledge and information. Thank you for such a great work.
Thank you very much Saurabh! Glad to see your comment
I knew or had a feeling LM would bet #1. If you haven't already heard of or used, LMDE5 later this year hopefully 6(LinuxMintDebianEdition) is rock solid and doesn't use Ubuntu for it's base, it uses Debian. I had switch over to LMDE5 when it came out and I love it, 100% everything regular LM does but I feel is better.
Actually, rn I am using LM+XFCE regular edition. Could you please tell me what do you love about the LMDE and how is it better than the LM's regular edition?
@@ayushmaanraturi Yeah, well this is just about my opinion. LMDE5 is still with the Cinnamon Desktop Environment but takes away the middle ground of Ubuntu. Just like Ubuntu's base is Debian and then they have their own packages. LMDE is just based Debian with LM+Cinnamon. I don't like how Ubuntu(Conanical) has been. So it just, in my mind, feels better. Nothing SUPER SPECIAL or better in LM's regular edition. All so, I don't like to upgrade versions every six months or so. LMDE only really upgrades every 2 years when Debian has a new Stable Version. Which will hopefully be later this year.
@@fatbeard8072 okay, thank you for the info
Mint is my favorite. I've tried the others. Can't beat Mint.
You forgot opensuse... The best rolling distro.
OpenSuse had snapper snapshots for years before Garuda Linux too. I’m on OpenSuse micro os myself
Ehhh. Fedora does package management better.
Opensuse had my KDE shit itself thrice 💀💀
thanks very much for your video. I like your approach, as i was trying to do the same. I liked the approach because it was different from all the other. I have some favorites that have really helped me with linux, ALU.
Another thing i liked is that you demonstrated a bit more each of the distro and talked more technical. This helps one see with out installing it. Its interesting to see what are the real differences between your distro with out having to install them.
The choice is very much dependant on the user. If the user just wants email, videos, music, and web browsing versus a computer geek. The desktop of just those two will be completely different. My working distro's now are Debian on Server, Manjaro on laptop, raspian on pi4. I have virtual machines with arch/manjaro/debian on Gnome as a test phase. I may need to redo the server and i may load arch, since I'm leaning that way, and i will need to decide whether gnome43 or XFCE. I think XFCE needs a bit of a suped up revision, but i still love it.
Thanks again and sorry for the long
Zorin 16.2 is # 1 , Ubuntu 22.10 is # 2. The rest ran horribly, or not at all. Arch Linux would not even load. Best all around is Zorin, hands down! Zorin even has some games with it. Most of the others would not print! Zorin is worth leaving MS Windows behind!
Wym arch would not even load?
this mean if i paid for zorin os my money is not gone for nothing
Zorian OP
Me watching this video on my PC with Zorin OS. I agree, with all the linux distros on this list, i am sticking with Zorin. I used to love Mint, but I am past that. Not saying that it it isnt cool anymore, but Zorin is the closest as you get to Windows.
Tf u mean arch won't even load?
I would love to see a good tutorial on installing Zorin 16.2 using the MANUAL PARTITION option to isolate the OS partition from my other files to make upgrades/changes easier. Any suggestions ?
Also I want to upgrade my RAM to 32 GB and SSD to 1 GB Nvme before installing Zorin. Microsoft won't let me intall Win 11 on my Alienware desktop since it only has 7th gen Intel i7 CPU 😢.
Just installed Big Linux and loving it!
I´m running Fedora KDE on my main machine and its the best experience I had since I tried my first distro (Suse) in 1995. I found Garuda to be a little bit unstable. Especially when running under Wayland. Zorin is what I install on the machines of former windows users because I can´t stand the look of Mint.
Agree with Mint #1, but using MATE instead.
At times, it's even better Jim. Cheers
A lot of these distros fail for the visually impaired, because we can only see white text on black background. In other words, everything has to be DArk Theme from the start and all the way through, There was a reason old terminals used green or white or orange text on a black terminal. It's because it works for everyone. Dialog boxes with black text on white backgrounds for me, are like staring at the sun would be for you. All it takes is to run across one to stop me dead in my tracks.
Look at the screen at 10:20 of Ubuntu. What I see is what you would see if the sun were one big rectangle and you were staring right at it at high noon. ONe blazing white thing surrounded by orange. If someone wrote across the sun with a SHarpie marker, could you read it? I can't. I can't see those icons or the text labels for them at all, it's just a bright blur. But I can type this comment to you just fine because I have Firefox in Dark themed mode. You just can't make these kind of catastrophic Useer Interface design choices by default. Maybe consult the old Macintosh Programmers Reference Manual Encyclopedias from the 1990's, they are a gold mine on how to design a good intuitive user interface everyone can use...
I started off with Mandriva, {Mandrake}, went to Ubuntu, and most of the time it has always been Mint.
Mint has a USB formatter, ans Image writer as part of the package.
Ubuntu has always messed up my Grub Boot partition after install.
I have a multi-disc Desktop, which I need Windows sometimes.
The NVME SSD is MInt, the other Sata drives are windows and another distro such as Parrot or Backtrack.
Super light weight and extra secure is FreeBSD no mater what, yeah it may need some technical knowledge, yet it seems to be the most stable and workable environment.
I'm trying to get back to hopping, but I can't quit Mint! Vanilla is the one I've been keeping my eye on recently
Great Video. Awesome Presentation. I would have wanted to see Pop OS in the list though. Also I would have rated Fedora higher than it is. For all its fancy, I feel Garuda and Zorin have too much of bloatware.
Pop OS is a dumpster fire. It is a private company masquerading as an open source project. It is a Linux distro masquerading as MacOS. Of the many things wrong with PopOS, they make the choice for the user. So, new Gnome layout? Well, PopOS believes it's not good so we won't ship that update. Oh you still want to use it? Well, PopOS team didn't believe in it so it doesn't work and the resolution is fudged.
@@JD-rd4pk Why are you so hostile towards PopOS? It's usually the distros that are backed by companies that will have an impact and be sure to last due to the financial backing - Ubuntu (Canonical), OpenSUSE (SUSE), Fedora (Red Hat) and Pop!_OS (System76).
Are you seriously comparing System76 with Apple? The differences are apparent. System76 actually cares about the users' privacy and sustainability, not just claiming to do so for marketing purposes.
System76 is working on their own Cosmic Desktop environment based on Rust, moving away from Gnome completely.
@@JD-rd4pk You can literally disable all of their extensions to get a vanilla Gnome experience on the current Pop!_OS version. So I am not sure what you are talking about, you are not forced to use it the way they suggest it
Tried Pop os yesterday. It's totally a garbage🗑️ It can't even handle simple animations on a low-end PC. A operating system should be mature enough to handle both high-end and low-end hardware.
@@_tanzil_ Have you checked whether your hardware matches the recommended specs? Linux has desktop environments for low end/old hardware such as xfce, mate, lxqt. Gnome can be rather heavy on resource usage.
It will be interesting to see the hardware requirements for their upcoming Cosmic desktop
The only problem with Linux mint which I am facing is setting up the printers. Which do you prefer between
Zorin os vs Linux mint
Brother printers work great with Linux Mint.
Sooooo… I’m looking at your website and can’t help but notice a disclaimer of no fluidity in VM machines vis a vis assistants not working, fascinated by your TH-cam top 7 , but am not sure where the hang up is. I ‘ll test and see, I’m fascinated about what you previewed.
Nobara/Fedora has won me over for now.. so many distros have a design language from 2003
Great reviews, very informative!
What about parrot os home edition for daily use? I am using it as my primary os. What's your opinion about parrot os home edition?
You need to know only 3 distorts, Debian, fedora (nobara), arch.
I have mx linux in two of my machines and i am loving it.
MX is pretty good 👍
hello soun i am also thinking of installing mx linux kde is it stable for daily use
I think MX Linux should really make a glorified LXQt + Kwin spin to keep it's light weight and make it look 100x better.
Does fingerprint unlock of laptops supported in Linux ? My laptop has 90 Hz display too, will all these work ?
There is no one linux distro that fits them all. There are distros better suited for older computers, for low-spec computers, for high-end computers, for gaming computers, and so on. When presenting the "best" linux distro, present one distro for each type/catagory of computer, at least this would be the way I would do it.
Crazy people use older systems at all.. then they're the exact same ones crying about new software being "slow" and resource hungry.. on an out dated piece of garbage.. 😂
What is your opinion about Kubuntu?
pop os?
Nice video, enjoyed watching it! I'm running on my daily driver Manjaro and hope to make the change to Arch one day 🙂
My second laptop runs MX Linux and I highly recommend it: stable, smooth and quick, haven't had a problem in a year. And I love the community and the spirit, to me it feels like: If people are hungry, dont give them a fish, give them a net
Nice presentation bro. Thanks for your updated information. 🤝
Manjaro is best for PC/Laptop use. Ubuntu/Debian for Homeservers.
Manjaro is Shite
All few months i test a new Linux. For years now Zorin is the big favorite. Manjaro second. Key are updates. Updates failure disqualify.
i would not be so hiped with aur coz most of progams here may not work or requare config file to make able run program on arch.So i dont bother about it and just use flatpack.
Linux Mint is the best. No issues, everything goes well!
I'm forever distro hopping but I have really been enjoying nobara os (based on fedora) recently
Thanks for this video, I'm looking for another distro since Linux mint decided to stop working after last update lool
What monitor are you using?
Hey guy! I’m a backend developer, I used Ubuntu since 2020 however there’s a stability issues. I want to get read of it and try another distro. What should I pick up?
I am sure this is asked a lot... in the thumbnail, and at 0:01, what is that orange background?
I hope it is on pling or somewhere else.
What Linus Distro have Android support natively after installation to run apps without using an emulator?
I LIKED Fedora-- (39 workstation) but it tried to take over EVERYTHING on my computer-- I multi-boot and couldn't access anything else after Fedora-- it took one complete drive- and deleted one of my favorites I had just completed.. couldn't boot the blooming thing-- hated that part of it-- but WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
Where are the timestamp?
MX Linux is #1 on distrowatch for 2+ years running for a reason.
Linux Mint Cinnamon is what I primarily run on my laptop and it got me to stop distrohopping.
Tried zorin os, the look is great but my bluetooth is not showing any devices. I tried all kind of fixes but still not working. Disappointed in zorin...
I've switched over to Elementary (NOT Endeavor) OS v7. It's not perfect, none are. haha But it has a clean GUI, fast, based on ubuntu 22.04.
No endeavor os is not based on ubuntu
@@topfunt7043 Yup Mea Culpa! Elementary OS v7 is ubuntu based. Was a typo! EOS7 has a clean GUI, fast and ubuntu based. My apologies
My top 3 are: ALT, Fedora and ROSA
Linux mint Cinnamon c'est ma distribution préférée depuis longtemps.
Je teste les autres distributions dans les machines virtuelles. Mais pour mon travail c'est Mint.
Favourite not Favorite
@@derkjh tu veux dire quoi ? Je n'ai rien compris de ce que vous avez écrit !
Idk. I just feel so at home with Linux Mint Cinnamon. I've tried lotsa distros but keep coming back to Mint.
Which one of these Operating systems, support ( 144hz Monitor ) ? Because if i use a linux os without having my full setup features, it feels useless
Since it's my first time both building a pc and using Linux, I think I'll go with zorin since it has windows app support, how do I install zorin though?
You need to download the iso and flash it to a USB drive using a program like Rufus, BalenaEtcher or Ventoy. When you boot the PC, you need to access the Boot menu by pressing a specific button which depends on your hardware and select the USB drive, then the Zorin OS iso
Some BIOS's also give you an option to boot one time from a different drive/usb without having to change any primary boot device.
BTW, Zorin just has Wine for Windows preconfigured. You can install Wine on any linux distro and run windows apps. I chose Mint/Cinnamon and I'm absolutely *loving* it (using it now as I type). It can be a pain to install graphic drivers but it's not bad once you know how. I did not choose Zorin because it apparently doesn't come with native tiling (window docking) and requires add-ons from PopOS! to get something similar. With Mint, it's native. I see nothing that's not to love in Mint. The trouble I ran into is my Bluetooth hardware is not yet supported but that's an easy fix with a new $15 BT adapter (either M.2-based or USB-based). So if you're ok with the $39 Zorin Pro fee for installation support and some features that are otherwise free in other distros, then it might be worth it.
@Nicholas H I agree, Zorin isn't very special. However, I don't quite understand your remark on Mint having native tiling. As far as I know, it is manual, so you have to enable it with a keyboard shortcut or by dragging a window to a screen edge. Thus, it is basically the same as Zorin in that regard, but of course they can be enhanced with extra plugins/tools. Or does Mint/the Cinnamon desktop have a tool similar to the Pop shell, enabling automatic tiling of windows as you open them? On KDE Plasma, Krohnkite/ bismuth are great extensions to enhance the tiling capabilities.
You missed endeavor os. It is the best one I've tried by far second is fedora.
If I have to use Linux, Mint is usable (XFCE is available, thank goodness) but FreeBSD is still superior.
Zorin OS & Mint. What about Zorin Connect can you show anything on that & its feature for handling a small to large Zorin OS network deployment & mangement?
Nobara Linux is good using it for almost 7 months.
Yesss... fedora and debian are my fave and the best linux distro in my opinion
I'm fed up with windows can anyone pls tell me which linux distribution is best for gaming?
Linux mint is awesome
Linux Mint is number 1, YES!!, I agree with you. :)
First time linux use karnaa he to kon sa kare ??