Ranking Linux Distributions for 2024: a tier list for my use case !

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As a recovering Windows user, I really like Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop environment.

Subjective videos are a very good strategy to get lots of comments. 😂

We're glad to see Fedora so high up on the list! Constant improvements and innovation always! 💙

5:24 I think it's worth mentioning, too, that elementaryOS doesn't offer an upgrade path between major versions; you MUST reinstall. This is a nightmare for regular end users, something I couldn't offer to someone, say, my mom. Aside from that, my only other gripes keeping me from it is the lack of a tiling window manager (only splitscreen tiling) and the AppCenter is it's own store so it's missing a LOT of packages, even common things like Discord and Spotify. It's such a shame because I find eOS beautiful and I love their design language and philosophy for the most part. I hope new things come soon!

I switched to Linux Mint around a seven years ago and have never looked back. Why would anyone pay for Microsoft spyware?

16:09 It's not mentioned in the video because you might have missed it, but Nobara has actually switched to using KDE as its main DE, and while the Gnome version exists it currently ships without any extensions so it's just the default experience. The dev talked a lot about it in a post, but be aware that it doesn't look like this anymore.

Given the problems from a year ago, I understand your reluctance to recommend Solus. They have changed their organizational structure, adding much needed redundancy so they are no longer dependent on a single person. There is new management, a plan that has shown fruit and the future is bright there.

For elementaryOS, I will say that for anyone whose use case requires accessibility functions, the developers have really excelled in providing toggles for dyslexia, various types of colorblindness, and speech-guided installation, in addition to the usual accessibility apps that you can find in general distros. This is obviously not part of Nick's use case, but is worth trying out for anyone who might need additional accessibility options

NixOS mentioned! update: davinci-resolve has been broken in nixpkgs for months but nvidia drivers do work, you just need to setup correctly. I've been using NixOS with nvidia drivers for over a year now, it only crashed like 5 times (with hyprland).

As a Tumbleweed user I would put that Distro in the Best Category. It has YAST, has a out-of-the-box graphical installer included and has a European/Germany based Company with a Enterprise foundation behind it. Its a Rolling Release which might be second fastest to deliver new packages behind Arch, but thats because its better tested imho. The Distro is much more stable than Arch. But I might be biased with my Daily Driver Distro ;-)

I don't use Mint but I feel like it's really the gold standard for what a general-purpose, beginner-friendly distro should be. I've never heard of anyone having a bad experience with it

I would like to see MX Linux added to this list. I have been using it for a while and I really love it. I even have it on a rescue USB because it has disk tools that work in the live environment.

I understand your reasoning for arch and we all have different experiences with computing but if I were making the list arch and endeavour would go to good category, I'd never in good faith say it's great for everyone or is my go to distro for recommendation but it's what I use daily and ironically the one I've had least problems with.

Mint and Fedora are so wonderful to run, in my case. Just missed both of my dear brazilians distro: BigLinux and Regata OS

Love your content and presentation skills. I've recently switched from Windows to Linux, approximately 3 months now and use you videos as guides to help make distro and software choices. I have now plumped for Nobara 39, it needed a few tweaks but we got there

Can't wait to try out VanillaOS Orchid. Imagine a sudo free immutable system with every Linux-software there is and trace-free rollback support by design. :**** Yes, you said it, it was very subjective -- but it's always fun to watch your content. Stay the way you are!

I love Gentoo (and Portage and OpenRC) but I only recommend it for people who wants to understand how a Linux system is working (great documentation on their website). For the others, I recommand Linux Mint.

The simple trick to Arch is not to update everyday. Just update once a week or once few weeks.

I'm rooting for Solus to succeed so much; they really have something special there and it'd be a shame for it to not get the support it deserves