Most Popular Linux Distributions in 2021 (Part 1)
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Some of them have been popular for long time, but others are a really surprising alternatives:
- MX Linux (based on Debian)
- Manjaro (based on Arch Linux)
- Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu)
- Ubuntu (based on Debian)
- Debian
I used to have a laptop with Lubuntu (a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the LXQt desktop environment) installed on it. Nowadays, I also have a Lubuntu virtual machine on Oracle VM VirtualBox.
However, when I have worked with servers, I’ve had to deal with Debian or CentOS, also Red Hat in on-premise enterprise architectures.
If you are a software developer you should know to manage any kind of Linux distribution. You can install any distribution you like, just use them as virtual machine, or with Docker.
MX Linux
- Based on: Debian
- Developer: MX Dev Team
- Initial release: 2014
- Platforms: amd64, i386
- Update method: Long-term support (LTS)
- Default user interface: XFCE
- License: Linux Foundation Sublicense
- Official website: mxlinux.org
Manjaro
- Based on: Arch Linux
- Developer: Manjaro GmbH & Co.
- Initial release: 2011
- Platforms: x86-64, i386, arm
- Package manager: pacman, libalpm
- Default user interface: XFCE, XDE Plasma, GNOME
- License: Free software licenses (mainly GNU GPL)
- Official website: manjaro.org
Linux Mint
- Based on: Ubuntu
- Developer: Clément Lefèbvre, Jamie Boo Birse, Kendall Weaver, and community
- Initial release: 2006
- Platforms: x86-64, amd64
- Update method: APT + Software manager
- Package manager: dpkg, flatpak
- Default user interface: Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE
- License: N/D
- Official website: linuxmint.com
Ubuntu
- Based on: Debian
- Developer: Canonical Ltd.
- Initial release: 2004
- Platforms: x86-64, ia-32, arm64, amrhf, ppc64el, s390x
- Update methode: Software Updater
- Package manager: GNOME Software, APT, dpkg, Snap, flatpak
- Default user interface: GNOME
- License: Free software + some proprietary device drivers
- Official website: ubuntu.com
Debian
- Developer: The Debian Project
- Initial release: 1993
- Platforms: x86-64, amd64, amrel, amrhf, i386, mips, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el
- Update method: Long-term support (LTS)
- Package manager: APT, dpkg
- Default user interface: GNOME, XFCE, MATE, KDE Plasma, LXQt, LXDE, Cinnamon
- License: DFSG-compatible licenses
- Official website: debian.org
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