What is the most underrated Linux distribution?

General Linux Question
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Thank you Rosika. Bodhi is te first Ubuntu-based Linux to make our list (Emmabuntus did get a second vote).
So, updated list
Puppy 3
Void 2
Alpine 2
Gentoo 1
Bodhi Linux 1
Slackware 1
Q4OS 1
Peppermint Devuan 1
PCLinuxOS 1 + (-1)

Now some second mentions
Emmabuntus 1
Antix 1

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Its a slackware version, tried it for an afternoon for a special project but abandoned
Had my vote so this should not count

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Is that Porteus in English?

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Yes not sure why x or s

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There are Ubuntu based spins of Puppy - that’s what’s so confusing about their download page - which one? It’s even more confusing when you look at the mirrors hosting puppy linux archives (like mirror.aarnet.edu.au)…

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OK, lets put it in the second mentions

So, updated list
Puppy 3
Void 2
Alpine 2
Gentoo 1
Bodhi Linux 1
Slackware 1
Q4OS 1
Peppermint Devuan 1
PCLinuxOS 1 + (-1)

Now some second mentions
Emmabuntus 1
Antix 1
Porteus 1

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Yeah, missed that.
Seems there is a puppified version of everything… not sure I get the point… what does puppifying a distro do?

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The net result seems to be confusion and chaos - which makes if very confusing for the casual user…

I guess if you’re from a Ubuntu background, a puppified version of Ubuntu would make sense?

Frankly I don’t see the point - should concentrate on at most two variations, e.g. a 32 bit for i386/i686 and 64 bit for x86_64… And maybe I guess 32 bit for armhf and 64 bit for arm64/aarch64 (I prefer the latter naming - it’s too easy to confuse arm64 with amd64, and I still see “amd64” labelling around the place - someone should do a global search and replace “amd64” with “x86_64” :smiley: - and don’t say it won’t happen - I’ve accidentally tried to install arm64 labelled package on x86_64, and a colleague recently deployed an AWS EC2 Linux (Amazon Linux) instance running on arm64 - not realising it was completely foreign instruction set and architecture).

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I struggle with both of these to know which i want or need and dont get any help the more i read the worse it gets to choose, so normally I get the first on the list then work with that,

Guess i will never win crufts or understand best of breed, slack on my part. But its Thursday and the jokes are a bit woof woof​:guide_dog::guide_dog::guide_dog:

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Hi,
I don’t know if I’ll be there in time, but I use Alpine in containers running on a Debian system.

I’d like to mention a distro that I think should be better publicized, but it’s a distro dedicated to a niche of audio and video users, AV Linux.

Jorge

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75

To all, how common is this one?

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76

Hi Jorge,
OK one vot for Alpine, and I will give AVLinux a second mention

So, updated list
Puppy 3
Void 2
Alpine 3
Gentoo 1
Bodhi Linux 1
Slackware 1
Q4OS 1
Peppermint Devuan 1
PCLinuxOS 1 + (-1)

Now some second mentions
Emmabuntus 1
Antix 1
Porteus 1
AVLinux 1

So Alpine goes to equal top.

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Hi Manuel,
EndeavourOS is No 4 on Distrowatch… that is popular, not underrated.

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78

Peppermint Devuan Linux ! For installation instructions that actually work, try this unofficial channel on Discord:

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79

OK, another vote for Peppermint Devuan.
I have tried it… it is better setup than plain Devuan

updated list
Puppy 3
Void 2
Alpine 3
Gentoo 1
Bodhi Linux 1
Slackware 1
Q4OS 1
Peppermint Devuan 2
PCLinuxOS 1 + (-1)

Now some second mentions
Emmabuntus 1
Antix 1
Porteus 1
AVLinux 1

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