What is the most underrated Linux distribution?

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I read that on distrowatch. They may be out of date.?

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Interesting the https://distrowatch.com page

Either distrowatch is out of date or the official docs are not well documented

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I should read more carefully. Wattos abandoned 32 bit in the last two releases.
They are following Debian

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Late to the party, my backup (dual boot) system is LMDE, now version 7. Donā€™t see too much about them. Mint without the reliance on Ubuntu.

My main system has been Debian for many years. Like me, old and a little creaky.

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Great choice. You are not alone with that version.

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I donā€™t know the specs of that Netbookā€¦

I do have a circa 2009/2010 Samsung N150 ā€œNetBookā€ā€¦ Dual core Atom CPU - came with 1 GB RAM and magnetic HDD storageā€¦

I boosted it to 2 GB and a 256 GB SATA SSDā€¦

ā€œIn Theoryā€ the Atom is a 64-bit capable CPUā€¦

ā€œIn Practiceā€ - 64 bit distros run horribly on itā€¦ So last time I used it - I had a 32 bit distro on it - Manjaro 17? Xubuntu 18 (which I think was the last 32 ubuntu)ā€¦

Thereā€™s always Debian ā€œBookwormā€ 12 (i386 / i686) ā€¦ Iā€™m still running the armhf 32 bit versionā€¦ Thereā€™s nothing wrong with itā€¦ Should probably keep working for another 5 years or moreā€¦

I wouldnā€™t recommend Gnomeā€¦ XFCE would be my choice (for a lightweight DE) - but you may prefer LXDEā€¦
ā€“ update edit ā€“
Dang! Itā€™s hard to find downloads for Bookworm - everywhereā€™s now Trixie (13)ā€¦

Hereā€™s one URL - thatā€™s not a ā€œNetInstallā€ - but I still donā€™t know what GUI it uses or defaults to :

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Mine is running lmde 32 bit version, slow but useable

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