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• Newbie advice 1

  Familiarize yourself with the search page and the many categories you cans search by. Source: over 1 year ago

• Installing Debian bookworm without systemd

  Distrowatch's Advanced Search page: https://distrowatch.com/search.php#advanced Note that under the "Init Software" section (scroll down on page), the following two choices (amongst numerous others, perhaps too many!) are included: [ ] systemd [ ] Not systemd In other words, here, the User, regardless of their opinion, regardless of their political ideology (or lack thereof!) -- has a happy choice! They can choose... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Debian 12 “Bookworm” Released

  Do it, and tell the world how I mistreated all kinds of interesting (but small) projects, if it makes you feel better. :-D Here a list of almost all the OS distris I've left out: https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=All&basedon=Independent¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=All&status=Active#simple... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Trying to figure out which Linux all ideas are welcome. Distro hopping.

  Distrowatch can help you search for distros based on another distro (eg: Debian derivatives if you really like Debian), or a particular version of a package or desktop (eg: latest XFCE 4.18): https://distrowatch.com/search.php. Source: about 2 years ago

• Linux mint isn't working for me. What distribution can I use for a pretty bad laptop. (Specs below)

  You can search for more ideas on DistroWatch: https://distrowatch.com/search.php. Source: about 2 years ago

• Does a Linux distro compare website exist?

  I guess distrowatch would be a good start, there's also distrochooser.de to help you find a good match. Source: over 2 years ago

• systemd hate

  I'm not very familiar with the situation, and this thread just made me go into some research, and I found it interesting that when using the search form on distrowatch, you can filter by "Not systemd". Apparently quite a controversial topic. Source: over 2 years ago

• Trying Linux

  Another good source to figure it out is here. It will sort out the best distributions for you based on your search. Happy hunting! Source: over 2 years ago

• 32-bit FTW

  I guess u are a beginner. So I would recommend debian derivatives which are user friendly. Go here https://distrowatch.com/search.php - in Simple Search Form, search for ur distro. I would not recommend u debian itself. Source: over 2 years ago

• Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 is here

  [2] https://distrowatch.com/search.php#advanced. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Leaked stolen Nvidia cert can sign Windows malware

  Sure, Fedora has Secure Boot. So does Ubuntu, Debian and FreeBSD. According to DistroWatch[1], 26 Linux distros out of 927 have built-in support for Secure Boot, so I stand by what I said. [1] https://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=shim&relation=lessequal&pkgver=1&distrorange=InAny. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• How can i find Gnome 41 Distros with Debian based

  I found which distro used which desktop environment. Https://distrowatch.com/search.php. Source: over 3 years ago

• Open source Linux distro's made and based in Europe and/or Scandinavia?

  You can go to the search page of distrowatch and search all the distros based on a specific country. Some notable examples are. Source: over 3 years ago

• Qubes, Whonix, Fedora?

  A great resource to help you look into a solution is DistoWatch. Source: over 3 years ago

• What distro should I try next?

  Kind of. Distro Watch is a website that has a list of a lot of Linux distros and a pretty good search function. Source: about 4 years ago

• Debian alternatives for server enviroment

  Https://distrowatch.com/search.php#advanced. Source: about 4 years ago