The Top Five Linux Distros Of 2020

The Top Five Linux Distros Of 2020

In 2020, I took a look at many Linux distributions. Some of them really impressed me. So as the year nears the end, what are my “Top Five” distros for 2020? The answers may surprise you.

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50 Comments

  1. Pranil Kharche on February 6, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    Try Garuda



  2. Moncef Karim Aït Belkacem on February 6, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    kubuntu



  3. Etek Dav on February 6, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    I tried MANY distros during 2020 and my favorite is MX Linux.



  4. Salique Ansari on February 6, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    I use KDE neon.I love to use it.Who else use KDE neon – like
    Another Distro – Comment



  5. D M on February 6, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    "Twenty" intensifies



  6. Bert Visscher on February 6, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    I must not have been paying attention to your channel up until this video, because I guessed that your number 1 would be Arch Linux.



  7. Year of Linux on February 6, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    My list:
    5. Arch
    4. Arch
    3. Arch
    2. Arch
    1. Arch



  8. vdochev on February 6, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    Eric is a very cool guy. His videos saved me a couple of times.



  9. William Olsen on February 6, 2021 at 9:04 pm

    I am just getting acquainted to linux through Raspberry pi, but I am now quite interested. I think I will get an old laptop or desktop for a full system. So your opinions, and explanations are quite helpful.



  10. Xavier C on February 6, 2021 at 9:04 pm

    I personally recommend the number 1 arco linux… I use xfce version, it has so much installed packages if you don’t need you can uninstall… and other way calamares with internet you can install apps you need…



  11. althro on February 6, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    btw i use arch



  12. Jim Bendtsen on February 6, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    I think the world and youtube need another 100 geeks to state their top 5-20 top linux distros.



  13. Howard Callender on February 6, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    Great video! Where can I get your wallpaper?



  14. TheEzemikedirnt on February 6, 2021 at 9:06 pm

    Yes arcolinux.!!!!



  15. TechTheory on February 6, 2021 at 9:06 pm


  16. Susamay Kumbhakar on February 6, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    Heh! Whatever! I’m gonna stick with Ubuntu LTS.



  17. Code With Adam on February 6, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    Who is watching the video in 2021?👍



  18. John Allsup on February 6, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    I’m a Ubuntu Studio person these days, so far as Linux desktop is concerned.



  19. Fred Existential on February 6, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    puppy
    q4os
    the raspberry pi release for desktop
    peppermint



  20. saber tooth riddet stories on February 6, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    I used to use linux lite until they went 64bit only. Hated it afterwards.



  21. Jason Fan Club on February 6, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    Gotta install ’em all!



  22. Ma O on February 6, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    my own list:
    GNU/Linux.



  23. M P on February 6, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    These sound like great distro’s. I want to be a student of Linux and maybe move to a SysAdmin job in a year/18 months from now. Which one is good to start with?



  24. Linux Life on February 6, 2021 at 9:22 pm

    So, IMHO, any distribution that is not widely supported by vendors with an installer package is problematic. Meaning, to use as your full time work system and daily driver, you need to make sure it is supported with available installer packages. It seems most support deb and rpm. Anything other than that, you are reliant on the distribution providing. I personally love arch linux, but then is Microsoft releasing installers for that distro. or are they releasing deb and rpm packages ? Am I missing something here ? Also, what is your daily driver OS you rely on ?



  25. Pratham Sharma on February 6, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    I started my Linux journey this year and i am addicted to Linux..
    I used manjaro but internet was not working. I tried reinstalling even then had no effect. Then I realised that manjaro is not the best distro to start and therefore jumped to mint xfce. I also installed awesome window manager to it. Currently I am using peppermint (I need to get more ram) and it is really fine. Also removed the default desktop environment (I don’t know why I did that) and now successfully running awesome wm and openbox..
    Thanks dt your channel was a great help to me in these few months…



  26. Victor Noel Cory Paz on February 6, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Linux Lite FTW!! 🤘😈🤘



  27. Hardik on February 6, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    What is that tool in top right corner at 2:46



  28. De Mus on February 6, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    Video has the wrong title. There is not a top 5 of best Linux distro’s. It is just a list you think are the top 5 best distro’s. Why are these 5 on the list and why didn’t others make it to the list? Again: your preference. These videos are just too ridiculous to watch, so I don’t. Thumbs down.



  29. Yαgαмι on February 6, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    my top 2: Manjaro and Arch Linux

    I started to like Manjaro after I automagically broke my Arch Linux system 7 times by testing things on the terminal

    easier to install Manjaro, and brings the same experience as pure arch if you choose the lite version



  30. Finn K on February 6, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    What window manager was shown in the first video of arcolinux? That’s the one Luke Smith uses haha



  31. Adnan kazi on February 6, 2021 at 9:30 pm

    I have tried many distros with different desktop environments and stuff but only part of debian family and i personallly use linux mint cinnamon edition and i recently tried manjaro architect as my first arch family distro and well i broke it and got frustrated pretty quick coz i never had such problems but you totally convinced me to try arco will definitely try that ……..i am pretty bored with mint now like sure i am not going to switch because it the most stable and user friendly distro with so much customizing options but just you know nothing break no fun no new thing



  32. LRA on February 6, 2021 at 9:31 pm

    English speaking countries really need to adopt the words LIBRE and GRATIS. "free" doesn’t help at all



  33. Fred Existential on February 6, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    what do you guys think of q4os



  34. TheLogicJunkie on February 6, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    I cannot, will not, and must not apologize for loving Zorin best of all



  35. DeltaHL on February 6, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    personal list
    4. Funtoo
    3. NixOS
    2.
    Arch Linux
    1. Fedora



  36. Wahinies on February 6, 2021 at 9:36 pm

    Mine:

    Manjaro
    Xubuntu (most polished XFCE)
    Deepin
    FerenOS
    Debian (fav shell distro)



  37. Max is here on February 6, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    This man has so many friends and family that he can’t stop installing all the distros of linux on thier machines.



  38. Stacey Grove on February 6, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    MX, antiX, LXLE, Q4OS, Kodachi



  39. Mayank on February 6, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    For me best is Manjaro (Haven’t used arch Linux yet)
    And for Ubuntu based, PopOs



  40. Bibek Roy on February 6, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    Using linux mint for monts, the developer team is so helpful you wont believe untill if u r not using it.



  41. Glenn Becker on February 6, 2021 at 9:41 pm

    This is great. I used to be a serious distro-hopper, but had mostly stopped because … well, I thought the interesting stuff had all kinda settled down. Glad to see I was wrong. 🙂



  42. amar deep singh on February 6, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    kali linux end of the discussion



  43. prauun prauun on February 6, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    I’m new to linux… but have tried installing tons of linux distros (linux mint, linux lite, puppy linux, ubuntu, lubuntu, ubuntu mate, feren, deepin, garuda, etc and even android and chrome OS) just to find one that works for me. Since I’m new, I look of ease of use (so a simple graphical user interface). So here’s my list:

    1. deepin
    2. feren
    3. linux mint



  44. Fredashay Klavierstein on February 6, 2021 at 9:45 pm

    #1 top Linux distro: Hannah Montana Linux!!!



  45. Aitym Ramazanov on February 6, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    What about Clear Linux? Rumor says that even Intel supports it. Can you make a video about. About how to use the package manager, installation and other things



  46. Surya Anggraito on February 6, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    My favourite linux distro,
    1. Manjaro XFCE
    2. Q4OS Trinity
    3. Linux Mint XFCE
    4. Arch Linux XFCE
    5. Xubuntu
    But for daily, i use Manjaro I3WM 😋



  47. Claus Martini on February 6, 2021 at 9:50 pm

    I cannot believe Garuda missed this list.
    What’s up with that, DT? 😀



  48. Sean Sollars on February 6, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Ubuntu GamePack and regular Ubuntu won’t install on my PC, only Linux Mint and Pop! OS will install.



  49. Tushar Shukla on February 6, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    How about Linux Garuda, is it suitable for beginners (someone who is completely non-technical and only does casual browsing and article writing)?



  50. Draugr on February 6, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    My personal list:
    – Arch
    – Manjaro
    – MX Linux
    – Parrot OS
    – Debian Testing