The fact that such a long page exists on this topic is itself disappointing. We need something like. Actually, methods one and two are the same, since both return the kernel identification string. Both of these will not work on distributions which do not put their name into the kernel ID such as AFAIR slackware or on systems with a custom kernel. Method 3 is completely ridiculous, since almost nobody pays attention to issue file nowadays.
My gentoo box returns:. It's not ridiculous if it works and it works for me. So give it a try. It may work for you, too:. I have also created a tool called osinfo to report your distrib. More info here. The distro has a large selection of tools that are neatly filed inside a categorized menu. These house the tools according to their use, such as Information Gathering, Vulnerability Analysis, Password Attacks, Digital Forensics and several more.
Interestingly, Parrot also aspires to be useful for average computer users that need a secure and privacy-focused distro like hacktivists, and journalists. Need a distro for cybersecurity? The distro is easy to install and can be easily managed through its intuitive browser-based administration interface. The distro is available in several different editions, each with a different desktop environment, and most weigh around MB.
The distro boots up fast and enables persistent storage by default. While its last stable release was in , it is still perfectly usable, and the developers are currently working on the next major release.
Arch Linux is one of the most versatile distros that follows a rolling release model. It also has one of the most cumbersome and involved installation processes. The distro is available in several different official and community-supported flavours, each with different desktop environments. All versions are replete with all the regular desktop apps and also ship with several custom apps to ease various administrative tasks.
The distro is complimented by ample documentation and a very active and helpful community of users. We've also featured the best Arch-based Linux distros. Puppy Linux is one of our favorite distros for resurrecting old machines and putting them back into active duty. The project is in fact a family of distros, each based on a different underlying distro. We've featured the best lightweight Linux distros.
While the average Linux distro provides a predefined set of apps, Arch lets users assemble their installation from scratch. Though the process is well documented it is still cumbersome for the average desktop Linux user. We've featured the best Linux distros for power users.
Solus is a general purpose rolling release distro that can be used for all sorts of regular desktop tasks. In fact, it pitches itself as an ideal platform for developers. On its website the distro advertises the fact that it supports several advanced editors and integrated development environments IDEs such as Atom, Idea and Gnome Builder.
Furthermore, you can also manage code in multiple version control systems such as Git, Bazaar, and others through graphical tools like GitKraken and git-cola. We've featured the best Linux distro for developers. For instance, using NethServer you can set up a web filter, a mail server, file server, web server, firewall, VPN, a Slack-like team chat, and several other services.
The best part is that you can deploy and configure just about every aspect of your server through a an intuitive browser-based interface.
The CentOS-based distro offers all these features for free, which makes it an ideal choice for small businesses. We've featured the best Linux distros for small businesses. Thanks to its inline intrusion prevention system, OPNsense is one of the best firewall distros around.
You can manage all these services from an intuitive, modern, web-based multilingual and well documented user interface, which is a pleasure to use. We've featured the best Linux firewall distros. There are several distros for the Raspberry Pi, however the best starting point has to be the Raspberry Pi OS , which is the official distro of the Raspberry Pi and for good reason. Earlier known as Raspbian, the Debian-based distro, uses a lightweight customized LXDE-based desktop environment that uses the Openbox window manager.
The latest iteration of the Raspberry Pi can now be used as a very capable computer and the distro developers have ensured that it performs flawlessly with popular video conferencing software such as Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. We've featured the best Raspberry Pi distros. In some aspects, the Ubuntu Server edition is just as popular as the desktop version.
The distro is also popular for building cloud computing platforms, and the project also offers cloud images for AWS and Azure. We've featured the best Linux Server distros. The distro is the result of the collaboration between the two projects that lend it its name.
After Woody Woodward stopped developing Mepis, anticapitalists developed antiX using the Mepis code as his basis. He, and others, later developed MXLinux based on antiX. Yes, I know, it is only a small distinction. Tecmint does not rate distros. As far as DistroWatch goes, they do not rate distros in any way. They just count the number of page hits for each distro.
They leave the determination of distro quality up to individual readers. After all, what is great in my opinion, maybe totally unusable in your opinion. My aim is to do more than see if it will work with my hardware. That would be a real-world test, and it looks like it would be worth the effort.
To The Editors — How do you flag a comment for violating the terms of service on this site? Thank you Ravi for looking into this.
I find it sad that we all the members of this commenting community have to resort to removing posts that are so outrageous. People should have more civilized ways to refute wrong information or ideas we oppose in a post.
I noticed that in the end of tbe article there is the mistake. You wrote the year in a wrong way. Please, fix it. I disagree, popularity can be a meaningful gauge of the overall enjoyability of a distro or anything for that matter.
That statement reminds me of Gen. If that is your attitude then just use Windows because Linux is definitely not popular. Do you use everything based on popularity? All popularity guarantees are that many people use that thing. Popularity does not guarantee quality. A good way for personal improvement and growth is to stop yourself from time to time. Stop yourself from following impulses. Think about it. Popularity says A LOT. Linux is popular because there are people who are very engaged with technology.
People who have the capacity to process an above-average amount of information at once and enjoy the freedom it gives them. This is about popular Linux distributions, i. So my advice: Stop yourself from time to time and reflect. Good for personal growth. Have a question or suggestion? Please leave a comment to start the discussion.
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