From familiar faves to novel newcomers, here are my picks for the best Linux distros of 2021! Endeavour OS ‘Atlantis’Įndeavour OS lets you choose from various DEs, here Xfce

There were plenty of highlights-and even a few surprises this year. Their responses aided me in deciding exactly which distros to include - so if you got involved in that, you have my sincere thanks! This post is not a proclamation of superiority distros aren’t ranked in any special order and anything not featured isn’t automatically being badged as un-good.Ĭompiling a list like this on my own was a big ask (it’s genuinely never been as hard as this year) so I turned to omg’s Twitter followers for help. What follows is intended as a celebration a shoutout to some of 2021’s standout Linux releases in my opinion. Plus: a schmaltzy end-of-year look back like this would be awfully short if it only included Ubuntu! 😉 There are dozens upon dozens of top-drawer distros out there, all deserving of attention. It’s a rich and vibrant scene chock-full of choice, colour, and creativity. But the Linux ecosystem? I know it’s far more than just Ubuntu. I think elementary OS could be the next big thing where they put attention to details while trying to outshine macOS, we’ll see.Join me as I look back at the best Linux distros of 2A021 - and no, before you think it: they’re not all Ubuntu based! And somehow it influences other projects. While obsessing over the macOS look is one thing, it deserves some attention considering Apple does have a good sense of design. The one weird thing about Gmac Linux is that weird logo that’s a mix of the GNOME and Apple logos. Plus you get to keep your Ubuntu distribution. It also means that you won’t have to do all the customization all by yourself to make Ubuntu look like MacOS. That means you get Ubuntu Linux with a heavily customized GNOME desktop environment that looks a lot like macOS. It’s simply the GNOME desktop with a Mac theme. Unlike the above-mentioned macOS lookalike Linux distributions, Gmac is not a full-fledged distribution.

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