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There is basically 5 different paths in distros to watch:
- Debian based (including Ubuntu, Mint)
- Red Hat (including Fedora, CentOS)
- Arch Linux (including Manjaro, ArcoLinux)
- Slackware Linux (including OpenSUSE, GeckoLinux)
- Free Linux (including Solus, Mageia)
Each has it's very own purpose and approach....not to forget to mention BSD and others, but the main or core distributions do come from those 5 sources. I've tested most of them and my personal preference is currently Solus, Manjaro and ArcoLinux, but every Linux user will certainly add points why his choice is the best.
Also, for me, Ubuntu was a fail safe default install if I wanted an easy life but I doubt I'll be using it again anytime soon. It's loosing it's way and acting like a side-runner to MS and Apple, imo. It was great at first but if I was going to go in that direction I'd go old skool and back to the roots.... Debian.
I feel the 'tide' is flowing more towards Arch and Solus. It's all I ever seem to read as recommendations.
If I was to leave OpenSuse it would be Fedora for me next. Having said that, as great as it apparently is I could never shake the feeling that it's a guinea pig distro for RHEL. As OpenSuse is I suppose!
What exactly these distro forks bring to the table? couple of extra menu entries, changed desktop colors and customized wallpaper? There are interesting distros for special needs (like Antix for old PCs or Sparky Linux for gaming experience out of the box). But what's the use for mainstream fork like Ubuntu or Mint, or any other? it's all the same.
Is there any way to rate forks? I don't think so.
Kind of been seeing similar; used SUSE for a long time myself, but left when it started to feel as though the distro was growing convoluted - turns out the development was changing over systems & such, but haven't been back in a long time. Haven't messed around much outside of Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Antergos (discontinued) & Manjaro - first two are Ubuntu with the second pair being Arch based; definitely feel a pattern developing in my existence at least.
As for Ubuntu development motivation: it's a matter of creativity, user friendliness and making Linux a commercially viable solution for more devices than simply laptops & desktops in the eyes of the general mass at large. Ubuntu is doing what Red Hat & SUSE Linux did - cut against the popular "Linux Expert" grain. If anything, Ubuntu makes great strides in showcasing the fact that Linux is a valuable, legitimate commercial product capable of facilitating all manner of business models & platforms.
I recall a statement, a few years ago, of Ubuntu focusing on the cloud business, not desktop. Could be wrong though...
Running RedHat & Fedora for many years now.
s/Slackware/Arch/, per your links. And to be clear, openSUSE is part of the Red Hat branch nowadays (it started off as a German-translated Slackware, but rebuilt itself on top of RPM, and to this day remains mostly compatible with CentOS/RHEL/Fedora - certainly more so than it is with Slackware).
For better or worse, the Arch family tree (particularly Manjaro - the irony of building a user-friendly operating system on top of one of the most user-hostile operating systems imaginable is thick enough to cut with a knife) has started to rival the Debian family tree for home desktops, particularly gaming rigs. The Red Hat family tree (including openSUSE) is more geared toward corporate desktops/workstations, which is likely why it's underrepresented in e.g. GamingOnLinux's stats; of that tree, Fedora's got about double the users as openSUSE, but between the two of them they've got the Red Hat tree pretty much locked down.
If I wasn't using Slackware, I'd probably be using openSUSE; it's indeed what I recommend first and foremost to anyone looking for a first distro, specifically because it's user-friendly and intuitively familiar to Windows refugees (in particular because of YaST; I've seen literally no other distro with such a comprehensive GUI-driven configuration tool). A shame that it ain't more represented in these stats.
OpenSUSE is the leading RPM Based Enterprise Linux, but sees little use outside of that scope. Fedora and derivatives (most notably CENT) are the leading RPM-Based distros for Home Desktop and Small Office Desktop.
As of Ubuntu, it has massive Enterprise use, especially in servers, but has actually seen itself yielding ground to derivatives of it, and other Debian derived distros.
As of other packaging formats, Arch, and derivatives are gaining substantial ground, but still only represent a small percentage of Linux users. However, they are now well past the point of being noteworthy.
Absolutely kidding. Many very informative posts, a lot of great info on the current state of distros including several corrections and additional details on OpenSUSE itself - I have always found it to be a very solid DE and YaST is real differentiated factor from other distros.
Also, interesting read about MacOS Catalina Rogue, I knew OpenBSD was a derivative somewhere in its past but did not know those details.
Definitely an above avg. intelligence quotient in this particular Steam forum. Appreciate the information and comments guys.