[Discuss] Is there a BLU recommended distro?

[Randall Rose]

Just as a factual matter, I've noticed that developers who don't have much Linux coverage sometimes choose to focus solely on making their software work on Ubuntu.  Not that this is what I'd recommend them doing, it's just what they do.  As a result Ubuntu may have more software that is tested enough on it that it would be clearly expected to work out of the box.  But that's only one factor among many.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026, at 3:01 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:23:31 +0000
> Kurt L Keville <kkeville at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> I have to do a reinstall... do we have any general consensus at BLU
>> on (free) distros? I suspect you get good enough security with most
>> distros these days, true?
>
> Whatever suits your needs.
>
> IMO, Debian is good for servers, Mint is a nice desktop for new/novice
> users and for technical users who want something that just works for a
> daily driver, Arch is ideal for tinkerers. If you're just interested in
> gaming then Bazzite or Steam OS v3 are worth looking into. OpenSUSE
> offers enterprise-like stability without the enterprise-like price tag.
>
> But you can run Mint or Bazzite as servers. Steam OS has a desktop mode
> which is KDE on Arch. You can tinker with OpenSUSE at the cost of that
> enterprise-like stability.
>
> If you're looking for a general purpose distro then Fedora and OpenSUSE
> are good picks.
>
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