Ubuntu

  • Pros
    • signed in secureboot
    • available on every hosting
    • relatively stable
  • Cons
    • old packages

Fedora

  • Pros
    • signed in secureboot
    • stable
    • good packages

Arch

  • Pros
    • best packages
    • best wiki
    • i use arch btw
  • Cons
    • unstable
    • hard to make easy things (plymouth)
    • hard to learn

NixOS

  • Pros
    • declarative
    • most stable (reproducible)
    • best packages
    • best way to configure
    • VERY agile
    • best experience with
      • ZFS
      • AWG
      • hibernation
      • grub/systemd-boot/etc
  • Cons
    • hardest to learn ?
    • takes a lot space
    • non FHS
      • fast developing is slower
        • at least now for me

Updated 2025-04-13