Sick of Windows? - the Registers cynic's guide to desktop Linux - top 10 review

AleRunner writes: The register has put together an up to date summary of the top ten options for Linux:

It is a truth universally acknowledged that all operating systems suck. Some just suck less than others.

It is also a comment under pretty much every Reg article on Linux that there are too many to choose from and that it's impossible to know which one to try. So we thought we'd simplify things for you by listing how and in which ways the different options suck.. They give a good summary of the state of each of their top 9 favourites.

Which one ACTUALLY just works?

[Iamthecheese]

Which one supports the great majority of hardware? Which one has an intuitive interface? Which one doesn't need me to go into obscure configuration files to install a driver? Lets me focus on using my PC instead of supporting it? Will play graphics-intensive games without a 50% performance hit? Any of them? No? Well, that's too bad.

Re:

[AleRunner]

In practice Ubuntu or Mint.

Generally there's no PC operating system that will let you fully focus on using rather than maintaining, however a reasonable desktop Linux (either of the two I mentioned) will reduce the load well below the load of maintaining a secure Windows install, especially with the difficulties of ensuring that telemetry and other spy services are turned off.

Re:

[Iamthecheese]

That's a fair cop. Using Windows is easier. Using windows securely is harder.

Opensuse Tumbleweed for the full experience

[clovis]

My favorite line from the article:

"The other, "Tumbleweed", has a rolling release model, which means the exciting potential of breaking changes every single day."

In retrospect, my installing Bitcoin Core on a Tumbleweed install wasn't the best idea.