Open-source nature and distros

Image that show some people that work on Linux Image of Linus Torvald, the Linux creator

Thank to Linux's open-source nature...

That meant being able to:


This give everyone the ability to create their own "Linux distro" (short for distribution) and share it to everyone.

Each have a different ideas on what Linux should be as an operating system, giving users a diverse choice on how should their computer work.


Out of the hundreds of choices for distro, there are 3 noticeable distros that stand out, including:


Excluding the name and logo, they all each have many different properties on their own, here is a table for a comparasion between them, Windows, and macOS:
Operating system comparasion
Update speed Use for... Package Manager Binary format List of OS based on it D
E
B
I
A
N
Extreme stability Servers
Desktop
Laptop
Embeded System
apt .deb Ubuntu
Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu)
Pop!_OS (based on Ubuntu)
MX Linux
Zorin OS (based on Ubuntu)
...
DEBIAN
Update speed Use for... Package Manager Binary format List of OS based on it R
E
D

H
A
T
Combine of Stable and Up-to-date Servers
Enterprise Machine
Desktop
Laptop
Gaming Console
dnf .rpm Fedora
Rocky Linux
CentOS Stream
Ultramarine Linux
Bazzite
...
RED HAT
Update speed Use for... Package Manager Binary format List of OS based on it A
R
C
H
Newest Update Possible Gaming Desktop/Laptop
Gaming Console
Extreme Customizable Desktop/Laptop
Old computer
pacman .pkg.tar.zst CachyOS
Artix Linux
EndeavourOS
Manjaro
BlackArch
...
ARCH
Update speed Use for... Package Manager Binary format List of OS based on it W
I
N
D
O
W
S
Second Tuesday of each month at 10AM Advertisement Billboard
Desktop
Laptop
Microsoft Store .exe None
WINDOWS
Update speed Use for... Package Manager Binary format List of OS based on it M
A
C
O
S
September each year Draining Wallet
Laptop
Mac App Store .dmg None
MACOS

Notice how the table doesn't have a comparison for how it look and feel, it's only going over how each will function under the hood.

Because in Linux you can decide what the graphical interface look like from picking a Desktop Environment/Windows Manager.


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