DISTRO FIGHTER: VERSUS

▣ VERSUS · THE BOARDS

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this week

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backing picks

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matchups argued

CROWD VS THE VERDICT · distros

MOST CONVINCING the crowd called the winner

Arch Linux VS Artix 59% of 27 votes · judges 3 of 3 WINNER: Arch Linux

Fedora VS Ubuntu 80% of 49 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Fedora

Debian VS Ubuntu 77% of 22 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Debian

Fedora VS Linux Mint 67% of 27 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Fedora

Fedora VS Debian 65% of 31 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Fedora

MOST CONTROVERSIAL the crowd backed the other corner

NixOS VS Arch Linux 68% of 25 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Arch Linux

the crowd backed NixOS, but Arch Linux wins the fight. the next recount could move it.

CachyOS VS Debian 63% of 35 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Debian

the crowd backed CachyOS, but Debian wins the fight. the next recount could move it.

CachyOS VS Arch Linux 62% of 65 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Arch Linux

the crowd backed CachyOS, but Arch Linux wins the fight. the next recount could move it.

CachyOS VS Bazzite 62% of 84 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Bazzite

the crowd backed CachyOS, but Bazzite wins the fight. the next recount could move it.

Gentoo VS Arch Linux 60% of 25 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Arch Linux

the crowd backed Gentoo, but Arch Linux wins the fight. the next recount could move it.

close fights bend toward the crowd, and the poll recounts every day.

THE CARD · distros

MOST FOUGHT MATCHUPS

the top 32 of 378 different matchups fought so far

Arch Linux – CachyOS56 7.9%

Arch Linux – Debian49 6.9%

Bazzite – CachyOS46 6.5%

CachyOS – Bazzite40 5.6%

Arch Linux – Fedora40 5.6%

Ubuntu – Fedora32 4.5%

CachyOS – Fedora30 4.2%

Fedora – CachyOS30 4.2%

Arch Linux – Artix27 3.8%

Arch Linux – NixOS22 3.1%

Fedora – Ubuntu22 3.1%

Fedora – Arch Linux21 3.0%

Debian – Fedora20 2.8%

Alpine – Arch Linux20 2.8%

Arch Linux – Bazzite19 2.7%

Debian – CachyOS18 2.5%

Fedora – Linux Mint18 2.5%

CachyOS – Debian18 2.5%

Arch Linux – Gentoo17 2.4%

Debian – Arch Linux15 2.1%

CachyOS – Linux Mint14 2.0%

CachyOS – Arch Linux14 2.0%

openSUSE TW – Fedora14 2.0%

Kubuntu – Linux Mint13 1.8%

Alpine – antiX13 1.8%

Fedora – Debian13 1.8%

Linux Mint – Ubuntu12 1.7%

Ubuntu – Debian12 1.7%

Alpine – Debian11 1.6%

Bazzite – Fedora11 1.6%

CachyOS – Nobara11 1.6%

NixOS – Arch Linux11 1.6%

MOST PICKED FOR A FIGHT

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Arch Linux425 13.4%

CachyOS409 12.9%

Fedora387 12.2%

Debian254 8.0%

Bazzite200 6.3%

Ubuntu176 5.5%

Linux Mint172 5.4%

NixOS110 3.5%

Alpine92 2.9%

openSUSE TW87 2.7%

Artix82 2.6%

Pop!_OS72 2.3%

Gentoo68 2.1%

Kubuntu67 2.1%

Nobara63 2.0%

Void Linux61 1.9%

antiX59 1.9%

Zorin OS56 1.8%

Fedora Atomic49 1.5%

EndeavourOS42 1.3%

Manjaro39 1.2%

elementary OS33 1.0%

Xubuntu32 1.0%

MX Linux25 0.8%

Garuda24 0.8%

Slackware23 0.7%

openSUSE Leap20 0.6%

Vanilla OS17 0.5%

Solus12 0.4%

Parrot OS10 0.3%

Kali Linux8 0.3%

Lubuntu8 0.3%

THE RECORDS · distros

WINNINGEST FIGHTERS

Fedora330 20.7%

Arch Linux234 14.7%

Debian217 13.6%

Linux Mint152 9.6%

Bazzite149 9.4%

Ubuntu129 8.1%

CachyOS91 5.7%

openSUSE TW47 3.0%

Pop!_OS45 2.8%

Void Linux34 2.1%

Fedora Atomic26 1.6%

Gentoo22 1.4%

antiX20 1.3%

Zorin OS17 1.1%

MX Linux15 0.9%

Xubuntu14 0.9%

NixOS12 0.8%

Alpine9 0.6%

Kubuntu6 0.4%

elementary OS4 0.3%

EndeavourOS4 0.3%

Lubuntu4 0.3%

Nobara3 0.2%

Solus3 0.2%

Kali Linux2 0.1%

Vanilla OS1 0.1%

openSUSE Leap1 0.1%

THE CROWD'S FAVORITES

Fedora230 15.4%

CachyOS223 14.9%

Arch Linux192 12.8%

Debian124 8.3%

Linux Mint85 5.7%

Bazzite76 5.1%

NixOS61 4.1%

openSUSE TW53 3.5%

Alpine43 2.9%

Gentoo40 2.7%

Void Linux40 2.7%

Nobara37 2.5%

Ubuntu36 2.4%

EndeavourOS30 2.0%

Artix29 1.9%

Fedora Atomic28 1.9%

Pop!_OS24 1.6%

antiX23 1.5%

Zorin OS21 1.4%

Kubuntu19 1.3%

openSUSE Leap13 0.9%

Slackware11 0.7%

MX Linux10 0.7%

elementary OS9 0.6%

Vanilla OS8 0.5%

Xubuntu7 0.5%

Garuda6 0.4%

Solus6 0.4%

Manjaro6 0.4%

Lubuntu3 0.2%

Kali Linux3 0.2%

Parrot OS2 0.1%

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