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What's your best Linux OS?

 One of the most controversial questions you could ask a Linux enthusiast is what is his/her favourite Linux OS is?

This is just like that question you know, you know the one.
What came first the chicken or the egg?

Everyone has their reasons and proof to show why their Linux OS is better than yours. But the truth is there is no such thing as the best Linux OS out there.
You see I am not a person to settle this issue once and for all. But in my experience, it solely depends on what you want to achieve with the OS in hand.
I have used OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and its many variants, Linux Mint, Manjaro, Fedora, Pop OS, Elementary OS, Zorin etc. Till now I have never met my "Soul OS". Now I know if you are a Linux user, you are going to use you never used Arch btw. I know, I tried that's as well, but when compared to other distro's Arch won't be the same for me for you, that's the beauty of Arch. And that may bring a new set of controversies to the table as well.
In my defence, I never got to the only distro till now, I have used OpenSUSE but stuck with wifi driver problems that took more than a day from my life during my journey to be a monomaniac on the same topic. I switched to Ubuntu but it was not fun, everything worked as it should be, and I didn't like that part of my journey. Manjaro was a niche OS, and I had issues while upgrading various packages which I installed. Zorin and Elementary were used on my office hardware, and Arch oh I don't want to talk about it...

All I am saying is that of every Linux OS that you could see out there one of them is your daily driver or you could just try each one of them and find your "Soul mate" (but it could take ever and you won't find a perfect partner).
Distrowatch.com is a nice place to start and you will be surprised about the number of Linux OS over there.
Happy Linuxing...

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