Eric Auer composed on 2021-04-14 18:15 (UTC+0200):
> The "usual distro" of the day would be Ubuntu, with
> MINT being a spin-off and with lightweight variants
> such as Xubuntu or Lubuntu which default to install
> less heavy graphical things than the normal Ubuntu.
> MATE also is just yet another variant.
>
https://distrowatch.com/ has a "ranking" of top 100 distros, and cataloging of
those and others. Today Ubuntu is down to 6th. #1, #3 & #4 are
Debian/Ubuntu-based, with Debian #7.
For the uninitiated, Ubuntu is essentially a (candified/bloated) derivation of
Debian. Without Debian, there wouldn't have been, or wouldn't be still, any
Ubuntu
as it is currently known.
As with any truly major Linux distro, Debian offers the same Gnome monolith,
where
configurability is suppressed or absent, depending on context, used as Ubuntu's
primary face; KDE Plasma, which is Kubuntu's primary face; XFCE, which is
Xubuntu's primary face; LXDE/LXQt, one or both of which is/are Lubuntu's primary
face; and other DEs and simple window managers, all of which are available in
whole or in part on all other major distros.
One thing the "file managers" in these GUI DEs have in common, is an ancient Mac
and Windows feature, or misfeature, depending on your point of view: file
deletion
is not deletion, but hiding in/moving of files to a "trash can", thus reclaiming
of disk space from deletion only occurs after "emptying the trash". There are
OFMs
similar to those having inception in DOS where delete means delete, but they
don't
get shoved in your face, if included at all in a default installation, or on
live
media. Linux distros' text mode tools behave like DOS tools, usually with added
and/or refined functionality.
If your main interest in Linux is file transfers, DOS emulated, or hands-on,
nuts
and boat control, the bloat of Ubuntu, via any of its incarnations, may not be
your best choice.
My first choice has not been named here, and is not a Debian derivation.
--
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is based on faith, not on science.
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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