Ubuntu vs. PCLinuxOS: a new winner?

I’ve been using Ubuntu (or a derivative) for two years now. I was amazed at how polished and user-friendly it is. It doesn’t come out of the box with a lot of the software I want, but it’s super easy to install whatever I want. I’ve installed it on other people’s computers (Paul & Yelena) and they’re happy with it too (at least when compared with Windows). It even passed the Mother Test – my mother used my Kubuntu laptop for a month while her desktop was broken, and she was fine with it.

After a few months I upgraded from Ubuntu to Kubuntu because I prefer KDE. Kubuntu is often characterized as “the most popular desktop manager running on the most popular linux distro.” But according to Distrowatch.com, Kubuntu is not the most popular KDE distro. OpenSUSE has been super popular for a long time.

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