2016 How to choose Linux distribution _linux

2015 is an extremely important year for Linux, both in enterprise applications and in the consumer sector. As an old user who has been using Linux since 2005, I have been fortunate enough to witness the significant development of Linux over the past 10 years, and I believe it will be even more exciting in 2016 years. In this article, I'll pick out a few of the best distributions that will shine in 2016 years.

a strong return release: OpenSUSE

SUSE is the company behind the OpenSUSE release and the first Linux company to start, and it was founded the second year Linus Torvalds released Linux. The company was founded in fact earlier than today's Linux company King--red Hat. SUSE is also the initiator and sponsor of the OpenSUSE community release.

In 2015, OpenSUSE's development team decided to move to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition (SLE) so that users could get a distribution of enterprise Server features-similar to CentOS and Ubuntu. As a result, OpenSUSE became a OpenSUSE Leap, a distribution directly based on the SLE SP1.

The two distributions share the same basic code, benefiting each other--suse will choose the good code in OpenSUSE, and vice versa. Thus, OpenSUSE also abandons the usual release cycle, with the new version being released synchronously with the SLE. This means that each version will have a longer lifecycle.

As a result, OpenSUSE becomes a very important release because potential SLE users can now use OpenSUSE Leap. However, this is not all, OpenSUSE also has a release version tumbleweed--a pure rolling version. Therefore, users can choose to use a very stable openSUSE Leap or a frequently updated OpenSUSE tumbleweed.

In my memory, no other distributions have made such an impressive comeback.

the most customizable distributions: Arch Linux

Arch Linux is currently the best rolling update release. Well, I might be biased because I'm an arch Linux user (LCTT is also an arch Linux user, and it's a really good customization). However, the real reason I think it's good is that Arch is very superior in many other areas, and that's why I use it as the main system.

• For those who want to learn all aspects of Linux, Arch Linux is definitely a great choice. Because you need to manually install all the things you need, you'll learn all the details of the Linux system slowly.
• Arch is a highly customizable distribution. Any desktop environment (DE) has no "Arch" flavor. All you can get is a basic system, and then you can build the distribution you want on the top. For better or worse, unlike OpenSUSE or Ubuntu, Arch has no additional patches or integrated environments. What you get is basically the original software that the upstream developer created.
• Arch Linux is also one of the best rolling-update distributions. It needs to be kept constantly updated. The user is basically running the latest software, of course, and can also run the pre-release version of the software through an unstable warehouse.
• Arch is famous for having a large number of excellent documents. The Arch Wiki is my complete resource for understanding all the Linux related things.
• In arch, my favorite is that it provides packages and software that are available in any other distribution, thanks to AUR (Arch user Repository).
  

the most beautiful distribution: Elementary OS

Different distributions have different concerns--most of which are technical differences. In most Linux distributions, the look and feel of the user is not their priority-it's usually a matter for the desktop environment to consider.

The Elementary OS is trying to change that fact. In this release, the design is important and the reason is obvious-the distribution is developed by designers who are renowned for creating beautiful icons in the Linux world.

The elementary OS is quite focused on the overall look and feel of the user. Developers create their own components, including the desktop environment. In addition, they will only select applications that conform to the design specifications to join the software repository. You can see that the elementary OS has a very strong Mac os X breath.

the best New Release version: Solus

Solus recently received a very large degree of attention. It is a seemingly modest, zero-based operating system that is not a derived version of Debian or Ubuntu. The Budgie desktop environment it uses is also built from scratch, but its goal is to be compatible with Gnome. Solus is like Google's Chrome OS-basics.

Personally, I haven't played much solus, but it looks promising. Solus is not really a "new" system. It had existed for a long time in different forms and names, but it was not until 2015 that the whole project was returned to the public eye with the new name now.

the best cloud operating system: Chrome OS

Chrome OS may not be your typical Linux distribution, after all, it's a browser-based operating system that's used mostly online. But because it is based on Linux, anyone can get its source code to compile, it is also an attractive system. I use Chrome OS every day, and it's a system that's good, doesn't need to be maintained and always kept up to date, and everyone can simply use it for web-related purposes. Chrome OS and Android are essential to driving Linux's share of the PC and mobile markets.

Best notebook computer operating system: Ubuntu MATE

Most laptops don't have high-end hardware, and if you run a resource-intensive desktop environment, you may not have enough system resources or power to maintain your use--because it's basically consumed by the operating system itself. So I found the excellent system of Ubuntu MATE. It's a lightweight environment, but it provides all the software that gives you a good experience. Fortunately, its lightweight design, most of the system resources are left to your software use, so that you can still do some heavy tasks. I think it's the best distribution for low-end hardware.

release for legacy hardware support: Lubuntu

If you have some outdated notebooks or PCs around you, install them lubuntu to get reborn. Lubuntu used the LXDE desktop environment, but after the project was merged with Razor Qt, it became LXQT. Although the latest version 15.04 still uses LXDE, the later version will use LXQT. Lubuntu is the most suitable system for old hardware.

distribution for the internet of Things (IoT): Snappy Ubuntu Core

Snappy Ubuntu Core is a Linux operating system for the Internet of Things (IoT) and such devices. The system has great potential to turn the vast majority of things around us--such as routers, coffee machines and drones--into smart devices. What makes it more interesting is the way software management is updated and the container support that is provided to increase security.

Distribution for desktop systems: Linux Mint cinnamon

The Linux Mint Cinnamon is the best operating system for desktops and some laptops with powerful hardware. I usually call it Mac OS X in the Linux world. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Linux Mint for a long time because of cinnamon instability. However, after the developer uses the Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) as the base version, the release becomes unimaginable stability. Because developers don't have the energy to keep up with the development of Ubuntu, they can now put all their energies into the cinnamon of ascension.

a release for the game: Steam OS

For desktop Linux, playing games is also a short board. Many users have installed Linux and Windows dual systems in order to be able to play games. And Valve is trying to change the situation. Valve is a game publisher that provides a client that can run a game on a different platform. And Valve also created its own Open-source operating system--steam os--to create a Linux based gaming platform. By the end of 2015, its partners had started to market the Steam OS-equipped machines.

a release for privacy: Tails

Privacy protection has become an important issue in the years when there is a lot of monitoring and marketers tracking that anonymous tracking of target content is usually acceptable. If you want to get out of the monitoring and tracking of government or marketing, you need an operating system that always takes into account privacy issues.

There is no system that can transcend tails for privacy reasons. It is a Debian based distribution and has been designed with privacy and anonymous support in mind. Tails is very good, and it is reported that the NSA believes it is one of the major threats to their monitoring.

a distributed version for multimedia production: Ubuntu Studio

One obvious weakness of Linux based operating systems is that support for multimedia production is unfriendly. All professional-level applications can basically run on Windows or Mac OS X. Linux has never lacked a decent audio/video production software, but it's not nearly enough. There should be a lightweight desktop environment that minimizes the amount of valuable system resources, such as CPUs and ram--, for multimedia production. Currently, Ubuntu Studio has the best support for multimedia production. It uses the XFCE desktop environment and has a wide variety of audio, video, and image-editing applications.

Best Corporate Distribution: Sle/rhel

Enterprise users do not browse through articles like this to see what distributions their servers should run. They usually know exactly where to get the information: Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise. These two names have become synonymous with corporate servers. At the same time, these companies have been innovating to promote the containment of everything and become software definitions.

the best server operating system: Debian/centos

If you're thinking about running a server yourself, but you don't want to pay for RHEL or SLE licenses, then Debian or CentOS will be your best bet. These two distributions are a community-led server operating system with an unshakable position. And they have long-term support, and you don't have to worry about the need to constantly upgrade the system.

the best mobile operating system: Plasma Mobile

While Linux based Android systems dominate the mobile OS market, most open source communities--including me--still have a strong desire to have a distribution that can provide traditional Linux desktop applications for mobile devices. At the same time, such a distribution will be maintained by the open source community much better than the commercial companies, and only in this way can users become the focus of the release, rather than the company's business objectives to determine the development trend of the release. KDE's Plasma Mobile has just fulfilled our wish.

The Kubuntu distribution began in 2015. Because the KDE community is known for sticking to standards and developing apps for the public, I'm looking forward to Plasma Mobile to keep going.

distribution for ARM devices: Arch Linux ARM

With the success of the Android system, our lives also revolve around an increasing number of ARM devices-from raspberry pie (raspberry Pi) to Chromebook and Nvidia Shield. Traditional distributions written for CPUs of the INTEL/AMD architecture are not capable of running on these ARM-architecture devices. Some of the distributions written for ARM can only be run on specific hardware, such as the Raspbian system, which can only run on the raspberry pie (raspberry Pi). That's why Arch Linux ARM (ALARM) is so bright. It is a purely community-led distribution based on Arch Linux that can be run on devices such as the Raspberry Pi, Chromebook, Android devices, and Nvidia Shield. Also, better still, because of AUR, you can install many software that may not be available in other distributions.

Conclusion

When I finished writing this article, even I was shocked. It's really exciting to be able to write something for everyone in the Linux world. Without having to worry about whether the era of Linux rules desktop computers will come, we all have to enjoy every moment of our time using Linux.