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When I first began researching Linux, for my needs, I found the number of different Distros to be overwhelming. So I made this flow chart, with the intent to help new users find a starting point for choosing a distribution.

I'm open to critique, as to making this chart as helpful as possible.

EDIT: Chart updated based on suggestions in the comments.

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Ah, gotcha.

I'm not technical enough to understand the functional difference between flatpak and snap, but I know that snaps are centrally controlled by Canonical and thus I assume not as enshittification resistant as flatpak.

But from the end user perspective, they can be a lot simpler to use than PPAs for random software. For me they're kind of a guilty pleasure.