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Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Linux, and iOS are the most popular tools in the category "Operating Systems". "Free to use" is the primary reason developers pick Ubuntu over its competitors, while "Massively supported " is the reason why Debian was chosen.
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Ubuntu
Operating Systems
Stacks
69K
I Use This
228
Free to use
96
Easy setup for testing discord bot
57
Gateway Linux Distro
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Debian
Operating Systems
Stacks
13.7K
I Use This
51
Massively supported
47
Stable
18
Reliable
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CentOS
Operating Systems
Stacks
12.6K
I Use This
15
Stable
8
Free to use
8
Reliable
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Linux
Operating Systems
Stacks
2.63K
I Use This
15
Open Source
11
Free
8
Reliability
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iOS
Operating Systems
Stacks
1.71K
I Use This
2
Integrated with other Apple products
1
Privacy
1
Apple
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Windows
Operating Systems
Stacks
915
I Use This
2
Lovely
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macOS
Operating Systems
Stacks
799
I Use This
3
Clean Interface
1
No promoted content
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Alpine Linux
Operating Systems
Stacks
739
I Use This
9
Secure
9
Good in containers
7
Fast
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Android OS
Operating Systems
Stacks
691
I Use This
4
Customization
3
Open Source
3
Google
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Arch Linux
Operating Systems
Stacks
504
I Use This
15
Large Community
13
Package Manager
11
Customizable
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Windows Server
Operating Systems
Stacks
501
I Use This
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Fedora
Operating Systems
Stacks
433
I Use This
20
Great for developers
9
Great integration with system tools
9
Represents the future of rhel/centos
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Windows 10
Operating Systems
Stacks
401
I Use This
3
On 4gb other applications less like...
2
The best developer tools for all de...
1
Slow
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Red Hat Enterprise ...
Operating Systems
Stacks
334
I Use This
1
Learning curve
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Mac OS X
Operating Systems
Stacks
270
I Use This
1
Stability
1
Elegant, Minimalist look
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Linux Mint
Operating Systems
Stacks
261
I Use This
14
Simple, Fast, Comfort and Easy to Use
13
Stable
11
Elegant
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FreeBSD
Operating Systems
Stacks
233
I Use This
6
Excellent as Server
5
Very Stable
4
Helpful community
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CoreOS
Operating Systems
Stacks
227
I Use This
21
Container management
15
Lightweight
11
Systemd
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Kali Linux
Operating Systems
Stacks
208
I Use This
7
Penetration testing tools are pre-i...
7
Has many penetration testing tools
4
Runs on both x86 and ARM platforms
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Manjaro
Operating Systems
Stacks
148
I Use This
9
Good for beginners
8
AUR is huge
6
Very stable
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Amazon Linux
Operating Systems
Stacks
145
I Use This
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Raspbian
Operating Systems
Stacks
127
I Use This
7
Runs well on rpi
2
Easy to use with little experience
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RancherOS
Container Tools
Stacks
100
I Use This
3
System-docker
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openSUSE
Operating Systems
Stacks
100
I Use This
4
Stable
3
Lightweight for server
2
Snapshot
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WSL
Operating Systems
Stacks
90
I Use This
1
Lightweight
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Oracle Linux
Operating Systems
Stacks
88
I Use This
1
Has a Enterprise variant
1
Good for server systems
1
Many installation choices
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NixOS
Operating Systems
Stacks
83
I Use This
2
Atomic upgrades
2
Declarative system configuration
2
Multi-user package management
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Linux Kernel
Operating Systems
Stacks
67
I Use This
1
Sometimes you just have to write yo...
1
The best
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Gentoo Linux
Operating Systems
Stacks
59
I Use This
3
Control
3
Portage package manager
3
OpenRC or systemd init
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elementary OS
Operating Systems
Stacks
46
I Use This
5
Free to use
4
Stable
4
MacOs like feel
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