--- title: Distro Most Likely to Be Abandoned Is... - The Linux Cast description: A casual podcast panel riffs on a 'high school superlatives' format applied to Linux distros, desktop environments, and projects. Hosts debate which distro is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/distro-most-likely-to-be-abandoned-is---the-linux-cast-soeemee9u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Distro Most Likely to Be Abandoned Is... - The Linux Cast | daily.dev og:description: A casual podcast panel riffs on a 'high school superlatives' format applied to Linux distros, desktop environments, and projects. Hosts debate which distro is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/distro-most-likely-to-be-abandoned-is---the-linux-cast-soeemee9u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sOeEMee9u.png og:image:alt: Distro Most Likely to Be Abandoned Is... - The Linux Cast og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Distro Most Likely to Be Abandoned Is... - The Linux Cast **[The Linux Cast](https://daily.dev/sources/linuxcast)** · 57 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A casual podcast panel riffs on a 'high school superlatives' format applied to Linux distros, desktop environments, and projects. Hosts debate which distro is 'most likely to be abandoned' (Manjaro and Omarchy both nominated), which gets forked most (Ubuntu, LibreOffice, Firefox), class clown (Arch, NixOS, AppImage), best dressed desktop (GNOME, Cinnamon, Qtile, KDE), most changed (Fedora, Firefox, Plasma), teacher's pet (systemd, Fedora), most likely to succeed (Valve/SteamOS, Proton, Debian), biggest drama queen (NixOS, Omarchy, Manjaro, Hyprland), and more. They also debate the best beginner-friendly distro for non-technical relatives, landing on Linux Mint with Cinnamon. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the best Linux distro to install for a non-technical relative coming from Windows? Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop is the recommended choice for non-technical users coming from Windows. Its layout matches Windows expectations with a bottom panel, start menu, system tray, and standard window controls, so users don't need to relearn muscle memory. For users coming from macOS, a GNOME-based option like Pop!_OS, Ubuntu, or Debian with GNOME is suggested instead. _Developers comparing beginner-friendly Linux setups can follow ongoing distro debates on daily.dev._ ### Why do some Linux users say Manjaro is at risk of being abandoned? Manjaro is frequently cited as likely to be abandoned because its development team has had internal strife, including a reported strike and threats to fork the project away from the company, plus a history of letting its SSL certificates expire. These recurring organizational and operational lapses have fueled a reputation for instability in leadership and maintenance. _Anyone weighing distro stability before committing can track community sentiment like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [After Nearly a Decade of Distro Hopping, I Realized It Was Never About the Distro](https://daily.dev/posts/after-nearly-a-decade-of-distro-hopping-i-realized-it-was-never-about-the-distro-gvkgjjbvz) · It's Foss · 32 upvotes · 6 comments - [Linux Mint replaced Ubuntu as the best first distro, and Ubuntu's own choices explain why](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-replaced-ubuntu-as-the-best-first-distro-and-ubuntu-s-own-choices-explain-why-x5acxug2r) · XDA Developers · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/distro-most-likely-to-be-abandoned-is---the-linux-cast-soeemee9u) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Distro Most Likely to Be Abandoned Is... - The Linux Cast","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/distro-most-likely-to-be-abandoned-is---the-linux-cast-soeemee9u","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/distro-most-likely-to-be-abandoned-is---the-linux-cast-soeemee9u"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T00:53:28.140Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T01:19:16.837Z","description":"A casual podcast panel riffs on a 'high school superlatives' format applied to Linux distros, desktop environments, and projects. 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