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Linux Distros Evolution - January 2024 Update: Pop!_OS in Decline? (boilingsteam.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An interesting trend graph of the most diffused distros and their adoption by users over time.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

No new version will be released until Cosmic is ready.

Edit: I don't intend to badmouth S76 here. I love PopOS, it's the distro that made me a Linux fulltimer. Cosmic looks great so far. However the last major release of PopOS was in early 2022.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There are new versions released every two or three weeks. I'm about to release Linux 6.6.8 with Mesa 23.3.2. We have Pipewire 1.0.0 and NVIDIA 545. ISOs are regularly rebuilt with our latest updates.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Isn't this pretty much the Ubuntu LTS schedule? Linux Mint has been tracking the LTS as well.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Mint has released 3 versions based on Ubuntu Jammy, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pop!_OS has released 37 versions based on Ubuntu Jammy, though. Soon to be 38.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I guess it depends how one defines "update" versus "version". Again, please don't take what I'm saying as criticism of what you guys are doing, because PopOS is great — I just happen to have a personality better suited to rolling-release distros. Pop is what I usually recommend to first-time Linux users though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm defining it the same way that Mint and Ubuntu is here. Which is when they release a new version of their ISO. We are currently on 22.04.37. Release date January of 2024. There are substantial changes since the first ISO build of 22.04