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Why This Distro Is More Popular Than Ubuntu and Linux Mint Right Now
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CachyOS is an Arch-based Linux distro that’s been dominating the popularity charts on DistroWatch for the past 12 months—beating longtime favorites like Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Now, for those who don't know, DistroWatch is a directory and news site for Linux distributions. It has a feature called Hits Per Day (HPD), which counts how many times a particular distribution's page on the DistroWatch website was accessed. It's a fun way to get an idea of which distro gets the most attention and signals to distro-hoppers that they might want to try out that distribution next!
To be clear, being the most popular distro on DistroWatch doesn't mean it's the most used or downloaded distribution. Most Linux distributions don't track users, so there's no precise way to tell how many people are actually running a particular distro. DistroWatch simply tells us how many times a distribution's page has been accessed on their website—essentially a marker for curiosity and interest.