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Distributions and Operating Systems: Distrowatch Rankings, Sparky, EasyOS, and HaikuOS
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And another year flies by! 16 anniversary?
The GNU/Linux landscape has changed a lot since I started this humble blog to record my experiences with GNU/Linux and FLOSS in general.
Today, I visited Distrowatch and CachyOS is distro #1. Ubuntu, which used to be the top dog back then, is #10.
Linux Mint and MX Linux, distros that once held the top position, are now #2 and #3, respectively.
Mageia, my main distro, is #51! I am using Mageia 9, which was released in August 2023. I can see that they have been busy this year as they released Alpha 1 and Beta 1 and there will be another general extraordinary assembly this coming May 7 because the required quorum was not reached to vote the constitution changes. I hope everything goes well this time.
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Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky news 2026/04
The 4rd monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2026: [...]
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Barry Kauler ☛ ROX-Filer back-forward and thumbnails
Rox in Easy 7.3 got rolled back, because of some problems: [...]
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HaikuOS ☛ Haiku to mentor 3 students in Google Summer of Code 2026
For many years now, Haiku is a regular participant in the Google Summer of Code program, which offers paid mentorship to people willing to work full time on Haiku for a few months. Google handles the payments, while mentors from our developer team handle the onboarding of the new contributors and guide them through the project.