There are indeed a lot of distros but none supports RPI5 in a generic way like for Linux on Intel/AMD (x86-64). Only RasberryPiOS does and all other Linuxes/distros provide a special tailored variant for RPi5. And other way around, RasberryPiOS does not run on any other platform, unless you are a developer or so, then everything will run if you tune/tweak/hack long enough.I've spent hours online & on YouTube & on forums learning about Linux.
WOW, there are a lot of distros!
Someone on another Linux forum suggested that I choose a distro that I like. There are hundreds. So, I decided to quickly narrow down my choices by researching the different package managers. I eliminated a few because of the strange syntax, like "emerge" on Portage. I narrowed it down to either DEB or RPM. I chose DEB.
Statistics: Posted by redvli — Sun Dec 28, 2025 2:49 pm