The linux distros in the download linux page are out of date

[donnerkebab1730]

a lot of the distros listed in the downloads page are out of date, for example: blacklab, development stoped 6 years ago.

i also feel that there should be some order to the page, something like, easy to install/maintain , medium difficulty to install/maintain, and challenging to install/maintain

i feel as if this would give some order to the page

 

[donnerkebab1730]

sorry, didn't realise that forum assistance was something i could post to

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[KGIII]

Consider it moved.

I'll ping @Rob. I'm not sure, but I think any admin should be able to adjust that page? But, I know Rob can.

 

[wizardfromoz]

I love that userid, makes me hungry.

I updated the Puppy one on the advice of a Member a week or two ago, with an intention to look at the rest. I don't mind updating others, but I would leave it to @Rob to OK it.

It has also been suggested to me that we include links to those of our Members who are Devs, and I agree. That would be @Lord Boltar with Expirion (Debian-based), Sam @GeckoLinux with Gecko Linux (openSUSE-based) and Spiral Linux (Debian-based), and 'Der Doktor' Joe Kamprad with EndeavourOS (Arch-based).

Cheers, and thanks for the heads up @donnerkebab1730

Wizard

 

[KGIII]

Should probably add Lubuntu to the list. I am on the dev team, after all.

 

[wizardfromoz]

There's also Peppermint 11 (Debian-based) with @pepdebian being a Member (a friend just reminded me).

 

[donnerkebab1730]

i feel like we could add half a million different distros, maybe focusing on just begginer distros would be better, after all i dont think anybody is going to be downloading slackware and doing a full install just because they saw it in the downloads page here. maybe focusing on begginer to medium-ish difficulty distros would be better

 

[Brickwizard]

Please can we be rid of Kali, if it's not on our download page, perhaps we won't get as many questions

 

[donnerkebab1730]

Please can we be rid of Kali, if it's not on our download page, perhaps we won't get as many questions

maybe if we replace it with parrot? but idk if that would fix the problem or just change the name of it

 

[Brickwizard]

Parrot is a full desktop Linux, fairly easy to install, with a friendlier forum, [just come from looking in there] not a lot in common with Kali except pen-testing, good idea

 

[rado84]

I didn't even know we had a download section. It would never cross my mind to look for download links on a general linux forum.

 

[Condobloke]

Those download links bring a huge number of visitors to the site

 

[Condobloke]

I do not see Experion. (Lord Boltar)...or Peppermint 11....

 

[wizardfromoz]

My #6 relates to my #4, in the category of "to do"

Geez Louise cut me some slack, been Timeshifting all over the shop and I'm dizzy.

 

[Condobloke]

Solution ?? + More Beer !

 

[donnerkebab1730]

I didn't even know we had a download section. It would never cross my mind to look for download links on a general linux forum.

surprisingly that post has accumulated about 9 million views

 

[rado84]

How do you know the number?

 

[donnerkebab1730]

How do you know the number?

says at the bottom of the page and it also says date it was posted

 

[Brickwizard]

Below you'll find links that lead directly to the download page of 25 popular Linux distributions.

Ubuntu	CentOS	Debian	Fedora	Slackware
Mint	Xubuntu	Arch	OpenSUSE	Red Hat
Slackel	PureOS	Mageia	PCLinuxOS	Puppy
Zorin	BunsenLabs	Kubuntu	Manjaro	Bodhi
Netrunner	Neptune	Kali	Black Lab	Solus

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• Published May 1, 2017
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[KGIII]

Page views 9,926,712

That number will include x-amount of bots. Counting actual traffic is difficult and forums just count page views - some with rudimentary ways of not counting bots. Those typically only cover the major bots, like the search engine bots.

Even dedicated stats software, like AWstats or Webalizer, have a hard time getting precise figures. It's estimated that about 90% of all web traffic is just computers talking to computers and not real human traffic. So, the actual number of human views *may be* significantly lower.

This isn't a reason to not have the page. If the page has helped just one person find a distro, it was worth making the page. So, even removing the potential bot traffic means that page has been opened by a whole lot of real people.