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Most Popular Linux Distributions – December 2025

In December 2025, ROSA Linux was the most-viewed operating system on OpenSourceFeed, ahead of Starbuntu and Clover OS or CloverOS. Xfce led the desktop environments. The biggest climber in the top 50 was Neptune, up from #79 to #11.

Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 · compared with November 2025

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Operating Systems

#1 ROSA Linux

Independent

Latest: ROSA Desktop Fresh R10

– 100/100

#2 Starbuntu

Ubuntu-based

▲ 1 58/100

#3 Clover OS or CloverOS

Gentoo-based

▲ 4 40/100

Biggest risers

Neptune #79 → #11 ▲ 68 places up from rank 79
elementary OS #77 → #10 ▲ 67 places up from rank 77
Sparky Linux #95 → #39 ▲ 56 places up from rank 95

Biggest fallers

Q4OS #8 → #45 ▼ 37 places down from rank 8
ArchBang #11 → #41 ▼ 30 places down from rank 11
Siduction #22 → #47 ▼ 25 places down from rank 22

1 ROSA Linux Independent GNOMEXfceKDE Plasma –No change 100 out of 100
2 Starbuntu Ubuntu-based Openbox ▲ 1 places up from rank 3 58 out of 100
3 Clover OS or CloverOS Gentoo-based Fvwm ▲ 4 places up from rank 7 40 out of 100
4 Ultimate Edition Ubuntu-based BudgieGNOMEKDE Plasma ▲ 6 places up from rank 10 40 out of 100
5 EndeavourOS Arch-based XfceMATECinnamon ▲ 21 places up from rank 26 38 out of 100
6 CachyOS Arch-based KDE PlasmaXfceMATE ▲ 7 places up from rank 13 33 out of 100
7 Nitrux Linux Debian-based Hyprland ▼ 2 places down from rank 5 33 out of 100
8 Redox OS Independent Optional gui orbital ▲ 1 places up from rank 9 33 out of 100
9 Pentoo Gentoo-based Xfce ▼ 7 places down from rank 2 31 out of 100
10 elementary OS Ubuntu-based Pantheon ▲ 67 places up from rank 77 27 out of 100
11 Neptune Debian-based KDE Plasma ▲ 68 places up from rank 79 24 out of 100
12 Enso OS Ubuntu-based Xfce ▲ 2 places up from rank 14 22 out of 100
13 FreeBSD Independent ▲ 30 places up from rank 43 22 out of 100
14 Kali Linux Debian-based XfceGNOMEKDE Plasma ▲ 21 places up from rank 35 22 out of 100
15 KITE GNU/Linux Ubuntu-based GNOMELXDE ▲ 12 places up from rank 27 22 out of 100
16 Linux Mint Ubuntu-based MATECinnamonXfce ▲ 28 places up from rank 44 22 out of 100
17 Elive Linux Debian-based Enlightenment ▲ 43 places up from rank 60 20 out of 100
18 Ubuntu Debian-based UnityGNOMECutefish ▲ 37 places up from rank 55 20 out of 100
19 Apricity OS Arch-based CinnamonGNOME ▲ 13 places up from rank 32 18 out of 100
20 Arch Linux Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaMATE ▼ 16 places down from rank 4 18 out of 100
21 Linux Lite Ubuntu-based Xfce ▲ 7 places up from rank 28 18 out of 100
22 PorteuX Linux Slackware-based CinnamonGNOMEKDE Plasma ▼ 3 places down from rank 19 18 out of 100
23 4MLinux Independent Jwm ▲ 48 places up from rank 71 16 out of 100
24 antiX Debian-based IcewmFluxboxJwm ▼ 18 places down from rank 6 16 out of 100
25 Fedora Linux Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaMATE ▲ 36 places up from rank 61 16 out of 100
26 Pop!_OS Ubuntu-based GNOME ▲ 25 places up from rank 51 16 out of 100
27 Tiny Core Linux Independent ▲ 4 places up from rank 31 16 out of 100
28 Debian Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce ▼ 4 places down from rank 24 15 out of 100
29 Peppermint OS Debian-based LXDE ▲ 36 places up from rank 65 15 out of 100
30 Slax Linux Debian-based Fluxbox ▼ 14 places down from rank 16 15 out of 100
31 ArchLabs Arch-based Openbox ▲ 2 places up from rank 33 13 out of 100
32 CutefishOS Debian-based Cutefish ▲ 9 places up from rank 41 13 out of 100
33 feren OS Linuxmint-based Cinnamon ▼ 16 places down from rank 17 13 out of 100
34 Lubuntu Ubuntu-based LXDELXQt ▼ 16 places down from rank 18 13 out of 100
35 Netrunner Debian-based KDE Plasma ▲ 28 places up from rank 63 13 out of 100
36 Sabayon Linux Gentoo-based KDE PlasmaGNOMEXfce ▲ 32 places up from rank 68 13 out of 100
37 Shark Linux Debian-based MATE ▼ 16 places down from rank 21 13 out of 100
38 SolydXK Debian-based XfceKDE Plasma ▲ 16 places up from rank 54 13 out of 100
39 Sparky Linux Debian-based LXQtMATELXDE ▲ 56 places up from rank 95 13 out of 100
40 TrueOS FreeBSD-based Lumina ▲ 43 places up from rank 83 13 out of 100
41 ArchBang Arch-based Openboxi3 ▼ 30 places down from rank 11 11 out of 100
42 deepin Debian-based Deepindesktop ▲ 34 places up from rank 76 11 out of 100
43 NetBSD Independent ▲ 37 places up from rank 80 11 out of 100
44 openSUSE Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce ▲ 3 places up from rank 47 11 out of 100
45 Q4OS Debian-based TrinityKDE Plasma ▼ 37 places down from rank 8 11 out of 100
46 Salix Slackware-based Xfce ▼ 7 places down from rank 39 11 out of 100
47 Siduction Debian-based KDE PlasmaXfceLXQt ▼ 25 places down from rank 22 11 out of 100
48 SpiralLinux Debian-based CinnamonXfceGNOME ▼ 18 places down from rank 30 11 out of 100
49 Tails Debian-based GNOME ▲ 20 places up from rank 69 11 out of 100
50 Trident Trueos-based Lumina ▲ 32 places up from rank 82 11 out of 100
51 Archman Arch-based XfceMATEKDE Plasma ▲ 22 places up from rank 73 9 out of 100
52 DragonFly FreeBSD-based AwesomeCinnamonFluxbox NEW 9 out of 100
53 KDE neon Ubuntu-based KDE Plasma NEW 9 out of 100
54 Kubuntu Ubuntu-based KDE Plasma NEW 9 out of 100
55 Maui Linux Kdeneon-based KDE Plasma ▼ 40 places down from rank 15 9 out of 100
56 Mauna Linux Debian-based XfceGNOMEMATE ▼ 11 places down from rank 45 9 out of 100
57 Pardus Debian-based XfceGNOME ▼ 8 places down from rank 49 9 out of 100
58 Parsix GNU/Linux Debian-based GNOME ▲ 6 places up from rank 64 9 out of 100
59 Raspberry Pi OS Debian-based Labwc (wayland)Pixel (legacy) ▲ 8 places up from rank 67 9 out of 100
60 Raspbian Debian-based ▼ 8 places down from rank 52 9 out of 100
61 ReactOS Independent Windows 9x inspired desktop ▼ 41 places down from rank 20 9 out of 100
62 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Independent GNOME ▼ 24 places down from rank 38 9 out of 100
63 RefreshOS Debian-based KDE Plasma ▲ 18 places up from rank 81 9 out of 100
64 Ubuntu Cinnamon Ubuntu-based Cinnamon ▼ 8 places down from rank 56 9 out of 100
65 Uruk GNU/Linux Pureos-based MATE ▲ 21 places up from rank 86 9 out of 100
66 Endless OS Debian-based GNOME ▲ 23 places up from rank 89 7 out of 100
67 Korora Fedora-based GNOMEKDE PlasmaMATE ▼ 31 places down from rank 36 7 out of 100
68 MX Linux Debian-based XfceKDE PlasmaFluxbox ▼ 39 places down from rank 29 7 out of 100
69 Oracle Linux Red Hat-based GNOME ▼ 21 places down from rank 48 7 out of 100
70 Puppy Linux Independent JwmRoxfiler ▼ 4 places down from rank 66 7 out of 100
71 Slackel Slackware-based OpenboxMATE ▲ 22 places up from rank 93 7 out of 100
72 Solus Linux Independent BudgieXfceGNOME ▲ 22 places up from rank 94 7 out of 100
73 Trisquel GNU/Linux Ubuntu-based MATE ▼ 61 places down from rank 12 7 out of 100
74 AerynOS (formerly Serpent OS) Independent GNOMECOSMIC ▼ 34 places down from rank 40 5 out of 100
75 Antergos Arch-based CinnamonGNOMEKDE Plasma ▼ 3 places down from rank 72 5 out of 100
76 BackBox Linux Ubuntu-based Xfce ▼ 1 places down from rank 75 5 out of 100
77 CRUX Independent Openbox ▼ 43 places down from rank 34 5 out of 100
78 GhostBSD FreeBSD-based MATE NEW 5 out of 100
79 Gnoppix AI Linux Debian-based XfceGNOMEKDE Plasma NEW 5 out of 100
80 Kodachi Linux Debian-based Xfce ▼ 2 places down from rank 78 5 out of 100
81 Mageia Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce NEW 5 out of 100
82 NomadBSD FreeBSD-based Openbox NEW 5 out of 100
83 OpenMandriva Independent KDE Plasma ▼ 37 places down from rank 46 5 out of 100
84 Porteus Slackware-based CinnamonMATEKDE Plasma ▼ 47 places down from rank 37 5 out of 100
85 RedCore Linux Gentoo-based KDE Plasma ▼ 32 places down from rank 53 5 out of 100
86 Ubuntu MATE Ubuntu-based MATE ▼ 29 places down from rank 57 5 out of 100
87 Vanilla OS Debian-based GNOME –No change 5 out of 100
88 Zorin OS Ubuntu-based GNOMEXfce ▼ 65 places down from rank 23 5 out of 100
89 Bodhi Linux Ubuntu-based Moksha ▼ 30 places down from rank 59 4 out of 100
90 Devuan GNU+Linux Debian-based Xfce ▼ 65 places down from rank 25 4 out of 100
91 Damn Small Linux (DSL) Antix-based FluxboxJwm ▼ 49 places down from rank 42 4 out of 100
92 KaOS Independent KDE Plasma NEW 4 out of 100
93 Linux From Scratch Independent NEW 4 out of 100
94 PCLinuxOS Independent XfceKDE PlasmaMATE ▼ 44 places down from rank 50 4 out of 100
95 ArcoLinux Arch-based XfceOpenboxi3 ▼ 21 places down from rank 74 2 out of 100
96 Arya Linux LFS-based MATEXfceGNOME ▼ 38 places down from rank 58 2 out of 100
97 Chakra Linux Independent KDE Plasma NEW 2 out of 100
98 Gentoo Linux Independent BudgieCinnamonFvwm-crystal ▼ 36 places down from rank 62 2 out of 100
99 MakuluLinux Debian-based XfceCinnamon ▼ 9 places down from rank 90 2 out of 100
100 MidnightBSD FreeBSD-based LuminaGNOME ▼ 8 places down from rank 92 2 out of 100
101 Voyager Live Debian-based GNOMEXfce ▼ 31 places down from rank 70 2 out of 100
102 Xubuntu Ubuntu-based Xfce NEW 2 out of 100

Desktop Environments

#1 Xfce

Stay productive without sacrificing a lot of ...

Latest: Xfce 4.20

– 100/100

#2 Cutefish Desktop

Desktop like macOS

▲ 5 93/100

#3 helloSystem

Simplicity, elegance & usability.

▲ 2 80/100

Biggest risers

Cutefish Desktop #7 → #2 ▲ 5 places up from rank 7
Moksha Desktop #15 → #11 ▲ 4 places up from rank 15
KDE Plasma #13 → #9 ▲ 4 places up from rank 13

Biggest fallers

Budgie Desktop #2 → #10 ▼ 8 places down from rank 2
Pantheon Desktop #9 → #16 ▼ 7 places down from rank 9
Enlightenment #3 → #7 ▼ 4 places down from rank 3

1 Xfce Xfce 4.20 –No change 100 out of 100
2 Cutefish Desktop ▲ 5 places up from rank 7 93 out of 100
3 helloSystem ▲ 2 places up from rank 5 80 out of 100
4 Lumina Desktop Lumina Desktop 1.4.0 ▲ 4 places up from rank 8 80 out of 100
5 MATE Desktop MATE Desktop 1.20 ▼ 1 places down from rank 4 73 out of 100
6 Cinnamon Desktop Cinnamon 3.4 (Dead Link) –No change 67 out of 100
7 Enlightenment ▼ 4 places down from rank 3 67 out of 100
8 LXQt Desktop Environment LXQt 2.4.0 NEW 60 out of 100
9 KDE Plasma Plasma 5.14.4 ▲ 4 places up from rank 13 60 out of 100
10 Budgie Desktop Budgie Desktop 10.7 ▼ 8 places down from rank 2 53 out of 100
11 Moksha Desktop ▲ 4 places up from rank 15 47 out of 100
12 Regolith Desktop ▼ 2 places down from rank 10 40 out of 100
13 Trinity Desktop ▼ 1 places down from rank 12 27 out of 100
14 Deepin Desktop ▼ 3 places down from rank 11 20 out of 100
15 GNOME Desktop Environment GNOME 51 NEW 20 out of 100
16 Pantheon Desktop ▼ 7 places down from rank 9 20 out of 100
17 LXDE ▼ 3 places down from rank 14 13 out of 100

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Methodology

Data source: Page views of each distribution and desktop page on OpenSourceFeed during this calendar month, from the Google Analytics Data API. Hits on old or alias URLs are merged into the main page.
Popularity score: Each entry's page views divided by those of the #1 entry in the same list, scaled to 100.
Rank change: Compared with the rank in November 2025. “NEW” means the entry was not ranked then.
Frozen data: This page is a snapshot. It is not updated after the period ends; see the live ranking for current numbers.