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Most Popular Linux Distributions – July 2026

In July 2026, Starbuntu was the most-viewed operating system on OpenSourceFeed, ahead of PorteuX Linux and ROSA Linux. GNOME Desktop Environment led the desktop environments. The biggest climber in the top 50 was Pentoo, up from #96 to #31.

Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026 · compared with June 2026

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Operating Systems

#1 Starbuntu

Ubuntu-based

– 100/100

#2 PorteuX Linux

Slackware-based

Latest: PorteuX 2.4

▲ 55 47/100

#3 ROSA Linux

Independent

Latest: ROSA Desktop Fresh R10

▲ 4 47/100

Biggest risers

Pentoo #96 → #31 ▲ 65 places up from rank 96
elementary OS #71 → #13 ▲ 58 places up from rank 71
Pop!_OS #87 → #32 ▲ 55 places up from rank 87

Biggest fallers

Tiny Core Linux #4 → #43 ▼ 39 places down from rank 4
Raspberry Pi OS #8 → #39 ▼ 31 places down from rank 8
Trisquel GNU/Linux #13 → #44 ▼ 31 places down from rank 13

1 Starbuntu Ubuntu-based Openbox –No change 100 out of 100
2 PorteuX Linux Slackware-based CinnamonGNOMEKDE Plasma ▲ 55 places up from rank 57 47 out of 100
3 ROSA Linux Independent GNOMEXfceKDE Plasma ▲ 4 places up from rank 7 47 out of 100
4 CachyOS Arch-based KDE PlasmaXfceMATE ▼ 2 places down from rank 2 44 out of 100
5 Fedora Linux Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaMATE ▲ 17 places up from rank 22 42 out of 100
6 KITE GNU/Linux Ubuntu-based GNOMELXDE ▼ 1 places down from rank 5 42 out of 100
7 AerynOS (formerly Serpent OS) Independent GNOMECOSMIC ▲ 19 places up from rank 26 40 out of 100
8 Apricity OS Arch-based CinnamonGNOME ▲ 32 places up from rank 40 40 out of 100
9 RedCore Linux Gentoo-based KDE Plasma ▲ 23 places up from rank 32 40 out of 100
10 Damn Small Linux (DSL) Antix-based FluxboxJwm ▲ 33 places up from rank 43 37 out of 100
11 GhostBSD FreeBSD-based MATE ▼ 5 places down from rank 6 37 out of 100
12 Clover OS or CloverOS Gentoo-based Fvwm ▼ 9 places down from rank 3 35 out of 100
13 elementary OS Ubuntu-based Pantheon ▲ 58 places up from rank 71 35 out of 100
14 4MLinux Independent Jwm ▲ 20 places up from rank 34 33 out of 100
15 CutefishOS Debian-based Cutefish ▲ 37 places up from rank 52 33 out of 100
16 Enso OS Ubuntu-based Xfce ▼ 1 places down from rank 15 33 out of 100
17 Gentoo Linux Independent BudgieCinnamonFvwm-crystal ▲ 36 places up from rank 53 33 out of 100
18 Kodachi Linux Debian-based Xfce ▲ 18 places up from rank 36 33 out of 100
19 Nitrux Linux Debian-based Hyprland ▲ 28 places up from rank 47 33 out of 100
20 NixOS Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce ▲ 28 places up from rank 48 33 out of 100
21 Tails Debian-based GNOME ▲ 29 places up from rank 50 33 out of 100
22 Antergos NeXT Arch-based KDE PlasmaCinnamonXfce ▼ 8 places down from rank 14 30 out of 100
23 deepin Debian-based Deepindesktop ▲ 47 places up from rank 70 30 out of 100
24 EndeavourOS Arch-based XfceMATECinnamon ▼ 14 places down from rank 10 30 out of 100
25 Endless OS Debian-based GNOME ▲ 47 places up from rank 72 30 out of 100
26 PCLinuxOS Independent XfceKDE PlasmaMATE ▲ 30 places up from rank 56 30 out of 100
27 Chakra Linux Independent KDE Plasma ▲ 54 places up from rank 81 28 out of 100
28 Debian Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce ▲ 1 places up from rank 29 28 out of 100
29 KaOS Independent KDE Plasma ▲ 15 places up from rank 44 28 out of 100
30 Lubuntu Ubuntu-based LXDELXQt ▲ 16 places up from rank 46 28 out of 100
31 Pentoo Gentoo-based Xfce ▲ 65 places up from rank 96 28 out of 100
32 Pop!_OS Ubuntu-based GNOME ▲ 55 places up from rank 87 28 out of 100
33 Arch Linux Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaMATE ▲ 35 places up from rank 68 26 out of 100
34 feren OS Linuxmint-based Cinnamon ▲ 39 places up from rank 73 26 out of 100
35 PureOS Debian-based GNOME ▲ 2 places up from rank 37 26 out of 100
36 UbuntuDDE Remix Ubuntu-based Deepindesktop ▲ 54 places up from rank 90 26 out of 100
37 antiX Debian-based IcewmFluxboxJwm ▼ 10 places down from rank 27 23 out of 100
38 ArchLabs Arch-based Openbox ▲ 21 places up from rank 59 23 out of 100
39 Raspberry Pi OS Debian-based Labwc (wayland)Pixel (legacy) ▼ 31 places down from rank 8 23 out of 100
40 Raspbian Debian-based ▼ 28 places down from rank 12 23 out of 100
41 ReactOS Independent Windows 9x inspired desktop ▼ 3 places down from rank 38 23 out of 100
42 RefreshOS Debian-based KDE Plasma ▼ 23 places down from rank 19 23 out of 100
43 Tiny Core Linux Independent ▼ 39 places down from rank 4 23 out of 100
44 Trisquel GNU/Linux Ubuntu-based MATE ▼ 31 places down from rank 13 23 out of 100
45 Ubuntu GNOME Ubuntu-based GNOME ▲ 33 places up from rank 78 23 out of 100
46 Xubuntu Ubuntu-based Xfce ▼ 25 places down from rank 21 23 out of 100
47 ArchBang Arch-based Openboxi3 ▲ 33 places up from rank 80 21 out of 100
48 Kali Linux Debian-based XfceGNOMEKDE Plasma ▼ 25 places down from rank 23 21 out of 100
49 Kubuntu Ubuntu-based KDE Plasma ▲ 44 places up from rank 93 21 out of 100
50 Linux Mint Ubuntu-based MATECinnamonXfce ▲ 12 places up from rank 62 21 out of 100
51 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Independent GNOME ▲ 46 places up from rank 97 21 out of 100
52 Redox OS Independent Optional gui orbital ▼ 34 places down from rank 18 21 out of 100
53 Shark Linux Debian-based MATE ▼ 4 places down from rank 49 21 out of 100
54 Slax Linux Debian-based Fluxbox ▲ 56 places up from rank 110 21 out of 100
55 Sparky Linux Debian-based LXQtMATELXDE ▲ 3 places up from rank 58 21 out of 100
56 SteamOS Arch-based KDE Plasma ▲ 56 places up from rank 112 21 out of 100
57 Zorin OS Ubuntu-based GNOMEXfce ▼ 18 places down from rank 39 21 out of 100
58 ArcoLinux Arch-based XfceOpenboxi3 ▲ 33 places up from rank 91 19 out of 100
59 Devuan GNU+Linux Debian-based Xfce ▲ 33 places up from rank 92 19 out of 100
60 Korora Fedora-based GNOMEKDE PlasmaMATE ▼ 44 places down from rank 16 19 out of 100
61 Linux Lite Ubuntu-based Xfce ▼ 16 places down from rank 45 19 out of 100
62 MX Linux Debian-based XfceKDE PlasmaFluxbox ▲ 1 places up from rank 63 19 out of 100
63 OpenMandriva Independent KDE Plasma ▲ 32 places up from rank 95 19 out of 100
64 Porteus Slackware-based CinnamonMATEKDE Plasma ▲ 12 places up from rank 76 19 out of 100
65 Trident Trueos-based Lumina ▲ 37 places up from rank 102 19 out of 100
66 Ubuntu MATE Ubuntu-based MATE ▲ 42 places up from rank 108 19 out of 100
67 Ultimate Edition Ubuntu-based BudgieGNOMEKDE Plasma ▼ 47 places down from rank 20 19 out of 100
68 CRUX Independent Openbox ▼ 40 places down from rank 28 16 out of 100
69 FreeBSD Independent ▼ 60 places down from rank 9 16 out of 100
70 Mauna Linux Debian-based XfceGNOMEMATE ▼ 15 places down from rank 55 16 out of 100
71 MidnightBSD FreeBSD-based LuminaGNOME ▼ 40 places down from rank 31 16 out of 100
72 Neptune Debian-based KDE Plasma ▼ 8 places down from rank 64 16 out of 100
73 Netrunner Debian-based KDE Plasma ▲ 11 places up from rank 84 16 out of 100
74 Pardus Debian-based XfceGNOME ▲ 30 places up from rank 104 16 out of 100
75 Q4OS Debian-based TrinityKDE Plasma ▼ 10 places down from rank 65 16 out of 100
76 Salix Slackware-based Xfce ▲ 29 places up from rank 105 16 out of 100
77 Solus Linux Independent BudgieXfceGNOME ▼ 44 places down from rank 33 16 out of 100
78 TrueOS FreeBSD-based Lumina ▲ 20 places up from rank 98 16 out of 100
79 Ubuntu Budgie Ubuntu-based Budgie ▼ 13 places down from rank 66 16 out of 100
80 Ubuntu Unity Ubuntu-based Unity ▼ 1 places down from rank 79 16 out of 100
81 Archman Arch-based XfceMATEKDE Plasma ▼ 40 places down from rank 41 14 out of 100
82 Calculate Linux Gentoo-based KDE PlasmaMATEXfce ▼ 22 places down from rank 60 14 out of 100
83 KDE neon Ubuntu-based KDE Plasma ▼ 22 places down from rank 61 14 out of 100
84 Manjaro Linux Arch-based KDE PlasmaXfceMATE ▼ 30 places down from rank 54 14 out of 100
85 Sabayon Linux Gentoo-based KDE PlasmaGNOMEXfce ▲ 3 places up from rank 88 14 out of 100
86 Siduction Debian-based KDE PlasmaXfceLXQt ▲ 20 places up from rank 106 14 out of 100
87 Slackel Slackware-based OpenboxMATE ▼ 62 places down from rank 25 14 out of 100
88 SolydXK Debian-based XfceKDE Plasma ▲ 19 places up from rank 107 14 out of 100
89 Vanilla OS Debian-based GNOME ▼ 22 places down from rank 67 14 out of 100
90 Arya Linux LFS-based MATEXfceGNOME ▼ 55 places down from rank 35 12 out of 100
91 BackBox Linux Ubuntu-based Xfce ▼ 49 places down from rank 42 12 out of 100
92 Linux From Scratch Independent ▼ 18 places down from rank 74 12 out of 100
93 Maui Linux Kdeneon-based KDE Plasma ▼ 76 places down from rank 17 12 out of 100
94 openSUSE Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce ▼ 8 places down from rank 86 12 out of 100
95 Oracle Linux Red Hat-based GNOME ▲ 14 places up from rank 109 12 out of 100
96 Parsix GNU/Linux Debian-based GNOME ▲ 3 places up from rank 99 12 out of 100
97 Peppermint OS Debian-based LXDE ▼ 73 places down from rank 24 12 out of 100
98 Ubuntu Debian-based UnityGNOMECutefish ▼ 21 places down from rank 77 12 out of 100
99 Uruk GNU/Linux Pureos-based MATE ▲ 14 places up from rank 113 12 out of 100
100 Voyager Live Debian-based GNOMEXfce ▲ 3 places up from rank 103 12 out of 100
101 Antergos Arch-based CinnamonGNOMEKDE Plasma ▼ 50 places down from rank 51 9 out of 100
102 Bodhi Linux Ubuntu-based Moksha ▼ 33 places down from rank 69 9 out of 100
103 Elive Linux Debian-based Enlightenment ▼ 20 places down from rank 83 9 out of 100
104 Gnoppix AI Linux Debian-based XfceGNOMEKDE Plasma ▼ 93 places down from rank 11 9 out of 100
105 Mageia Independent GNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce ▼ 75 places down from rank 30 9 out of 100
106 NomadBSD FreeBSD-based Openbox ▼ 21 places down from rank 85 9 out of 100
107 Puppy Linux Independent JwmRoxfiler ▼ 7 places down from rank 100 9 out of 100
108 Rhino Linux Ubuntu-based Unicorn ▼ 7 places down from rank 101 9 out of 100
109 SpiralLinux Debian-based CinnamonXfceGNOME ▲ 2 places up from rank 111 9 out of 100
110 Ubuntu Cinnamon Ubuntu-based Cinnamon ▼ 21 places down from rank 89 9 out of 100
111 DragonFly FreeBSD-based AwesomeCinnamonFluxbox ▼ 29 places down from rank 82 7 out of 100
112 MakuluLinux Debian-based XfceCinnamon ▼ 37 places down from rank 75 7 out of 100
113 NetBSD Independent ▼ 19 places down from rank 94 7 out of 100

Desktop Environments

#1 GNOME Desktop Environment

Latest: GNOME 51

– 100/100

#2 MATE Desktop

Latest: MATE Desktop 1.20

▲ 4 52/100

#3 Pantheon Desktop

Improve your productivity

▲ 8 52/100

Biggest risers

KDE Plasma #17 → #9 ▲ 8 places up from rank 17
Pantheon Desktop #11 → #3 ▲ 8 places up from rank 11
Regolith Desktop #15 → #10 ▲ 5 places up from rank 15

Biggest fallers

Budgie Desktop #2 → #12 ▼ 10 places down from rank 2
LXQt Desktop Environment #8 → #15 ▼ 7 places down from rank 8
helloSystem #12 → #17 ▼ 5 places down from rank 12

1 GNOME Desktop Environment GNOME 51 –No change 100 out of 100
2 MATE Desktop MATE Desktop 1.20 ▲ 4 places up from rank 6 52 out of 100
3 Pantheon Desktop ▲ 8 places up from rank 11 52 out of 100
4 Xfce Xfce 4.20 ▼ 1 places down from rank 3 48 out of 100
5 Cinnamon Desktop Cinnamon 3.4 (Dead Link) ▼ 1 places down from rank 4 44 out of 100
6 Cutefish Desktop ▲ 3 places up from rank 9 36 out of 100
7 Trinity Desktop –No change 36 out of 100
8 Lumina Desktop Lumina Desktop 1.4.0 ▼ 3 places down from rank 5 32 out of 100
9 KDE Plasma Plasma 5.14.4 ▲ 8 places up from rank 17 32 out of 100
10 Regolith Desktop ▲ 5 places up from rank 15 28 out of 100
11 Moksha Desktop ▲ 2 places up from rank 13 24 out of 100
12 Budgie Desktop Budgie Desktop 10.7 ▼ 10 places down from rank 2 20 out of 100
13 Deepin Desktop ▼ 3 places down from rank 10 20 out of 100
14 LXDE –No change 20 out of 100
15 LXQt Desktop Environment LXQt 2.4.0 ▼ 7 places down from rank 8 16 out of 100
16 Enlightenment –No change 12 out of 100
17 helloSystem ▼ 5 places down from rank 12 12 out of 100

Rankings archive

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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 June 2026. “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.