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Most Popular Linux Distributions – October 2026

In October 2026, Starbuntu was the most-viewed operating system on OpenSourceFeed, ahead of SteamOS and KITE GNU/Linux. GNOME Desktop Environment led the desktop environments. The biggest climber in the top 50 was Solus Linux, up from #80 to #12.

Oct 1, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 · compared with September 2026

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Operating Systems

#1 Starbuntu

Ubuntu-based

▲ 1 100/100

#2 SteamOS

Arch-based

Latest: SteamOS 3.8.10

▼ 1 94/100

#3 KITE GNU/Linux

Ubuntu-based

▲ 6 91/100

Biggest risers

Solus Linux #80 → #12 ▲ 68 places up from rank 80
Mauna Linux #76 → #20 ▲ 56 places up from rank 76
Salix #94 → #39 ▲ 55 places up from rank 94

Biggest fallers

ROSA Linux #4 → #48 ▼ 44 places down from rank 4
Pentoo #7 → #37 ▼ 30 places down from rank 7
deepin #6 → #33 ▼ 27 places down from rank 6

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

Desktop Environments

#1 GNOME Desktop Environment

Latest: GNOME 51

– 100/100

#2 Cinnamon Desktop

Latest: Cinnamon 3.4 (Dead Link)

▲ 7 39/100

#3 Cutefish Desktop

Desktop like macOS

– 34/100

Biggest risers

helloSystem #14 → #4 ▲ 10 places up from rank 14
Cinnamon Desktop #9 → #2 ▲ 7 places up from rank 9
LXDE #16 → #10 ▲ 6 places up from rank 16

Biggest fallers

Lumina Desktop #6 → #16 ▼ 10 places down from rank 6
MATE Desktop #5 → #13 ▼ 8 places down from rank 5
KDE Plasma #7 → #12 ▼ 5 places down from rank 7

1 GNOME Desktop Environment GNOME 51 –No change 100 out of 100
2 Cinnamon Desktop Cinnamon 3.4 (Dead Link) ▲ 7 places up from rank 9 39 out of 100
3 Cutefish Desktop –No change 34 out of 100
4 helloSystem ▲ 10 places up from rank 14 31 out of 100
5 Xfce Xfce 4.20 ▼ 3 places down from rank 2 31 out of 100
6 LXQt Desktop Environment LXQt 2.4.0 ▼ 2 places down from rank 4 30 out of 100
7 Trinity Desktop ▲ 4 places up from rank 11 21 out of 100
8 Pantheon Desktop ▲ 4 places up from rank 12 20 out of 100
9 Budgie Desktop Budgie Desktop 10.7 ▼ 1 places down from rank 8 18 out of 100
10 LXDE ▲ 6 places up from rank 16 18 out of 100
11 Enlightenment ▼ 1 places down from rank 10 15 out of 100
12 KDE Plasma Plasma 5.14.4 ▼ 5 places down from rank 7 15 out of 100
13 MATE Desktop MATE Desktop 1.20 ▼ 8 places down from rank 5 11 out of 100
14 Deepin Desktop ▲ 1 places up from rank 15 10 out of 100
15 Regolith Desktop ▼ 2 places down from rank 13 8 out of 100
16 Lumina Desktop Lumina Desktop 1.4.0 ▼ 10 places down from rank 6 7 out of 100
17 Moksha Desktop –No change 7 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 September 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.