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Data span:
Rank	Distribution	HPD*
1	CachyOS	4421
2	Mint	2622
3	MX Linux	2184
4	Debian	1550
5	Pop!_OS	1449
6	Zorin	1360
7	EndeavourOS	1308
8	Manjaro	1139
9	Fedora	1097
10	Ubuntu	1044
11	AnduinOS	1003
12	openSUSE	770
13	Nobara	695
14	Bazzite	664
15	Arch	614
16	elementary	578
17	Bluestar	573
18	NixOS	564
19	antiX	553
20	BigLinux	544
21	Q4OS	523
22	KDE neon	522
23	MiniOS	520
24	PikaOS	515
25	Garuda	463
26	FreeBSD	418
27	AerynOS	415
28	Omarchy	411
29	Puppy	408
30	Kali	397
31	TUXEDO	397
32	SparkyLinux	394
33	Alpine	361
34	PCLinuxOS	349
35	Voyager	344
36	Tails	335
37	CentOS	333
38	Exton	329
39	Devuan	328
40	Linuxfx	325
41	AlmaLinux	323
42	Kubuntu	323
43	Void	313
44	Solus	307
45	KDE Linux	306
46	ZimaOS	306
47	Lite	304
48	EasyOS	296
49	Artix	295
50	Parrot	287
51	FydeOS	276
52	FunOS	252
53	Gentoo	248
54	Peppermint	247
55	MocaccinoOS	241
56	HackerOS	239
57	Mageia	237
58	Besgnulinux	233
59	AV Linux	230
60	Slackware	230
61	Lubuntu	229
62	MODICIA	226
63	ArchBANG	225
64	ALT	224
65	MagOS	220
66	Tiny Core	220
67	Kodachi	216
68	SmartOS	215
69	Rocky	214
70	DragonOS	212
71	blendOS	210
72	Xubuntu	209
73	GNOME OS	208
74	GhostBSD	207
75	Commodore	206
76	Ultramarine	204
77	Red Hat	202
78	Ultimate	201
79	Gnoppix	196
80	Qubes	190
81	PorteuX	189
82	Talos	189
83	OpenMandriva	187
84	VailuxOS	187
85	Archcraft	186
86	Bodhi	186
87	Aurora	180
88	Nitrux	179
89	KaOS	176
90	deepin	173
91	ChromeOS	170
92	ReactOS	164
93	Vanilla	161
94	OpenBSD	160
95	AxOS	159
96	Calculate	159
97	Ubuntu Studio	159
98	MakuluLinux	156
99	TrueNAS	155
100	Mabox	152

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