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The Top 10 Linux Desktop Distros of 2017

It has been an engaging year for the Linux and open-source community. For example, Ubuntu ended Unity 8 development as well as their plans towards convergence and switched to using GNOME. Slack OS virtually rewrote its binaries to be Debian-based; Kali Linux became more popular, and Skype finally released a Linux version worth writing home about.

With such an eventful 2017 for most Linux distributions, I imagine many of our (potential) readers are wondering which Linux distributions have been the hottest this year, and probably why.

It is therefore with pleasure that I bring you our list of the Top 10 Linux Desktop Distributions of the year, 2017 in no particular hierarchy.

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