{"id":74867,"date":"2019-01-11T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/11\/top-5-linux-distributions-for-productivity\/"},"modified":"2019-01-11T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:35:47","slug":"top-5-linux-distributions-for-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/11\/top-5-linux-distributions-for-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Linux Distributions for Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have to confess, this particular topic is a tough one to address. Why? First off, Linux is a productive operating system by design. Thanks to an incredibly reliable and stable platform, getting work done is easy. Second, to gauge effectiveness, you have to consider what type of work you need a productivity boost for. General office work? Development? School? Data mining? Human resources? You see how this question can get somewhat complicated.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean, however, that some distributions aren\u2019t able to do a better job of configuring and presenting that underlying operating system into an efficient platform for getting work done. Quite the contrary. Some distributions do a much better job of \u201cgetting out of the way,\u201d so you don\u2019t find yourself in a work-related hole, having to dig yourself out and catch up before the end of day. These distributions help strip away the complexity that can be found in Linux, thereby making your workflow painless.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at the distros I consider to be your best bet for productivity. To help make sense of this, I\u2019ve divided them into categories of productivity. That task itself was challenging, because everyone\u2019s productivity varies. For the purposes of this list, however, I\u2019ll look at:<\/p>\n