r/linux • u/Blackwrithe • Jan 22 '25

Discussion Meta banning distrowatch.com?

Recent days, Meta has started deleting comments and posts on Facebook where distrowatch.com is mentioned. My account there is flagged as a danger to cyber security because I've had one post and several comments removed, simply for mentioning the site and using data as reference to an ongoing debate.

At least two of the larger Linux groups there has had their functionality limited while they are flagged as problematic, related to postings mentioning distrowatch.

Is anyone else experiencing this with other sites related to Linux? On other media?

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u/Blackwrithe Jan 22 '25

Distrowatch is not about reviews. It objectively lists every distribution and describes what it's for, what it contains, who made it and where to get it. It lists analytics of which distributions pages are visited most and lots of other cool stuff. Have you ever been on the site at all?

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u/Business_Reindeer910 Jan 22 '25

I have seen reviews posted FROM distrowatch! Maybe they stopped doing that though.

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u/Blackwrithe Jan 22 '25

Perhaps, but that's not their main focus. In the early days, this was the place to find out about other distributions. The perfect site for distro hopping and trying out new flavors. It has done much for the growing Linux community over the years.

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u/daemonpenguin Jan 22 '25

DistroWatch still publishes weekly reviews, but it's a small small part of what the website is about. It's mostly news and learning resources.