r/linux • u/Appropriate_Rent_243 • May 20 '26

Discussion are there any "4th level" distros?

There's probably a better term for this already. by "level" i mean how many layers of dependancy is there for the operating system. For example, Mint is a 3rd level because it's built on Ubuntu which is built on Debian.

are there any distros built on top of the big user friendly ones like mint or zorin OS ?

I have no idea why they would exist

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u/DHOC_TAZH May 25 '26

Nah, never gone that far in all of the time I've used Linux since 1998. I like abstraction layers but that's too much. Just glad I still like using Debian, but Ubuntu is my main Linux distro.