Recommended by whom?

Recommended by João Carrasqueira, a "Lead Windows Editor" at XDA[1], who "has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem".

Clearly an expert on Linux distros, as you can see.

[1] https://www.xda-developers.com/author/joao-xda/

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grim_io 4 hours ago | parent [-]

XDA is a normie consumer site, beware conflating consumer with professional recommendations.

	▲	red-iron-pine 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		XDA has the hackerist of hackers uploading random android ROMs a whole freakin lot of mobile code is essentially just a couple random dudes on XDA making something work. definitely not 'normie'