Matching an operating system to your base hardware platform
The calculated selection of the Linux distribution to best fit your hardware platform can be compared to the pairing of a fine wine with your gourmet chef-prepared meal. My hope for the outcome here is that your team can take into consideration all relevant factors, along with the findings of your own research, and finally, be able to come to a general design consensus.
This selection process can be quite tedious if you plan to leverage Intel or AMD x86_64-type processors, as virtually all present Linux distributions’ primary platform is such. It’s been this way from the beginning when Linux itself arose as the x86 inexpensive alternative to large expensive RISC systems that run very expensive and proprietary Unix distributions. In 2024, there are at least a hundred distributions of Linux geared toward the x86_64 platform. Most are obscure forks of mainstream distributions. I’d say it’s pretty...
