Some voted to close Desktop Linux distribution with the latest GNOME 3? with the following reason:
This question appears to be off-topic because it is about a Linux distribution and not about software
I'm pretty sure Linux distributions are software :)
Indeed, a Linux distribution is software.
“This question appears to be off-topic because it is about a Linux distribution and not about software” doesn't make sense.
This question is very opinion-based (“good community support” is not an objective criterion, and “excellent support” is inviting debate). But it is definitely not off-topic.
Let me stress however that on-topic does not imply good. In my experience, questions asking for a Linux distribution tend to be underspecified. You can run almost any Linux application on almost any Linux distribution (in a given category, i.e. general-purpose or appliance). If you ask about a Linux distribution, make sure to explain why it makes a difference, why you can't just take any of the major distributions and install whatever software you need.
Is this OS question on-topic?
Major requirements are about the ability of running some software (OP just need to have a look on editor's download page to see if Linux is supported), and as Gille writes:
You can run almost any Linux application on almost any Linux distribution
I'm gonna pitch in with this site is intended for single-use applications, such as Microsoft Word is designed for editing documents, it is not designed for editing photographs or movies. In the same vein, a developer oriented gui merge tool does not create CD-Rom images.
In this sense, a Linux distro is actively a thing of research and passion, as well as platform alignment, but it is in no sense a single-use application. Indeed, the mere fact that there are many ways to configure a given distro (think Ubuntu vs Kubuntu) and still retain the core commonality should be evidence that this will be a tricky question to answer.
I vote that it is not appropriate for this site, as that is too wide ranging.
