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Sorry, I could have expressed myself more clearly. All I meant to say is, based on this website, you don't see them recommending ANY type of Linux distro, but they recommend Fedora at the top of the page and Arch.

It's not that they are against other Linux distros, but then they share their reasons for recommending those 2 specifically