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  1. 1. Which is the best and why?

    • Ubuntu Linux
      404
    • Mandriva Linux
      24
    • Fedora Core
      61
    • SUSE LINUX
      132
    • Debian GNU/Linux
      62
    • Gentoo Linux
      124
    • Slackware Linux
      43
    • Knoppix
      5
    • MEPIS Linux
      6
    • Xandros Desktop
      4
    • FreeBSD
      28
    • Other
      67

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bliss
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if you relly wanna lern how linux works (and i mean if you havn't heared of it before) gentoo is the best, but you also have to read a lot. but the documentation is very very good.

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McMuffin
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FreeBSD or Slack for me... Secure, stable and structured. I'm running Slack current at my server for quite some time, never had any problems, ok, it might take some time to configure but when you done with it it's just works. Same about FreeBSD. And both can make a decent desktop, if you have time to tune things a bit, but I think it worth it ;)

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solaar
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I reckon 'the best' for making music and multimedia is Agnula.

It's got the whole available range of audio and video editing apps out of the box without having to fiddle with obscure abbreviations and dependencies and console commands from 1978. Pain in the arse to install properly but once it's up it makes you keep going all night (if you're into making music or cutting video).

 

Then it's probably lacking all this fancy server stuff, don't know...

 

Mandriva seems to pack a whole load of junk but I reckon it does office and stand-alone admin tasks really well and painlessly.

 

Whichever distro it is make sure you get a proper kernel that supports your hardware up front. I still haven't figured out how to get my Lifeview TV card to work. Recompiling the kernel has always been a guaranteed disaster for me.

 

:)

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dave87
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First excuse my bad english, it's not my native language. But i'll try my best.

 

Back to topic ;):

I like gentoo, because with gentoo you learn very much about linux. How it's working, some bash commands, how to configure programms without a configuration-program, only with config files. And i know whats going on @ my pc, and can control what should run, what not, and how, without opening many systemconfig programms.

But sometimes the long compiling times are not nice, or when you had after a bigger update many config files to update. :(

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johnniecarcinogen
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I I tried PCLinuxOS (.93a junior) and was pleasantly surprised. The live cd installer was very fast and offered more options than ubuntu's (like where to install the boot loader and which one). Also it included ndiswrapper which was easy very to get working (just installed the .inf and did a 'modprobe ndiswrapper'). If you have a wireless card in Ubuntu that needs ndiswrapper you have to first connect to the internet some other way and then install it and hope that you can get it working. Ndiswrapper is notorious for not always working on Ubuntu. PCLinuxOS is KDE-debian based and it looks good by default. I didn't have to add any repos to find what I wanted either, just fired up synaptic and found what I wanted. The default desktop:

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FriedCPU
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I have to say Ubuntu, i have used many distros and its the best for me, fast, simple for the n00bs, but good enough for experienced users, powerful package manager, never had any problems with it :)

 

for my servers, i always use archlinux, fast, secure, simple.

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RobNyc
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I need free time in my life and be able to just get things done .

 

Ubuntu !! nothing else anymore

TOo Many Linux Distro{censored}s =]

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seleven
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I voted for other.

 

Well, it's not a distro in the traditional sense.

 

No packages, no fancy easy-way-out auto-download-and-compile like one has with Gentoo.

 

If someone really want's to learn how a Linux system is built, from the ground up, one wants to use the Linux system I'm thinking of.

 

And what is this other system I refer to?

 

The Linux From Scratch (LFS) Project

 

As far as learning a Linux system inside and out, there isn't anything else out there right now that can touch it, including Gentoo. :D

 

I've got three systems running this project (filesystem, MythTV machine, and my laptop) and wow, it's been a real learning experience.

 

And yes, I tried Gentoo. IMO, it's initscript layout, among a few other things, too screwy. :P

 

(For the record, I cut my Linux teeth on Slackware, go Patrick! :D)

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39thRonin
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I've used just about every Linux distro on that list (and even the BSD one ;-)), but I have to say that when I want to get a distro installed quickly I always go with Ubuntu. Really nice setup (try the alternate cd is you want more control and flexibility), great drivers (threw the 6.10 Edgy Eft release on a stock Dell laptop and got EVERYTHING - including battery meter, etc. right out of the box), and I really like apt-get/synaptic for keeping things up to date.

 

I just brought up an old PIII Sony that I had laying around with the server version of Ubuntu and I am blown away by the usefullness of that old box - I never see more than 10-20% CPU uilization (on a box with Apache2, MySQL 5, PHP 5, & Zenoss monitoring). I tried to use RedHat on the same box and it was a total pig.

 

So, I guess you could say I'm a real fan. Cool forums for support too...

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Luisef
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I have to say Ubuntu also, i have used a couple of distros like Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE interface) Gentoo, Fedora and even Trisquel!! and Ubuntu its far my best choice, with tools like Synaptic the apt-get that made also a great choice for newbies as FriedCPU says and good enough for advenced users, I`ve not complains so far with it... Linux for human beings…Great choice!

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MadDoggyca
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PC-BSD / Desktop BSD (DUH OSX 10.4.8 Darwin Unix)

 

maybe DragoFly and Free BSD / Solaris Unix but getting a GUI on it a pain in my ass....as wel as non windows linux unix os but sure seem liek it OS's (MenuetOS / SkyOs)

 

Unix Desktop Style

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DesktopBSD aims at being a stable and powerful operating system for desktop users

http://www.desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=31

 

With its open-source core based on FreeBSD 5.0 and the Mach 3.0 microkernel,

http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html

 

PC-BSD - Personal Computing, served up BSD Style!

http://www.pcbsd.org/?p=download13#CD1

 

NOTE: OSX is the best Unix core OS to date and if you have a mac you ether boughta copy it it cam with it... TO OSX X86 to PC visit http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?opti...ge&Itemid=1 Fourms... and torrent for a OSX X86 disc to install

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Unix Geek Style

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FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system

http://www.freebsd.org/

 

Fork of FreeBSD 4.11, focus: scalability, robustness, and debuggability in several broad system traits

www.dragonflybsd.org

 

Download Solaris 10, the most advanced operating system on the planet (witch is a ie OSX is but meh)

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

 

NOTE: The Sun Java Desktop System is a secure and comprehensive enterprise desktop software solution that combines the best of open source innovation with significant contributions from Sun. Java Desktop System is a major component of the Solaris 10 Operating System,L

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Non Unix/Linux but sure looks like OS'S

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MenuetOS is an Operating System in development for the PC written entirely in 32/64bit assembly language

http://www.menuetos.net/index.htm

 

SkyOS | See the light, break free

http://www.skyos.org/

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I will never touch a Linux kernal that almost a rip off of the Stable UNix kernal... and we all know Unix cam before Linux...

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RobNyc
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PC-BSD / Desktop BSD (DUH OSX 10.4.8 Darwin Unix)

 

maybe DragoFly and Free BSD / Solaris Unix but getting a GUI on it a pain in my ass....as wel as non windows linux unix os but sure seem liek it OS's (MenuetOS / SkyOs)

 

Unix Desktop Style

-----------------------

DesktopBSD aims at being a stable and powerful operating system for desktop users

http://www.desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=31

 

With its open-source core based on FreeBSD 5.0 and the Mach 3.0 microkernel,

http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html

 

PC-BSD - Personal Computing, served up BSD Style!

http://www.pcbsd.org/?p=download13#CD1

 

NOTE: OSX is the best Unix core OS to date and if you have a mac you ether boughta copy it it cam with it... TO OSX X86 to PC visit http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?opti...ge&Itemid=1 Fourms... and torrent for a OSX X86 disc to install

-----------------

 

Unix Geek Style

--------

FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system

http://www.freebsd.org/

 

Fork of FreeBSD 4.11, focus: scalability, robustness, and debuggability in several broad system traits

www.dragonflybsd.org

 

Download Solaris 10, the most advanced operating system on the planet (witch is a ie OSX is but meh)

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

 

NOTE: The Sun Java Desktop System is a secure and comprehensive enterprise desktop software solution that combines the best of open source innovation with significant contributions from Sun. Java Desktop System is a major component of the Solaris 10 Operating System,L

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Non Unix/Linux but sure looks like OS'S

----------------------

MenuetOS is an Operating System in development for the PC written entirely in 32/64bit assembly language

http://www.menuetos.net/index.htm

 

SkyOS | See the light, break free

http://www.skyos.org/

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I will never touch a Linux kernal that almost a rip off of the Stable UNix kernal... and we all know Unix cam before Linux...

 

But all those are good OS for business and work none as good for Home users are OSX and WIndows is

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