I figured out early on into the test that what I currently use is what I'm going to end up with
w00t for SuSE
and in defense of BSDs I've actually found them to be as easy to install for the first timer as any linux distro. if you're gonna hose your partitions it doesn't matter what OS you're trying to install. :unsure:
I got Gentoo and Slackware which is awesome. I also use Debian and Fedora though. How is yellowdog and arch linux? I keep saying I'm going to try them, but haven't done it yet. I also like the BSD's though, and lately been playing with OpenSolaris a lot. I like it too.
Mandriva ( http://www.mandrivalinux.org/ )
Mandriva Linux, formerly known as Mandrake Linux, is a friendly Linux Operating System which specializes in ease-of-use for both servers and the home/office. It is freely available in many languages throughout the world.
MEPIS ( http://www.mepis.org/ )
MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more.
PCLinuxOS ( http://www.pclinuxos.com/ )
PCLinuxOS is an English only self-booting live cd that runs entirely from a bootable CD without installing anything on your computer. Data on the CD is uncompressed on the fly allowing up to 2 GB of programs on one CD including a complete Xserver, KDE 3.3.2 Desktop, Open Office 1.1.4, Thunderbird 1.0, Firefox 1.0, p2p filesharing and much more, all preconfigured and ready to use! In addition to the livecd mode, you can also install PCLinuxOS to your hard drive using our easy to use livecd installer, assuming you like PCLinuxOS and it runs well on your computer.
Fedora ( http://fedora.redhat.com/ )
The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software.
It succeeded Ubuntu (also Kubuntu, too ;)) and Mandriva for me, but now I am using Auditor installed at my hd, and writing this post with Auditor, also the test didn't find the matching linux distribution for me.
"The wisest one is the one who knows himself/herself." Quote of the life
belgther... aka... belgther
I currently run both Ubuntu and IPCop... However there are two other distros which have caught my interest: Debian and Gentoo. Infact I am fairly bored so I'm going to download gentoo and try it out for my self right now! I am interested to see if because it optimizes binaries for my hardware, the difference in speed is actually *noticeable*. From what i've heard it's going to be a long, long install...
A quick question:
How do Debian and Gentoo manage their packages? I luv the apt-get/dpkg facility that Ubuntu has. In my mind this is a great feature.
@mr-rodgers : debian as ubuntu use the apt program.
@Vhaerun : Whoppix doesn't exist anymore. His name is WHAX. This is a pen-test distribution live cd based on SLAX (the live cd of Slackware). The current version is 3.0, i think. It's very usefull distributions which many many tools ;)
@rlastinger: I've recently switched from fedora core to arch linux and I don't regret it :) I especially like it's package sistem: pacman(similar to portage). It is about 5-10 times faster than yum was(I don't know if this value is universally true but on my pc it is) and it's not hogging my resources.
That article is from 1996 :blink: How can it help someone choose a distro 11 years later?
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That article is from 1996 :blink: How can it help someone choose a distro 11 years later?
He is trying to be slick and edited his post
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma � which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
~Steve Jobs
Jeremy aka w00dy aka foadah
I swear I just got that (1996) linux journal article in my email from a newsletter, what r they doing sending out such old articles in their newsletter? lol. Hopefully the new links make up for it.. I especially like the timeline and osvids.
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