sm00nie
Mar 21 2006, 07:26 PM
| | I've just recently tried linux and I must say I"m really impressed with the new KDE and Gnome environments, as well as the shere number of OSS available. I'm really excited about devling deeper into this more stable and efficient OS; This coming from a windows user since it's dawn.
I've started with Gentoo 2006.0 to get my feet wet, and I'm planning to grab the new Fedora Core 5 when I get a chance (as well as more cd's/dvd's) - it was recommended to me.
Anyways, what linux flavor do you prefer and why ?
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tt3
Mar 21 2006, 07:34 PM
I've got a copy of Suse lying around, but I've never used it.
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xJedix
Mar 21 2006, 10:13 PM
i've used a cd-boot version of linux called knoppix.... It is a nice cd-boot version of linux. Comes in handy for using on school computers or just a different os then windows. I am going to be getting fedora soon, I've heard that it is very good. My friend uses it and likes it a lot. I would probably recommend it, but its whatever you like the most.
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tvaughn05
Mar 22 2006, 02:35 AM
I've heard a lot of things about Knoppix, both good and bad. Do you have any networking or anything, cause' everytime I try to use Linux, I can't get my networking running... I use Fedora usually, its nice, comes with lots of games :-).
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amhso
Mar 22 2006, 04:33 AM
I use slackware. it's very versatile while being not newb unfriendly. I don't like redhat/fedora. their updating and whatnot always screws up.
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SqlByte
Mar 22 2006, 05:22 PM
Im using Slackware, yes some of you might say that im mazohist... but im not, i realy like to do things the most simple way there is but. Slackware is not realy user frieandly type of distro, he isint friendly at all, but he is much better then many other linux distro in many ways. If you learn Red Hat or SuSe... you learned red hat or suse, but if you learn how to use Slackware, your mastered the linux  If you have trouble finding the right distro for you... maybe Live linux distro chooser will help ya. Linux Distribution ChooserLinux Distribution Chooser 2Linux Distribution Chooser 3If you run the linux for the first time, i suggest you to use some live cd linux distros like Knoppix he is the most popular, but you have others on www.damnsmalllinux.org/ you can find some basic mini linux's, that you can put on your USB drive and run em that way, some of them are like 30-40mb  If you tryed live cd but you wont more, then i suggest you to start with SuSe the newest version you can find, or with Ubuntu. You can order ubuntu for free, they even pay your post on https://shipit.ubuntu.comI ordered and it came to me like 1monts after but i live in Serbia Im not big fan of Ubuntu becouse its not so complex and it uses Gnome gui, but his "brother" Kubuntu uses KDE grafical envoriament.
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kdr_98
Jun 4 2006, 07:35 PM
I use often Knoppix from (live-CD / DVD), but i'm still searching a distribution for installation on my hard drive. Since they work with older hardware as well I'll try it with an older Comp. For making a firewall/router I've used IPCOP (small and works fine). With knoppix I'm using the KDE So I'm seaching for a distribution were I can select the KDE desktop. Maybe I'll try Kubuntu.
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elrohir
Jun 4 2006, 08:44 PM
installing Ubuntu next Monday, if all goes well - theres some crap with the wirless that messes up all the time. A little noob like me can't set up an ndiswrapper, so I'm getting a friend to take a peek at it. "Thats what friends are for..."  I though Ubuntu worked with KDE? Kubuntu, which is a subsection of Ubuntu, does, so I would expect Ubuntu itself to use KDE... Oh well, I'll find out next Monday
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Magic1492
Jun 4 2006, 09:42 PM
I love SuSE10.1. It is extremely easy to network and to add a printer, I got a samba server running in around 15 minutes with no previous experience. I used to use Mandrake and Debian, but they didn't have what I was looking for.
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odomike
Jun 16 2006, 12:50 AM
Right now, I have Mandrake Linux running in my system. Tried Redhat but, didnt like it that much. Prefered Mandrake. Will be installing ubuntu, kubuntu and PCLinux too. Doesnt mean I am going to remove my Mandrake. It will still be but I will add the new ones and have multi-boot options during system start-up. I am using Acronis OS Selector and it detects all the Operating Systems intalled on my Computer. It lists them immediately after the post screen and leaves you to seleect which one to boot from.
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wwilliams
Oct 11 2008, 11:31 PM
Ubuntu all the way... best community, very stable, and excellent hardware support i use Ubuntu desktop and server
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Cat5e
Oct 10 2008, 09:30 PM
My linux distro is Ubuntu. In fact I'm using it right now. I picked it because I asked on a forum what the best linux distro is, and Ubuntu was recommended to me. I'm loving this open souce, secure, fast, reliable, goodness! I was given an 8 year old laptop for free, and Ubuntu makes it very usable for daily use. I love it.
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Diffusr
Oct 8 2008, 01:21 PM
QUOTE(elrohir @ Jun 4 2006, 09:44 PM)  installing Ubuntu next Monday, if all goes well - theres some crap with the wirless that messes up all the time. A little noob like me can't set up an ndiswrapper, so I'm getting a friend to take a peek at it. "Thats what friends are for..." I though Ubuntu worked with KDE? Kubuntu, which is a subsection of Ubuntu, does, so I would expect Ubuntu itself to use KDE... Oh well, I'll find out next Monday I've been using Ubuntu since Hoary Hedgehog and it just gets better and better. With enough research and patience, any quirk can be overcome. I am mightily impressed with linux in general. I have to pinch myself every time I remember that it's FREE!
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Darkelve
Oct 8 2008, 10:19 AM
I'm using OpenSUSE 11.0 right now... although I started out with Mandrake (now: Mandriva). For the non-adventurous I suggest sticking to KDE 3.5.9 though and avoid KDE4 until OpenSUSE 11.1 comes out, should be much better in that regard. It's great: I just installed my first LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySql/Php) environment and manager to install Modx CMS on it... perhaps I should make a tutorial sometime... overall it was easy but there were a few tricky things to it...
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retypepassword
Sep 29 2008, 12:26 AM
I use Slackware. It was intimidating at first, so I used Knoppix for half a year, Debian for two years, Fedora for some time, and Gentoo for a year before finally looking at Slackware again and deciding that it was time to try it out. Amusingly, I've gotten a lot worse at using Windows after having used Linux for five years; in fact, Windows now feels foreign to me.
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