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This one is for you Linux aficionados
Which is the best version of Linux and why?
I admit to being interested in Linux, been experimenting with it for about 10 years buying (yes buying) my first copy (SuSE Linux 7 DVD) at a computer expo about 7 years ago. Maybe it was just my first one but that experience remained with me, I used that copy (as my main system) for about 6 months before going back to Windows and I always install the latest version of SuSE when a new version comes out, I think I loved it coz it had YaST which (amongst other things) allowed the easy install of software without descending into "dependency hell". I also loved KDE (which I know some Linux people frown on) ... KDE 4 is better still IMO.
Since then I have experimented with several versions, all the main distro's and many minor:
OpenSUSE: 9/10 Far & away the slickest version of Linux IMO , recent releases have been a bit buggy.
KNOPPIX: 8/10 The best Live CD
Parted Magic: 8/10 Excellent tool for expanding hard drive partitions.
Evil Entity: 8/10 Super slick gothic distro, unfortunately discontinued (8/10 for style alone)
Openfiler: 8/10 This is likely the distro I will use to create my NAS.
Yoper: 7/10 Interesting distro at least up to version 2.0
Damn Small: 7/10 Useful when giving low spec PC's away on FreeCycle.
FreeNAS: 7/10 Moving over to ESXi and may use this on my old server to create a TB (will probably use Openfiler though).
GParted: 7/10 Excellent tool for expanding hard drive partitions.
Morphix: 7/10 For a while my favourite distro outside of SuSE.
Vector: 6/10 Works, easy config but never really got fired up.
Kubuntu: 6/10 Works but hard to get enthusiastic about.
School: 6/10 Can't find reference to this anywhere but it was rather good.
Mandriva: 5/10 Competent but somehow never interested me.
Ubuntu: 5/10 Works fine but never really "got it"
Gentoo: 4/10 Never been able to get this to work outside of a Live CD.
Debian: 3/10 Never could get the bloody thing to work OK.
Slackware: 3/10 Complicated or what?
Fedora: 2/10 Dunno why but I always had an irrational hatred of this one.
Xandros: 2/10 Tried it, went, "Oh!" and then id something else.
Red Hat: 1/10 Yawn!!! Bored now!
Freespire: 0/10 Screwed the boot sector of my PC big time.
So which is the best version of Linux for you so far? Maybe we should expand this discussion and make it most stylish, most competent or whatever?
Kyu
This one is for you Linux aficionados
Which is the best version of Linux and why?
I admit to being interested in Linux, been experimenting with it for about 10 years buying (yes buying) my first copy (SuSE Linux 7 DVD) at a computer expo about 7 years ago. Maybe it was just my first one but that experience remained with me, I used that copy (as my main system) for about 6 months before going back to Windows and I always install the latest version of SuSE when a new version comes out, I think I loved it coz it had YaST which (amongst other things) allowed the easy install of software without descending into "dependency hell". I also loved KDE (which I know some Linux people frown on) ... KDE 4 is better still IMO.
Since then I have experimented with several versions, all the main distro's and many minor:
OpenSUSE: 9/10 Far & away the slickest version of Linux IMO , recent releases have been a bit buggy.
KNOPPIX: 8/10 The best Live CD
Parted Magic: 8/10 Excellent tool for expanding hard drive partitions.
Evil Entity: 8/10 Super slick gothic distro, unfortunately discontinued (8/10 for style alone)
Openfiler: 8/10 This is likely the distro I will use to create my NAS.
Yoper: 7/10 Interesting distro at least up to version 2.0
Damn Small: 7/10 Useful when giving low spec PC's away on FreeCycle.
FreeNAS: 7/10 Moving over to ESXi and may use this on my old server to create a TB (will probably use Openfiler though).
GParted: 7/10 Excellent tool for expanding hard drive partitions.
Morphix: 7/10 For a while my favourite distro outside of SuSE.
Vector: 6/10 Works, easy config but never really got fired up.
Kubuntu: 6/10 Works but hard to get enthusiastic about.
School: 6/10 Can't find reference to this anywhere but it was rather good.
Mandriva: 5/10 Competent but somehow never interested me.
Ubuntu: 5/10 Works fine but never really "got it"
Gentoo: 4/10 Never been able to get this to work outside of a Live CD.
Debian: 3/10 Never could get the bloody thing to work OK.
Slackware: 3/10 Complicated or what?
Fedora: 2/10 Dunno why but I always had an irrational hatred of this one.
Xandros: 2/10 Tried it, went, "Oh!" and then id something else.
Red Hat: 1/10 Yawn!!! Bored now!
Freespire: 0/10 Screwed the boot sector of my PC big time.
So which is the best version of Linux for you so far? Maybe we should expand this discussion and make it most stylish, most competent or whatever?
Kyu
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Come over to the dark side, we have cookies!
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