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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: solemnwarning on 2 February 2005, 01:58
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What is every1's fav distro?
mine is fedora
http://www.hope2work.net/distro.htm
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Slackware.
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obviously, BeOS.
If you dont know that I like BeOS, then go to heck.
Mr X
BeOS isn't a Linux Distro. -skyman8081
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Slackware.
Slackware. QED. :D
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Debian, because apt-get is superior to RPM hell.
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obviously, BeOS.
If you dont know that I like BeOS, then go to heck.
Mr X
BeOS is not a UNIX variant MrX. I think that is is the question solemnwarning was asking.
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the question is not what your favourite linux distro, if you read the original post it simply asks what 'every1's fav distro' is...
although i think the redundant attempt to provoke annoyance in Mr X's post was puerile, unnecessary and, sadly, it also worked.
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the question is not what your favourite linux distro, if you read the original post it simply asks what 'every1's fav distro' is...
although i think the redundant attempt to provoke annoyance in Mr X's post was puerile, unnecessary and, sadly, it also worked.
Correct, it doesn't, but this is the *nix forum and i'd like to think people can join the dots. Are you aware that BeOS isn't a *nix OS?
By your reasoning this thread could be full of people spouting off about Windows XP x64 beta, because that is a 'distribution' of an operating system...
I think you're just being obtuse and you are evidently the only person annoyed by IMHO an innocuous post.
PS. I have edited my original post so it is clear in it's broadest sense.
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knoppix...since it's the only thing that installs on my other box.
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My favourite distro:
(http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/shared/phearSW.gif) (http://www.slackware.com/)
Highly customizable, no bloat and faster than Fedora :)
I run it on my personal computer and my router (well, before the hard disk broke down anyway...).
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oh yes, its quite obvious slackware is by far superior to any other (except maybe OpenBSD)
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the question is not what your favourite linux distro, if you read the original post it simply asks what 'every1's fav distro' is...
although i think the redundant attempt to provoke annoyance in Mr X's post was puerile, unnecessary and, sadly, it also worked.
Come on Calum I don't think Mr X was trying to annoy anyone, he probably just got carried away with promoting BeOS.
knoppix...since it's the only thing that installs on my other box.
I curently use Vector Linux and it's fast, stable and easy to use but hard to customise. I've tried knoppix and it looks good, It hav a nice and easy to use interface and it's easy to customise and it's bloat free too, it's not the easyest to install on your hard disk though.
My favourite distro:
(http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/shared/phearSW.gif) (http://www.slackware.com/)
Highly customizable, no bloat and faster than Fedora :)
I run it on my personal computer and my router (well, before the hard disk broke down anyway...).
Even Windows XP is faster than Fedora!
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I use gentoo.
upgrading is as easy as:
emerge -u world
and for the recond, I dual boot XP, which runs at a very fast pace, a speed that is comparable to my gentoo box,
Certainly faster than KDE or GNOME will ever be.
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XFce forever! \o/
As for the big slow two...Gnome is still a bit faster than KDE, and I hear Gnome has some plans to speed the thing up.
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XFce forever! \o/
As for the big slow two...Gnome is still a bit faster than KDE, and I hear Gnome has some plans to speed the thing up.
I like XFce too, contrary to popular belief it's not just a simple window manager it's a proper desktop too.
I've found Gnome faster than KDE too, this is probably even more the case on machines with less memory. KDE tends to do more things with one program this abandoning the traditional UNIX way of using different modules for different tasks. For example to open a zipped file Gnome will launch a separate File Roller program and KDE will use some internal preloaded code. I suppose if you have 1GB of RAM KDE might be faster than Gnome though.
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has anyone else tried evil entity.... i found it to be an extremely entertaining distro.... http://undeadlinux.org
i mean... how could you not love it... just read their mission statement:
Many say "MS Windows has won and the Linux Desktop is dead!".
Now the Linux Desktop is UNDEAD and it has risen from its crypt in search of virgin blood. Mortal operating systems will cower before the beast that has been unleashed upon them.
Dismiss the weak and inferior, embrace the darkness and possess your box with EvilEntity!
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Mandrake.
It was the first distro to sucessfully install on my PC, and its stayed there ever since, lol.
I have tried a few others with VMware, for fun.
I may install Slackware in the near future.
The only reason I didn't rush into it was because it has a steep learning curve - or so im told lol.
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Mandrake.
It was the first distro to sucessfully install on my PC, and its stayed there ever since, lol.
I have tried a few others with VMware, for fun.
I may install Slackware in the near future.
The only reason I didn't rush into it was because it has a steep learning curve - or so im told lol.
Yuo should try gentoo, it is way faster and better compared to Mandrake.
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Yuo should try gentoo, it is way faster and better compared to Mandrake.
Is it as easy to use though?
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Is it as easy to use though?
Not really.
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Everywhere i go someone is going on about how good Slackware is, so i really have my mind set on trying that next.
One of my good friends is compiling his kernel atm, for Gentoo - so i'll see how it runs when/if he's done :)
I get bored in the daytime, so you never know - I could be on gentoo or slack tomorrow :P
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OK You all have persuaded me. lol.
Im burning Slack 10.1 DVD ISO atm.
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Debian, because apt-get is superior to RPM hell.
Fedora: Because apt-get/synaptic is the best way to manage software packages.
Although Fedora is by default a bit slower than other linux distros, there is something about it that has me always coming back to it while trying other distros like slack, suse, and mandrake
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OK You all have persuaded me. lol.
Im burning Slack 10.1 DVD ISO atm.
Wow, im so glad you guys talked me round.
Im learning so much with this distro, things that mandrake hid behing all those guis :)
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Wow, im so glad you guys talked me round.
Im learning so much with this distro, things that mandrake hid behing all those guis :)
Indeed. Plus, I found that the wizards in Mandrake didn't do exactly what I wanted.
And doing stuff manually or changing anything is a nightmare in Mandrake, that's why I choose Slackware.
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Mines OSX.. Tiger is out soon.. and its a true 64Bit OS.. AT LAST!! LOL
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Slackware for me.
I like it because it's slick and simple. The init system is a breath of fresh air after the stuffy convolutedness of sysvinit on other distros. And coming from LFS, but still wanting to compile the odd bit of software from source, I find Slackware's lack of -devel packages a great timesaver. :thumbup:
Only problem I had with Slackware 10.1 was that I couldn't eject mounted CDs/DVDs without logging out of KDE first. I had to recompile kdelibs without "--enable-dnotify" to fix that problem - :eek: - but that's all in a day's work for an ex-LFSer.
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Does nobody use Ubuntu?
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do you?
if so, then yes!
some people here do too: http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1290
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If/when I learn more about Linux slackeware/Gentoo sounds good but I won't try them until I really know what I'm doning, and even then once Iv'e got the system setup I woulsn't bother changeing it.
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Definitely Slack.
has anyone else tried evil entity.... i found it to be an extremely entertaining distro....
I have that as well. Of course, its "goth" theme didn't do a thing for me, so I Changed It. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/jtpenrod/MyDesktop.jpg) :D. Added Enlightenment to Slack with the same theme, so that you can't tell 'em apart from looking at them.
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Does nobody use Ubuntu?
Me, on test machines I have set up at school. Many of the computers open for such testing are old p2's with 128MB RAM. Ubuntu runs fine on them (much better on 192+, though, good for whenever I find a stick around).
It's terrific.
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Debian, because apt-get is superior to RPM hell.
You're comparing apt-get to RPM?!? You don't even know what you're doing. That's like comparing an apple to a toaster. A proper comparison would be apt-get to yum or apt-get to apt for RPM.
apt-get gets software, RPM installs software. RPM has nothing to do with getting the software or resolving its dependencies, that's the job of yum or apt for RPM.
You aren't even comparing the proper apps, which proves you dont know what you're talking about.
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You're comparing apt-get to RPM?!? You don't even know what you're doing. That's like comparing an apple to a toaster. A proper comparison would be apt-get to yum or apt-get to apt for RPM.
apt-get gets software, RPM installs software. RPM has nothing to do with getting the software or resolving its dependencies, that's the job of yum or apt for RPM.
You aren't even comparing the proper apps, which proves you dont know what you're talking about.
Seconded.
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Slackware is pretty cool, its quick to install, but then Fedora Core 3 installed in just over 15 minutes onto my laptop over the network.
I run Fedora Core 3 on my laptop, Slackware Linux on my little monitoring box in the corner.
On my main server I run Trustix Secure Linux, and as far as im concerned it kicks royal arse. I was going to run OpenBSD but it kept on crashing over and over, and the mailinglist decided it was my hardware, which has run for 4 or 5 years with Linux, stable.
I might try OpenBSD still on another machine, it would be handy to learn.
FreeBSD is pretty uber as well.
I need to try debain one day.
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You're comparing apt-get to RPM?!?[...] That's like comparing an apple to a toaster.
Modded 5: Funny.
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SimplyMEPIS (http://www.mepis.org). It's perfect for old Mac users like me. It even has a black arrow cursor by default. I'd also recommend it for people fed up with Winduhs who are looking for an easy alternative. I use it on an old ThinkPad-- it's like a poor man's iBook.
Cutting-edge apps (pre-configured, too!), runs great on old hardware, it's bootable from CD with automatic hardware detection, installs easily to HD, reiserFS support-- the list goes on. It uses Synaptic for package management.
Here's a link to a nice review (http://www.xtremeresources.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=42), that mentions some of its best features.
SimplyMEPIS is Debian-based, free and open source. You can order the disk from the link at the top, or go to budgetlinuxcds.com and save a few bucks. There's also a ProMEPIS which is more of a developer's distro. SimplyMEPIS is the desktop version.