Linux

[punk_pressing_on]

Ok, here is a just for fun topic.
I thought it would be cool if people posted:
1.) Distros of Linux they use/have used
2.) There favorite distro, and why.

I'll go first

1.) Mandrake 9.2, Slackware 9.1, Redhat 8, and a few lesser know versions
2.) Mandrake is my favorite distro becasue of all the stuff that comes with it It's also to to advanced, but it is also good for advanced users.

I also like Slackware alot becasue it is soo light. I have Slackware 9.1 running on a PI 166Mhz laptop with 64MB of ram and a 2GB hard drive.

 

[thisistheday]

1.) Mandrake 9.1 & 9.2, SuSE 9.0, Slackware 9.1
2.) My favourite is Slackware. Because it is so light, just like you said, and because it's teaching me a lot about Linux.

 

[seebs]

I've used TurboLinux, Debian, SuSE, and RedHat. I tend to like SuSE, although TurboLinux was sorta neat.

Mostly, I use NetBSD, which I've been using since 0.8 or so.

 

[stray bullet]

2.) Mandrake is my favorite distro becasue of all the stuff that comes with it It's also to to advanced, but it is also good for advanced users.

I hope you're kidding. I've found Mandrake irritatingly too pro-newbie in the past to bother with, not to mention finding the kernel hacked to death.

I'm a FreeBSD/OS X user myself though, due to its better (IMO) management of resources.

 

[stray bullet]

Mostly, I use NetBSD, which I've been using since 0.8 or so.

Any reason for the Net variant? The only people I see using that anymore are people trying to get it to run on some obscure hardware.

 

[thisistheday]

I found Mandrake nice to use at first but I kind of outgrew it.

It did run quite slow for me, using twice as much RAM as Slackware does.

 

[mac_philo]

Before Linux I started with DEC Alpha (unix). My first Linux was Caldera OpenLinux. I dropped that when they turned evil and started suing everyone. I now use Mandrake 9.2 because it is easy to maintain, has urpmi (great package tool), and just works for me. I also use Debian and Solaris (unix), but my computers are 100% Mandrake. I run my own mailserver, mostly just for fun.

 

[TheScottsMen]

I currently use at work Linux - Redhat & Slackware. I have used SuSE, Mandrake, Debian, Digital Unix, Irix, Solaris including open, free, and net BSD. Mandrake and others are way to Windows wannabes. If I had to use one distro it would be SuSE. I prefer my freeBSD though over all.

 

[WeakButHopeful]

OK, I'll be the newbie in this thread. I put together a relatively cheap P4 1.8G PC last Summer and dual booted Linux Red Hat 8 and WinME. RH8 is the only distro I've ever used and my intent was to learn Linux, though all I've really managed to learn is how to set it up as a file server with Samba and some basic shell stuff.

Time is my enemy: I'm torn by work, family, etc. I'm open to suggestions on a better distro for my kind of newbie puttering around (and minimal budget), and also for anyone with ideas of a good way to become more familiar with Linux without having to learn the kernel or devote tons of time.

 

[Newsboy1900]

+holds up his FREEBSD for life flag +Puts it down

ok ok linux i would have to say Yellowdog if you want MAC etc
But Gentoo And Slackware is nice and Red Hat is great if your new

 

[Cozmo]

I found XandrOS to be real easy to use if you're new to the Linux world.

 

[seebs]

Any reason for the Net variant? The only people I see using that anymore are people trying to get it to run on some obscure hardware.

It's consistently the best-engineered of the family. FreeBSD exists only because Jordan Hubbard used to work there, and was a good evangelist; now that he's gone to the Mac, they have nothing interesting.

Look at the major improvements of the last few years; the code mostly came from NetBSD. The USB code, the bus_space code, all showed up in NetBSD first. NetBSD's VM system is actually a new design, rather than a half-baked patch on top of the old Berkeley VM.

OpenBSD is at least interesting, but frankly, their security record isn't that much better, if it's really better at all.

NetBSD is maintained by people whose primary purpose is to build the most elegantly engineered code they can, and if it takes a while, that's fine.

I run NetBSD on everything from multi-GHz servers to little embedded toys to old Amigas. It's good at all of 'em.

 

[Newsboy1900]

i just like blackbox and flux :o

 

[OceanAngel]

I've been using Lindows.

 

[Fungal Growth]

ok, ive been intrigued by linux for years now, what is all the fuss about and what would you exactly use it for? i game alot for the most part on my comp and i know linux is more stable and faster running than windows, but would it be helpful 9or even able) to run linux to play the games and surf the net and read emails.....also am starting to get into video editing, is linux compatible to being able to do that?

thanks from a linux newb

 

[datan]

Fedora Core 1

 

[SirNivek]

Fedora Core 1 as well.
Basically I like the great GUI and with Synaptic (apt-get gui) it is easy to install new stuff.

 

[seebs]

ok, ive been intrigued by linux for years now, what is all the fuss about and what would you exactly use it for? i game alot for the most part on my comp and i know linux is more stable and faster running than windows, but would it be helpful 9or even able) to run linux to play the games and surf the net and read emails.....also am starting to get into video editing, is linux compatible to being able to do that?

thanks from a linux newb

Linux can do some video work, although it's not entirely polished yet. Surfing and reading email works everywhere.

Unix is basically about having control over your computer. Windows tends to do all sorts of stuff without asking; Unix-like systems give you full control over the system, so you can turn off features you don't want.

It's like learning to tune your own car, or do your own guitar repair; not everyone needs to, but if you do, you can have a lot of fun.

 

[Arnediad]

I run FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE, but I will be upgrading soon.

I tried Linux at one time, but never really liked it compared to FBSD. I believe it was some Red Hat distro I used at school.