[POLL] What is your favorite "Other" OS aside from Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu?...........

[RAV TUX]

...the phantom 11th option is other. please list below.

Just wondering?

[23meg]

Debian.

[briancurtin]

you make the assumption that ubuntu and related versions are everyones favorite.

[johnnymac]

Gentoo by far - I'd use it more often if it didn't take so long to build :)

Currently I use it for my firewall/router and IDS

[RAV TUX]

you make the assumption that ubuntu and related versions are everyones favorite.

Here is where you are wrong again BC, no assumptions but if you have forgotten where you are; I am posting in the Ubuntu Forum.

So "Other" would mean other then Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu.

Simple concept.

[RAV TUX]

Gentoo by far - I'd use it more often if it didn't take so long to build :)

Currently I use it for my firewall/router and IDS

There are distros that make setting up Gentoo easier like:

RR4/RR64

[loell]

dreamlinux, is a good contender too, they paid much attention to artwork
their MKdistro function is awesome, I think proprietary drivers and codecs are already included, they are by far one of the most polish distro in the minority

[TrailerTrash]

I would vote PCLinuxOS but its not on the list. I guess it would be Fedora.

[aysiu]

I, too, would vote for PCLinuxOS--for DiskDrake alone.

[RAV TUX]

I, too, would vote for PCLinuxOS--for DiskDrake alone.

aysiu can you explain what DiskDrake is?

[aysiu]

aysiu can you explain what DiskDrake is?
It's a partitioning program, and it's far more reliable than GParted or QTParted.

http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/DiskDrake

[RAV TUX]

It's a partitioning program, and it's far more reliable than GParted or QTParted.

http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/DiskDrake

a graphical partitioning tool looks nice, it appears to originally from Mandriva, the best partitioning tool I have found comes with Debian/GNU Hurd K11, I am not sure what it is called?

[aysiu]

PCLinuxOS is Mandriva-based.

[RAV TUX]

PCLinuxOS is Mandriva-based.
ah, this explains it if they have a live CD I will give them a try.









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[woedend]

uck, not fedora after FC5 was released...that was the nastiest thing ever.
umm...
I like debian a lot, and I like arch linux a lot. If arch had more packages I'd probably use it. I know making packages is easy, but I'm not into compiling. Debian...you have to use unstable to get the latest versions of programs(and even then, usually not the latest), yet it seems that its always broken. Not that i'm complaining, the name IS unstable, I just wish things moved faster. IE - why aren't they done with gnome yet even in unstable? thats ridiculous.

[RAV TUX]

dreamlinux, is a good contender too, they paid much attention to artwork
their MKdistro function is awesome, I think proprietary drivers and codecs are already included, they are by far one of the most polish distro in the minority
I agree with you that Dreamlinux is the most polished and promising of all the linux distros to date.

Here is the latest new RC

Dreamlinux 2.0 XFCE RC1 ( Release Candidate)

http://saltador.uspnet.usp.br/pub/dream-linux/dream-linux/dreamlinux-rc/DLxfce-2.0-RC1.iso
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8978/dlxfce28us.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dlxfce28us.jpg)

http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271

[loell]

I agree with you that Dreamlinux is the most polished and promising of all the linux distros to date.

Here is the latest new RC

Dreamlinux 2.0 XFCE RC1 ( Release Candidate)

http://saltador.uspnet.usp.br/pub/dream-linux/dream-linux/dreamlinux-rc/DLxfce-2.0-RC1.iso
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8978/dlxfce28us.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dlxfce28us.jpg)

http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271
i wonder how they incorporate engage in xfce? because i also like to put it in Xubuntu

[RAV TUX]

i wonder how they incorporate engage in xfce? because i also like to put it in Xubuntu
this is a qoute from one of the Devs in the Dreamlinux Forum:

"If you liked Dreamlinux Studio Edition, you'll fall in love with the next release. It brings Xfce 4.4-Beta-1, the same apps found on the Studio Edition, plus some more, the possibility to change the Xfce panel by the Engage (from Enlightenment) one on the fly, real Desktop, with icons in it, a new File manager (thunar) and several other goodies that will make you forget both Kde and Gnome."

[Kvark]

No option for Windows??

Well, I think Win 2k is my second favourite after Ubuntu. But I've never touched a Mac and never used any other Linux distro then Ubuntu long enough to feel truly at home so my choice is mostly due to lack of experience with the other options.

[Alpha_toxic]

I use Kororaa or Elive for a quick show-off on someones box, just to tease him with what he can't have if he sticks with windows :twisted:
I also keep one Auditor CD around here, just in case I go to the Dark side one day...

[commodore]

I have never tried it but I think it's great- OpenBSD.

[RAV TUX]

I have never tried it but I think it's great- OpenBSD.

PC-BSD is the most refined of BSD's.

Someone checked Zeta (BeOS based), I burned a CD but couldn't get it to boot. I would love to get Zeta working.

any advice on Zeta?

[DoktorSeven]

Debian runs my server. apt rules.

[BWF89]

Macintosh OSX, no contest

[Engnome]

Windows XP, I've tried many others, both Linux and BSD but aside from ubuntu noone has been working good enough. Current plans for this week:

Try suse
Try FreeBSD
Try Debian

currently: Testing Arch

[Donshyoku]

dreamlinux, is a good contender too, they paid much attention to artwork
their MKdistro function is awesome, I think proprietary drivers and codecs are already included, they are by far one of the most polish distro in the minority

I second that. Very professional and good looking.

[PingunZ]

Suse 10 for its looks, too bad it doesnt recognize my motherboard and is so slow :p

Grtz PingunZ

[Stormy Eyes]

I have to admit that I like OS X. And, even though I hate the GTK and KDE themes that mimic Aqua, I find that Aqua on OS X is quite stylish. And with Virtue installed to give a X11-style virtual desktop, I can do just about anything on Lilith (my MacBook).

I just wish the fonts didn't suck so badly in Firefox.

I won't be giving up Ubuntu, though; my desktop machine, Astarte, still runs Dapper and serves as as both a workstation and a print/file server thanks to Samba.

[vayu]

Ubuntu started me off on the Win XP alternatives. Lately in addition to Hoary, Breezy and now Dapper I've been using FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Don't ask me to choose, I like them all.

[RAV TUX]

So far with OS X and Debian being tied at the top of the list makes me look forward to trying the Linux/BSD hybrids, this may be the wave of the future:

Debian GNU/kFreeBSD (http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu)

Debian GNU/kNetBSD (http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/)

Gentoo/FreeBSD (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/fbsd/index.xml)

Gentoo OpenBSD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo/ALT)

Gentoo NetBSD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo/ALT)

Gentoo DragonflyBSD

[greggh]

Damn Small Linux is my second favorite OS. It's a live bootable Linux that fits on a 50 MB business card CD. I keep it in my pocket and I can run it on any PC that has a CD drive. No Windows wherever I go!

http://damnsmalllinux.org/

[RAV TUX]

Damn Small Linux is my second favorite OS. It's a live bootable Linux that fits on a 50 MB business card CD. I keep it in my pocket and I can run it on any PC that has a CD drive. No Windows wherever I go!

http://damnsmalllinux.org/

Is that a damn small linux in your pocket or......nevermind.

[richbarna]

Damn Small Linux is my second favorite OS. It's a live bootable Linux that fits on a 50 MB business card CD. I keep it in my pocket and I can run it on any PC that has a CD drive. No Windows wherever I go!

http://damnsmalllinux.org/

Me too !! Great for old, slow laptops.

I keep it in my pocket and I can run it on any PC that has a CD drive.

Don't forget the install to USB function :)

[greggh]

Don't forget the install to USB function :)

Yeah, but many older PCs bios' don't let you boot from USB device. That's the main reason I prefer DSL over Puppy. Puppy is 70+ MB and won't fit on a business card CD.

[richbarna]

Yeah, but many older PCs bios' don't let you boot from USB device. That's the main reason I prefer DSL over Puppy. Puppy is 70+ MB and won't fit on a business card CD.

Yeah, forgot about that.

[hizaguchi]

FreeBSD

[RAV TUX]

Interesting to see Debian and OS X ahead.

[K.Mandla]

An xfce-svn build of Arch. Spartan, but lightning fast and magical with older hardware. Installs in 15 minutes, give or take configuration time. Arch 0.7.2 is the only other CD I keep in my binder, other than my Xubuntu Dapper disc.

[Iandefor]

I haven't found any that really strike my fancy. FC5 is alright, but it's not great. SLED is pretty good, but not all that great.

I'm looking at trying FreeBSD.

[RAV TUX]

I haven't found any that really strike my fancy. FC5 is alright, but it's not great. SLED is pretty good, but not all that great.

I'm looking at trying FreeBSD.

Try PC-BSD it is much better.

[ledonnell]

Disk Drake is some Mandrake Disk Management

[Iandefor]

Try PC-BSD it is much better. Reasons?

[RAV TUX]

Reasons?

reasons why it's better?...faster load/install, easier upload/install of programs, not sure why it appears to work better overall it just does. My apologies I can't give you a more technical reason why then just that based on my personal experience it performed overall better.

If I didn't have Ubuntu and I was to choice another distro(including BSD) I would proably use PC-BSD.

It fact I am currently thinking about re-installing it again for a few days and see if I want to make the switch to PC-BSD...most likely I will stay with Ubuntu but I like to flirt with BSD and other Linux Distros and for that matter any OS I can get my hands on.

[Iandefor]

reasons why it's better?...faster load/install, easier upload/install of programs, not sure why it appears to work better overall it just does. My apologies I can't give you a more technical reason why then just that based on my personal experience it performed overall better.

If I didn't have Ubuntu and I was to choice another distro(including BSD) I would proably use PC-BSD.

It fact I am currently thinking about re-installing it again for a few days and see if I want to make the switch to PC-BSD...most likely I will stay with Ubuntu but I like to flirt with BSD and other Linux Distros and for that matter any OS I can get my hands on. Alright.

I also like playing with alternative OS's. It's fun, isn't it :)?

[RAV TUX]

Alright.

I also like playing with alternative OS's. It's fun, isn't it :)?

Highly addictive.

[bonzodog]

I would go for Slackware. It is the oldest, most established Linux Distro of them all. Slackware Just Works on every computer I put it on, and I cannot fault it.

I am Currently using Zenwalk 2.6, which is a Slackware Derivative, with a more recent Kernel (2.6.16) , and XFCE 4.4 Beta 3.

It's VERY fast, and the GUI is preconfigured at boot, and only installs a minimal number of apps-Policy is one app per function, and only if essential.
For instance, there is no IRC client installed by default, and it uses Gnome Office for it's office set-up. It has FF for Web, Thunderbird for mail, Bluefish, no games, and Audacious for Audio.

[RAV TUX]

I would go for Slackware. It is the oldest, most established Linux Distro of them all. Slackware Just Works on every computer I put it on, and I cannot fault it.

I am Currently using Zenwalk 2.6, which is a Slackware Derivative, with a more recent Kernel (2.6.16) , and XFCE 4.4 Beta 3.

It's VERY fast, and the GUI is preconfigured at boot, and only installs a minimal number of apps-Policy is one app per function, and only if essential.
For instance, there is no IRC client installed by default, and it uses Gnome Office for it's office set-up. It has FF for Web, Thunderbird for mail, Bluefish, no games, and Audacious for Audio.

Slackware is how Mark Shuttleworth got started.

[Iandefor]

Hey, yozef! I tried PC-BSD last night. I was very impressed with almost everything. Only showstoppers were that it couldn't boot to Ubuntu and couldn't detect my network hardware.

[RAV TUX]

Hey, yozef! I tried PC-BSD last night. I was very impressed with almost everything. Only showstoppers were that it couldn't boot to Ubuntu and couldn't detect my network hardware.
I wasn't crazy about the KDE default, doesn't it have a network hardware detection gui thing, thats what a remember using pretty straight forward or did it just not work for you? or am I confusing that with Puppy Linux?

lastnight I burned 5 CD's of Solaris 10 tried the first CD install and it said my old computer didn't have enough space, my new computer does but honestly I have yet to do an install yet....only live Cd's and I'm not sure if Solaris has a live CD?

[Iandefor]

I wasn't crazy about the KDE default, doesn't it have a network hardware detection gui thing, thats what a remember using pretty straight forward or did it just not work for you? or am I confusing that with Puppy Linux?

lastnight I burned 5 CD's of Solaris 10 tried the first CD install and it said my old computer didn't have enough space, my new computer does but honestly I have yet to do an install yet....only live Cd's and I'm not sure if Solaris has a live CD? I didn't see it, but I've never had such a problem before.

Either way, the bootloader was utterly braindead, so I chose to just go back to Ubuntu... but I've still got a sandbox partition. I might get it setup again and play around more (but using grub!)

[RAV TUX]

I didn't see it, but I've never had such a problem before.

Either way, the bootloader was utterly braindead, so I chose to just go back to Ubuntu... but I've still got a sandbox partition. I might get it setup again and play around more (but using grub!)

Grub is the way to go.

[Iandefor]

Grub is the way to go. Oh yeah. I set up PC-BSD using GRUB this time, and it still won't detect my network card. Looked all over. Curses!

[richbarna]

I've currently got Dyne:Bolic running full time after installing it to the hard drive.

Beleive me this is THE easiest install I have EVER done.
From the live cd you just drag a "dyne" folder to a partition then add the kernel to the boot menu.lst. And Dyne:Bolic is .......FAaast !! (I have just donated 10 Gig of disk space to it for media files)

It has just taken over from DamnSmall which has been my fave forever regarding micro-distros.

I've downloaded and tried 2 Solaris 10 isos now, but they just won't boot.
I get the "you do not have a Solaris disk in the cd rom" message after it has just run the config and setup from that very same disk, any ideas?

I've got Yoper but haven't tried it yet after a few people posted and said that they weren't all that impressed. (not live distro).

[brayner]

I am missing Slackware sometimes , so this my favorite other OS

[RAV TUX]

I've currently got Dyne:Bolic running full time after installing it to the hard drive.

Beleive me this is THE easiest install I have EVER done.
From the live cd you just drag a "dyne" folder to a partition then add the kernel to the boot menu.lst. And Dyne:Bolic is .......FAaast !! (I have just donated 10 Gig of disk space to it for media files)

It has just taken over from DamnSmall which has been my fave forever regarding micro-distros.

I've downloaded and tried 2 Solaris 10 isos now, but they just won't boot.
I get the "you do not have a Solaris disk in the cd rom" message after it has just run the config and setup from that very same disk, any ideas?

I've got Yoper but haven't tried it yet after a few people posted and said that they weren't all that impressed. (not live distro).
richbarna,

Help me out here I was also impressed with dyne:bolic but after I tried to reboot the live cd I forgot the log-in & password, this should be something simply but I have yet to figure it out.

please let me know.

I also downloaded and burned Solaris CD's couldn't get it to boot on one of my computers , is Solaris a live CD or install only?

Yoper is pretty sweet and very intelligent, fast and sharp looking Distro, If Ubuntu wasn't here I would use Yoper.

dyne:bolic is cool because it is founded and based for people into music.

It is funny how some Distros are great as Live CD's but not yet good as an install; Dramlinux and Morphix pre4 gnome are good examples, then there are some distros that are great as install distros but don't have a live CD available, Yoper and PC-BSD are good examples.

unless you have a spare computer this hurts distros like Yoper, but I think they are working on a live CD.

again, I miss dyne:bolic please let me know how I can overcome this hurdle.

[Your Name Is]

My favorite is "other"- PCLinuxOS

[FredB]

MacOS-X. I used it about a year long. And it really kick windows *** !

[beameup]

Another "other". I'd have to say Xandros. It's what I started Linux with and it made it very easy. But now I'm expanding my horizons and I use Ubuntu. Mepis runs a close second. Those are actually the only other distros I've used extensively. I played with Mandriva and PCLinuxOs for a few days, but went back to my debian roots.

[ZBREAKER]

Debian...in particular Kanotix...pretty sweet distro imho.

[ferebee]

I've got a soft spot for Puppy as it's the first Linux distro I
tried. On an older computer like mine it's quite zippy. Linux tends to be kind of addictive in that I keep wanting to try more varieties, but I usually keep an install of Puppy on my hard drive,along with Mepis and Ubuntu. The others change frequently.

[djinn1973]

Not listed...
FreeBSD

[apollo1900]

Ever since I switched to Ubuntu, I kinda missed OSX. It's better than any Windows stuff, and looks so dang fancy.
The only way I could get it to crash was by putting in a messed up stick of ram. It's pretty for what I used it for.

[RavenOfOdin]

I'd have to say its a toss up between Debian Sarge and Fedora.

[bensexson]

OpenBSD

[rekahsoft]

Is Dreamlinux free? or opensource? I took a look and it looks awesome...and because it incudes the nvidea drivers it can only be free because of licencing issues?? am i right?

[RAV TUX]

Is Dreamlinux free? or opensource? I took a look and it looks awesome...and because it incudes the nvidea drivers it can only be free because of licencing issues?? am i right?

Dreamlinux is both free and opensource.

Dreamlinux is based on Debian and Morphix, which means it takes advantages of their best features and adds its own modern development tools.

[rattlerviper]

Yozef, figured you would be sleeping right now after playing with the different Linux distros last night and working all day. Jusdt kidding :)

Anyways, I confirm that the DreamLinux website says that it is both open scource and free. Hopefully the next version that they are working on will iclude easier wifi support. I REALLY like DreamLinux.

[RAV TUX]

Yozef, figured you would be sleeping right now after playing with the different Linux distros last night and working all day. Jusdt kidding :)

Anyways, I confirm that the DreamLinux website says that it is both open scource and free. Hopefully the next version that they are working on will iclude easier wifi support. I REALLY like DreamLinux.

LOL I should be sleeping!;)

[gruvsyco]

Ubuntu is actually my other favorite OS, next to Windows XP. I have alot of commercial apps that I'm just not ready to give up yet. But I am running Linux more and more. Linux is finally reaching a decent usability point for me with stuff like XGL, Compiz, Sled, UCC. The nextgen desktop environment stuff is looking pretty cool too.

[ericesque]

Ubuntu and WinXP run neck and neck for me. There are still the occasional things I have to boot windows for and it does the job for me. However, I rather enjoy the freedom and exploration possible with Ubuntu-- which I boot 99% of the time now.

I think it's rather silly not to have windows on the poll. Or was the author thinking favorite distro other than Ubuntu?

[rattlerviper]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention what my favorite other distro is right now. Xubuntu, fast, easy to pretty up, and familiar. If I could work all the bugs out with my wifi card I would quickly say it was DreamLinux.

[Dragonbite]

Hmm... I'll have to take the 11th and write-in CentOS (http://www.centos.org)(a distro built on the SRPMs from a "major North American Linux vendor (http://www.redhat.com)").

On my Sony, Breezy and Dapper had trouble with the video and sound. Could be because it's a Sony, or because it's older (P3 500Mhz from 2000), I don't know why.

CentOS detected both just fine, only thing missing is the Winmodem (no surprise there). It doesn't use the bleeding edge stuff though, it aims for stability and it's strong suit as a server OS.

CentOS uses Yum and you can install a GUI for Yum called Yumex (http://yumex.python-hosting.com/) that's but it is still a far cry from using Synaptic.

With any system I get, I try Ubuntu first and then try CentOS as a backup.

[ahaslam]

I'm glad to see Yoper up there. It was my first taste of Linux and the reason for escaping MS :) Ubuntu is now my home but I still like to visit my old friend Yoper.

Tony.

[RAV TUX]

I'm glad to see Yoper up there. It was my first taste of Linux and the reason for escaping MS :) Ubuntu is now my home but I still like to visit my old friend Yoper.

Tony.

Their are a lot of good things to be said about Yoper.

Very polished professional and intelligent distro. Small home town friendly forum atmosphere.

I have nothing but positive experiences with Yoper and for a while I dual booted Yoper with Ubuntu.

If Ubuntu wasn't around I would probably use Yoper.

Great distro from New Zealand.

[richbarna]

richbarna,

Help me out here I was also impressed with dyne:bolic but after I tried to reboot the live cd I forgot the log-in & password, this should be something simply but I have yet to figure it out.

please let me know.

again, I miss dyne:bolic please let me know how I can overcome this hurdle.

No problem :)

Dyne:Bolic has a default guest user : luther
And the default pasword is : luther

[RAV TUX]

No problem :)

Dyne:Bolic has a default guest user : luther
And the default pasword is : luther

hey Thanks I kept putting Root in as the user and luther in as the password.;)

[Dinerty]

Not listed:

Mephis 6

Reminds me of Ubuntu, nice gui, but just could not click with it

Gentoo:

I manged to run Live CD, (Gorgeous gui), to hard for me though

[RAV TUX]

Gentoo:

I manged to run Live CD, (Gorgeous gui), to hard for me though

Gentoo is pretty easy and user friendly. I'm not sure why people are afraid of it?

[Dinerty]

Gentoo is pretty easy and user friendly. I'm not sure why people are afraid of it?

:eek: I have to disagree, I tried the gui install and was totally baffled by it, I tried the guides to help me install it but was very hard I could not even pronouce half the stuff it was asking me :(

It hardly detected any of my hardware e.g. wireless, screen resolution, sound, but from what I hear it is suppose to be like this, to allow more user control?

[RAV TUX]

:eek: I have to disagree, I tried the gui install and was totally baffled by it, I tried the guides to help me install it but was very hard I could not even pronouce half the stuff it was asking me :(

It hardly detected any of my hardware e.g. wireless, screen resolution, sound, but from what I hear it is suppose to be like this, to allow more user control?

perhaps I just had better luck with it?

[Dinerty]

perhaps I just had better luck with it?

I think you know alot more about linux then I do mate (Only been using linux a week or so), I was running before I could walk with it I think, thought Ubuntu was a nice install and assumed Gentoo would be.

I imagine some people just had better luck with detection of hardware, what I learnt so far from linux is some distros like your system, some don't.

[RAV TUX]

I imagine some people just had better luck with detection of hardware, what I learnt so far from linux is some distros like your system, some don't.

This is especially true.

[IcemanV9]

FreeBSD (http://www.freebsd.org)

[Nana]

FreeBSD (http://www.freebsd.org)
I tried to install FreeBSD a couple of days ago.

I used (or tried to use) it for a day or so. During that day, I saw so much kernel panics, bus errors, and other random crashes my eyes started bleeding. :o

Windows ME would've been a lot more stable than that!

Maybe I just had corrupt install CDs or a profound hardware incompatibility (though my hardware should've bee ok) because I know FreeBSD has a good reputation. Anyway, it'll take me a while before I touch that OS again.

Back to the topic, though... Debian is my second favorite. :cool: I used to be a big SuSE fan as well, but I have no idea what the new versions are like because I haven't used it in three years.

[bluenova]

Try PC-BSD it is much better.
It is possible to install Gnome on this? It looks quite cool, but I don't find gnome in their online package system.

[RAV TUX]

It is possible to install Gnome on this? It looks quite cool, but I don't find gnome in their online package system.

Yes, you can install Gnome but I have never tried.

[richbarna]

FreeBSD (http://www.freebsd.org)

I never want to see FreeBSD ever again, and Yopper is now somewhere melting on a mediteranean beach !!!

Click HERE (http://ubuntuos.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/distro-junkies-partitions-borked-systems/) if you want to know why.

Anyway the good side is that I now have some extra partitions to test other distros :)

[RAV TUX]

I never want to see FreeBSD ever again, and Yopper is now somewhere melting on a mediteranean beach !!!

Click HERE (http://ubuntuos.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/distro-junkies-partitions-borked-systems/) if you want to know why.

Anyway the good side is that I now have some extra partitions to test other distros :)

Rich I just read your write up, great read and thanks for mentioning me so favorably. I am sorry to hear of your troubles with Yoper.

I did want to let you know one correction that should be made: Yopper should be spelled Yoper, also you never mentioned what version you were running. I was incredibly impressed with some versions and sadly disappointed in others.

I have a whole bunch of new distros that I am burning now, and I tried some other new ones:

new ones I have tried:

1. X-Evian 0.6 Live CD- cool distro from Spain a must try for any distro affciendo.

2. PUD 0.4.6.1- won't boot on my 64bit dual core box- awesome "Rosie the Rivoter" splash screen. I hope they get this one working better.

3. Berry Linux 0.72- Awesome but needs codecs.

[richbarna]

Rich I just read your write up, great read and thanks for mentioning me so favorably. I am sorry to hear of your troubles with Yoper.

Yeah, that Yoper install was a mystery to me, but anyway stuff happens, and now I have more partitions for testing :)

I did want to let you know one correction that should be made: Yopper should be spelled Yoper, also you never mentioned what version you were running. I was incredibly impressed with some versions and sadly disappointed in others.
Thanks for the spell check, I'll change it. It was Yoper 2.2.0.6 KDE.

I have a whole bunch of new distros that I am burning now, and I tried some other new ones:
I'm going to have a search through DistroWatch now. I'm looking for anything that is 386 with Grub, and maybe something different to KDE/Gnome.


new ones I have tried:

1. X-Evian 0.6 Live CD- cool distro from Spain a must try for any distro affciendo.
As I live in Spain, this one could be interesting for my linux friends. I see that the developers and supporters are "Hacktivists" ;)

2. PUD 0.4.6.1- won't boot on my 64bit dual core box- awesome "Rosie the Rivoter" splash screen. I hope they get this one working better.
I'll check this out too

3. Berry Linux 0.72- Awesome but needs codecs. I tried an earlier version of Berry, I downloaded it because it has "out of the box" Xgl. Unfortunately, at that time it was only available in Japanese.

The English standard desktop was a nice KDE version, My mouse pointer used to disappear every now and then, but apart from that it was a fast live cd. (I didn't install)

[rattlerviper]

Rich I just read your write up, great read and thanks for mentioning me so favorably. I am sorry to hear of your troubles with Yoper.

I did want to let you know one correction that should be made: Yopper should be spelled Yoper, also you never mentioned what version you were running. I was incredibly impressed with some versions and sadly disappointed in others.

I have a whole bunch of new distros that I am burning now, and I tried some other new ones:

new ones I have tried:

1. X-Evian 0.6 Live CD- cool distro from Spain a must try for any distro affciendo.

2. PUD 0.4.6.1- won't boot on my 64bit dual core box- awesome "Rosie the Rivoter" splash screen. I hope they get this one working better.

3. Berry Linux 0.72- Awesome but needs codecs.

yozef, you sound alot like me, tonight I am downloading a few myself.

1. VL 5.1
2. PCBSD it has literally been YEARS since I tried a BSD so I figured why not
3. PC Linux os...looks intresting
4. Yoper All the talk has got me intrested, and the website convinced me
5. Puppy it's small and sounds like it might work off a thumb drive to show people linux. We'll see about this one, as when I tried DSL it wasn't great for me.
6. Dynebolic hmmm son't have to explain this one do I?
Leaving town for the weekend tommorow afternoon, so I'll start burning them and see what I have come up with sunday.

[rattlerviper]

If I could just get elive to download at a reasonable speed OI would probably stay up all night to play with it. Debian based and looks nice.

[richbarna]

[QUOTE] 2. PCBSD it has literally been YEARS since I tried a BSD so I figured why not
I would be interested to see how you get on with this.
3. PC Linux os...looks intresting
For me, PC and Linux together put me off.
4. Yoper All the talk has got me intrested, and the website convinced me
Be careful with the installer ;)
5. Puppy it's small and sounds like it might work off a thumb drive to show people linux. We'll see about this one, as when I tried DSL it wasn't great for me.
It didn't recognise a USB network adapter or a USB wireless optical mouse, USB is quite important for me, as I test micro-distros on an old laptop. I feel that they should work "out of the box" with low-end machines and a variety of periferals.
6. Dynebolic hmmm son't have to explain this one do I?
Dyne:Bolic absolutely ROCKS! I have already written about this distro in previous posts.
Leaving town for the weekend tommorow afternoon, so I'll start burning them and see what I have come up with sunday.
Look forward to hearing your test results, have a nice weekend :)

[bwayman]

Microsoft.

[kaffelars]

I have used FreeBSD a little, and now use PC-BSD (based on FreeBSD) on one computer.
So my vote is for FreeBSD :)

[Iandefor]

Microsoft. Microsoft isn't an operating system ;).

[franklee]

Slackware 10.2 and the imfamous and upcoming 10.3 which may infact contain a new default kernel....as opposed to 2.4.whatever.....

[wong3000]

Besides the distros and BSDs, why no windows in the list?
I think there are many still using dual OS with windows side by side :o

[BigDave708]

If you've tried another distro apart from Ubuntu, what would your next favorite distro be?

I've used Mandrake, Gentoo, Knoppix and MEPIS before, and I really think they are quite similar. That's why I like Ubuntu - because it's different from the others.

[xXx 0wn3d xXx]

Archlinux is my favorite Linux distribution. There are many threads asking the same question too.

[BigDave708]

Archlinux is my favorite Linux distribution. There are many threads asking the same question too.

I used everybody's favorite 'has this been asked?' button and never found anything . . .

[xXx 0wn3d xXx]

I used everybody's favorite 'has this been asked?' button and never found anything . . .

Result 1 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=198259&highlight=favorite+distro)

Result 2 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=133756&highlight=favorite+distro)
Anyway, back to the topic.

[dabear]

This thread is about a state of opinion, and opinions can and will change, therefore are those threads worn out.

My favorite distro besides ubuntu, is Suse 9.3, 'cause I've experienced so many troubles with 10.1. Those issues will hopefully be solved in 10.2

[Christmas]

Debian. Didn't tried many however Ubuntu/Kubuntu is way more polished than Debian.

[G Morgan]

I would say Debian but I consider Deb and Ubuntu to be too similar to really differentiate between them. They have differences no doubt but most of it is in cosmetics and ease of setup.

So I voted Gentoo which is very different to both.

[G Morgan]

//double post//

[BarfBag]

I'd say SUSE, but I seem to flip-flop on my opinion of it.

[RAV TUX]

These two threads have been merged:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=227486
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=198259