Linux's to try?

[blithen]

I was just wondering what are some good other Linux's to try. Ubuntu is the only full Linux I've tried, and I want to try out others. Any suggestions?

[a12ctic]

What are you looking for in a linux distro?

[andrek]

Debian ! :guitar:

[hessiess]

puppy

[jgrabham]

What are your specs?

[kellemes]

I was just wondering what are some good other Linux's to try. Ubuntu is the only full Linux I've tried, and I want to try out others. Any suggestions?

Any thought on what you're looking for?
It makes it easier to answer your question.

[starcraft.man]

I was just wondering what are some good other Linux's to try. Ubuntu is the only full Linux I've tried, and I want to try out others. Any suggestions?

If you mean what other main stream Distributions to try the list that comes to my mind is the following:

Fedora
Debian
openSUSE
PCLinuxOS
Saboyan
Gentoo
KNOPPIX
Arch
Slackware

The list goes on but those should get you started. Distrowatch indexes them all more or less. All offer different things, some are harder than others (i.e. more hands on, compiling, or options in different places). Be patient when trying them out.

Oh and in the interest of correctness, the word you meant was "distributions" (not Linux's). Linux is the kernel that drives the OS, GNU makes up a lot of bed upon which the rest is founded. Together Stallman (and some others) like's to call it GNU/Linux, but most just refer to it as Linux. Just pointing out correct wording :).

[init1]

Oz Linux
Vector Linux
Mepis
TTY Linux
DSL

[tigerpants]

Slackware gets my vote. Beautiful thing, a working slack install.

Also, desktopbsd is cool.

[blithen]

Sorry! Got alittle side-tracked with todays events. Anyway.
I'm looking for a linux that will...MAKE me learn a ton about linux. But with a refined GUI it doesn't have to do stuff for me. but like shiny stuff >_>
The only one I've tried was debian, and I HATED that.
I've tried a lot of small Linux.
Puppy
DSL
Back Track 2
Wolvix Hunter
Slax
My specs are
160gb HDD main
80gb HDD secondary
1.5gbs of RAM
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ 2100.381 MHz
GeForce FX 5500 256 MB 270 MHz

[Onyros]

Once you Arch, you'll never look back :D

[blithen]

Hmmm. That's an interesting statement. I shall go download it now. Yay for VMware?

[Onyros]

Hmmm. That's an interesting statement. I shall go download it now. Yay for VMware?Double yay for Virtualbox! That is, if you're on a Linux host, I've heard a few horror stories regarding Virtualbox on Windows hosts.

Have the installation guide handy, it'll come in handy :)

[init1]

TTY Linux. Start with

ls
ls /
ls /bin
ls /usr/bin

All the commands are in the 'bin' folders. It will teach you many things.
http://www.minimalinux.org/ttylinux/showpage.php?pid=1

[starcraft.man]

Sorry! Got alittle side-tracked with todays events. Anyway.
I'm looking for a linux that will...MAKE me learn a ton about linux. But with a refined GUI it doesn't have to do stuff for me. but like shiny stuff >_>
The only one I've tried was debian, and I HATED that.
I've tried a lot of small Linux.
Puppy
DSL
Back Track 2
Wolvix Hunter
Slax
My specs are
160gb HDD main
80gb HDD secondary
1.5gbs of RAM
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ 2100.381 MHz
GeForce FX 5500 256 MB 270 MHz

Your specs are good enough to run any Linux to my knowledge. You could probably even run Beryl and things like that without trouble.

As for learning, personally I think Ubuntu is a great place to learn. There is lots of documentation (see sig) and there is a great community (arguably largest and most friendly around). I don't think anything else is needed except time to learn.

[Slingshot]

Sorry! Got alittle side-tracked with todays events. Anyway.
I'm looking for a linux that will...MAKE me learn a ton about linux. But with a refined GUI it doesn't have to do stuff for me. but like shiny stuff >_>
The only one I've tried was debian, and I HATED that.
I've tried a lot of small Linux.
Puppy
DSL
Back Track 2
Wolvix Hunter
Slax
My specs are
160gb HDD main
80gb HDD secondary
1.5gbs of RAM
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ 2100.381 MHz
GeForce FX 5500 256 MB 270 MHz

Well, not sure about the installers these days for it, but Gentoo 2005 made me remember things I thought Id forgotten.

[Bachstelze]

Moved to Other OS talk.

[RAV TUX]

I was just wondering what are some good other Linux's to try. Ubuntu is the only full Linux I've tried, and I want to try out others. Any suggestions?

elive (http://www.elivecd.org/)
Wolvix (http://wolvix.org/)
Xubuntu (http://www.xubuntu.org/)
Oz GNOME (http://cafelinux.org/OzEnterprise/node/9)

[smoker]

have a look at these links and take your pick:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions
http://distrowatch.com/

best of luck

[SunnyRabbiera]

Really it depends on what you want.
Want a multimedia distro? PClinux, Mepis and Linux mint are good places to start.
Want simplistic but stable? try slackware
want to try experimental stuff? Foresight is there for you