Linux Distros

[RobotoWorks]

Im thinking of installing another Linux Distro, I have Ubuntu 7.10 what other one is a must have?

[sandysandy]

Im thinking of installing another Linux Distro, I have Ubuntu 7.10 what other one is a must have?

its a purely personal choice.

i for one am happy with Open SUSE 10.3 and Mandriva 2008.

for live CD - one may consider Damm Small Linux

regards

[gn2]

Sabayon is quite popular just now.

[RobotoWorks]

Thanx, Im curious about Fedora 8, how is i like?

[nick_h]

Have a look at the DistroWatch (http://distrowatch.com/) website.

Or try this Linux Distribution Chooser (http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php).

[RobotoWorks]

Thanx, personal preference ut what is your favorite Linux besides Ubuntu?

[overdrank]

Thanx, Im curious about Fedora 8, how is i like?

In my opinion it looks and feels like ubuntu. But I have not installed it yet. Maybe you could have a look here
http://distrowatch.com/
Edit since I was beat with the distro watch link I will add this
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=147

[LowSky]

try out gOS... it ubuntu running with a bunch of google apps and a different GUI

[RobotoWorks]

gOS what does that stand for?

[PurposeOfReason]

Have a look at the DistroWatch (http://distrowatch.com/) website.

Or try this Linux Distribution Chooser (http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php).
I always figured if you had to use that, you are going to get an easier distro.

To the OP, what kind of distribution are you looking for? Live CD? Text install? Do you want to expand your knowledge of linux?

[staticvoid]

google operating system. I tried it out... it didn't seem that great. I mean it was BETA, so I should just shut up. it has great potention. uses Elvive...?

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[RobotoWorks]

Yeah, I want a live CD Linux, that will expand my knowledge of it too.

[nick_h]

I always figured if you had to use that, you are going to get an easier distro.

To the OP, what kind of distribution are you looking for? Live CD? Text install? Do you want to expand your knowledge of linux?

The distro chooser in my link will only suggest one of the following:

Fedora Core 7
Mandriva 2008
OpenSuSE 10.3
Debian 4.0
(Simply-)MEPIS 6.0
Ubuntu, Kubuntu 7.10
Linspire 6
Freespire 2
Xandros 4
PCLinuxOS 2007
Gentoo 2007.1
Slackware 12
Arch Linux 2007.08
Foresight Linux 1.4.1

but it does ask questions like Live CD? text installer? experience? type of computer? etc...

[NightCrawler03X]

I would quite happily recommend Arch Linux (http://archlinux.org) to anyone.

It's optimized for i686 and x86_64 architectures, so it's quite fast.
It's packages are not only up-to-date, they are extremely bleeding edge.

The beauty is that it comes with almost nothing installed, allowing you to only install what you need.
It does exactly what you tell it to, no more no less.
You can make it 3GiB's big, or a measly 80MiB, your choice.

It's also very leightweight, which combined with the fact that i686 can run on Pentium 2 and up (or AMD equivalent), it really is unique among other distros, being able to run on computers that were old when Windows 98 was a standard, right up to the newest systems with all that quad-core and stuff.

Be aware though, that it can be extremely confusing if you don't know what you're doing.

[pieisgood4589]

K, I would recommend openSUSE 10.3. I used that distro for quite a long time before switching to Ubuntu because of the mass amount of help in the forums. Fedora 8 is in my opinion just Ubuntu, without the mass community. Even the desktop looks the exact same. I have tried gOS, and think that it is a nice try to make a usable OS, but just not as much help as Ubuntu has. I highly recommend openSUSE, because it has a flashy desktop, and it has YaST2.

[PurposeOfReason]

I would quite happily recommend Arch Linux (http://archlinux.org) to anyone.

It's optimized for i686 and x86_64 architectures, so it's quite fast.
It's packages are not only up-to-date, they are extremely bleeding edge.

The beauty is that it comes with almost nothing installed, allowing you to only install what you need.
It does exactly what you tell it to, no more no less.
You can make it 3GiB's big, or a measly 80MiB, your choice.

It's also very leightweight, which combined with the fact that i686 can run on Pentium 2 and up (or AMD equivalent), it really is unique among other distros, being able to run on computers that were old when Windows 98 was a standard, right up to the newest systems with all that quad-core and stuff.

Be aware though, that it can be extremely confusing if you don't know what you're doing.

OP, this is what I was going to recommend. It taught me the most I know about basically everything. There is a "beginners guide" that will walk you right on through the text part so you are able to get into X and help you get your window manager and whatnot. There is also a very detailed Wiki that will get your wireless, printer, you name it.

nick_h, I've used that before, but unless you know what you're doing it doesn't really help. If you don't know what you want then, in my opinion, you're not going to be ready for what else is out there. If you're not sure about what you want, it might give you gentoo (I realize you just wouldn't check the text install but still). Human help will always surpass computer help.

[sandysandy]

K, I would recommend openSUSE 10.3. I used that distro for quite a long time before switching to Ubuntu because of the mass amount of help in the forums. Fedora 8 is in my opinion just Ubuntu, without the mass community. Even the desktop looks the exact same. I have tried gOS, and think that it is a nice try to make a usable OS, but just not as much help as Ubuntu has. I highly recommend openSUSE, because it has a flashy desktop, and it has YaST2.

i second that.
i found Open SUSE 10.3 to be nice for a beginner like me.

regards

[SomeGuyDude]

Mandriva2008 was pretty nice from what I was able to see. The fact that it exploded every time I tried to log out was kind of a dealbreaker, but obviously that's not very common. Oddly, the LiveCD seemed "smoother" than the actual install, but there's a chance that I'm just retroactively putting faults on it because the logout thing pissed me off.

Generally I'd recommend that out of the four I tried in my disastrous blitzkrieg of distro-testing. :lolflag:

[Incense]

i second that.
i found Open SUSE 10.3 to be nice for a beginner like me.

regards

OpenSUSE 10.3 is a very nice distro. Burn yourself a live CD and see what you think. For a real treat go the KDE route. They do an awesome job with their KDE offering IMO.

[screaminj3sus]

Mandriva2008 was pretty nice from what I was able to see. The fact that it exploded every time I tried to log out was kind of a dealbreaker, but obviously that's not very common. Oddly, the LiveCD seemed "smoother" than the actual install, but there's a chance that I'm just retroactively putting faults on it because the logout thing pissed me off.

Generally I'd recommend that out of the four I tried in my disastrous blitzkrieg of distro-testing. :lolflag:

Same thing here, mandriva was slow as hell after isntall for me and it didn't detect all my ram, I have a feeling the ram was the reason for the slowness, but I uninstalled it before I realized the one CD was 586 and only suported 1 gb.

[new2*buntu]

Mint, since, so far, it has been the best for me in detecting hardware. Not to mention it has the multimedia codecs out of the box and amazing art. It is also slightly faster than Ubuntu and it has several cool "mint" softwares, such as mintInstall (kind of like CNR). But it is based on Ubuntu, so you may not want it if you want something completely new.
BTW, they just released version 4.0 a few days ago and I think it's awesome.

[new2*buntu]

i second that.
i found Open SUSE 10.3 to be nice for a beginner like me.

regards

I tried OpenSuse 10.3 but it was too slow on my not so great computer (see sig)

[nick_h]

If you're not sure about what you want, it might give you gentoo (I realize you just wouldn't check the text install but still). Human help will always surpass computer help.

I agree with what you are saying. When I posted the two links the OP hadn't given much indication as to his requirements.

There are quite a few good suggestions now.

[pain of salvation]

Fedora 8 or openSUSE 10.3. Both are the best.

[Tux Aubrey]

Some other alternatives:

Zenwalk (a beginners slackware). It requires a bit of learning and is different enough from Ubuntu to be a challenge. Its very quick (for me)

antiX - a Mepis-lite. Debian based and has some of the better Mepis apps and utilities. Its a fluxbox desktop and very well designed (IMO)

eLive - another Debian-based distro. uses e17 as the WM.

(an alternative way to learn a few things would be to take an existing Ubuntu (eg. Xubuntu or the server install) and customize it yourself. I recently used Ruis Pais guide and .debs (http://cafelinux.org/forum/index.php/topic,892.0.html)to install e17 from the cvs onto a Xubuntu install. It's great. The .deb to download is here (http://ruialeixopais.planetaclix.pt/linux/e17_cvs_0.0-3_all.deb).)