Favorite Linux Distro? Windows is Dead.

[DarkZyzx]

I used to be a huge Windows user, it was what I was used to, I was defensive of my windows, and I hated OS X. I decided to explore outside Windows a while ago, and I found so many better OS's! To me WINDOWS is DEAD.

Favorite Distros?

Ubuntu and Ubuntu Derivatives are some of my personal favorites, what are yours?
And why?
Do you like Linux Distros, BSD, or OS X the best?
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[tangibleorange]

Well Xubuntu, which saved one of my dying PCs (pretty sure windows had something to do with it), has got to get my vote.

But I'm also a fan of openSUSE and Mint.

[tylerspaska]

DSL rocks my world

[~LoKe]

Big Ubuntu supporter here, but I plan on trying several other distributions some day soon.

[erykroom]

Ubuntu, Gentoo, Arch

[Jersan]

im all for open source, ubuntu being the best one ive tried, but i really like mac osx... very awesome as well. its just too expensive...

[new2*buntu]

I really like Debian, but Ubuntu was the first Linux I ever used, so it gets some credit also

[elithrar]

Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS & Mint get my votes. Use OS X on my notebook though, for photography/web dev.

[smartboyathome]

Ubuntu and SAM get my vote. SAM because it was lighter than Ubuntu for a while and helped me stay with Linux when I thought it was too heavy.

[energiya]

Arch and Zenwalk... lite and powerfull

[Incense]

I have been a SuSE fan since my first tango with GNU/Linux. I've been playing around with gNewSense (based on Dapper) recently to try and wrap my head around a truly free system. That's been interesting.

[steveneddy]

1. Ubuntu

2. PCLinuxOS

3. DSL

4. Red Hat

5. Mint

[darrelljon]

Knoppix, Kanotix, Sidux and pcLinuxOS because I really like Kontact, k3b, AmaroK, digiKam and the ability to customise my taskbar. I also like Puppy for its speed and its many derivatives.

[nuken]

I have tried many linux distros... The main thing I look for in them is to play nicely with my laptop... Before a few weeks ago, the last Ubuntu I tried was 6.10 which was nice but did not work well with my wireless or my shared printer...

I have given 7.1 a try and I am very surprised... It just works... The proprietary drivers are great, the availability and ease of install of .deb packages are refreshing... All around its my new #1

I would have to say Ubuntu 7.10 is first, PCLinuxOS 2007 is second, Mint Linux 2008 third, and Mandriva is a distant fourth...

Others that show promise are: Freespire 2.08, Sam Linux, Sabayon, MEPIS, and Dreamlinux...

This is just my opinion. I have 4 different linux OS's and Windoze XP on my laptop... All the Linux OS's function better than Windoze with quicker boot time and better user interface... The ONLY reason I still use Windows XP is because of my need of Flash MX and Dreamweaver for web design and Paint Shop Pro for graphics on a couple of websites I do (Can't talk them out of those God awful Flash websites) ... Other than those and a few other apps, Linux is far superior. Can't wait for WINE to work with my versions of those apps...

[r4ik]

Ubuntu

Mandriva

Suse

Freespire ?

[Nevon]

I've also used quite a lot of Linux distributions, however, I've only been playing around with Linux for about a year, so I lack the required knowledge to fully appreciate some distributions. Arch is a perfect example of that. While it may be a great system, I've always run in to some critical problem along the way that I've been unable to solve.

Nevertheless, I've had great experiences with other distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, etc. The only RPM-based distro I've tried was Fedora, and I had some serious issues with the package management (soooo sloooow).

Enough rambling, my favorite 3 are:
1. Ubuntu/Xubuntu - I love both Gnome and Xfce.
2. Debian - It's light, yet quite easy to set up.
3. Arch - Even if I've managed to mess up along the way, the time I've spent with Arch has been great.

[snakeeyes]

My favorite is OpenSUSE, I like Mandriva as well. Out of Debian systems I like Ubuntu but I prefer Linux Mint more.

[kjb34]

So far I have only tried Ubuntu, Fedora and Linux Mint. I like Ubuntu the best. I plan on trying out more distros eventually.

[Pandemic187]

Debian and Ubuntu, although Ubuntu was based on Debian. I really think I need to give Gentoo a shot, but I can say that the reason I love Debian/Ubuntu so much is the package management, plus that they have my favorite DE, GNOME, by default.

[notwen]

Debian and Ubuntu. Debian spoiled meh. =]

[mrgnash]

Fedora and Ubuntu :)

[whitefang5412]

PclinuxOS 2007, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Open suse. Going back to PClinux here pretty soon. Runs great on my computer.

[Pandemic187]

Debian and Ubuntu. Debian spoiled meh. =]
So which do you use now?

[chris4585]

i've tried alot of the main distros out there and i like:

#1 Ubuntu
#2 Mint (gnome, flux, xfce, kde)
#3 TinyFlux
#4 Arch
#5 OzOS
#6 DSL
#7 Dreamlinux
#8 Mandriva
#9 OpenSuSE
#10 PCLinuxOS

currently ubuntu, and i cant wait for mint e17 to come out, i have a feeling it will be pure awesoemness, everything besides ubuntu i've not had installed over a week but i am a bit familiar with them

[articpenguin]

Kubuntu is my favorite distro. I tried opensuse and mandriva. I didnt like mandriva. Opensuse looked good but my wireless didnt work.

[r4ik]

Kubuntu is my favorite distro. I tried opensuse and mandriva. I didnt like mandriva. Opensuse looked good but my wireless didnt work.

If you like KDE have a look at Shift Linux it is a live spin and looking real good.
Don't know much more about it did not stay around long.

[notwen]

So which do you use now?

I have Debian Etch running on my server(NFS/FTP/WWW) and Ubuntu running on my daily usage PC and laptop. =]