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gameryoshi600
May 24th, 2008, 06:27 PM
I am thinking about distro hopping :) but I do not know which distro to hop to. I currently have CDs of:

openSuse 10.3 (32 bit and Gnome and thinking about getting the KDE version)
Puppy Linux 4.00 (32 bit)
Ubuntu 7.04 (32 bit)
Ubuntu 7.10 (32 bit)
Ubuntu 8.04 (32 bit. currently using)
Damn small linux 4.3 (32 bit)
Fluxbuntu 7.10 (32 bit)

any other suggestions?
pjpeter
May 24th, 2008, 06:31 PM
I've heard Puppy Linux 4.0 is pretty fast? but its not evem 90mb can it really be used as a main os? i'd like to know wot its like

oh btw linux mint should be on your list of CDs it's pretty gd
Patb
May 24th, 2008, 06:32 PM
http://distrowatch.com/
LaRoza
May 24th, 2008, 06:33 PM
I am thinking about distro hopping :) but I do not know which distro to hop to. I currently have CDs of:

openSuse 10.3 (32 bit and Gnome and thinking about getting the KDE version)
Puppy Linux 4.00 (32 bit)
Ubuntu 7.04 (32 bit)
Ubuntu 7.10 (32 bit)
Ubuntu 8.04 (32 bit. currently using)
Damn small linux 4.3 (32 bit)
Fluxbuntu 7.10 (32 bit)

any other suggestions?

There are many. I have about 25 disks of distros right in front of me and I have 200 in the storage containers (see my blog for my desktop)

I don't know what you are looking to try, so I can't do anything but list distros.

I've heard Puppy Linux 4.0 is pretty fast? but its not evem 90mb can it really be used as a main os? i'd like to know wot its like

It can be used as a main OS.
gameryoshi600
May 24th, 2008, 06:36 PM
@LaRoza
Cool.

@Patb
I want recommendations. That site is good though

@pjpeter
Ok I will get Linux Mint
LaRoza
May 24th, 2008, 06:38 PM
@LaRoza
Cool.

@Patb
I want recommendations. That site is good though

@pjpeter
Ok I will get Linux Mint

Try something new. Slackware, Arch, Gentoo are all good.
gameryoshi600
May 24th, 2008, 06:40 PM
I've only had Ubuntu 8.04 for just a month but I will be prepared to try out other Distros
pjpeter
May 24th, 2008, 06:42 PM
Yeah i know the feeling i've been using my second hard drive to keep switching distros but always keep ubuntu installed as a safe pair of hands lol
gameryoshi600
May 24th, 2008, 06:45 PM
Any other recommendations?
cardinals_fan
May 24th, 2008, 06:54 PM
OpenSolaris. My free disk just {read: 3 minutes ago!} arrived, and I'll post soon with my thoughts.

Zenwalk is a good OS as well.
LaRoza
May 24th, 2008, 07:51 PM
OpenSolaris. My free disk just {read: 3 minutes ago!} arrived, and I'll post soon with my thoughts.

Zenwalk is a good OS as well.

Zenwalk is Slackware based.

@OP It is rather pointless to ask for recommendations. There are thousands of distros. Just look on distrowatch or something (the wikipedia lists) and find the ones that look interesting.
beast2k
May 24th, 2008, 07:59 PM
Any other recommendations?
Personaly I ended up using what was popular, for example Fedora or anything from Redhat or Redhat based or even better Ubuntu simply because support was easier to find. I used to distro hop all the time and found it always came down to Redhat/Fedora and Ubuntu because alot of howtos and guides were written for these two distros not to mention books at bookstores etc etc. As usuall your results may vary.
liquidfunk
May 24th, 2008, 08:05 PM
May not be Linux, but try PC-BSD.

Rather nice ^^
mivo
May 24th, 2008, 11:40 PM
Fedora (http://fedoraproject.org/) is certainly worth a look, and I like the Live CD of Sabaylon Linux (http://www.sabayonlinux.org/) (very nicely done KDE distro).OpenSuSE you already have. Mandrake (http://www.mandriva.com/) (now Mandriva) has lost much of its popularity, but is still one of the traditional distros. Plenty to try. :)
shuttleworthwannabe
May 25th, 2008, 03:05 AM
surprised nobody mentioned mandriva--it is a beaut. using right now.
mivo
May 25th, 2008, 03:20 AM
surprised nobody mentioned mandriva--it is a beaut. using right now.

I did! :mrgreen:
Patb
May 25th, 2008, 03:45 AM
Any other recommendations?
I don't think anyone has mentioned Debian (as distinct from Ubuntu). The latest stable release is Etch. I have only ever tinkered around with it but it has its advocates. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=441794

Cheers, Pat
LaRoza
May 25th, 2008, 02:44 PM
I don't think anyone has mentioned Debian (as distinct from Ubuntu). The latest stable release is Etch. I have only ever tinkered around with it but it has its advocates. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=441794

Cheers, Pat

Lenny is stable enough. Debian is really strict about this.
Twitch6000
May 25th, 2008, 03:32 PM
Dreamlinux is fun or Arch if you wanna explore.