Linux Distribution Recommendation Thread

[nitestick]

yeah true. i only listed it as its the main resident on my dual boot. the positive is that for a general distro it includes enough apps to be catered for most peoples purposes e.g. graphics or software compilation

[dev_devil]

Aint You Guyz Missin Out On Mandrake????

I use Mandrake 10.01 And Believe Me For A noob in Linux (like Me) It is one of the easiest Linux To Try Out!
with a very Stable GUI i think it is Excellent to use!
Also All the packages come Along it so it is no fuss to look em up sumwhere!!

[jakec]

I agree with dev_devil Mandrake is awesome

I'm sure I've posted this somewhere B4 but if I may I'd like to post it again because it is sticked. + I've added A few and updated a few links

Kubuntu
http://www.kubuntu.org/

I wouldn't use the offical Mandiva site, instead I would use this

http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29
or
www.planetmirror.com.au

Knoppix

http://iso.linuxquestions.org/distro.php?distro=5

PCLinuxOS

http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/html/download.html

BeatrIX

http://www.watsky.net/download.html

Jake

[lazaruslupine]

I personally use Ubuntu and reccomend it for a new linux user. It is relatively small compared to multi cd distros like red hat and mandriva,and includes lots of graphical tools for system configuration, and adding new software is as easy as opening synaptic or using apt-get from the command line. It even tells you when you have software updates!!

For older computers i would suggest **** small Linux.You can run it from a flash device and it all loads into ram, will run on anything provided the video card is supported, also with good configuration tools,and again adding software is easy.

Debian is really my os of choice because the base install is so small and you can add only what you need, but not as difficult to install as Gentoo,which i really wanna get into.I use ubuntu only because debian takes a bit more configuration and lacks some of the graphical config tools.

[TSHF]

I use Gentoo. I used to use Fedora Core and used it for almost a year. Then I discovered Gentoo and I fell in love. It was the fastest distro I had ever seen, given that you cutomized the kernel and every aspect of the system. Plus, it is difficult to install and I'm always up to the challenge.

However, wha I really love about Gentoo is Portage/Emerge/Ebuild. Portage is a great tool. You can dl all the programs you need and build them from source with no problems. It has automatic dependency resolver where as Yum doesn't.

[macdude425]

I don't know...I'm more of a sucker for Debian. It's a lot like Gentoo (in its config and package management), but I can put it on my 68K Macs

[TSHF]

I've used Debian. I like that too except I like to compile from source. It optimizes programs for your hardware and squeezes in that last bit of performance. Apt is very nice too, but I like Portage better.

[Tyler1989]

I've grown tired of my Fedora partition. I'm looking for a new linux or unix that has a dvd iso, easy to set up, gui installs.

[TSHF]

I just came back to Fedora Core 4 64. It just occurred to me that why would I want to use something that is going back in time: compiling from source. I mean rpm and dbpkg are the fastest package managers and they do their job well. So, I came back learned how to use yum and I'm lovin' it.

[macdude425]

Meh, I've only use yum four times.
The first time, it did nothing.
The second time, the system locked up.
The third time it actually worked.
And the fourth time it did nothing---again.

So I've given up on everything with Fedora or RH's name attached to it.