Most "popular" version of linux

neo214 · 11-01-2005, 08:28 PM

I would like to know what the most popular version of linux is, because for Suse, which I thought was the most popular, I can't really find anything that works with it. I can't play mpeg or MP3 files, (well I can play MP3 on real, with no playlist). I can't install any programs because I always need another program as a prerequisite before I can install that one. Then the RPM does not work, bad media or someting, just a big hassle. I know allot of people say Suse is pretty good, but from my experience if you want to do anymore than is included with the oS, good luck!

horndude · 11-01-2005, 08:32 PM

slackware

GameGURU · 11-01-2005, 08:41 PM

Slackware maybe...

My first though would have been SuSE, after that maybe Mandrake.

horndude · 11-01-2005, 08:46 PM

sheesh, I knew this would come up, ok, well here's a good a way as any to settle this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...p?s=&forumid=5

check the numbers

lazaruslupine · 11-01-2005, 10:55 PM

Ubuntu
http://distrowatch.com/ check the list

horndude · 11-01-2005, 11:06 PM

Ubuntu is the most hyped, kinda like Suse was for awhile, advertising is amazing sometimes. When it comes down to actual usage, slackware is it. Debian is probably right there close by too. You dont see major activity about a distro at a help forum unless its whats being used by most people. Redhat would probably be more popular if it hadnt been for going commercial and forking the fedora project off.

Vormund · 11-01-2005, 11:38 PM

I've used Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, Debian, and Ubuntu...
and prefer (in this order) Slackware, Debian, Ubuntu...and the other two, bleh.

Go Slackware!

hard_assteel · 11-02-2005, 04:13 AM

i don't use linux but there are a lot of people who i know that use linux and they use debian.

GameGURU · 11-02-2005, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by horndude
sheesh, I knew this would come up, ok, well here's a good a way as any to settle this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...p?s=&forumid=5

check the numbers

That's one forum.

That doesn not represent the amount of people that actually use Linux.

horndude · 11-02-2005, 09:36 PM

no, but when it comes to linux, its THE forum, its the biggest and been around the longest-------any questions can be answered about linux there usually

yes im biased about slackware, and at a forum like that one, slackware has an advantage to begin with, its been around longer than most of the others-----it hasnt forked, and its had one maintainer since the beginning

11-01-2005, 08:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
neo214 Junior Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 94	Most "popular" version of linux I would like to know what the most popular version of linux is, because for Suse, which I thought was the most popular, I can't really find anything that works with it. I can't play mpeg or MP3 files, (well I can play MP3 on real, with no playlist). I can't install any programs because I always need another program as a prerequisite before I can install that one. Then the RPM does not work, bad media or someting, just a big hassle. I know allot of people say Suse is pretty good, but from my experience if you want to do anymore than is included with the oS, good luck! __________________ Later!

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GameGURU Wizard Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,546	Slackware maybe... My first though would have been SuSE, after that maybe Mandrake. __________________ 15'' Macbook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16ghz x1600 128MB 1GB DDR2 SDRAM Windows XP/Mac OSX 10.5 No longer a Guru of games...

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Vormund Monster Techie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ, USA Posts: 1,184	I've used Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, Debian, and Ubuntu... and prefer (in this order) Slackware, Debian, Ubuntu...and the other two, bleh. Go Slackware! __________________

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11-01-2005, 08:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	slackware

11-01-2005, 08:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	sheesh, I knew this would come up, ok, well here's a good a way as any to settle this: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...p?s=&forumid=5 check the numbers

11-01-2005, 10:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
lazaruslupine Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 11	Ubuntu http://distrowatch.com/ check the list

11-01-2005, 11:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	Ubuntu is the most hyped, kinda like Suse was for awhile, advertising is amazing sometimes. When it comes down to actual usage, slackware is it. Debian is probably right there close by too. You dont see major activity about a distro at a help forum unless its whats being used by most people. Redhat would probably be more popular if it hadnt been for going commercial and forking the fedora project off.

11-02-2005, 04:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
hard_assteel True Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 119	i don't use linux but there are a lot of people who i know that use linux and they use debian.

11-02-2005, 09:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	no, but when it comes to linux, its THE forum, its the biggest and been around the longest-------any questions can be answered about linux there usually yes im biased about slackware, and at a forum like that one, slackware has an advantage to begin with, its been around longer than most of the others-----it hasnt forked, and its had one maintainer since the beginning