albrookdata.com
05-29-2005, 11:12 PM
I thought I would start a 'just for fun' thread on the good O.S.'s and no Mac O.S. doesn't count as UNIX. :) :stickout:
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for servers?
Why?
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for your workstations?
Do you use this as your main workstation O.S.?
Why?
Which Window Manager and or Desktop do you use/prefer?
Compile your own kernel?
Bootstrap your own O.S.?
Favorite terminal:
Favorite text editor:
Favorite IDE:
Comments:
albrookdata.com
05-29-2005, 11:20 PM
Here's my entry. :)
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for servers?
Gentoo Stage 1 with 2.6
Why? Very convenient for hardening and extremely easy to maintain current.
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for your workstations?
Gentoo Stage 1 with 2.6
Do you use this as your main workstation O.S.? Yes
Why? Inifnitely tunable and customizable, excellent performance
Which Window Manager and or Desktop do you use/prefer?
TWM (heavily customized source)
Compile your own kernel? Affirmative
Bootstrap your own O.S.? Affirmative
Favorite terminal: RXVT
Favorite text editor: VIM
Favorite IDE: GVIM
Comments: RPM sucks and binaries are inherently evil :stickout:
error404
05-29-2005, 11:28 PM
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for servers?
Debian Stable.
Why?
It's rock solid, proven, predictable (ie. consistent), and easy to admin.
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for your workstations?
Ubuntu
Do you use this as your main workstation O.S.? Not at the moment
Why? I need some Windows EDA applications for school. Ubuntu because it's easy, based on Debian, and works well.
Which Window Manager and or Desktop do you use/prefer? Usually KDE.
Compile your own kernel? Yes
Bootstrap your own O.S.? Not usually, but who hasn't installed Gentoo at least a few times these days :p
Favorite terminal: aterm
Favorite text editor: gvim/vim
Favorite IDE: It sucks to say this, but Visual Studio for C/C++. Eclipse for Java.
Comments: RedHat is way overrated and I wish other distros would get more support/recognition. Dealing with RedHat all the time is draining.
almahdi
05-30-2005, 11:45 AM
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for servers?
Slackware
Why?
Highly stable and bug-free, strong adherence to UNIX principles.
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for your workstations?
Slackware
Do you use this as your main workstation O.S.?
Yes
Why?
Highly stable and bug-free, strong adherence to UNIX principles.
Which Window Manager and or Desktop do you use/prefer?
GNOME
Compile your own kernel?
Yes
Bootstrap your own O.S.?
Not usually.
Favorite terminal:
xterm
Favorite text editor:
vi/vim/gvim
Favorite IDE:
Anjuta and NetBeans.
DaiTengu
06-01-2005, 04:39 AM
Servers: Gentoo
While it takes longer to install due to compilation time, a Gentoo server from Stage 1 tends to use less CPU and memory resources than any other distro I've used in the past 11 years.
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for your workstations?
Gentoo again, similar reasons to the above, also because it's so insanely configurable and so easy to maintain/upgrade.
Do you use this as your main workstation O.S.?
Yes, I made the full linux switch late last year, and only recently re-installed windows to play certain games (Guild Wars!) All my development and maintainence is done in Linux as I find things tend to run smoother and faster for those applications.
Which Window Manager and or Desktop do you use/prefer?
I'm using KDE 3.4 as it seems to have more supported "native" programs. I like the interface, and I don't need all the eye-candy of some of the other WM's.
Compile your own kernel?
Of course!
Bootstrap your own O.S.?
It's Gentoo, how can you not?
Favorite terminal:
Console
Favorite text editor:
nano/pico
Favorite IDE:
KDevelop
mfonda
06-01-2005, 10:11 AM
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for servers?
FreeBSD
Why?
Very stable and secure.
Which Linux Distro or UNIX flavor do you prefer for your workstations?
Gentoo
Do you use this as your main workstation O.S.?
Yes
Why?
Highly customizable, nice feel, fairly stable, easy to maintain and keep up to date.
Which Window Manager and or Desktop do you use/prefer?
KDE
Compile your own kernel?
Yes
Bootstrap your own O.S.?
Sometimes
Favorite terminal:
xterm
Favorite text editor:
emacs
Favorite IDE:
emacs
