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    What's your favorite linux distro?

    What's your favorite Linux distro? I'm asking because I'm thinking about getting somewhat away from Windows, not because I hate it but because I want to try something different
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    CentOS

    It's what I always use, and I think for lots of other users too.


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    Right now i'm thinking about OpenSuse, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora

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    What are you using the server for?


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    Quote Originally Posted by shad0wz View Post
    What are you using the server for?
    It's my desktop lol

    Right now I'm playing with OpenSuse

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    I'm pretty sure Ubuntu is pretty popular with a GUI interface.


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    Quote Originally Posted by shad0wz View Post
    I'm pretty sure Ubuntu is pretty popular with a GUI interface.
    TBH, I really didn't like Ubuntu because when I tried it, it was rather stupid about not being able to login as root, I login as root on my servers so why shouldn't I be able to do it on my desktop lol

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    Smile

    It is not stupid, it is just safety measure in case someone else doesn't know how to operate and mass up everything. There should be an option that you may login as root.

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    Well, Debian is identical to Ubuntu for the most part, so maybe consider that if you like Debian's functionality. I have it dual booted on here. FWIW, Fedora is garbage, at least last time I had used it. The old fedora releases were nice but the recent ones are horrible.

    CentOS is VERY minimal if you install it and Gnome, but it does work great for something like a DC console.
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    I decided on OpenSuse and I am very happy

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    Arch Linux.

    All the power of Gentoo except for all the time wasted from emerge world.
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    Arch Linux.

    All the power of Gentoo except for all the time wasted from emerge world.
    Its my fav from past 2 years. I love its KISS approach

    Quote Originally Posted by [Fidelisystems] Mike View Post
    TBH, I really didn't like Ubuntu because when I tried it, it was rather stupid about not being able to login as root, I login as root on my servers so why shouldn't I be able to do it on my desktop lol
    But you can always enable root login in Ubuntu if you wish
    How to Login to Ubuntu as Root User?

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    linux mint ubuntu and others opensuse looks plain to me. http://www.sabayonlinux.org/ and elive are nice also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by [Fidelisystems] Mike View Post
    I decided on OpenSuse and I am very happy
    Glad to hear that. I think when I tried OpenSuse 11 it didn't support my network card, so if something doesn't work on your distro, you could either try a different version of it or use a completely different one. OpenSuse / Fedora / Ubuntu are quite similar, and I would recommend all of them.

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    Debian is my favorite distro for production servers (stability-focus). Ubuntu would be my favorite distro for development or desktop, since the packages are generally more recent. Command-wise everything is basically the same.
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    I used to quite like SuSe - and started out with Corel Linux many many years ago! - however, Ubuntu has grown on me now
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    Still Ubuntu... not toyed with it as of late... need to take a visit over there and find out how the linux (ubuntu) version of Windows Home Server is going...
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    Ubuntu or Suse
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    Nothing beats Ubuntu for now. Earlier I used Knoppix and it was very good in detecting hardware. But now I find ubuntu also good at this. Very refreshing interface with graphical effects.

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