Which Linux
This time not for a home server ..
I've been going to turn to Linux as my main OS for a while now, and am going to make the switch this holiday while I have time to play and tinker.
So ... Recommendations, though please no links to google searches etc. I've been through all that and there are lots of sites saying most distros are good for different reasons. I know a lot of you here are Linux users, so what's a decent all round one to use for my main OS?
What do you use and why. Your thoughts on KDE versus Gnome versus other
Email, web browsing, coding and ftping are my main usage requirements, which of course nearly all distros cater for. After that useful tools to link directly to remote servers for updating files as well as other stuff is my other considerations to make.
I took this test here, http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
and the three it recommended for me where
Foresight Linux, Fedora and OpenSuSE.
that was with stating "I don't care" for which environment would I prefer (KDE/Gnome) as my experience with Linux is from years ago, I imagine both have developed a lot by now so I don't really have a preference.
And I mainly played with Gentoo, so it didn't really concern me
(ahh, 10 A4 pages of installation notes )
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 08:19 — 21st December 2008.
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I use Linux 2.6. My GNU/Linux distro of choice is Debian (testing).
It's convenient, well-documented, well-maintained and relatively well-designed. It tends to be stable and secure, even as a desktop OS. And – with the exception of its distinct ‘non-free’ repos – it is free.
My second preference would be Fedora, although I have experienced more instability across releases in the past, which led me to switch to Debian. That may not be a current review, though.
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 14:06 — 21st December 2008.
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Fedora has been known to have more edgy packages. I have been using Ubuntu with Gnome, and I'm very happy with it. I recommend that you install the three major desktops and see which one you like best. If you install Ubuntu, run...
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop xubuntu-desktop...and then switch between them to see what you like best. (At the logon screen, there is an option to change the desktop environment for that session.) KDE is more user-friendy, but Gnome is faster, and XFCE is faster still, but doesn't have that many features.
Renegade posted this at 20:25 — 21st December 2008.
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I started on Red Hat/Fedora then ran into what was then "dependency hell". When that was working for me though, it was quite stable and fast.
Now I'm using Ubuntu and have been since around about when it first started, been very happy with it since.
My current uptime is:
09:24:50 up 107 days, 17:47, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.03
Had to restart cause I installed a new hard drive.
If you're stuck on choice, try Ubuntu
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 20:43 — 21st December 2008.
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There has been kernel updates since then.
Renegade posted this at 18:15 — 26th January 2009.
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Didn't see your reply till now...
Yeah... there have been but sometimes I don't really restart till absolutely necessary. Don't think the updates were THAT important though...
Were they? Or am I just ignorant?
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 18:37 — 26th January 2009.
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It's probably not critical on desktops.
greg posted this at 22:47 — 21st December 2008.
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So Ubuntu is the fave in here so far. I might just get that.
I am actually making a home server which will use Debian. I presume there will be no real advantages to running my main desktop on the same as the server?
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 00:50 — 22nd December 2008.
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Not really - other then you will master the operating system quicker and better when you only have to learn one.
greg posted this at 07:23 — 22nd December 2008.
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Yeah. I don't mind learning a few. Suppose that way I can at least eventually get my own preference
GianaSedeng posted this at 16:54 — 26th January 2009.
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how about ubuntu
greg posted this at 21:35 — 26th January 2009.
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That's what I chose, and am on 8.10 as we
speaktype.Tsid posted this at 05:21 — 28th January 2009.
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I would recommend Ubuntu or maybe Fedora. I like the first one - it is mostly desktop-oriented and becoming better from release to release..
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