Bushrat Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 fedora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 My vote is for Fedora, but I'm really starting to like SuSe though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p23d4t0rfr34k Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Slackware For Life! Its Never Failed me, Unless i did something stupid....... Anyway. Best Dang Distro EVER, Gentoo is interesting tho..... but long compile times are annoying....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosleep Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Well I just made the switch from Slackware to Arch Linux. I must say, this distro is totally elite. I dig pacman over swaret now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3wt Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I used Red Hat 9 for a while, then I switched to FC2....and hated it, now I'm "between distros" its very depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosleep Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Try Debian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3wt Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I tried installing Woody, but had lots of hardware detection issues, so I was going to try Sarge, but I'm thinking I might give Ubuntu a whirl instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfive6 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I have them all don't use any though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3wt Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Ubuntu up and running, /me likes :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midway40 Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I am downloading Libranet 2.8.1 now and goint to try it out tonight. Seen some good reviews about this distro. One thing I will like about it is that it installs the Nvidia driver on detection. Being a nix noob, that helps me alot--the last time I tried installing the driver on Mandrake 9.1 had me going :wacko: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3ta Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I'm running Ubuntu and I'm very happy with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosleep Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 What does Ubuntu use, apt-get or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcession Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 What does Ubuntu use, apt-get or something? 584863749[/snapback] apt-get :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammyinnit Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 I am new to linux and was wondering, what would be best for me to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Here - https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...l=linix++distro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chacho Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 We'd need more details to be able to suggest anything. Depends on your general experience and what you'd be using it for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammyinnit Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 just to see what its like, thats what i would be using it for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekj Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Suse 9.2 Personal Live CD. Or any other live cd for that matter. A live cd is a cd that you boot from with a full linux system on it and it won't affect your current windows (I assume) operating system at all. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted November 7, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2004 I am new to linux and was wondering, what would be best for me to get?584876784[/snapback] Merged this post into the Definitive thread. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 I LOVE suse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 i used debian for 3 days then moved to slackware for 3 months then my computer went dead then i tried gentoo and gave up while installing (i had a 686 shess i am not waiting a day for the kernel to complate) then i went back to debian for a good 9 months gave slackware another go for a few weeks then about 5 months ago when i saw ubuntu inside the debian mailing list i saw over to ubuntu and have been beta testing it since then. right now i am using hoary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital.K Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Ubuntu, without a doubt. This distro has substance and it isnt overdone. I tried Suse 9.1 for starters, but it didnt feel right. Found Ubuntu posted in another thread and gave it a shot. I will be using Ubuntu for a loooooooooooong time. There is nothing I dont like about it..Just my 2 cents:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qarth Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 So Redhat is running to poll huh? I'm going to be installing Linux on a drive tonight and was wondering is it the "XP" of Linux or is it really that good. I read good things about Debian and was thinking about installing that but need some opinions. Remember, total noob but I still want to learn the big shabang. How easy is it to play Windows games in Linux also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted November 23, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 23, 2004 So Redhat is running to poll huh? I'm going to be installing Linux on a drive tonight and was wondering is it the "XP" of Linux or is it really that good. I read good things about Debian and was thinking about installing that but need some opinions. Remember, total noob but I still want to learn the big shabang. How easy is it to play Windows games in Linux also?584971229[/snapback] Well, thank goodness there is no "XP of Linux". Pretty much all the various distros are alike in their heart. They are GNU/Linux. The differences are in how they choose to manage their packages, and the default configurations. Everything else can be changed by you. You don't want to load a browser - then you don't. If you don't even want a GUI, then you don't have to have it. It really becomes your PC. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STATIC_RIPS Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 In My Mind Slack Is One Of The best ive Ever Used ..... Gentoo Is Nice , Just Hard To Get Going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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