DEFINITIVE: Which Linux Distro? (poll)

[msg43]

/me votes for my Fedora again.  :wub:

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/me kicks markjensen and tells him to use a real linux distro!

[rezza Veteran]

/me kicks markjensen and tells him to use a real linux distro!

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Umm... yeah, ok.......

;)

Anyway, debian is my new distro of choice.

[msg43]

Umm... yeah, ok.......

;)

Anyway, debian is my new distro of choice.

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what were you useing before? Knoppix?

[rezza Veteran]

what were you useing before? Knoppix?

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Immediately before, I was using gentoo. But I have also used redhat, slackware, madrake, and arch in the past (and lots of others not for long enough to count).

[blik]

:woot:

Arch has been added to the poll :D

[Coreguy]

of coz Gentoo

I love the feeling of EMERGING everything....

:D

[Lasker]

DAMN i'm the only one who choiced SUSE :huh:

[Knight']

It's not hard to guess which Gentoo... I mean distro... I picked.

[MateoGWJ]

Where's Frugalware?

[Jon 5]

My new vote is for (K)Ubuntu. :D

[jedimasterk]

I prefer either Suse or Knoppix as a good well rounded and nice looking Linux distro. I know alot of you like Ubuntu. But as for me I cannot stand the color scheme (Brown) or the name for that matter. You may as well call it Tufu Linux. Just my opinion. :)

[ipridian]

Is this a new poll ^^ ? I think I voted for Gentoo before .. and there isn't any reason to change my decision ... Gentoo one more time ! :laugh:

[mr_demilord]

Is this a new poll ^^ ? I think I voted for Suse before .. and there isn't any reason to change my decision ... Suse one more time !

:ninja:

[azout4now]

Linspire by far.

[msg43]

Linspire by far.

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oh my you got a lot of learnin to do

[markwolfe Veteran]

Linspire by far.

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oh my you got a lot of learnin to do

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There is a guy where I work that switched from Windows to Linux using Linspire. Put it on his and his wife's computer. He says it just worked great for him out of the box (and the same CD can be legally used on all his computers). He is starting to open the command line and explore & learn a bit, too.

Linspire fills a niche for Windows users who want to leave Windows, but don't want to be overwhelmed with a lot of new things to learn all at once.

Not a distro for me, but it suits some people well.

[chavo]

Long time Mandrake user here, but I'm now running kubuntu. I used Mandrake for years but some recent developments led me on a search for a new distro. Some changes at Mandrake and the desire to run more recent software made me change.

I don't have the stock KDE installed anyway, so I voted for ubuntu.

[abw2005]

Linspire fills a niche for Windows users who want to leave Windows, but don't want to be overwhelmed with a lot of new things to learn all at once.

Not a distro for me, but it suits some people well.

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I am a long time Linux user (8+ years). But I found Linspire to be the easiest distro to move off of Windows to. I know, there's a lot of things you can't do, and that's why I have RH and SuSE distro's running on other systems at home. But for the target market that Linspire is trying to reach (average Windows users) it is a great distro. And because I recognize what Linspire is trying to do, I support them.

Look, if you have average Windows user Joe Schmoe asking about Linux, would you recommend Gentoo? I think not (unless you want to own all the support calls afterwards). Linspire lets the Windows user have familiarity of the Windows desktop without the need to understand the nuts and bolts of Linux.

I wish folks would just look at what Linspire is trying to do. People complain that Linspire is charging for free software. They are charging for the service of the CNR. You don't have to use the CNR folks. Klik and apt-get works just fine. But to be honest, I think the $50/year for Linspire on all my desktops at home, which includes major upgrades is a great deal. At that rate, it would cost $10 per system, per year for me.

Bottom line: As long as it's some form of Linux, who cares?

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[theyarecomingforyou]

I tried Fedora Core 2, Mandrake 10 and SuSE9.1, but they all had too many problems for a Linux n00b like me to solve. :( I will probably give Linux another try soon, maybe over summer - if I was to try again then I would probably try Ubuntu, as I have been hearing a lot of good stuff about it.

[msg43]

I wish folks would just look at what Linspire is trying to do. People complain that Linspire is charging for free software. They are charging for the service of the CNR. You don't have to use the CNR folks. Klik and apt-get works just fine. But to be honest, I think the $50/year for Linspire on all my desktops at home, which includes major upgrades is a great deal. At that rate, it would cost $10 per system, per year for me.

Bottom line: As long as it's some form of Linux, who cares?

Need more info? First look

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I disrespect linspire because they try to sell firefox and openoffice for $30 both opensource program all there doing is putting it on a cd and making a package

also they try to flame windows. I'm not a big fan of windows but I think the way linspire trys to put down microsoft is bs I saw one of the flash movie

and with you bottom line I do care cause some people can really edit linux so much it becuase editedlinux

[markwolfe Veteran]

I disrespect linspire because they try to sell firefox and openoffice for $30 both opensource program all there doing is putting it on a cd and making a package

also they try to flame windows. I'm not a big fan of windows but I think the way linspire trys to put down microsoft is bs I saw one of the flash movie

and with you bottom line I do care cause some people can really edit linux so much it becuase editedlinux

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Like you, I don't like their constant whining about Microsoft.

However, I do not fault them for charging for Open Source. Open Source means "libre", not "gratis".

Plus, they contribute (money and programming) a lot to other Open Source projects (like KDE and so forth).

Face it, Open Source means business, not just hobbyists.

[John_M]

Gentoo!

[LispyGlitter2]

SUSE

[Davy49]

Hello All,

I'm still a rather new linux user..having used ms windows all of my life, I just thought I'd check out linux. I started with linspire live cd, it seemed to work ok, but I didn't like the browser that came built-in with it. I wish it would have came with firefox like I'm used to. And I would rather tend to agree with some others here..as far as having to 'pay' for 'free' software through the cnr warehouse. I also tried the distro. damn small linux..never could get it to work properly. Also, puppy linux, it worked pretty well. Then tried knoppix live cd..it worked pretty well also. I'm still waiting for my 'free' copy of the ubuntu cd's..from all that I've read about that distro., it sounds like it's very popular.

David

[dordt]

Fedora core 4 (test 3 now)

All setup as i want.

msttcorefonts (tahoma default)

Firefox 1.0.4 fonts (sans serif, times new roman, ariel and courier new)

Concerning (view text like a windows pc) aliased fonts licensing Apple:

http://howtos.linux.com/howtos/Font-HOWTO/bci.shtml

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=b...ora&btnG=Search

You can download changed freetype rpm's fc3 and fc4 (changed bytecode) use google.

Ok: http://avi.alkalay.net/software/freetype.bci/FedoraCore3/

Search for fc4 yourself.

Also:

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_3_in...tion_notes.html (fc4 later)

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc4.shtml (easy nvidia install)

When installing realplayer only use this setupmethod:

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Installation Instructions

- Ensure that the .bin file you downloaded is executable. You can make the .bin file executable by running the "chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin" command from a terminal window.

- Run the .bin file by typing "./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin". Follow the prompts provided to finish installing the player.

- When you launch the player for the first time, a set-up assistant will take you through configuring your player.

- Enjoy your RealPlayer10 for Linux!

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Do not install in root but in: /usr/lib (rights 2nd user)

Extra: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedo...velopment/i386/

Happy using :) !