TW.4T Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hi, I am wanting to test out Linux but do not want any "branded" distros ie. Suse, ubuntu etc.. Whats my best choice ? I am wanting to test both KDE & Gnome (latest versions) and am realy not bothered about the amount of bundled apps, as I can get the ones I need/want myself. Thanks .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scaife Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 It sounds like a "meta-distribution" would suit you very well. Arch Linux and Gentoo are examples of meta-distributions; they have a very basic, small base install, and you choose what packages you want to install on top of it; in both of these distributions, you could install both GNOME and KDE side-by-side (along with whatever other WMs you want to try out). I would recommend Arch Linux. Its maintainers keep it very up-to-date, and you don't have the long compiling times of Gentoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleck79 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 you can install kde and gnome on ubuntu too. makes it a hell of a lot easier than compiling everything and setting it all up yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted October 7, 2008 MVC Share Posted October 7, 2008 Um Gentoo sounds "branded" to me ;) Its a major player in the distro world. Shoot it's ranked 9th on distrowatches top 10 distro's http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major Here -- http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code. That is what I would consider an unbranded distro, it would be TW.4T linux ;) But doing such a thing is not for the first timer to linux to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehlo Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 IIRC Gentoo has some compile flags that will make parts unbranded but lately there have been some fairly large packages that are a little outdated. I would recommend Arch Linux. Its maintainers keep it very up-to-date, and you don't have the long compiling times of Gentoo. I'd recommend Arch too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I recommend Gentoo, but Arch is on his rising, while Gentoo start to fade. But gentoo is still the best source based distribution by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 LFS or Linux from Scratch :rofl: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ But I would stick to either Debian or Arch :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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