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From: | Anthony W. Youngman |
Subject: | Re: linux distro recommendations? |
Date: | Fri, 8 May 2009 14:11:40 +0100 |
User-agent: | Turnpike/6.05-U (<Uxb6TFz8PTSrG3mvLWT+2+K3+m>) |
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:03:12AM -0700, Mark Polesky wrote:I'm thinking about finally running the (windows->linux me) procedure, and I'm wondering what distros you developers prefer to use (and why).Developers: debian, because it's the only sane choice. New users: ubuntu, because it's shiny.
And Ubuntu is a debian derivative, so they're just one choice anyway :-)
Well, I'd say gentoo (or similar) was the only sane choice for developers :-) But it wouldn't be a sane choice for you, if you're thinking of leaving Windows. It's NOT a good "first distro" choice.Honestly, any answer you get will either be "well, they all have their strengths and weaknesses, so it's really up to you", rampant flamebait and mindless self-cheerleading, or thinly-veiled flamebait and very-slightly-thoughtful self-cheerleading. I just decided to cut to the chase by including all three in my email. :)
As a first distro, I'd agree with Ubuntu or Kubuntu (try and have a play on someone's system with both Gnome and KDE - see which one suits you best). Or (and it's not very popular at the moment) try and get a copy of SuSE 11. I've long been a SuSE fan. You can get liveCDs of all three to try out and see what you think.
And if you want a "learn the hard way" distro (which I *would* *strongly* recommend, but you really want a bit more experience than just Windows), then try Slackware. Oh - and the thing about Slackware - it has the reputation of booting and installing on pretty much ANYTHING. A lot of liveCDs and distros have trouble booting on some hardware - they'll recognise anything modern, but often will choke on something a bit older. I could never get liveCDs to work on my system.
Cheers, Wol -- Anthony W. Youngman - address@hidden
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