Distribution of the Year

shadow.blue · 11-16-2003, 04:21 AM

Slackware all the way!

buttersoft · 11-16-2003, 04:48 AM

I like Knoppix too. It was responsible for getting me interested in Linux in the first place,

After years of Windows use, I saw somewhere on the Net, that you could buy a CD, not touch your hard-dsik and have Linux up and running from the CD only! I thought coming from Windows WOW! So I tried it. Sure enough 5 minutes after popping CD in, I was checking email and surfing!

That did it for me! Knoppix is responsible for me getting into Linux. Now I love it.

At the moment I am using SuSE 8.2, but if their licensing is going to get more restrictive then I will get the latest Knoppix and use it to install Debian.

I have tried no other distributions, just Knoppix, Debian (a little) and SuSE.

sh0 · 11-16-2003, 04:57 AM

There can be only one - Slackware!

Chu · 11-16-2003, 05:07 AM

I never knew the Slackware community was so big..

Demonbane · 11-16-2003, 05:30 AM

go Gentoo..

Misel · 11-16-2003, 09:09 AM

I just put the link in an IRC channel I regularly visit and there are quite a couple of Debian fans in there. On reply was: Since when did Masochism become a point of view? *fg

Thereisnotry · 11-16-2003, 11:19 AM

I starting my linux campaign with Suse 8.2 and would recommend it to anyone starting out. Installation was a breeze, but after tinkering with it for a few months and getting nowhere with the rpms i choose to go for broke and try something a little more daring.(Debian was its name and apt was its game). Ever since i have found it superb so i voted for it. Mainly because of apt and it's general phillosophy of keeping in with the spirit of Free software. What a radical eh!!!

cyberFISH · 11-16-2003, 11:42 AM

I started out using redhat just cos I had the cds, BUT switched to gentoo when 1.4 came out and havent looked back.

ITS SOOOO FAST, but took 4 days to set up!

R@LF · 11-16-2003, 11:43 AM

I voted RH, but now I swithed to Fedora .... I don't know yet.

I thought Knoppix was the most inovative distro !

Rolf

novices2k · 11-16-2003, 12:04 PM

I prefered SUSE

frieza · 11-16-2003, 12:25 PM

no mention of ppc linux distros like yellowdog... oh well, it's redhat based

lepton · 11-16-2003, 12:58 PM

Since I've installed Suse 9.0 in my system Microsoft became a fadding memory...!

gboutwel · 11-16-2003, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JDMnet
Anyone have any suggestions on wich other Linux distros I should try? (and they need to be as easy to install as RedHat 9)

Try Xandros, especially their new v2.0 Desktop. If you like RedHat 9, you'll LOVE Xandros. Easiest Distro I have every had to setup and installl bar NONE.

The new v2.0 will have a d/lable trial edition, so you can litterally try it before you buy it.

randomblast · 11-16-2003, 02:40 PM

redhat for me, although i may try gentoo if i get a new hdd and do a fresh install

synaptical · 11-16-2003, 02:49 PM

libranet for ease of installation. slackware for everything else.