[SOLVED] What is the BEST Linux OS ?

raviteja_s · 12-16-2010, 09:22 AM

Ubuntu

choose your disro http://distrowatch.com/

TobiSGD · 12-16-2010, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TigerLinux

how about Solaris?

You wanted an easy to install and maintain Linux distro. Solaris is Unix, not Linux. I have no personal experiences with it, but from what I have seen it is not meant for beginners.

FredGSanford · 12-16-2010, 11:37 AM

Linux Mint
Mandriva
Ubuntu
PCLinuxOS

Just to name a few...

ilvista · 12-16-2010, 12:14 PM

Solaris is not a linux distro

ilvista · 12-16-2010, 12:17 PM

I've been using most of them,they are equally great.but i prefer fedora,centos ,opensuse.

tiredofbilkyyaforallican · 12-16-2010, 01:19 PM

I would have to say there is no true answer to this question as even in my home we run an assortment of distros and we are happy with using more than one flavour . I use LMDE mainly ,my wife likes mint main and we are both playing with peppermint,Mandriva and I am downloading openSuse. I will be trying Slackware in the new year as well. About the only distro I am not really interested in presently is Gentoo as I am not that proficient with the terminal commands yet but I am learning as I go.

onebuck · 12-16-2010, 02:39 PM

Hi,

The LiveCD List is a very good list to choose a GnuLinux to test drive. Once you find one that fits then get the real deal or install from the LiveCD. Unfortunately not all Gnu/Linux have a LiveCD to choose from. Some Gnu/Linux have forks that will give a near & fair comparison via LiveCD.

dylan_ec · 12-16-2010, 04:04 PM

I've installed many distributions and the best one is SUSE Linux.

GardarS · 12-16-2010, 04:07 PM

I like CentOS the best, at the moment I've also heard good things about Peppermint and I love the name so I will try that once I get a working laptop.

dv502 · 12-16-2010, 04:37 PM

Arch
Slackware
PClinuxOS
Crux

TobiSGD · 12-16-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dv502

Arch
Slackware
PClinuxOS
Crux

Arch and Crux are not easy to setup.

theNbomr · 12-16-2010, 04:51 PM

If there was one best version, then everyone would use it, and the others would die off. Connect the dots.

--- rod.

kismet010 · 12-16-2010, 05:27 PM

For me: Arch
But if you have to choose your first distro, I'll recommend you Ubuntu

tiredofbilkyyaforallican · 12-16-2010, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by theNbomr

If there was one best version, then everyone would use it, and the others would die off. Connect the dots.

--- rod.

This is about as close to the truth as you can get, if there were one BEST version ,we'd all be running it and that would be just like the monopoly that is M$.

dv502 · 12-16-2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Arch and Crux are not easy to setup.

I have no problems setting up Arch and Crux.

Crux does requires you to build the kernel during installation. This is no problem for me because I have experience compiling kernels. I've compiled the linux kernel 5 times in my 15 years of using linux.