A couple years ago or so, I found a website (which I've now lost) that ran me through a series of questions about my skill levels and preferences. Then, based on my answers, it proposed the best Linux distro for me.

It proposed Vector Linux.

I've never tried it, but I just ordered a PC, and I'm thinking of installing Vector.

Does anyone have a good reason for liking Vector?

I imagine any such web site had the OPINIONS of its originator incorporated and couldn't possibly be entirely objective.

I hear very little about Vector Linux. The one to use is the one that you think works best for your needs.

Based on knowledge from a couple of years ago, I considered Vector a good distro for older hardware. But nothing stands still in computers. Distrowatch is a good site for opinions and info on Linux distros.

I used Vector Linux 6.0 Standard for quite awhile,...but then it started to "age". Vector 7 isn't quite out yet,...so I just went on to Slackware 13.37. Vector is really pretty nice,..and this next version (7) will be more closely based on Slackware than the previous versions. I think of Vector as an "easier" and more friendly Slackware...that comes OOTB with flash, java, and the multimedia codecs. I'm pretty used to using Slackware now,...but when Vector 7 comes out,..I think I will try it again. And Vector does run very well on my older P3 computers. It's a Slackware-based distro,...so you could also try Absolute, Salix,..(and forgot the other ones) ...but Vector is more "complete" than they are

Vector 7 would be released shortly (even I am waiting to get my hands on it). It is very closely based on slackware and if there ever was one complete distro that would fit on a single cd then it is vector. But then again since I have very old hardware vector is something that is a life saver for me.
BTW: I am biased towards vector linux and I absolutely love it.

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...I also have older computers (4 desktops)...and I feel the same way about Vector as you do. It really is like a "complete" linux distro on one little CD. Has just about all the apps I need on it.

I, on the other hand, dislike Vector. KDE is too restrictive and controlling. For instance, try not using konqueror or try installing dolphin on a non-KDE distro! It is much like Windows and/or HP in this way -- too integrated, taking over the system and allowing little or no options outside their own realms.

Deb and Bob are more to my liking! But to each his own -- this is what linux is about, freedom to choose.

Ian and his wife Deb made debian.
Who's Bob?

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..Bob is a reference to Slackware ("Bob" is the mascot of the Church of the SubGenius, or something like that). Just google Slackware and there should be something on that. And "Vector Standard" always comes with just the Xfce and Lxde desktop environments. It's the Vector "SOHO" (Small Office/Home Office) version that comes with KDE4. I always go for Vector Standard with Lxde.
EDIT: HA!!! SalmonEater,...ya beat me to it!!!

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Thanks, magikraven, for clarification -- I tried only Vector SOHO and quit. I'll have to check out the LXDE version some time!

I started with VL 5.9 and grabbed 6.0 standard when it came out. I've always liked Slackware but kept getting lost. Vector held my hand (similar to Windows) but allowed me to explore and learn. It just took me a couple of years to learn that my problems with Yahoo and some other sites) was my lack of memory. Hm! Wonder if a text browser would work with them?

Thank you, everyone, for your input.

I'm still interested in Vector, but I installed Arch Linux--which is another distro I've had my eye on for some time. Their rolling update feature sounds very appealing.

I don't. Or perhaps I just had a bad experience with it and gave up too soon. I tried to install it three times, and for whatever reason, it was incapable of picking up my monitor. So either everything was extremely distorted, or the screen would just go blank.

I still wonder what it's like, but it's hard to work without a monitor.

I'm far from an expert on Linux, but your problem would be either the correct video drivers for the video card or integrated video chipset, or the wrong resolution for your monitor. Old CRT monitors can use a wide range of resolutions, but LCD monitors have a best resolution and won't look good at any other resolution. Might have been both issues.

I used Vector on an old P3 IBM briefly a couple of years ago, and it was very capable, out of the box.