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jeremy 12-30-2004 06:46 PM
Distribution of the Year
 
And your favorite Distro is...

dick_onion53 12-30-2004 10:57 PM
So far, I like xandros the best (3.0 deluxe).

scuzzman 12-30-2004 10:59 PM
Slacker till I die :)

salparadise 12-30-2004 11:29 PM
ubuntu

Grinnz 12-30-2004 11:46 PM
fedora!

drake_101 12-31-2004 12:43 AM
Slackware

Razze 12-31-2004 12:45 AM
Mandrake!

reddazz 12-31-2004 01:10 AM
tough one, wish I could select more than one :D

J.W. 12-31-2004 01:50 AM
There can only be one: Slackware v10 -- J.W.

samael26 12-31-2004 02:01 AM
Mepis amazed me !

masand 12-31-2004 02:04 AM
i am confused betwen fedora and mandrake 10.1
both are great

regards

linux_man_2004 12-31-2004 04:12 AM
Fedora rulez
 
People, people, we don't have to argue. Of course Fedora is the best. It has always commed to us with the newest things available (and stable). Fedora 3 (the newest) uses kernel 2.6.9 (by default), whereas Slackware uses a very old 2.4.* kernel and ofcourse the software within is very, very old. We also mustn't talk about the speed because Fedora 3 beats every other OS.

vharishankar 12-31-2004 04:20 AM
Debian is the best. Fedora is OK, I supose, but Debian beats it hands down.

Fedora's package management system really is awkward. I like to constantly install and uninstall stuff, so Debian with apt-get is the greatest!

druuna 12-31-2004 04:33 AM
LFS, Slack a good second and knoppix for rescues.

dalek 12-31-2004 04:34 AM
Gentoo baby. If you have a machine fast enough to compile the stuff.

Later

:D :D :D :D

fr0zen 12-31-2004 05:14 AM
This one is easy:


LFS.

reddazz 12-31-2004 05:54 AM
Users of LFS and Gentoo must have a lot of spare time ;) I am tempted to install Gentoo coz I tried out Vidalinux and found it to be an okay distro.

vharishankar 12-31-2004 06:01 AM
Quote:
Users of LFS and Gentoo must have a lot of spare time ;) I am tempted to install Gentoo coz I tried out Vidalinux and found it to be an okay distro.
Come to that, users of Linux must have a lot of spare time :D

dalek 12-31-2004 06:06 AM
Gentoo is not time consuming. You just type in the command then go to bed. Most are done when you wake up, if you have a pretty descent rig. Mine ain't the most speedy thing in the world but it doesn't take that long. The install while harder than most is well worth the ease of installing afterward. emerge sync, the emerge <name of program>, then go to sleep. That with broadband, which I wish I had, means it is done when you get up. Do a little configuring and you are done.

As for stability:

Code:
root@smoker / # uptime
 06:03:41 up 50 days, 23:39,  4 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.05
root@smoker / #
That is the longest for me yet. Mandrake could not even get close to that. Random lockups for some reason. :scratch:

A little effort equals a great payoff. I have done installs via ssh. I done two in Sweden, me at home in USA, and one in Michigan. They are not that bad if you are familiar with Linux a bit.

My $.02 worth.

Later

:D :D :D :D

JunctaJuvant 12-31-2004 07:35 AM
Recently tried Gentoo (on a PII 400Mhz laptop, do not repeat NOT emerge gnome unless you mind waiting > 20hrs :) )
I was very much impressed. Great documentation, great community, easy configuration, easy update, I even liked the installation (IMHO not for beginners though)...impressed enough to vote for it.

Junior41180 12-31-2004 07:57 AM
Mandrake or Gentoo.... Gentoo this time around.

Oliv' 12-31-2004 08:00 AM
Quote:
LFS, Slack a good second and knoppix for rescues.

+1 for this result ;)

Oliv'

darkleaf 12-31-2004 08:15 AM
This year debian. Tried gentoo but couldn't get a stage1 install so the fun was gone. Might try slack and freebsd later.

bobbens 12-31-2004 08:56 AM
w00t all for debian!!!

mjjzf 12-31-2004 08:58 AM
This year's distro is tough; but this year's newcomer is definately Ubuntu.
The results one can get with VectorLinux are simply impressive.

halo14 12-31-2004 09:21 AM
This is soooo hard.. 2004 has been one of the most influential years as far as my life and computers go... I started with linux in late October of 2003, but never even registered here until April of this year...

I have used a very wide variety of distros, from starting with RH9 and moving on to SuSE9.0, FreeBSD 5.1, Debian, and tons of others..

I voted for Slackware.. I was always scared to move to slackware because everyone talked about how difficult it is... I don't think that's true at all.. I found it to very simplistic and stable, which I believe is the basis behind the whole distro.. I think it could use a good package updater that is NOT 3rd party, as I have heard nothing but bad things about the 3rd party Slack updaters.. so I just do it by hand... not a big deal...

Close to this was SuSE for me... SuSE 9.0 was the second distro I tried, purchasing the Professional box from Best Buy.. I really liked it and found it easy to use, and easy to move to from a Windows point of view... I really liked 9.1 Pro also... I haven't gotten 9.2 yet, but I have heard mixed reviews about it..

I think Fedora has done a great job throughout the year...I love the cutting edge software aspect of it.. but I think it's low support life takes away from it a lot...

bluesman2333 12-31-2004 09:29 AM
Gah! I'm still a big fan of SuSE, even if they did go commercial. :)

davecs 12-31-2004 09:40 AM
Gentoo and Mandrake.

Load Mandrake because it's fast. Then build Gentoo in a chrooted environment in the background, best of both worlds.

I'm torn here, Gentoo is currently my distro of choice, but if I am trying to make a "convert" I always say Mandrake, though PClinuxOS looks as if it could be useful (if I ever get to install it properly).

OK I will vote for Mandrake, because I think it is a nice compromise between ease of use and installation whilst being a "real" linux and not a Windows clone.

dalek 12-31-2004 09:51 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by JunctaJuvant
Recently tried Gentoo (on a PII 400Mhz laptop, do not repeat NOT emerge gnome unless you mind waiting > 20hrs :) )
You should have tried KDE. It is a big compile project. Only one bigger is Open Office, the full version which I have on mine. It takes a long time even on this rig to compile.

I did start with Mandrake though. I got tired of the dependancy problems though. Gentoo solved all that though.

Later

:D :D :D :D

rohandhruva 12-31-2004 09:59 AM
Fedora all the way! Though ubuntu is just as good.

Phorem 12-31-2004 12:53 PM
Gentoo first with Mandrake and Suse as a close second. More Mandrake then Suse. I like the free iso factor.

dubkat 12-31-2004 01:17 PM
Fedora Core 3

OmegaBlac 12-31-2004 01:18 PM
Debian Debian Debian. Alot of the new distros(ie. Ubuntu) making headlines are based upon the rock-solid Debian. Plus with the new Debian-Installer this distro keeps getting better and better! :cool:

speel 12-31-2004 01:41 PM
UBUNTU

jale2ice 12-31-2004 01:48 PM
Fedora Core 3!!!

Hangdog42 12-31-2004 02:50 PM
The One, The Only.............Slackware

ShakyJake 12-31-2004 03:11 PM
Gentoo is the best. Last year I voted Slack, but Gentoo is so much cooler. Emerge 4 LIFE.

yotamk 12-31-2004 04:02 PM
Debian.
Because it's free all the way;
Because It's the mother of many new distros;
Because it's Debian...

andmalc 12-31-2004 06:16 PM
Xandros, Ubuntu, and Knoppix (and I believe Mepis & Linspire) are all Debian-based, so by that measure you'd have to say that Debian is the most popular distro.

Brane Ded 12-31-2004 09:27 PM
The SubGenius must have Slack!

Quote:
Originally posted by linux_man_2004
Of course Fedora is the best. It has always commed to us with the newest things available (and stable). Fedora 3 (the newest) uses kernel 2.6.9 (by default), whereas Slackware uses a very old 2.4.* kernel and ofcourse the software within is very, very old.
Don't worry, someday you will understand. ;)

OneManArmy 12-31-2004 09:44 PM
One Distro, to rule them all…

One Distro, to find them…

One Distro, to bring them all…

And in the darkness, bind them…


Yeah..........I can hear it.......It is Debian :D

zaicheke 12-31-2004 10:17 PM
Slackware 10 comes with 2.6.7 but has 2.4 becasue it is more stable.

dalek 12-31-2004 10:34 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by rcottere
Slackware 10 comes with 2.6.7 but has 2.4 becasue it is more stable.
Code:
root@smoker / # uname -r
2.6.8-gentoo-r10
root@smoker / # uptime
 22:31:51 up 51 days, 16:08,  4 users,  load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.01
root@smoker / #
2.6.8 looks pretty stable to me. Still ginning too.

I never had anything but problems with 2.4 kernels myself. Maybe my hardware is a bit to new.

Later

:D :D :D :D

slakmagik 12-31-2004 11:19 PM
Stable as in '22:31:51 up 510 days, 16:08, 400 users' on a business machine and the like. I'm making stuff up, but the point's there. I use 2.6 myself and it's fine for me, but that doesn't mean it is for everybody.

But, yeah, the original point about Slackware coming with old packages is frankly ridiculous.

doublejoon 12-31-2004 11:19 PM
Gentoo.....hands down. Fedora (although a great distro)use to be my fav. Then i was introduced to portage and speed!!. I have since never looked back. Debian/Ubuntu run a very close second for me....awesome distros.

For me the Gentoo documentation is absolutely the best. I use the Gentoo documentation for just about any general linux setup

1) Gentoo
2) Debian/Ubuntu
3) Fedora

I think i will try Slack in '05 for firewall duty

Franklin 12-31-2004 11:22 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Brane Ded
The SubGenius must have Slack!

<some silliness deleted>

Don't worry, someday you will understand. ;)
he he he ...

" Ah grasshopper... one day, if you are lucky, you will have Clue."

:D

synaptical 12-31-2004 11:30 PM
arch, no contest. :cool:

snwright 01-01-2005 03:49 AM
i guess all i can say is fedora cause that's the only one i've had much experience with. but honestly, i'm not all that happy with the fc3 upgrade (from fc1). of course, at least some of the PEBKAC, but still... i thought the upgrade was gonna be easy cause the inital install was seamless with fc1. instead, i lost all (both, i guess) of my cool not-all-that-complicated-but-a-pain-in-the-ass-to-fix things: keybindings in fluxbox, and optical sound support.
grr, but if i ain't complaining cause it's FREE and FUN!
wahoo, go fedora! keep the good stuff coming!
spencer

MMYoung 01-01-2005 04:37 AM
The one!
The Only!
SLACKWARE!

Later,
MMYoung

muah 01-01-2005 04:39 AM
Slackware for ever !!!


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