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View Poll Results: What is your favorite Linux distro
Ubuntu 4 6.67%
Fedora 4 6.67%
OpenSUSE 1 1.67%
Debian 9 15.00%
Mandriva 1 1.67%
Linux Mint 1 1.67%
PCLinuxOS 0 0%
Slackware 28 46.67%
Gentoo 2 3.33%
Cent OS 2 3.33%
Mepis 1 1.67%
Xandros 0 0%
Other (Specify below) 7 11.67%
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:16 PM   #1
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Post Favorite Linux Distro

Pretty straight forward. My vote goes to Ubuntu.
 
Old 04-09-2010, 12:28 AM   #2
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Hi,

Slackware 4EVER!

Kind regards,

Eric
 
Old 04-09-2010, 03:28 AM   #3
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-year-780625/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-year-780628/
Ubuntu and Debian are the bestest
 
Old 04-09-2010, 03:33 AM   #4
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Ubuntu and Debian are the bestest
Correction: Ubuntu and Debian are the most popular. Most popular isn't necessarily the "best". "Best" also tends to be rather subjective.
 
Old 04-09-2010, 05:11 AM   #5
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Slackware is THE extra-super-ultra bestest of the best!!!!!!
 
Old 04-09-2010, 06:03 AM   #6
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Arch.

Ubuntu _was_ good, but I'm not convinced it still is. That said I'm using it now, on a machine that's going to be the fileserver, router, and web filter for a small school.

My usual choice for servers is CentOS, but this hardware is finicky so it got Ubuntu.

I used SuSE way back (version 9.2), it was pretty good, YaST is comprehensive. I also used Xandros for a while, it worked alright.
 
Old 04-09-2010, 06:26 AM   #7
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Slackware
 
Old 04-09-2010, 07:01 AM   #8
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Arch is the best!

Not on the list, so I chose Other.
 
Old 04-09-2010, 08:41 AM   #9
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Arch and Slackware are the bestest....

last good *buntu was 7.04... this was a real *buntu... dunno what happened since... All i notice is that *buntus that came later were increasingly entangled, and less ... "straightforward" ... well Archers and Slackers have a very precise notion of "straightforwardness"... U know what I mean...
 
Old 04-09-2010, 11:07 AM   #10
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Slackware baby, YEAH!!
 
Old 04-09-2010, 11:31 AM   #11
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distrowatch
 
Old 04-09-2010, 03:18 PM   #12
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Ubuntu and Mandriva
 
Old 04-09-2010, 04:16 PM   #13
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If you're all just going to make a list of distros, I am going to rename this forum to DistroWatchQuestions. If you wait until the end of the year, your list needs will all be met in the 2010 Member's Awards.
 
Old 04-09-2010, 04:27 PM   #14
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No choice for more than one?
Live: Knoppix, debian, ubuntu, slax.
Desktop: fedora, debian, zenwalk
Laptop: Fedora, debian.

BSD:
Desktop: all BSDs
Laptop: FreeBSD, NetBSD
Live: Free, Net, and Open
 
Old 04-09-2010, 04:32 PM   #15
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If you wait until the end of the year, your list needs will all be met in the 2010 Member's Awards.
It is a bit pointless, isn't it? Perhaps the OP was just trying to be kind to the people who prowl the web looking for chances to vote for Slackware
 
  


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