What is the best linux distro?

MrVahn · 02-06-2006, 05:20 AM

I am such a noob when it comes to linux. I currently have Suse 10 on my machine for tinkering purposes. WinXP is still my main OS. Linux increases my curiosity by bombarding me with different distros. Now I am confused which one of them is nicer than the other. A lot of people say that slackware, debian, and gentoo are powerful distros. I need your opinion...

reddazz · 02-06-2006, 05:25 AM

Try the ones you are interested in and then make your own decision. The problem with your question is that we all think a certain distro is the best but someone else may have a different opinion, so you will never get a correct answer because there isn't one.

MrVahn · 02-06-2006, 05:35 AM

I see.. If I am going to make you choose from slack, gentoo and debian, which will be your choice?

Slack interests me for its simplicity and its hackerlike nature
Gentoo's portage system looks promising
Debian because a lot says so

Oh well..

Padma · 02-06-2006, 10:54 AM

Like redazz said, there is no "correct" answer.

Any distro can do the same job as any other distro. Just maybe in a different fashion. Pick something that sounds interesting to try, and give it a whirl. If you find one that you really like, make it your primary distro, but you can still play with others. I love mandriva, and it gets about 65G on my system. But I still keep another partition free, so I can install Suse, or PCLOS, or Deb, or Ubuntu, or whatever, just to keep up with what else is out there.