Any Obscure or New Distro's out recently??
 

Well, I want to know from members about obscure or new "testing" releases of distro's as I am trying out more Linux Distro's.
I just found out about Dreamlinux 3.5 and Wolvix 2.0!
Yes-of course I've checked about every internet list I can think of!
For instance-where can I get the Debian "Sid" netinstall iso-is there one?
Thanks.

For Debian stuff go to debian.org

To keep track of distros try distrowatch.com or linuxtracker.net

you can create your own spins in Fedora

If you like tinkering give www.sourcemage.org a try. It's similar to gentoo where you compile everything you install. There's also Crux linux, Archlinux, Slackware, etc...

Actually I just spent the last 3 hours trying to install Lunar Linux-I can't think of a worse experience with Linux...Not saying Lunar is bad-it might be good for something-?
I also just tried SourceMage, and another fruitless effort..I couldn't even get it to load up right-kept freezing and was not in any way user friendly.
Yes-i checked the MD5sums on both CD's, so that's not it.
Thing is, I don't really know whether my machine is a 32bit, 64bit, or both?!
It's an HP Pavillion a810n 3300+ AMD Athlon64 , 2.4GHZ.-Says it's both 32 and 64 bit.
Mostly I install everything from i386-1686, and x86. Haven't tried any 64bit distro's yet, don't know if I should...?
Getting ready to install Gentoo2008 now, if it goes like Lunar and SourceMage did, then it won't get installed either.
hey it says you got SourceMage-which one-why won't it run right-freezes at loading amd64....agp
during live boot?

If you find gentoo too complex, try sabayon - it's essentially a pre-compiled gentoo. Before you start on your gentoo experiment, make sure to read their online handbook(s). Just bear in mind that the install will be a lot of work compared to installing a pre-compiled distro and that the benefits will be negligeable if you install all the stuff that comes with other distros.

Yes, your CPU is 64 bit but a 64 bit CPU can run a 32 bit OS, too.

Which version did you download for sourcemage? The newest one, 0.10.0-test6 I believe is alot more trickier than the stable version, 0.9.6. If you are up to it, download the stable version. I know they claim all are testing versions but they did change the installation routine with the test6 version.

I think the 0.9.6 installation is much better to get the base up and running. Yes,your system is a 64bit machine but get the 32bit OS and you'll have less problems. I had to install on a new machine, C2D and tried test5 and it wouldn't pick up my internal nic (forcedeth) driver, so I installed 0.9.6 and use the Test grimoire and up to date.

Also you can get great help from them in the IRC channel #sourcemage.