Slackware is No.1 - so what's No.2 ?

bgeddy · 11-05-2007, 03:50 PM

Slackware being the best distro - what do you rate as second best ?

I'm interested in peoples opinions of other Linux distros.

Preferably another distro used in earnest.

Votes appreciated..

acid_kewpie · 11-05-2007, 04:01 PM

so this isn't about slackware at all? if you want a popularity contest, then check distrowatch.com.

Road_map · 11-05-2007, 04:12 PM

I see "Red Hat " and "Fedora", so who is "Suse": SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop or openSUSE?

Ghost_runner · 11-05-2007, 05:11 PM

Best for what? Best for entry-level user, best for gamer, best for uber-geek-haxor? Best for grandma pat, best for 31337, best for bill gates....

Best, slack, agree.
I use openSUSE because my work uses novell tools, and I need to play nice with their tools
Love gentoo and LFS just because geeks need to have a "I managed to get X to work in LFS" bragging rights
ubuntu is good for those that have never touched a computer before, or linux before, very user friendly, for linux.

that is my $0.02

bgeddy · 11-05-2007, 05:21 PM

This poll is to do with Slackware. It's asking people who use Slackware - given the title presumably as their primary distro - what would be their second choice. Distrowatch and other polls are not targeted at Slackware users per se.

Sorry if I've ruffled any feathers here - I am just interested in Slackware users second favorite.

I should have made the choices more clear but i suppose I refer to openSuse when giving Suse as a choice.

psychicist · 11-05-2007, 05:31 PM

I like Slackware, Solaris and BSD. Apart from Debian and Gentoo I don't really care about any other Linux distributions, because they're mostly either derivatives or lack the necessary qualities for me to consider them.

IceChant · 11-05-2007, 05:57 PM

I would say LFS, I liked Gentoo when I used it but too much dependencies LFS is cleaner.

bgeddy · 11-05-2007, 06:47 PM

Thanks for the replies.

I too have built LFS - it took forever on an old machine but it was certainly informative, I've just freed up my LFS partition - hence the question.

I've also got FreeBSD on another box but most of my time is spent with Slackware 12 or current.

I plan to install another distro on the freed up space - variety being the spice of life and all that !

Thanks again..

gilead · 11-05-2007, 07:46 PM

If Slackware is #1, then #2 is the previous version of Slackware...

Furlinastis · 11-05-2007, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilead

If Slackware is #1, then #2 is the previous version of Slackware...

Good answer

In fact, I was considering reinstalling slack 11 cause 12 feels too polished or something...

I chose "other" cause the only other distro I ever use is Knoppix.

brianL · 11-06-2007, 07:09 AM

Debian testing or Ubuntu 7.04.
(I haven't tried Gentoo or Arch...yet)

tamtam · 11-06-2007, 08:25 AM

My first distro was Mandriva a few years ago which came free as an installation disk from a magazine. I have tried a number since. I am a KDE sort of person so I would have to say that once I configured Slackware I havenot tried other KDE based distros. If I had a choice of Gnome based distros then it would be toss up between Debian and Ubunto.

rworkman · 11-06-2007, 11:05 AM

OpenBSD. Depending on usage, one could make a good argument that they are reversed.

H_TeXMeX_H · 11-06-2007, 12:40 PM

Really, I cannot name a #2, because if I weren't using Slackware, I probably wouldn't be using Linux.

I guess I could probably use LFS, but it would take forever to get it up and running and if something went wrong, well I typically don't have time to start over. Time is important, so really Gentoo and LFS are pretty much out of the question ... they're only for bragging rights, IMO.

digger95 · 11-06-2007, 01:09 PM

I think it's all a matter of perspective really. I've only ever used Ubuntu and Slackware, so I put Ubuntu in the No. 2 spot. I was looking for a point-and-click, windows-like distro to start out with, and that's not a bad thing at ALL if it gets people's feet through the Linux door. But Ubuntu bored me quickly and I decided to do my real 'learning' on Slackware.