What linux distro have you had less of a problem with?

There is no specific answer you'll find to this question as it's entirely subjective depending on what anyone was doing w.r.t software etc. I believe it ultimately boils down to choice for the user to use any distro and be comfortable.

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problems is a VERY BIG area
problems running the OS ?
problems installing programs ?
problems with stability ?
problems with crashes ?
problems with updates ?
problems with hardware ?
... and so on ....
-- example --
cent is VERY stable - so no problem there BUT installing verw NEW programs on it like gimp2.6.7 - that IS a big problem

Hello Rick069,

I had very little problems with Slackware and Gentoo.

Markus

No real problems with any distro I've tried.

i know witch one has the most problems would be Ubuntu for sure.

Ubuntu Karmic has given me horrible audio problems - so much so I've switched distros. OTOH, it has very easy WiFi setup.

Every modern distro I tried on my old laptop failed, because they were all suffering the SAME problem, relating to the new autoconfiguring X. (It locked up totally because the screen doesn't report its supported resolutions.)

Hello cantab,

how old is your laptop? could you please post here, which laptop you have. Thanks in advance

Markus

It's a Toshiba Satellite S1800-254, and is at least 7 years old. It's a known problem with the laptop. Fixed by manually creating an xorg.conf, but it took a whole lot of googling and tearing my hair out.

Most problems are due to user's own fault of maintaining/using their system rather than the distro's.

I may be a bit late to reply.

The least problems I have with Slackware.

But to be honest, my choice is to have several distros running. My harddisk is big enough for my preferences. When I'm stuck with one, I use the other. A linux distribution is rather a set of tools than a religion. The great variety of distros may be a problem of its own, but on the other hand it is a great advantage.

No one would argue against teas _because_ there are too many of them and because there is "Assam" and "Assam", and "assam tea bags". No one would argue against music instruments because you have to do some practicing when you want to play. What I consider dangerous are offerings like "Learn to play the guitar in 14 days" or "Hey, with this keyboard you play like a professional in no time and you won't even have to bother with learning!" (There is an OS that seems to promise things like that.)

Best, er1ch

Well...

For Fedora, no sound and WIFI, upgraded the kernel...problems were solved.

For Sabayon, broken portage, manually fixed the portage, problem was solved.

For Arch, broken packages, updated mirror and refreshed pacman, problem was solved.

For Slackware...no problem