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Old 02-24-2014, 04:42 AM   #1
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Post the top 7 best linux distros for 2014


https://www.linux.com/news/software/...stros-for-2014
 
Old 02-24-2014, 08:32 AM   #2
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1:Slackware 14.1
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7:Slackware 14.1

 
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Old 02-24-2014, 12:56 PM   #3
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cough cough:

0:Slackware
1:Slackware
2:Slackware
3:Slackware
4:Slackware
5:Slackware
6:Slackware
 
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Old 02-24-2014, 04:12 PM   #4
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Interesting
 
Old 02-25-2014, 02:19 PM   #5
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The top 1 best distro for me is whatever distro I happen to be happy with at the moment.

YMMV
 
Old 02-27-2014, 05:26 PM   #6
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Arch!!!
 
Old 02-27-2014, 10:14 PM   #7
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LFS!!!
 
Old 02-27-2014, 11:41 PM   #8
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I laugh every time I hear there's a distro called DouDou. Hahaha...
 
Old 03-01-2014, 04:56 AM   #9
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I think Xubuntu's wonderful
 
Old 03-15-2014, 06:26 AM   #10
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I hate articles like this. I'm willing to bet the writer's only tried about three distros, five at the absolute max.
 
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Old 03-15-2014, 12:10 PM   #11
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For what it's worth, my current top seven (out of 113) is AntiX, CentOS, Lite, Mint, PCLinuxOS, Point, Salix.
 
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Old 03-15-2014, 10:51 PM   #12
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My list (one of which isn't a "distro," because it's BSD):

Slackware
OpenBSD
Arch
Antergos
LinuxBBQ
Mint
Tails
 
Old 03-15-2014, 11:56 PM   #13
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Best for what?
For myself on my machines with my needs and experience I'd rate Debian (Testing or Sid), Slackware and Fedora. I could just then pick four of the other ones I've used in VMs or tried to dual boot but I don't see the point.
 
Old 03-16-2014, 07:08 PM   #14
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Best for what?
For myself on my machines with my needs and experience I'd rate Debian (Testing or Sid), Slackware and Fedora. I could just then pick four of the other ones I've used in VMs or tried to dual boot but I don't see the point.
This should be for new users, which're not familar with Linux as geeks.
 
Old 03-22-2014, 04:11 PM   #15
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For me the Best Distro now is UBUNTU 14.04lts
 
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