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First timer here with a good question. My cousin and I are not fans of ubuntu but he suggested that I ask you guys a question because I want to use a distro for my needs:
What is the best linux distro you guys can recommend for me considering the following:
1 - It needs to be blazingly fast - it MUST boot up extemely fast.
2 - It must be able to use virtualbox.
3 - It's got to have super fast internet, like, internet manager found in ubuntu.
4 - It CANNOT be bloated.
I read that Puppy Linux and DSL (Damn Small Linux) are good distros too. However, I want to know which do you guys recommend.
I can not speak for recorded facts, but I can tell you that Arch is by far the fastest distro I have ever used... and that includes Gentoo and Slackware. It also starts off with an extremely timy footprint and you simply add what you need to it. The wiki and forums are great. The IRC channel is an excellent place to find immediate help.
I've been using Linux for a little over 5 years now and have used just about every distro available. I run ArchLinux on my laptop and general desktop systems and CentOS on my server systems. While I do still like to tinker with some of the other distro's, I have found no compelling reason for not doing just that. CentOS on servers for it's stability and standard(corporate standard) compatibility. Arch on non-mission-critical systems for it's extremely up to date, rolling release cycle. With Arch, you never have to reinstall or upgrade to the latest release. By keeping up with the package manager, you are ALWAYS running the latest release.
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