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06-19-2007, 02:53 AM
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Which distro to chose?
Hi all,
I am planning to install a linux system. I've looked at a few distros till now like madrake,fedora,debian,freebsd,suse a long time back. For the past some time I could not get my hands on it. I guess that things might have changed a lot by now. Hence I would like to know which is the "good" linux distro now. Following are my expectations out of a distro.Since I primarily intend to only "USE" linux for my programming purposes I want something that has:
low maintenance and very very stable.
good performance, less crashes,hangups etc.
less configuration and if required at all, easy configuration.
good pre-configuration of softwares like VI,VIM,emacs etc.
frequent upgrades available.
huge collection of packages that are relevant to programming.
support for wide variety of hardware.
decent looking UI (i find that this varies a bit due to customization of kde/gnome of diff distros)
Awaiting a reply,
Ajay.
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06-19-2007, 03:27 AM
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Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Warsaw/Poland
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why don't you give ArchLinux a try?
www.archlinux.org
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06-19-2007, 08:24 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Annapolis, MD
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 17,809
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The link below may be helpful
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06-20-2007, 05:14 AM
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Location: Townsville, Australia
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06-20-2007, 08:08 AM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
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Look at the links in my signature.
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06-22-2007, 01:12 AM
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Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Punjab (INDIA)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gajaykrishnan
low maintenance and very very stable.
good performance, less crashes,hangups etc.
less configuration and if required at all, easy configuration.
good pre-configuration of softwares like VI,VIM,emacs etc.
frequent upgrades available.
huge collection of packages that are relevant to programming.
support for wide variety of hardware.
decent looking UI (i find that this varies a bit due to customization of kde/gnome of diff distros)
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only these 2 satisfy *all* conditions of your list: CentOS & Debian
both are good, try them if you like to. there are lots of others like:
Arch: good but stability issues
Gentoo: extreme configuration & customisation (totally opposite to what you are looking for)
Fedora/BLAG: testing releases, hence not stable (like Arch)
Ajay, i could type really a loooong list but that will not make any sense as CentOS and Debian are exactly what you are looking for. i just wanted to give you an idea on other distros based on my personal experience with them.
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06-22-2007, 03:06 AM
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Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Hellas
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Definitely look at XavierP's signature(especially the distro chooser) and from what you asked, I have to tell you that if it's been long since your last linux install, linux has made giant leaps in system configuration, performance, support for hardware and rare crashes(not one in 2 years for me), I believe that the first 20 distro's in distrowatch.com accomplish what you ask. If you don't have an extreme rare set of hardware that's not supported then that must be the only issue you will have gajaykrishnan.
Cheers
Last edited by vangelis; 06-22-2007 at 03:08 AM.
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