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Old 06-04-2011, 12:33 AM   #1
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which of these 3 distros.

What is te best distro of this 3, Arch, Debian or Slackware for use on a laptop with xfce, Has the best documantation, Is fastest. And which of them do you like most?
 
Old 06-04-2011, 12:47 AM   #2
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Just try them all and see which one you like best. That's all that matters.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 01:09 AM   #3
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Just try them all and see which one you like best. That's all that matters.
The thing is that i like them all very good, been used them for 6 months each. so i cant deside, therefore i would like to know what you prefer?
 
Old 06-04-2011, 02:48 AM   #4
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I prefer Slackware, but any one of them should be good.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 04:33 AM   #5
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IMHO, Debian stable and/or testing would be the easiest to maintain of the three.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 04:42 AM   #6
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I doubt you will see much difference regarding speed between these distros.
I would prefer Slackware, but I am biased.
 
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I doubt you will see much difference regarding speed between these distros.
I would prefer Slackware, but I am biased.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 05:46 AM   #8
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Thanks for the reply, Slackware is the distro I basically due to like best .. but there is one thing that keeps me away, My laptop gets really hot.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 06:02 AM   #9
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And this is slackware-specific ? If so, post the issue with details in another thread and maybe it can be solved.
 
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I would recommend Arch, but I'm biased.

It's very minimal but still has a dependency-handling package manager.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 08:14 AM   #11
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I would recommend Slackware, but I'm biased.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 08:41 AM   #12
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I'd go with Arch or Debian netinstall. I like automatic dependency resolution. And those do happen to be my favorite 2 OS's.
 
Old 06-05-2011, 08:11 AM   #13
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Been trying Debian the last 24 hours, slackware the last week and Arch the last 6 months..

And my conclution is.. Arch.. Really like it for it speed and package manager.. Like Debian for is`s Speed And slackware just because it`s slackware! Even slackware is the slowest of them..
 
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Really like it for it speed and package manager.. Like Debian for is`s Speed And slackware just because it`s slackware! Even slackware is the slowest of them..
Any benchmarks made or just a feeling?
 
Old 06-06-2011, 04:42 AM   #15
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Yeah, if you have any benchmarks I'd like to see them.
 
  


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