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06-04-2011, 12:33 AM
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Registered: Mar 2011
Location: Oslo Norway
Distribution: Debian,Slackware, Android
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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?
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06-04-2011, 12:47 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Slackware
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Just try them all and see which one you like best. That's all that matters.
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06-04-2011, 01:09 AM
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Registered: Mar 2011
Location: Oslo Norway
Distribution: Debian,Slackware, Android
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nylex
Just try them all and see which one you like best. That's all that matters.
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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? |
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06-04-2011, 02:48 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
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I prefer Slackware, but any one of them should be good.
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06-04-2011, 04:33 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: USA
Distribution: Mageia 7 - Debian 10 - Artix Linux
Posts: 1,142
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IMHO, Debian stable and/or testing would be the easiest to maintain of the three.
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06-04-2011, 04:42 AM
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Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
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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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06-04-2011, 04:42 AM
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Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
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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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06-04-2011, 05:46 AM
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Registered: Mar 2011
Location: Oslo Norway
Distribution: Debian,Slackware, Android
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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.
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06-04-2011, 06:02 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
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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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06-04-2011, 08:01 AM
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Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,443
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I would recommend Arch, but I'm biased. 
It's very minimal but still has a dependency-handling package manager. |
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06-04-2011, 08:14 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,836
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I would recommend Slackware, but I'm biased. |
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06-04-2011, 08:41 AM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Arizona, USA
Distribution: Debian, EndeavourOS, OpenSUSE, KDE Neon
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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.
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06-05-2011, 08:11 AM
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Registered: Mar 2011
Location: Oslo Norway
Distribution: Debian,Slackware, Android
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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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06-05-2011, 12:43 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linman321
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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Any benchmarks made or just a feeling? |
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06-06-2011, 04:42 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: Brisneyland
Distribution: Debian, aptosid
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Yeah, if you have any benchmarks I'd like to see them.  |
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