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Old 06-17-2009, 01:27 PM   #1
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Question wats the best linux dist. ??


hi i`m a IT student working on fedora 4.
(i`ve got Ubuntu / RedHat & fedora 10 as well)
is there any other stable Linux dist. that i can try?
i`m open to suggestions.
 
Old 06-17-2009, 01:38 PM   #2
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Wow, there are many
distrowatch.com

good distro's I use
tinycore-1.4.3/2.0 ( http://www.tinycorelinux.com/ )
tinyflux ( http://pcfluxboxos.wikidot.com/tinyflux )
tinyme-droplet ( http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05233 )

dsl-4.4.10
ubuntu-8.04
slackware-12.2
debian

many, many more
depends on what your hardware is and what you wanna do?
so, provide more info on pc too
also, maybe try multidistro
( http://multidistro.com/ )
 
Old 06-17-2009, 01:38 PM   #3
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Try looking at the Top 10 at distrowatch.com or searching this forum for the gazillion threads asking this very same question.

I prefer Cross Linux from Scratch.
 
Old 06-17-2009, 02:20 PM   #4
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Very often, the best choice (for you) is the last option that you try.
 
Old 06-17-2009, 02:45 PM   #5
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Very often, the best choice (for you) is the last option that you try.
That is Murphy's law
 
Old 06-17-2009, 02:55 PM   #6
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In that case: keep slackware for last ;}



Cheers,
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Old 06-17-2009, 04:17 PM   #7
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In that case: keep slackware for last ;}
lol, great! I agree.
 
  


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