What;s the difference between all those desktop distros?
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Different distros come compiled with different software, package managers, desktop interfaces, etc. It's really a subjective thing, as suggested here before give a few of them a try in a Live environment and see which one peaks your interest the most. If you are new to Linux, distros like Slackware and Arch may be a little complicated at first. I think the best for newbies at Linux are distros such as Mint, Ubuntu (and variants) and Zorin to name a few. At the end of the day, it's up to you!
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib."
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Originally Posted by Germany_chris
That's because you're listening here, there is no Slackware forum so this is the defacto place for Slackers to hang out. If you were to go to any of the other distro forums you'd hear great things about them too.
Slack has variety of DE's you can install and the install process is pretty straight forward give it a shot..
Did the guy in germany just call someone a grammar nazi?
I think the whole of LQ is sort of slackware based. That's why any poll done here about the favorite or best distro always ends up with Slackware at the top!
Last edited by szboardstretcher; 06-12-2014 at 03:00 PM.
Did the guy in germany just call someone a grammar nazi?
I think the whole of LQ is sort of slackware based. That's why any poll done here about the favorite or best distro always ends up with Slackware at the top!
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib."
Posts: 7,664
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Originally Posted by szboardstretcher
...I think the whole of LQ is sort of slackware based. That's why any poll done here about the favorite or best distro always ends up with Slackware at the top!
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