Other than Slackware? Solaris.

I liked Zenwalk almost as much as I like Slackware.

My 2 other favorite distro's are not on the list for me to vote for.

My first alternate to slackware is "slax" to be honest. When I first started to play with linux, it was one of the first distro's I downloaded. As I heard it was like slackware and good for old pc's and new, but also that it was a live cd that would not harm my pc's. The hardware detection as we know is very well (except he does not have all the sound modules in there for isa) and I liked that it got my pc's on the internet, mounted hard drives automatically into /mnt as read-only and I could use it with fluxbox or kde. Now he's changed to xfce but that's ok too. It loads and runs very quick and smooth even on an old pc with a slow cd rom. I've found it has become a rescue cd for me. I think it is a nice distro that even helped get me into slackware.

My second choice not on the list is Mepis. No other way to put it, he really knows what he is doing. Tho it too is a derivative of another distro (well three depending on what versionI think it's spectacular. Tho it's not a distro for under 600 mhz and 128 mb ram. It remains the only distro I would tell someone that knows nothing of gnu/linux and is not computer savy to try first as it has many common applications, kde, excellent hardware detection, beautiful fonts, and a well written installer.

Just for the record, I can't say I'll switch from Slackware to anything else anytime soon.

I've used a few distributions here and there. As a primary distro I've used Ubuntu and Fedora. I almost chose Fedora in the poll but I decided against it because of how we went our separate ways.

Before I had my desktop "taken" from me, it was running Debian. I liked it a lot but never really got to go very deep with it. My sister "needed" a computer so I had to reliquish it temporarily... which also needed Windows. I recently got that desktop back and quickly set up Slackware so I could have my samba server back but when I move out soon I'll be setting up many distros for testing. The three distros I plan on using are Gentoo, Debian, and Arch.

I plan on keeping Debian around though. When I move in with my girlfriend I'll need quick access to programs. Especially since she doesn't understand the whole "linux thing," if she wants to do something with the computer then she doesn't care how it gets done... it must be done and done quickly. Since I don't want to deal with that, I'll be using APT for that computer.

arch and zenwalk

raska said on post #6

Man I didn't have the words to say it. But
I feel the same way. Its just too `friendly'.

But I used SuSE too. And If I had to use an
alternative distro I'd go for SuSE.

-W

I would do so too. I still have it installed but I don't use it anymore, only to show off to my dear windoze-lover friends the effects on XGL

Wikipedia's entry on SuSE really surprised me because of SuSE's beginning. Really worth reading.

Let me quote the first paragraph:

I voted for Windows because of work. I use Slackware at home and at the local shop on my laptop. At the office, for support purposes, I use Windows. Hence, my second favorite OS.

Ah .. yep .. I would have included LFS and Solaris in the polls but forgot! Sorry. Sorry about not including the other OS you guys mentioned.. I can't include every OS out there though I thought those are some of the more "popular" OS. I should have included LFS/Solaris/MEPIS/Mandriva at least, that's for sure.

Slackware is of course first, second would have to be LFS.

If I had to choose another OS besides "Linux" in general, it would be OpenBSD as it's lean and "down and dirty" per say like Slack is.

FreeDOS.

http://www.freedos.org

ciao,

Ok.

Not trying to start a flame war here.

Here it is.

Windows.

Yes, I said it. Windows.

Why?

1. It runs all hardware. The ease of installing, I have to admit, is amazing.
2. Compatability with the rest of the world. If you write a file in Office, all the other Office installs will display it just the same. As good as the OSS software is, it still isn't 100% there yet.
3. Games. They are written for Windows first, then, MAYBE, they'll port it to Linux.
4. Support. There are many, many, many companies dedicated to supporting it. While it does NEED more support, it is there. Have you ever tried to call tech support on your (insert name here) system, and when you mention 'Linux', you get 'Sorry'?
5. Ease of install/setup. After the lenghty install process, it works. Any tweaking is 'extra'. As much as I love Slackware, the fresh install still has endless time involved editing config files for my hardware, just to get things like my wireless card to function and DRI to work...

Now to expand just a little bit: I DON'T RUN WINDOWS ON 8 OF 9 OF MY BOXES.

Why? Virus', spyware, crashes, not being allowed to do as I wish with the OS.

So my Choices:

1. Slackware.
2. Windows
3. Mac OS_ . Why number three? Closed source.

sounds like you enjoy pain Jeebizz!

Besides Slackware I use LFS.

Both give you control on a level that most distro's don't.

Just my 2c

LOL!!!
I did that once and was hilarious to imagine the other person's face when I asked... I didn't get any support though.

That is why this forum/community rocks.