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Linux Distribution Chooser
Topic Started: Oct 6 2007, 01:59 PM (169 Views)
Dark Knight	Oct 6 2007, 01:59 PM Post #1
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	This is a site that asks you a series of questions then produces a list of the best Linux distributions for you based on your answers. http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


Speedy	Oct 6 2007, 02:16 PM Post #2
Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	I think I've taken this before. Anyways, it told me to use Ubuntu, Mandriva, Suse, or Fedora. I'm currently using Suse.
	Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"/ Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." - Charles M. Schulz Software Reviews


Dark Knight	Oct 6 2007, 11:32 PM Post #3
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	It got both of mine right. Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS. I don't use PCLinuxOS any more but I did and liked it in the past
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


AGFApan	Jan 5 2008, 02:52 PM Post #4
Amateur Poster Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: January 4, 2008	Fedora, OpenSuSE, Mandriva, Debian, or Ubuntu for me. I use Fedora 8 right now. I wonder if it ever recommends anyone use Slackware



Speedy	Jan 5 2008, 05:47 PM Post #5
Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	Well Slax is great if you are into the command line. I personally don't like living inside the command line though. That's why I use Ubuntu.
	Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"/ Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." - Charles M. Schulz Software Reviews


Dark Knight	Jan 5 2008, 07:41 PM Post #6
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	Speedy Jan 5 2008, 06:47 PM Well Slax is great if you are into the command line. I personally don't like living inside the command line though. That's why I use Ubuntu. Same here. I'm slowly learning to do stuff in the command line but much prefer a GUI.
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


AGFApan	Jan 5 2008, 10:44 PM Post #7
Amateur Poster Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: January 4, 2008	:lol Now that I remember the only system I ever had Slackware running on was a server used mainly to dial into my ISP on demand -- of course that was before DSL. I first really learned to use a computer with DOS, so the command line never seems alien to me. Though it does become a bore fast. The odd thing that I'm experiencing now that I'm being forced to use Windows XP more often is how ghetto it seems compared to Gnome. I never thought I would see the day when Linux had a better GUI than Windows -- though maybe Vista is better.



Speedy	Jan 6 2008, 04:10 AM Post #8
Google Whore Posts: 2,767 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: January 27, 2007	I too first learned on DOS, back when I was 5 years old. However, just because I learned on it, doesn't mean I necessarily want to live in it. GUI life is so much better. Vista does have a better GUI than XP, I'll give it that much. However, if you like speed and performance, XP's GUI will kill Vista's. On the KDE vs Gnome side, I'm a Gnome user myself. I have issues with KDE because it just seems so bulky and not very cool. Like they took Windows and regurgitated it into some alien form.
	Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"/ Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." - Charles M. Schulz Software Reviews


AGFApan	Jan 6 2008, 10:25 AM Post #9
Amateur Poster Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: January 4, 2008	I agree fully about KDE. Though a lot of people, including Linus Torvalds prefer KDE because they claim they can do more with it -- however, I am not trying to do those things. Perhaps if I used a Mac more I might find Gnome to be a knock-off of it. But as it is, for the end user, Gnome seems like one of the more logical ways to layout a desktop, and I prefer distributions that use it as their default desktop.



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