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| View Poll Results: What is your favorite linux distro? | |||
| Suse |    | 6 | 10.53% |
| Ubuntu |    | 28 | 49.12% |
| Yellow Dog |    | 0 | 0% |
| Red Hat |    | 7 | 12.28% |
| Fedora |    | 8 | 14.04% |
| Slackware |    | 5 | 8.77% |
| Mandriva | | 2 | 3.51% |
| Gentoo | | 6 | 10.53% |
| SLAX | | 1 | 1.75% |
| Other | | 9 | 15.79% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 57. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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Mahalo Thanks ... I'll Look into it ... I used to use FC 1 and Redhat so I hadn't htought about it...Linux distros is like lookin' at a menu for an all you can eat buffet
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whover said xp will only go out 2 versions after is right. Thats still like 3 years as Vista is set to be superceded by blackcomb 2/3 years after release
TRY MY SUGGESTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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My favourite distros are
Ubuntu or Debian Etch
PCLinux OS
SuSE 10.2 - Although the damn updater is still broken!
FC6 is too slow for my liking, as is mandriva
Ubuntu or Debian Etch
PCLinux OS
SuSE 10.2 - Although the damn updater is still broken!
FC6 is too slow for my liking, as is mandriva
TRY MY SUGGESTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
james.bennet1@ntlworld.com
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SuSE 10.2. I really want to install this on my pc. The xgl feature (am I right here dunno) looks really kewl. Maybe I just might?
I'm not a programmer. My attitude starts with ignorance, holds steady at conversation, and ends with a trip to the hospital. Get used to it.
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the XGL is good but dont run SuSE on machines with low RAM if you plan to use XGL also bear in mind its not compatible with all cards.
SuSE is a great distro (i love yast) but the broken update system still annoys me
SuSE is a great distro (i love yast) but the broken update system still annoys me
TRY MY SUGGESTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
james.bennet1@ntlworld.com
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Junior Poster
talk about bringing a post back from the dead. PCLinuxOS.
current personal projects The H8ers Club && PCLinuxOS non-official One stop forum
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I didn't find in the options Debian.
I think it's one of the most stable distributions, having the greatest variety of packages.
I think it's one of the most stable distributions, having the greatest variety of packages.
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i started this two years ago, and it's still going.
Florida Rocks!
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Well I will chime in then 
I have recently discovered Ubuntu and I love it. My previous Fave has been SuSe.
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I'll admit that I have only tried Ubuntu and Debian. I have installed ubuntu three times. One on an old computer, it went well. One on a dell laptop, not as good but alright. And then I installed the latest version on a laptop too and that went grand. I still have it on this laptop (dualboot with Vista) but I never boot into it as I don't really need to.
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