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well i am at the point where i will upgrade agian.

so which distro should i try this time. currently useing suse 8.2

important features
support for the 64 bit CPU's (athlone64)
easy to use
price or avalible ISO
support
stablility

though easy to use is starting to fade with me, now considered my self a bit seasoned at linux use. no longer a noob or novice

also i have tried redhat, nice interface and such. but what about hardware management in redhat??
i like the suse yast

havnt tried mandrake in a while, not sence 8.2. should i give them a try agian??

currently i think suse is the only one selling the 64 bit versions as of now, but am sure all the rest do have a few

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Short summary tied to the original thread: wanted 64-bit (Athlon64), easy administration (likes YaST), good hardware support and stability. Today the landscape has changed: 64-bit (amd64 / x86_64) is the mainstream architecture and is supported by the major distributions, so the hardware concern from 2003 is no longer a blocker — pick the distro that matches the workflow you want. (debian.org)

If YaST and a SuSE-like admin experience mattered then and still matter now, openSUSE (and SUSE Linux Enterprise) keeps YaST as the integrated admin/installer tool and ships full amd64 installers. For a near drop-in continuation of the SuSE model, try openSUSE Leap or Tumbleweed depending on whether you want stability or a rolling model. (yast.opensuse.org)

For someone who says “I’m not a noob anymore” (echoing and ): Gentoo still exists as a source-based, highly configurable option with Portage for compile-time customization — it rewards time and patience. Slackware remains simple and conservative if you prefer fewer automation layers. For servers, the BSD-family remains a solid choice for stability and uptime, but note it’s a different ecosystem than Linux. (en.wikipedia.org)

Practical next steps: run live ISOs or spin up VMs to test installers and hardware detection before repartitioning. If you want minimal fuss pick a current LTS release (Debian stable or Ubuntu LTS) or openSUSE Leap; if you want to learn and tune the stack, experiment with a rolling release or source-based distro in a VM. Mentioned suggestions in replies map to these same trade-offs — pick by workflow (easy admin vs. deep control vs. enterprise support), not only by brand name.

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How about Gentoo (http://gentoo.org) or Slackware (http://slackware.com). Both are free, and pretty powerfull. Gentoo is a pain to get setup where everything is working perfect, but once it is then you will have a very nice box. Slackware is what a bunch of my friends prefer, as well as FreeBSD (http://freebsd.org). I believe that they all support 64 bit CPU's. I love the portage feature in Gentoo that allows you to download/upgrade a program and all the dependencies by simply typing "emerge command". You can also update ALL packages up to date on your box by typing "emerge -u world". Hope this helps.

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FreeBSD - server

Slackware - if you're into console command typing! when it works, it works!

RedHat - for your mom and her mom

SuSE - for everyone who wants an easy install and to migrate from wintendo. everything works perfect, but you have to be careful sometimes

Gentoo - have no idea. heard it takes a bit of nerves to setup

Mandrake - userfriendly install, userenemy tweaking. no HW support!?


I use SuSE! Has everything I need. Will setup a server with FreeBSD for my own use.

Check http://www.linuxiso.org

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