View Poll Results: What Linux distro do you prefer?

Debian/Ubuntu

64.00%

RedHat/CentOS

8.00%

Gentoo

4.00%

Other Linux distro

12.00%

---- Linux, I use Unix (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Solaris/etc)

4.00%

---- *nix, I use DOS

8.00%

---- everything, I don't have a computer

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What is your favorite Linux distro?

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04-23-2012, 06:28 PM

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Ubuntu for my personal desktop (just botched a 12.04 upgrade - had a power failure in the middle of it... was too lazy to actually hook up my UPS prior to this. Time to start over), CentOS for all my servers.

Honestly though, I still use Windows 99% of the time. 7 at home, and XP at work.

04-23-2012, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by rmcelwee

Vista service pack 1. Wait, what was the question?

Does anyone here run Linux as their OS of choice on a laptop for personal use.

I do (and have) for many years run Linux as my primary OS of choice. Yes, I am in the tech industry, but even in college I used it for all my coursework , played games, and used it for multimedia.

04-23-2012, 07:23 PM

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Debian, hands down.

Ubuntu for specific purposes, granted, but Debian if possible.

04-23-2012, 07:29 PM

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Oracle unbreakable.

04-23-2012, 07:31 PM

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Oracle broken.

ftfy

04-24-2012, 12:37 PM

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If I want to try Ubuntu, where is the best place to start?

04-24-2012, 12:50 PM

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If I want to try Ubuntu, where is the best place to start?

Try Wubi. Wubi will let you install a VM with ubuntu over your current windows installation. That way if you don't like it, you simply uninstall like a standard windows program

04-24-2012, 03:07 PM

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Try Wubi. Wubi will let you install a VM with ubuntu over your current windows installation. That way if you don't like it, you simply uninstall like a standard windows program

That or VirtualBox. All recent versions of Ubuntu desktop will let you try it without installing it (live CD).

04-24-2012, 03:18 PM

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That or VirtualBox. All recent versions of Ubuntu desktop will let you try it without installing it (live CD).

Live CD's are nothing new. I was using them back in 2003 with Suse. They were one of the few distros back then that had wifi support. I would go with a live cd before I bothered with virtual box for just trying out linux.

04-24-2012, 03:19 PM

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Anyone remember dyne:bolic?

04-26-2012, 02:17 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by UrbanSoot

That or VirtualBox. All recent versions of Ubuntu desktop will let you try it without installing it (live CD).

unetbootin any of em on a flashdrive! good for tools too.

04-26-2012, 11:20 AM

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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give it a try, but don't be upset when I come in here and start asking noob questions.

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04-26-2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff_Ciesielski

I voted debian/*buntu (xubuntu is my favorite <3), but I've recently made the switch to mint and love it (still debian based).

I too just switched to Mint Debian, and I like it quite a lot. Its not as fat as Ubuntu but still looks very nice.

04-26-2012, 10:37 PM

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CentOS/SUSE at work, windows/hackintosh/Gentoo at home.

04-27-2012, 03:26 PM

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This will be installed in my Miata sometime soon. Specs:
AMD E350
4GB DDR3
320GB WD 7200RPM
Atheros WiFi card w/ 13dbi omni + Alfa card w/ 5dbi omni
Dual boot Meego IVI + Backtrack 5

04-27-2012, 03:32 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by UrbanSoot

This will be installed in my Miata sometime soon. Specs:
AMD E350
4GB DDR3
320GB WD 7200RPM
Atheros WiFi card w/ 13dbi omni + Alfa card w/ 5dbi omni
Dual boot Meego IVI + Backtrack 5

Going war driving huh?

04-27-2012, 04:46 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by UrbanSoot

This will be installed in my Miata sometime soon.

Expensive MP3 player?

04-27-2012, 06:22 PM

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My favorite distro is the one I can fit on a thumbdrive and hide in the rolls of my back fat. That is how you know I am a real linux

04-27-2012, 06:58 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Faeflora

My favorite distro is the one I can fit on a thumbdrive and hide in the rolls of my back fat. That is how you know I am a real linux

if you were a real linux guy, yous build your own thumbdrive that climbed in your back fat for you

04-27-2012, 06:59 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by UrbanSoot

This will be installed in my Miata sometime soon. Specs:
AMD E350
4GB DDR3
320GB WD 7200RPM
Atheros WiFi card w/ 13dbi omni + Alfa card w/ 5dbi omni
Dual boot Meego IVI + Backtrack 5

that is an awesome case, care to share where you go it?

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