Which linux distro do you run?

[Lex Luthor]

I use arch, what's your favorite?

[Sanka113]

Right now i'm running debian on my servers. It's nice that theres so much support for it since it's very similar to ubuntu.

[invadercat]

i used arch too... its a good distro, but its a bit unstable at times. i use ubuntu now :D yeah i know its lame but what can i say... i am too lazy!

[Lex Luthor]

arch

unstable
Way more stable than ubuntu. I call user error! :D

[pifpaf]

im running slackware 12.1 atm... im learning.

[curtanwoo]

Slackware was my first distro and it hasn't changed much since. This was 2000.

Come on people we need to get into the 21th century! Use Debian GNU/Linux for fun and profit.

Preferably unstable.

www.debian.org

[rtxs]

windows vista :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

always i use ubuntu

[Artemis]

Actually I am very impressed by a variant of Ubuntu at the moment called LinuxMint Elyssa, it is based on hardy but has alot of improvements to the interface which make it simpler to use and extra artwork which makes the interface look alot more slick.
For servers CentOS is a very good choice, it is based on Fedora core but once again has alot of improvements.

[RoBz]

Actually I am very impressed by a variant of Ubuntu at the moment called LinuxMint Elyssa, it is based on hardy but has alot of improvements to the interface which make it simpler to use and extra artwork which makes the interface look alot more slick.
I've heard many good things about Mint, I might check it out soon.

I use Fedora on my laptop and my seedbox.

[shutdk]

I've used Fedora and Ubuntu. Suck at Linux though. I'm gonna try to make a virtual machine with OpenSUSE installed on it. I've heard it should be quite good.

[Trippin']

When I first got into linux ubuntu seemed to have the biggest community, so thats the distro I went for, and I've stuck with it.

I use ubuntu desktop at home, and ubuntu server on my seedbox. I also tried debian on the seedbox but there was basically no difference, so I went back to ubuntu, which I know and love. :)

[slymester]

Ubuntu and Mandriva

[nowshining]

kubuntu

[Seedright]

If I had to choose between any distro certainly choose Debian, and in case you do not know Linux by Ubuntu.

[kippertoad]

ubuntu

[zapjb]

I was using PCLOS. But life happened. So was using families/friends xp for 6 months. Just got a killer deal on a lappy. Within a couple months will be dual booting again with Linux. Probably PCLOS. The PCLOS forum is excellent for Nix n00bs. Which I am again.

[reeve]

I have been mostly using Fedora. But recently I've set up a Debian server and I think I'll be switching from MythDora to MythBuntu. I'll probably then also switch my main distro to kubuntu to have everything in the debian/ubuntu family.

[kovigeza]

ubuntu

[Cabalo]

Xandros

[Antony_256]

Gentoo. Once you configure it, you can't really get anything faster and more customizable than that.

[hitman1]

ubuntu and gentoo

[xantra]

Fedora 8 is the one currently installed on my seedbox :)

[Lucifer9999]

mandriva powerpack 2009 currently!!!

with kde of course!! (xfce is evolving very nice.. i already like it more than gnome!!!)

[vlo]

Ubuntu.

I have tried many others but I always seem to come back to Ubuntu. I like the fact that is has a large community and it's easy to get help. I am also very fond of apt-get. The first distro I ever tried was Slackware in 2005. Needless to say it was a hard first lesson.

On my EeePC 701 I run Ubuntu 8.10 minimal encrypted install with Xfce. On my desktop computer I still run Ubuntu 8.04 default install with gnome. (The reason I haven't upgraded yet was because I couldn't get my sixaxis to work with the new bluetooth drivers).

[cow800]

linux Mint

[murker]

I use gentoo as Im new with linux :)

[unknown_error]

linux Mint

Yeah man MINT owns :D
beset distri ive ever seen !!!

[Bone.W.Machine]

Ubuntu

[Larupia]

Vector Linux which is based on Slackware, but it is an amazing distro that is built on speed and stability. In my opinion Ubuntu had a bloated feeling to it especially compared to this distro.

[iLOVENZB]

Too many but I keep coming back to Ubuntu/Mint (Which is based on Ubuntu).

[georbe]

OpenSUSE for my Desktop PCs
and Gentoo for my Servers.

[Yoann64]

Ubuntu and
SuperUbuntu : http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_Ubuntu#Download
I will move to FreeBSD,soon ,if i can fix some shit...I test it on an old pc

[vanasarn]

So far, openSUSE all the way.

[FSTlover98]

Ubuntu~ it's trend

[knivesreturns]

Right now i'm running debian on my servers. It's nice that theres so much support for it since it's very similar to ubuntu.

Ubuntu was built off of debian. Which im currently using. I'd like to use linux mint in the future.

[VinX]

Ubuntu Jaunty Jacklope

[iLOVENZB]

Right now i'm running debian on my servers. It's nice that theres so much support for it since it's very similar to ubuntu.

Ubuntu was built off of debian. Which im currently using. I'd like to use linux mint in the future.

Which is highly based on Ubuntu :P

[VinX]

ubuntu is gnome isnt it ?

[iLOVENZB]

ubuntu is gnome isnt it ?

Ubuntu is based on Debian and it's UI is Gnome. Kubuntu's UI is KDE :D.

I might move on from ubuntu as they're now just 'pushing' for a new release every 6 months instead of fixing the bugs properly and improving the distro :cry:

[gridlocked]

I have used Arch, OpenSuse, Dreamlinux, all favors of Ubuntu, and OSX Tiger if you count it as Unix. In Arch you have more control, if you remember how to use command line programing. Dream and OpenSuse are pretty to look at. Ubuntu is the popular one. Thanks to Vista, or as I like to call it "Win Me the sequel" more people are moving to Linux.

[iLOVENZB]

OSX Tiger if you count it as Unix.

OSX ripped the source code off *BSD and gave nothing back to the community (except a price tag).

I must admit if there was more warez/driver support for OSX I would possible dual-boot.

[codec]

gentoo, debian, ubuntu and 10 years ago i used suse *g*
conclusion:
gentoo is not worth the hassle for a home system (too much compiling).
debian is pretty good, but it's a bit "outdated" even after a initial release, so you have always to be on debian testing, which is not bad.
and ubuntu, is like a up2date debian in someways, but has also it's very own problems too ;)

[iLOVENZB]

gentoo, debian, ubuntu and 10 years ago i used suse *g*
conclusion:
gentoo is not worth the hassle for a home system (too much compiling).
debian is pretty good, but it's a bit "outdated" even after a initial release, so you have always to be on debian testing, which is not bad.
and ubuntu, is like a up2date debian in someways, but has also it's very own problems too ;)

Ubuntu is only good if you want a starter kit of a Debian-based distro. I would recommend openSuse to all beginners.

[codec]

Ubuntu is only good if you want a starter kit of a Debian-based distro. I would recommend openSuse to all beginners.

in the meantime, yes, its a good starter distro.
but yast has a sour note for me, it used to screw everything up *g*

[gourryx]

I'm using Gentoo for personal use since 8 years ago and in the begining was Slackware, Corel Linux, Red Hat, Suse and Debian (I never learned to use Debian :wacko:). And also I'm using Gentoo in a server. :)

[sriups]

UBUNTU 8.10LTS the best.

[Daaf]

Opensuse and Ubuntu here.

[PerMaFrOsT]

Now using the lastest version of Debian!

[Artemis]

Linuxmint Gloria, (haven't updated to the latest Helena release yet) an excellent and stable distro based on Ubuntu.

[P2PDog]

I'm running Debian Lenny on 2 Desktops and on my server/router/firewall. I've been using Debian exclusively for the past 6 or 7 years or so. Before that I tried several different distros, including Red Hat, Slackware, and my first.... Mandrake.

[MrT76]

I use Ubuntu 9.10
had it some months in my laptop, but there are som settings wich must be wrong, because some pages look strange...

/MrT

[AdrianPhoto]

Ubuntu 9.10

[bhghomg]

i using ubuntu

[soldier83]

Ubuntu

[Artemis]

Linuxmint Helena (V.8) :D

[Aum]

Mint 8 KDE. Fuck yeah Oxygen! :w00t:

[ca_aok]

Debian Squeeze on my server :)

[fedora]

i am using ubuntu 9.10

[mothis]

Ubuntu on the desktop and netbook. Debian on the server.

[Stabber]

I use archlinux , i just love pacman :)

[arunatsu]

Arch Linux <3

[waffler]

kubuntu 9.10 :)

[darkstate01]

I used to use opensuse and i liked it, but that was many yrs ago 9.3.
mint ,ubuntu are all at the base debian OS's but with different window dressing.
The one i'm trying to get working and have sort of succeeded is kubuntu(kde ubuntu) and its running on a 8 GB usb stick running in persistant mode so i can keep all my setting between reboots.
For the guys/girls above who want an ultimate hackware distro of linux, lookup backtrack http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
This has saved me a few times, It can help with your network help you hack the passwords of windows even get wifi passwords on the fly, No i'm not going to show you before you ask as the site will do that for you, Its purely there to help you recover your broken windows and network with tons of other helpfull programs bulit in as well, but remember its linux so its not going to be easy to do anything unless you spend a lot of time and effort.
Enjoy

[DocBoM]

Usually Ubuntu, but I have been dabbling in Mint...which is basically the same thing.

[Mikity]

Slackware was my first distro and it hasn't changed much since. This was 2000.

I'm old enough to remember Slackware too - I seem to recall downloading the disks (yes, disks) for installing it back in the 90s...
Back when fvwm was about as luxurious as you got for a window manager, and KDE/Gnome were but a twinkle on the horizon :)

[tareq514]

Ubuntu and Linux Mint, these r best

[iLOVENZB]

Arch Linux <3

Tempted to dab into this distro. Have heard nothing but great things about it :huh:.

[Stabber]

Archlinux for me too . I've tried almost all distros , arch is my favourite . I just love the ease and speed of this os

[TTS]

kubuntu 9.10

[Mektub]

Archlinux

[nthpeter]

ubuntu 9.10, but i dont use it very often.

[Only4Djs]

Ubuntu 10.04 is nice!

[lightshow]

I use Red Hat and Cent OS. The problem is I spend so much time in the command line that I don't know where anything is in the GUI!

I'd like to play around with backtrack but with today's laptops, there is no way I'm easily going to get a wifi card with packet injection capabilities. I'd have to research into a good usb wifi adapter that's supported.

[sugakid]

i got ubuntu :~)

[simonz]

Linux Mint

[c0ld]

Archlinux

this, with xfce.


I use archlinux , i just love pacman :)Pacman + abs + Packer for AUR is p slick.

[DasFox]

Slackware 13.1 (x86)
Expert - Minimal install
Running only OpenBox
Custom compiled kernel

Nice, light, stable and fast, just the way I like it! ;)

[MrBogus]

Ubuntu/Gnome, OpenSuse/KDE in a couple of laptops and Debian for a server. Very happy with all of them, each has it's pros and cons. But there is a great support for Ubuntu and Debian. Recently upgraded to OpenSuse 11.3, which the KDE 4 requires lots of resources I think, still trying things up.

[Vandeley]

Dual Boot Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with windows.

[EchoAlpha]

Ubuntu 8.04, didn't really bother with updating lol

[Speedo]

Ubuntu 10.04 is nice!

I use it now and are very pleased. It hasn't been any problems with it yet. For me it has been the best distro to date, but then again I have no interest in building mine from scratch.

[rdtphd]

ubuntu lucid 10.04 net install
I try each LTS from ubuntu that comes out and I say its getting real close. but i like my gaming too much. so when wine fails and there is a game i want back to windows 7.

For downloading sabnzbd+miredo+xsnews
For playing media pms-linux and a PS3 on a wireless network

my desktop. left dock launchers+trash+shutdown. middle is open stuff. right is monitoring+show desktop button.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/50race/bddcd923.png

[jugshark]

I use Gentoo, Debian Lenny, opensuse and open solaris

[lightshow]

I use Red Hat (CentOS) everyday@! Haha I've become too accustomed to Red Hat. I don't give other distros enough of a chance ;)

[berfor]

i dont run any, but i want to try linux ubuntu

[gravey]

For desktop I run Ubuntu, but for servers I run RedHat and CentOS. I have been working in the Redhat world a lot longer though.

[sawad]

always i use ubuntu

[skywalker91]

UBUNTU 10.10
really amazing

[The_Wire]

got a Debian on a server with an xfce desktop, pretty light and pretty nice too, not much multimedia capabilities like KDE, but for a server is more than fine, way better than any fluxbox!
Gonna try Ubuntu 10.04 64bit on my home pc as well. Both are pretty neat

[coyote]

I used ubuntu for 6 months. But now i use Linuxmint 9

[Shinzen]

i hav Ubuntu 10.04 So far i hav jus install basic apps n used for entertainment purpose alone haven't worked on anything there so far

[diew]

Red hat enterprise 5 , and sometimes ubuntu 10.04

[snap3r]

Pardus 2011 on vmware in windows 7 :)

[eroWIN]

pity these linux forums always go a bit stale Q.Q

Anyhows, Gentoo is my first choice, nothing better than emerge, ports is good, but emerge is like chocolate covered sex. USE flags and package.use makes system updates continue to have your own options, and everything has what you want, not what some packager thinks you want.

If I really have to go binary based, it's fedora/centos/redhat in that order. That being said, fedora has a short lifespan, which can be a pain for production servers (anyone tried doing a headless upgrade with yum will have shared some tears I'm sure)

[JackKeller]

I use Debian sid for my desktops and ubuntu with xbmc for my media center.

[MrBean]

Ubuntu <---- Good for home desktop use occasionally
Debian <--- For my seedboxes, works very well with rtorrent, easy to setup and very stable.

[Mektub]

Arch, a rolling release.

[WolverineDK]

I use Peppermint OS One.

[Glaucon]

Another Arch user here :) I like to know just what exactly I'm running on my computer.

[The_Martinator]

Mint with XFCE. I like it a lot!

[OlegL]

I used to run gentoo before switching to freebsd.

[Glaucon]

I used to run gentoo before switching to freebsd.

... which is not really a Linux distribution.

[OlegL]

I used to run gentoo before switching to freebsd.

... which is not really a Linux distribution.

You are right; freebsd is not a linux distro, but gentoo is a linux distro. I bought a new hard drive recently and plan to go back into the Linux world by installing a linux distro on it; I don't know yet what distro I will install... maybe fedora... So, I will have 3 OSes installed: linux, windows 7, and freebsd.

[domz]

Ubuntu for desktop, ubuntu/centos/debian for servers.

[inci]

I use Ubuntu 10.04

[Stabber]

Honestly i believe the only way to learn and enjoy linux is to use something harder than ubuntu . Ubuntu is very similar to windows , the difficulty is about the same .

[WolverineDK]

I just updated to Peppermint Two recently, and at first I was a step into WTF land, and the reason was. that Pepppermint Two has Chrome installed, and I bloody hate Chrome. But thankfully it does come with firefox too. So I removed the Google monopoly from the computer and everything worked fine. I use peppermint cause it is a pretty damn awesome, and I like the LXDE window manager/"GUI".

[MultiForce]

I just updated to Peppermint Two recently, and at first I was a step into WTF land, and the reason was. that Pepppermint Two has Chrome installed, and I bloody hate Chrome. But thankfully it does come with firefox too. So I removed the Google monopoly from the computer and everything worked fine. I use peppermint cause it is a pretty damn awesome, and I like the LXDE window manager/"GUI".

I got to try that one.

I like their "About Peppermint":

While other operating systems are taking 10 minutes to load..

I've only used Ubuntu for a few years mostly because I don't have time to start from scratch and really learn Linux. I've installed a couple of Ubuntu servers at work just to run Request Tracker and a syslog server for our SonicWall and it's working so I'm not complaining.

[WolverineDK]

I got to try that one.

I like their "About Peppermint":

While other operating systems are taking 10 minutes to load..

I've only used Ubuntu for a few years mostly because I don't have time to start from scratch and really learn Linux. I've installed a couple of Ubuntu servers at work just to run Request Tracker and a syslog server for our SonicWall and it's working so I'm not complaining.

Peppermint is based on Lubuntu and has the features from Mint in it too. So it should be a pretty low ram and what not system if you keep it clean. If they had just stayed the fuck away from Chrome, yeah as people can guess. I am not a fan of Googles monopoly or their browser.But if people like Chrome, then good for them, but what irks me is that "back in the day" the real difference between Peppermint Ice and Peppermint OS was the main browser. So it sucks, they have pre-installed Chrome in Peppermint Two. But as I said, you can remove it with ease.

[lando]

archlinux at home, ubuntu at work and os x on the go

[spot101]

Honestly i believe the only way to learn and enjoy linux is to use something harder than ubuntu . Ubuntu is very similar to windows , the difficulty is about the same .Actually, Ubuntu is easier to set up than windows. I think that even my mom (she doesn't have a computer ... but knows where to press to start it :P ) could install it and use it without any problems

The thing is that not everyone wants to know every nook and cranny of their system. I for one am perfectly happy with using the features I need and if some are not available you can always find them online ... unless you are searching for a PS substitute on Linux in which case tough luck :( (and please don't say GIMP ... not even funny anymore) ... anyway, my point is that most people like to have everything set up without too much trouble. Ubuntu is perfect for such people. I am not an advanced user and I remember how painful it was (for me, I'm sure that some guru thinks it's as easy as 1,2,3) trying to install something on Suse. On Ubuntu you find what you want and you install it - that's all you have to do, no freaky windows permissions, or old Suse dependencies


Anyway, I know most Linux users won't agree, but I don't care :P

[Funkin']

Any of the Linux users here use a window manager instead of a desktop environment? I'm thinking of installing Mint Fluxbox(or Fluxbox on something else) for my ancient computer as WM's are about as light as you can go, but they're pretty minimalistic.

[iLOVENZB]

What are your specs Funkin?

[Stabber]

flaxbox is complex , i suggest going with openbox , a fresh install with only openbox

[Funkin']

flaxbox is complexYou're right on that one. I could barely do something as simple as change the desktop wallpaper. Instead I'm using Crunchbang Statler on a disc, the Openbox version, and it's pretty freakin' incredible. They have it set up to where Openbox is basically just as functional as a DE. Really, really, nice.

I thought there might be a problem as I've never used Debian, but it's basically the samething as Ubuntu. Plus this distro is incredibly light and fast.

I think I might go with this one.iLOVENZB, my computer is about 7 years old. It has an AMD Athlon 2700+ and 512MB of RAM. So as you can imagine shopping around to see how light I could possibly go is in my best interest.Crunchbang has an XFCE version too, but I'm going to go with the Openbox one. Really functional and really fast.

[iLOVENZB]

Funkin' pretty much any distro that doesn't use KDE should be fine on that rig. I used to run Ubuntu (Gnome) on a Athlon 2500+, Integrated Gfx and 512MB RAM, although that distro is starting to become more and more hardware non-conscience now.

XUbuntu also uses XFCE. XUbuntu is really a starter distro - a distro that Windows users try before diving into the Linux world. Look's like you're happy with Crunchbag though?

[Funkin']

Actually I am. I'm pretty impressed so far by Crunchbang Openbox.

And yeah, every distro I've tried so far has performed pretty well on my computer(even the unnecessarily bloated Ubuntu did pretty good for a while). A lot better than Windows ever did. But I'm pretty RAM conscience nowadays, so that's why I'm deciding to give window managers a try. The way that the #! devs has Openbox setup on the default install, it's just about as functional right out of the box as a desktop environment. They've done a really good job with it. The Mint devs need to so do something similar to Fluxbox when they release LMDE Fluxbox pretty soon.

Anyways though, soon I'll be getting a new computer so I won't have to worry anymore about having the absolute lightest distro or apps that are available. But for now I think I found what I was looking for. Hopefully.

[fearthenet]

I use the latest version of Ubuntu from time to time.

[Artemis]

Funkin, Ubuntu is branched from Debian and debian packages (.deb) can be installed by default onto an Ubuntu system using the package manager. The rise in Ubuntu distributions is based on their ease of use for new users, especially with communities like LinuxMint involved, while Debian and it's community are less friendly to new users. Debian is used in server installations, and has powerful server tools built in but is less user friendly.
If you are looking for a lightweight distro for the meantime have a look at Peppermint OS2 http://peppermintos.com/ . This also is an Ubuntu distro, but uses the LXDE environment and is specifically designed to run on less than 512MB of RAM. You can download and run a LiveCD to check out what it offers. LXDE stands for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment and the interface really is lightweight.

[Stabber]

why don't people give archlinux a try ? it's not as hard as it looks like , and you don't need to be a pc guru to manage to install it

after installing it , it's probably the best distro you have tried , pacman is the fastest package manager i've used it , and the whole system is extremely fast

[Sporkk]

Puppy linux has worked well for me on older computers but also thinking of trying crunchbang. Why is xubuntu for beginners? The new unity thing has caused quite a uproar and most people say they are not happy with it at all. They say 11.10 is going to drop classic ubuntu completely so xubuntu may be the only good option. I like it because sabnzbd is already built for ubuntu. Other than that I really don't need any other software that isn't installed.

I want to have a ntfs folder that is auto mounted and shared on boot so I can stream it and use sabnzbd if I'm in windows or linux. This didn't seem to work all that well for me before and is the main reason I stopped booting linux. Maybe it would be better to dump the files directly to a shared folder to my htpc in the basement.

[Stabber]

you can do that manually through fstab (to mount the ntfs partition)

[bijoy]

why don't people give archlinux a try ? it's not as hard as it looks like , and you don't need to be a pc guru to manage to install it

after installing it , it's probably the best distro you have tried , pacman is the fastest package manager i've used it , and the whole system is extremely fast

For beginers ubuntu is great.

[lightshow]

I want to have a ntfs folder that is auto mounted and shared on boot so I can stream it and use sabnzbd if I'm in windows or linux. This didn't seem to work all that well for me before and is the main reason I stopped booting linux. Maybe it would be better to dump the files directly to a shared folder to my htpc in the basement.

So if you would like to do this, I can help. What you'll do (high level) is create a Samba share (that is the windows sharing protocol) which is easy on the Linux server/workstation. You can do this though the GUI and share a folder and it's subfolders with a name : ie myshare

Then you'll make sure that the Samba process starts on boot on the linux server (the service is called smb)

Then you'll set up your windows desktop. A) My Computer -> Map network drive -> IP address of your linux server/workstation and the share name: ie //192.168.1.1/myshare b) Tell windows to connect this drive each time on boot c) you're done!

[Sporkk]

My actual plan is to have my main desktop as a dual boot setup. I was planning to use ntfs for my main storage drive for easy access from both operating systems. So on my main desktop I wanted to have a folder on the ntfs drive that would be auto mounted and samba shared so I can dump stuff from sabnzbd no matter which o/s I use while having it availalable to the htpc in the basement. I somewhat had it working before after editing samba and fstab but I remember having trouble sharing the ntfs drive from linux because it needed root access and chown was not letting me change it.

So thats why I was wondering if it would be easier to send all my downloads to the htpc in the basement. Not sure what my plan is at this point but I'm going to move some drives around. Right now I'm running windows 7 from a 32 gig ssd and things are getting tight so I'm going to move that over to a standard drive and run xubuntu from the ssd. I just need to finish playing a few games from steam so I don't have to re-download them again.

thanks for the offer to help. Will let you know if I get stuck

[Funkin']

If you are looking for a lightweight distro for the meantime have a look at Peppermint OS2 http://peppermintos.com/ . This also is an Ubuntu distro, but uses the LXDE environment and is specifically designed to run on less than 512MB of RAM. You can download and run a LiveCD to check out what it offers. LXDE stands for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment and the interface really is lightweight.

Thanks Art. I gave Peppermint a try a few months ago. It was alright, but I decided not to go with it.

I did install Crunchbang Openbox a few days ago though and I have been in love with it. Openbox also. So much that I doubt I'll ever go back to a desktop environment on whatever distro I use. After using LXDE(on both Ubuntu and Lubuntu) for almost a couple years now, I'm so happy to get away from it. The desktop is really light, but it's just not as polished as it could be. It still needs some work in my opinion.

The lightness and speed of Openbox is great, and I'm learning it pretty fast. Really the only thing I had to get used to was that the menu doesn't auto update when you install a new app. Which I was kind of used to anyways as a lot of newly installed apps didn't auto appear in LXDE's menu either. But unlike LXDE, getting the app to appear in the Openbox menu isn't a pain in the ass. And in fact I'm starting to skip that route altogether now and just go with shortcut keys. So much simpler.

All in all I could not be happier with this move.

And Stabber, Arch is the distro I want to try next once I start having more free time again. Looks like there's quite a bit of work to this distro and I just don't have time for that right now. But I've read nothing but great things about so I'm pretty anxious to get into it.

[enviouz]

Im currently running Gentoo ~AMD64 keyworded on the desktop and mine and my wifes laptops. Then debian stable AMD64 on the home server as well as the business server and desktop in my shop.

[WolverineDK]

I just installed Linux Mint 11 LXDE on my Linux laptop, and well whether it is Peppermint Os One (I hate two, because of the Google shit), or it is Linux Mint. Then I am okay with it :)

[denis05]

I only started using linux now on dedicated servers!

and I'm using the Ubuntu GUI.


but I confess I'm still very noob on linux: (

[iLOVENZB]

Going to fuck around with aptosid and Pinguy OS. Both are Debian based. Pinguy is actually a Ubuntu derivative.

[slawek1989]

I use Linux Mint 11 LXDE.

[Glaucon]

I only started using linux now on dedicated servers!

and I'm using the Ubuntu GUI.


but I confess I'm still very noob on linux: (

If you start to delve into the terminal then be sure to read the manual entry for everything you stumble upon (just the basics will do) - sooner than you think, you'll get the hang of it. That's how I learned at least.

[respawn40]

For a long time I dual-booted Windows and Mint and kept Puppy on a USB; nowadays though, with my new computer, all I use is Windows.

[Quartr]

Used to be all about slackware, these days ubuntu.

[Stabber]

If you are looking for a lightweight distro for the meantime have a look at Peppermint OS2 http://peppermintos.com/ . This also is an Ubuntu distro, but uses the LXDE environment and is specifically designed to run on less than 512MB of RAM. You can download and run a LiveCD to check out what it offers. LXDE stands for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment and the interface really is lightweight.

Thanks Art. I gave Peppermint a try a few months ago. It was alright, but I decided not to go with it.

I did install Crunchbang Openbox a few days ago though and I have been in love with it. Openbox also. So much that I doubt I'll ever go back to a desktop environment on whatever distro I use. After using LXDE(on both Ubuntu and Lubuntu) for almost a couple years now, I'm so happy to get away from it. The desktop is really light, but it's just not as polished as it could be. It still needs some work in my opinion.

The lightness and speed of Openbox is great, and I'm learning it pretty fast. Really the only thing I had to get used to was that the menu doesn't auto update when you install a new app. Which I was kind of used to anyways as a lot of newly installed apps didn't auto appear in LXDE's menu either. But unlike LXDE, getting the app to appear in the Openbox menu isn't a pain in the ass. And in fact I'm starting to skip that route altogether now and just go with shortcut keys. So much simpler.

All in all I could not be happier with this move.

And Stabber, Arch is the distro I want to try next once I start having more free time again. Looks like there's quite a bit of work to this distro and I just don't have time for that right now. But I've read nothing but great things about so I'm pretty anxious to get into it.

Honestly it doesn't take that much time , the official newbie installation guide is too long , i can help you install it in 20 minutes with a graphic environment . And there is also a x64 version which is very fast , each package is compiled for x64 architecture

[Funkin']

Thanks Stabber. But I'm thinking of giving ArchBang a shot. It's supposed to basically be a Crunchbang'ified version of Arch, and I guess it's much easier to set up than a regular Arch install. So hopefully I won't run into any troubles. Since I'm in love with window managers now, I figured Archbang would be the right choice for me since I would install one on a regular Arch install anyways.

Although, I've been doing a lot of reading on Arch and the whole lack of package signing and the pretty obvious lack of user security interest by the devs is a little concerning. So I'm a little unsure about this distro.

Right now though I'm completely happy with Crunchang. Incredibly light and fast, and so stable it's a little boring(which is a good thing). corenominal has done a fantastic job with this Debian spin. I'll probably enjoy and really learn Crunch before giving Arch a shot.

[joshuatim]

Hey I am using 3 versions. Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. Linux is very much user friendly now. But I am still figuring one issue I am facing. I cannot use touchpad of laptop. I thing there must be some plugins like thing for it but don't know. Help me folks if you know this.

[Glaucon]

Hey I am using 3 versions. Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. Linux is very much user friendly now. But I am still figuring one issue I am facing. I cannot use touchpad of laptop. I thing there must be some plugins like thing for it but don't know. Help me folks if you know this.

I'd help out but you opted not to recieve private messages. Let me know if you're still struggling.

[gnuCyclist]

Arch Linux with Gnome 3.

[MrFleur]

I use backtrack 5. it's the best composition of linux. Many tools, really light and powerful.

[Dr0]

Fedora, currently running Fedora 16.

[OlegL]

You, guys, should give FreeBSD a shot. It's completely usable as a desktop OS. Besides, it's a complete OS unlike Linux. I like the fact that there is a clear separation between the base system and any add-on application on FreeBSD. All apps that are not the part of the base system get installed into /usr/local directory. Things feel a lot more organized on FreeBSD than on Linux.

[Quarterquack]

You, guys, should give FreeBSD a shot. It's completely usable as a desktop OS. Besides, it's a complete OS unlike Linux. I like the fact that there is a clear separation between the base system and any add-on application on FreeBSD. All apps that are not the part of the base system get installed into /usr/local directory. Things feel a lot more organized on FreeBSD than on Linux.

Except for the fact that developmental support is wank, and the people who use it are pretentious coders caring more about topology than usability, then yeah.

[OlegL]

Okay, the majority of people who use Linux probably have nvidia cards installed. There is a native 64-bit nvidia driver for FreeBSD, which means that FreeBSD folks can use vdpau for their video acceleration purposes. Linux desktop users probably want to watch youtube videos, so if they want to do the same thing on FreeBSD, they can install the linux version of adobe flash or use an open-source flash alternative. I never used skype, but, as far as I know, it works fine on FreeBSD. Watching/recording TV with a USB tuner is also supported on FreeBSD. I don't know if FreeBSD supports many PCI TV tuners. The FreeBSD ports collection includes the latest versions of window managers and desktop environments.
...What else would a desktop user want to do?..
So, let me say this again, FreeBSD is usable as a desktop OS.

[Bugsy99]

i usu ubuntu but i tried LinuxMint
it is very impressive

[klonengan]

I'm running Ubuntu on my vps, as a seedbox

[drew4452862]

Ubuntu 12.04 barely works. 10 series never gave me this much shit. Used to use it for everything but switched over to 7 for xsyon lmao

[mjmacky]

Ubuntu 12.04 barely works.

"Barely works" is so heavily dependent on its use. Works fantastically for HTPC purposes.

[BlastGangg]

Not currently running a Linux Distro at the moment. I have previously used Ubuntu though, if you are going to use it, I would suggest verion 12.04. I ran the newest one and it just isn't what I expected. Many distros out there though, always a different one to use, lol!

[uhohou]

Nice sharing.I like this.

[SoapBoXXX]

CentOS 6.

[skay8]

dual boot with ubuntu on the desktop, tri-boot mint xfce and xubuntu on the laptop. been on/off linux user for 10+ years but the new distros are mind boggling! building a new desktop where windows will run in a vm instead of being installed. wifey uses mandriva/win7 desk and xubuntu on her laptop. have usb based collection of 15 or so distros that changes.

[devnull]

CentOS6 CLI only :-) I run Mint on a desktop machine, I love mint gui.

[zkov]

I've been using ubuntu off and on for a year, but I hit a point where it felt like I wasn't really learning anything. I recently installed crunchbang and I've never been happier.

[themarc]

Ubuntu

[lynxx]

two notebooks, two distro's: Debian and Manjaro (both with XFCE)

And I am thinking to change Debian into Fedora...

[quack]

Been 100% Ubuntu - desktop, laptop, server - for about 4 or 5 years now.

Run Ubuntu on my VPSs too - I know it's probably not the perfect distribution for that, but it's what I'm comfortable with so I can get more done. I have stuck to the LTS for those though. Quite looking forward to the opportunity to upgrade them come April.

[mandor2008]

Gentoo. Good if you want complete control. Recommend Mint for those would ease of use.

[monkey_toy]

Been using OpenSuse for a long time on servers.
Recently started playing around with ElementaryOS for desktop.

[laukong]

xubuntu

[DesertF0x]

I have used Gentoo but at some point i switched to Ubuntu. At work we have Debian. My favorite is Ubuntu as more works out of the box and there are more package archives...

[siciliagranata]

Debian at work

[quack]

Kinda getting tired of Ubuntu... a combo of the reduced support window and the whole lens thing, don't really have anything against Unity as a whole though. But I know I'd miss the wide availability of packages.

I'm a little reluctant to switch to a RPM-based system just because I'm more comfortable with DEBs, although I'm experimenting with Centos on a VPS. If I can get comfortable with that then I guess that opens up a whole lot more options.

Mint sounds nice - although it looks like it just mirrors Ubuntu's support cycles.

Debian certainly has much to recommend it. I see that Mint makes a Debian-based version these days - sounds like that might be a perfect combo.

In the meantime I still have to be productive and get work done, so I'm sticking with Ubuntu because I know where everything is :-)

[Firefox112]

Quack,

If you are getting tired of Ubuntu - Mint would certainly be worth a shot.

I dont know that once you are used the DEB based systems that you want to switch to yum/RPM. I know I dont.

[j3mm4n3]

Ubuntu

[Ihino]

While it's certainly the "popular choice", I like Ubuntu for exactly that: Plenty of resources and support is available online to assist me with all kinds of questions and problems.

[Flip--]

Ubuntu

[ferenan]

Fedora from the very beginning.

[Mr. Mulder]

Mint 16 Petra with Cinnamon desktop running on my Lenovo S205, I've always liked Mint. I was a ubuntu man until they brought in Unity, its not that I don't like it, it just feels too touch screeney for my liking. Given a second choice I'd go with Xubuntu.

I ran Kali for a bit before switching to Mint as my main OS, kali was fun for all the naughty tools it had - most beyond my understanding but i did manage to crack a few WEP WAPs, which was nice. And for some reason Xubuntu seemed to develop start-up issues no matter what i did overtime on my laptop, could have been hardware specific but never really looked into it. But Mint, as ever is solid.

After some repository/dependency fiddling last night I finally got Urban Terror working :happy:

[rodrigez]

I'm using Ubuntu-GNOME because I don't like this Unity-stuff. Using some PPAs makes the desktop realy beautiful and useable. I also installed the Steam-Client to play some neat games.

[piercerseth]

I ran Kali for a bit before switching to Mint as my main OS, kali was fun for all the naughty tools it had - most beyond my understanding but i did manage to crack a few WEP WAPs, which was nice.

Spent more than a few hours playing script kiddie with aircrack in BackTrack 2/3. :devil: Still keep a kali live usb around. Slackware + xfce nowadays.

[yevgeny]

Fedora with gnome3 desktop

[lightshow]

piercerseth, you should check out 5r3 since it has reaver in it now. I am really surprised how efficient it is. I remember waiting 6 days to go through my dictionary to find that none of my words matched the hash.. Now I just give it 4 hours and its done. ha!

I remember there were a few people who did a compute rental in EC2 that would run aircrack on your WPA handshake so they could chew through their dictionaries and charged $15. Guess those guys will be out of business.

[piercerseth]

I messed with it a bit when the WPS pin issue came to light. I don't believe the free version of reaver is maintained any longer, but I know bully is: https://github.com/bdpurcell/bully

A former btc miner tells me hashcat runs pretty well on modern opencl cards. So if I ever needed to bruteforce one of my handshakes I guess I could do it on their radeons for pretty cheap.

[StanHardy]

Currently using Arch to build my android roms

[razor2323]

Debian since 1999

[masonsa]

Mint 17 here....and Ubuntu server for my NAS (ZFS)

[donutfunky]

Primarily Mint (offline) with TAILS running bridged in VirtualBox (online)

[ddnnaa]

backtrack is the best.

[Tuxman]

Linux sucks. Use BSD.

[piercerseth]

Linux sucks. Use BSD.
Go back to bed Theo.

[turin]

I run ubuntu

[Tuxman]

Go back to bed Theo.

Thanks, you totally convinced me.

[piercerseth]

Go back to bed Theo.

Thanks, you totally convinced me.

Glad to be of help. The irony of your username wasn't lost on me.

[megabyteme]

Was looking at distros the other day to put on my Asus netbook (1215b-pu17). Any ideas better than Mint? Would prefer VLC, and Chrome (is that even an option?) installed natively.

Thoughts? This is in place of my recent half-baked idea to use a Chromium OS.

[Buzz]

Slackware :)

[r12010]

Slackware :)

Used to use Slackware and then Gentoo. These days I use Mint and out of the box it pretty much supports any laptop that I've tried.

[nutcasenz]

Gentoo, have been using it for a very long time, happy with it.

[Abeille0767]

I've used Manjaro and Vista ;) .
I am currently testing Ubuntu MATE Remix.

[Artemis]

Kit Kat :naughty:

[TheGene]

Mint ... Minty minty mintmintmint lol Its the best I've tested ... and I've tested ...

[samehfr]

i usu ubuntu

[iptv]

better

I'm using Ubuntu-GNOME

[Burton]

Slax. I use the 200mb bootable and ready to use OS when my windows is down.

[sid66]

been using ubuntu for a few years now, doubt i will ever go back to windows any time soon

[MikeSmith298]

also ubuntu

[NZBgrog]

I use Ubuntu.

[CooLMinE]

Mainly Ubuntu server, occasionally CentOS for work related stuff.

[dwa]

ubuntu 14.04

[CyberA]

Debian 7

[jack30]

Ubuntu

[jsmith2k1]

I am running Debian 7.8 but thinking of switching to other.

[madjock]

I had some fun jumping from Distro to Distro.

Eventually I got this down to a KDE variant, then went with Arch Linux, used a guide, stuck KDE on top, and been using it last few months.

Mint is good, but just something more satisfying about building up a Distro the way you want to.

[slippery49]

ubuntu or debian wheezy

[PossumK]

I Red Hat useful for anything anymore? That's what I was using like 15 years ago, but nowadays all I see is Ubuntu.

[IWH2010]

Ubuntu on my laptop, before i switched back to W7.

[j123ss]

Arch with bpswm is amazing

[madjock]

Arch with bpswm is amazing

I thought I would look up what bspwm was, and although I am a fan of Arch, I can't understand how making things so complcated could be classed as amazing ?

http://kingpatzer.net/2014/08/08/a-basic-introduction-to-bspwm-part-i/

Just reading this guide, makes me wonder why, its the same as people who like hanging from hooks, some people must just enjoy the pain !

So to make things easier, you have to type lots of stuff and open tiles, rather than me clicking on an Icon in KDE :)

Each to their own I suppose.

[dakky]

I use Mint, nice interface and clean looks...

[l8ek]

Debian Wheezy

[peterpickel]

Ubuntu usually