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...
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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...
Debian at work
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 :-)
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.
Ubuntu
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.
Ubuntu
Fedora from the very beginning.
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:
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.