Which linux distro do you run?

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.

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

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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

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For beginers ubuntu is great.

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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.

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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!

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

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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.

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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.

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.

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 :)

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: (

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

I use Linux Mint 11 LXDE.

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Originally Posted by 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: (

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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.

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.

Used to be all about slackware, these days ubuntu.

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Originally Posted by Artemis

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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.

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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.

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

Arch Linux with Gnome 3.

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

Fedora, currently running Fedora 16.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

i usu ubuntu but i tried LinuxMint
it is very impressive

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

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

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Ubuntu 12.04 barely works.

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

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!

Nice sharing.I like this.

CentOS 6.

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.

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

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.

Ubuntu

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

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

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.

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

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

xubuntu