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Top 10 Linux Distros (2010)
"10 best Linux distros for 2010
How to choose a Linux distro that's best for you"
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Last edited by z1gg33; 22-07-10 at 07:15 PM. Reason: added distrowatch...
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GavinSV (22-07-10)
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Wow I totally disagree with them... distrowatch says it all
Mostly agree...The new "consumer grade " Fedora and Ubuntu certainly are pretty.
One that is on the list that most people have not heard of is Puppy.
I have it running on some really old and low spec laptop (giveaway) hardware, and it is more than suited to the job. You may have to fiddle and play around to get some hardware working, but that is part of the fun.
So if you have an old laptop or desktop that is way past its use by date, give Puppy a go..
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy...
Mandriva is seriously underrated. Have it running flawless on 3 systems. My wife is a computer first timer and loves it.
Been with Ubuntu since 5.04 but have had a few issues with the later versions although nothing serious compared to the problems with Microsoft.
Update: A deletion of features that work well and ain't broke but are deemed outdated in order to add things that are up to date and broken.
Compatibility: A word soon to be deleted from our dictionaries as it is outdated.
Humans: Entities that are not only outdated but broken... AI-self-learning-update-error...terminate...terminate...
As a Linux advocate (well opose ms bills empire of bloated crap) thought I would post up the summary here of the link that z1gg33 provided (to inspire others to click on the link in the original post)
Heck, there are some distros here I have never heard of, and really interested to see no mention of Myth or Bactrack (if the later is a Linux variation?)
1. The best distro for beginners: Ubuntu 10.04
Also consider: Mandriva 2010.1
2. The best distro for experts: Fedora 13
Also consider: Slackware
3. The best distro for Windows Migrants: PCLinuxOS
Also consider: Mepis 8.5
4. The best distro for older Hardware: Puppy Linux 5.0
Also consider: Slitaz
5. The best distro for your desktop: Linux Mint 9
Also consider: Crunchbang
6. The best distro for netbooks: Ubuntu UNR 10.04
Also consider: MeeGo 1.0
7. The best distro for sys admins: Debian 5.0
Also consider: Arch Linux
8. The best distro for the office: OpenSUSE 11.3
Also consider: gOS
9. The best distro for Servers: CentOS 5.5
Also consider: PC-BSD (we know this isn't strictly Linux, but it's a brilliant BSD distribution)
10. The best distro for multimedia: Ubuntu Studio
Also consider: PureDyne
Then agree somewhat with 1 & 7, although currently run Ubuntu 9.04 on my notebook and love it. Scared to update it and break something! But that said, I run an up-to-date CLI based (no active window manager) Arch Linux and this works flawlessly.
My general finding with Linux is you need to find a distro that suits your needs, as recall recently formating the lounge room PC several times as was not entirely happy with the distro, and saved more time selecting another, rather than forcing the previous distro to comply to my expectations.
As per Distowatch - yep agree, although this article is advertising distros that don't have a universal following like Ubuntu, so be interesting to see if this has any influence!
Ideally one needs to have a Virtual Machine manager in favoured distro to test other distros, as the pros of convenience, and ability to delete image would outweigh the cons.
Just noticed the graphic in the original post showing the listing from distrowatch - now off to find out what Lubuntu is all about!
Last edited by porkchops; 23-07-10 at 08:42 PM. Reason: Frik'n locked down work PC
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z1gg33 (23-07-10)
i am keen to try this...
"Welcome to Linux From Scratch!
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code. "
Last edited by z1gg33; 23-07-10 at 06:40 PM.
If you feed ducks at a pond, chances are your bound to feed a goose or two without even knowing it.
Heck, there are some distros here I have never heard of, and really interested to see no mention of Myth or Bactrack (if the later is a Linux variation?)
+ 1 for backtrack very good security tools
sorry double posted
Last edited by Extradry; 23-07-10 at 09:38 PM. Reason: looser
Yeah I have on occasion used live cd.... its interesting when you go for a drive...
would not mind having a look @ as well.... except I don't have any music cd's really...although "Works well as a back end server for XBMC (XBOX Media Center) running on XBOX, Widnows, OSX, AppleTV, or Linux."
Last edited by z1gg33; 23-07-10 at 10:20 PM.
If you feed ducks at a pond, chances are your bound to feed a goose or two without even knowing it.
Not a linux expert, but i always had used SUSE...
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