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Poll: Desktop Linux: which distro?

For desktop linux users. What's your poison?

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#1 m.oreilly

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 01:10 AM

For those who run Linux (not VMware style) on their desktop systems. what's your poison? :blink:

#2 David_Heavey

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 01:14 AM

I've tried a few. I really like Suse but it can be a bit of a pain at times. I always (when I use Linux) end up using Ubuntu. Love the way it feels and looks.

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 01:56 AM

View PostDavid_Heavey, on Oct 6 2007, 06:14 PM, said:

...Ubuntu. Love the way it feels and looks.

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dave, as an aside, what types of drives do you install ubuntu on? and your sound card: are you using onboard, or the creative you had?

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 05:19 AM

Gentoo. I like the level of control it gives me, but I would never recommend it to anyone. You have to like the command line interface and enjoy fixing things when they break. For those who don't like such things, Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE are all very good from my experience. I've also heard good things about PCLinuxOS and Mandriva.

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 05:58 AM

View Postm.oreilly, on Oct 6 2007, 06:56 PM, said:

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dave, as an aside, what types of drives do you install ubuntu on? and your sound card: are you using onboard, or the creative you had?
Cool, their clustered

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 09:45 PM

Tried Fedora a few years back. Thought it very annoying and haven't bothered with it since.

Windoze and ease of use FTW!1

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 10:22 PM

View PostNvyseal, on Oct 7 2007, 01:58 AM, said:

Cool, their clustered

:friends: :blink: :chriso: :rofl_mini: Very powerful cluster it seems.

#8 m.oreilly

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 11:10 PM

well, i finally managed to get ubuntu 7.10 working: i installed 7.4 and did an upgrade. took hours. i was going to vote ubuntu, but it failed horribly. so much for the ubuntu girls. i'll miss them...

#9 m.oreilly

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Posted 08 October 2007 - 02:11 AM

haha, who voted for the truck bed lining?

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Posted 08 October 2007 - 02:32 AM

View Postm.oreilly, on Oct 6 2007, 06:56 PM, said:

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If Ubuntu felt that good, I wouldn't have a single MS PC. :blink:
What packages do I need to install to get the cluster????? :friends:

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Posted 08 October 2007 - 03:01 AM

View PostWFO, on Oct 7 2007, 07:32 PM, said:

What packages do I need to install to get the cluster????? :blink:
Well, judging from that picture, it looks like you might need a pretty big package to handle that cluster

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Posted 08 October 2007 - 03:06 AM

Hmmm... I guess 6MB is only average. I'll have to consider an upgrade. :blink:

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Posted 08 October 2007 - 04:31 AM

When MO first told me about this site many moons ago, he said, "You'll like X64bit.net, Mike. It's full of boobs." I had no idea this was what he was talking about. :friends: :blink: :chriso:

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Posted 08 October 2007 - 05:33 AM

View Postbanj0, on Oct 7 2007, 09:31 PM, said:

When MO first told me about this site many moons ago, he said, "You'll like X64bit.net, Mike. It's full of boobs." I had no idea this was what he was talking about. :chriso: :friends: :rofl_mini:
Hmm, Must have been when dede was active :blink:

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Posted 08 October 2007 - 05:54 AM

View Postbanj0, on Oct 7 2007, 09:31 PM, said:

When MO first told me about this site many moons ago, he said, "You'll like X64bit.net, Mike. It's full of boobs." I had no idea this was what he was talking about. :chriso: :friends: :rofl_mini:

banj, that was when nitram was a regular... :blink:




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