VeeDubb Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Okay. I like mandriva (hate the name, love the distro) Anyway, I'll be getting the final of MDK Limited Edition 2005 and installing it as soon as it comes out, but from what I can see, it's not what mandrake says it is. They keep calling it a "transitional release' but as far as I can tell, it's just 10.2 renamed, the real transitional release will be Mandriva Linux 2006. It will be and 8 month release, so not 6 or 12, and it will be the first to include any new tech from conectiva. Now, I'll use 10.2, and I'll use 2007 when it rolls around, but I doubt very seriously I'll be interested in Mandriva2k6. Now, I know me, and I know I'll get itchy waiting 20 months in between new distros. So, what would you guys reccomend? (8months from 2k5 -2k6 +12 for 2k6-2k7 = 20 months) Reasonable stability is a must, but I'm not freaky about it. IU just don't want some beta quality garbage. I also figure if I do play with something else, it should be very different from mandrake. I've thought about Gentoo or lfs, just because I kind of like the idea of comiling everything, but I'm concerned about downloading every litle thing. I'm only 256k DSL. Not exactly blazing. I've also thought about SUSE (it sounds nice) or linspire just for the laughs. My first distro was Lycoris and I have intention of going back there. Anyway, if you have anyuthing constructive, fire away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 (edited) Well, if you dont mind editing the config files to get things running, you could run Arch Linux. The config files are clean and well explained, It's up to date, and has a lot of documentation on the wiki. There's always Fedora or Ubuntu if you're looking for a slightly more friendly experience, everyone seems to rave about Ubuntu these days, it seems to be the in thing. From what I have seen it's very clean and well maintained. Fedora just has to be mentioned. I *still* havnt used it, though I will probably download and burn FC4. Either way - cybrjackle reccomends it :P FC4 is looking*very* interesting. There's always Debian, Sarge (Testing) or Sid (Unstable) The word is that Sarge is going to be frozen soon, so that it can become the new Stable. It's a *very* stable option. Use the installer at: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Ubuntu uses a modified version of this and its really good. That installer will also do unstable, (which isnt really unstable, its just the latest of everything) Meh... use anything... there's tooo many to detail! Edited April 8, 2005 by iphitus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddmcse Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 simply mepis http://www.mepis.org/node/5306 has the feel of lycoris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddmcse Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 (edited) oh man they changed the name on distrowatch that should help the ratings Edited April 8, 2005 by ddmcse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 (edited) Fedora just has to be mentioned. I *still* havnt used it, though I will probably download and burn FC4. Either way - cybrjackle reccomends it :P FC4 is looking*very* interesting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you want to try a real distro, wait tell FC4 comes out and be blown away. Oh and CentOS.org is another good one. Edited April 8, 2005 by cybrjackle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Ubuntu (if you like gnome), Kubuntu (if you like kde). Although kubuntu can be installed though Ubuntu with "apt-get install kubuntu-desktop." Then you have the best of both worlds I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Easy to install -> Ubuntu Easy to install, more challenging to use -> Arch Challenging to install (more just time consuming), challenging to use -> Gentoo Those are my three favourite distros right now, I use Gentoo at home and Ubuntu on my box at work. Arch is also great, but I'm not using it for anything right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 *bump @ gentoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflexion Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 gotta say that im goin to have a serious play with Ubuntu next cause of the rave reviews so thats where i think im headed next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 (edited) well... it really depends on what you want to do with the box. are you more of a kde or gnome or fluxbox type os user? do you like to hack scripts and config files or do you a fast and easy to install system? there are so many options... if you are going for distro speed, lots of compiling from source and hacking config files, then i'd say go for slackware, vector, gentoo or arch. if you know hungarian, you might want to try frugalware :D for the simplistic desktops with some config tools, there is e.g. xfld (a xfce4.2 based version of knoppix) or damn small linux. if you are a gnome guy, then my recommendation is ubnutu or you could try the brand new foresightlinux (haven't tested it yet). for kde... well.. mepis is an option, kanotix also. and progenic debian sounds interesting, too... ah... go to distrowatch and roll dices. :D Edited April 8, 2005 by arctic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cydermaster Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Ubuntu is well worth playing with - very good support from the comunity in the forums. Another worth looking at (for a laugh) is Dyne:Bolic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 dyne:bolic? what is so strange with the distro that it makes you laugh? i never ran it but i am getting interested in it now. somehow, i have a faible for strange distros. i could name a few that were more than disappointing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 for the simplistic desktops with some config tools, there is e.g. xfld (a xfce4.2 based version of knoppix) or damn small linux.ah... go to distrowatch and roll dices. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Feather linux is also worth a look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Another thing you can do is play around with some livecd's http://dc.qut.edu.au/adios/ <----Fedora Core 3'ish ubuntulinux.org kbuntu.org suse.org or novell.com/suse (whatever) http://slax.linux-live.org/ knoppix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Oh and CentOS.org is another good one. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Probably not a great choice for someone worrying about their OS getting a little out of date. It's ace for servers but I'd give it a miss on the desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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