spinynorman Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 The "Linux Distribution Chooser" walks you through a brief set of 16 questions designed to determine which Linux distro might be best for you. The distros currently included in the tool's database include: Fedora Core, Mandriva, OpenSuSE, Debian, MEPIS, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linspire, Xandros, PCLinuxOS, Yellowdog Linux, Gentoo, Slackware, Ark Linux, Knoppix, Arch Linux, and Foresight Linux. More details at DesktopLinux.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Works quite well imho. I got the results I expected: 1. Debian 2. Ubuntu 3. Fedora 4. Mandriva :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Yeh, I thought it was quite accurate: gave me Mandriva and Kubuntu. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Gave me Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian, pretty much accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Pretty good...gave me Slackware, Arch and Gentoo. I still need to try Slackware, though :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchancock Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Here's mine: 1. Ubuntu 2. Fedora 3. Debian 4. Mandriva Not bad, that's how my own list kinda came out with just experimenting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 I got: 1. Fedora 2. Mandriva 3. Ubuntu 4. Debian and i use fedora, amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 It's funny, it suggested Mandriva and Fedora for me. In fact, I have Mandriva mostly, but installed Fedora just yesterday. Nice :P But then I did say I preferred rpm, so that kind of ruled out Debian appearing in the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavaeolus Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Gave me: Mandriva Kubuntu Debian Fedora Ubuntu overall ok, but it missed Suse :huh: and I prefer gnome over KDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 First in the list for me was Mepis, which was interesting cos I'd never heard of it :D Plus Kubuntu, Debian and Mandriva. But I think I'll stay with Mandriva 2007 for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Only 2 options shows up for me: 1. Debian 2. Ubuntu Close enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I still need to try Slackware, though :lol: A lot of Arch users (incl. myself) are former Slackware users. As long as you have lived happily with Arch for some time, I see no chance using Slackware: it's equally difficult/easy to manage (factly it's configuration files and structure are more complex), it's package management sucks bigtime compared to pacman, and it may be more stable/tested, but it's not bleeding edge distro, like Arch- rather the opposite (although it's surely much more "bleeding" than Mandriva Official). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Mandriva, Kubuntu. I chose "I want the greatest and latest stable software". How does Debian fits in this? Anyway when I tried Debian in the old days (Potato, my first ever distro, and Woody) it wasn't for me that's for sure. Edited October 24, 2006 by dexter11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Debian Etch perhaps....okay then it's greatest perhaps not stablest(is that a word?). You can't get everything, dexter ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 For me, the only Debian I ever cared about is Sid... Sarge is also OK for server usage, where reliability is a primus, but etch... uhh, I'm sorry, but I cannot find any good usage for that thing. Maybe it's just me, but (IMHO) Debian should use just "really stable" (Sarge) and "really unstable" (Sid)- mainly because the packagers do a fine job, and "unstable/Sid" is way more stable than Cooker, or most unstable branches out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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