[olug] best linux distro for...

[Eric Lusk]

If you're familiar with a distro, it's often best to stick with it; not always, as it depends on what you're planning on doing.
Mandriva 2007 is out, and free for download.  If you don't mind spending a per-year license to Mandriva you can get tech support (although I think for most of us a quick web search is often faster and easier than any amount of time on hold, no matter how much you're willing to pay).  Which is why many of us are using Linux in the first place; "free" may mean more work, but you know more about what you're working with in the long run.
That's just my $.02, but I'm always checking the latest distro offerings from anyone to see if there is some advantage offered over what I'm already using.
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com>
To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 3:44:35 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] best linux distro for...

WOW!

this is a topic that really gets you guys talking!

here's my situation.

i am basically just using this box to create some samba shares, and also a
to run a KAI engine. as far as face to face work, i need it for video/audio
recording/editing. this is why i need my desktop spanned.

why RPM?
i know how to use RPM. every other package managing utility i've tried has
not worked worth a crap for me. I'm using debian on my webserver, and i
can't even get my DYNDNS service to work. The result is a website that goes
down a couple times a week. I tried to install aMule on this box, and it was
a disaster. If somebody has a suggestion, i'm willing to try something new.
It must be a reliable package manager with a GUI.

I like mandrake (now mandriva) the best of everything that i've used.
unfortunately, i usually have issues with hardware not configuring properly
on install. I once had a copy of mandrake (8.0, i think) that would be
useless as soon as i tried to use the second video card i had on the box. I
once had an install of SUSE that wouldn't recognize any Gb ethernet card i
threw at it.

about once a year, i try to give linux another chance. i just want to try
something i won't be disappointed in. i'd like to know more about CENTOS.
links?

here's what i've got to choose from in my distro collection....


FRENZY
FREE BSD
FEDORA 5
SUSE 10.1
MANDRIVA 2006
XANDROS
SLACKWARE
FEATHER
BERRY
KNOPPIX 5.0.1
PUPPY
ROCK
SLAX
UBUNTO
WOMP
aLINUX
KATE
GOBLIX
GENTOO
DEBIAN

only a few have the version numbers labeled, but they should be fairly
recent distros.

let me know what you guys think.

thanks much for your expertise and opinions.




On 7/13/07, Bill Brush <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I personally like Suse, but it'd be really hard to give anything
> approaching an appropriate recommendation since we have no idea what
> purpose this box will serve.
>
> Bill
>
> On 7/12/07, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hey,
> >
> > i've got a 1/2 TB, P4 (hyperthreading) dell server with a Nvidia 5200
> dual
> > display card.
> >
> > i've got about 20 different linux distros, but i'm not sure which will
> be
> > the most painless to install.
> > i'm looking for a setup where the desktop spans both monitors, and i'd
> like
> > both KDE and Gnome.
> > my only other requirement is RPM.
> >
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