Your Favourite Distro

[Tsarevich]

There are lots of distros nowadays and all are progressing fast at least since my first linux experience. Which is the best distro? Is Sabayon good? Which of the distros come with lots of software? Have heard Kubuntu comes with a pretty fast KDE. Is that true?

[iamthefritch]

not much of an answer but it depends on what your using it for

but to answer with what i use is i use myne on my laptop and im going to keep windows on my desktop for gaming and such so ive tried a few distros and the only one ive gotten to work well is ubuntu

so like i said it depend on what your using it for mostly for hardware reasons

also not to bash on kde but i tried kubuntu 7.04(feisty fawn) and it was kinda slow but thats just my laptop and seeing as kubuntu 7.10 came out today i might try that one and see how it is

hope that helps

[oz]

Which is the best distro? Is Sabayon good? Which of the distros come with lots of software? Have heard Kubuntu comes with a pretty fast KDE. Is that true?

To answer your questions...

It really depends on who you ask.
I didn't care at all for it.
The full Debian download has the most.
It didn't feel all that fast to me.

[Oxygen]

To answer your questions...

It really depends on who you ask.
I didn't care at all for it.
The full Debian download has the most.
It didn't feel all that fast to me.

Kubuntu is just KDE-ubuntu, it's not got go-faster stripes on it :P It'll just be as fast as if you had the same KDE software on a PC.

I have Kubuntu Gutsy... it's rather nice.

[elija]

I use Simply Mepis 6.5 which is a derivitive of Ubuntu.

If you are looking for a faster Ubuntu variant it might be worth looking into
Xubuntu which uses the lighter weight XFCE desktop environment.

Being lighter, it has to be faster...

[carlosponti]

i played around with this for fun seeing how small i could get it. basically making your own distro without all the complexity of LFS or making your own distro;
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...wMemorySystems

[danbuter]

I've been using Ubuntu, and really like it. If you are new to Linux, I think it's one of the best options for you.

[Tsarevich]

Ozar, not to dream of getting Debian, 12 GB is out of my imaginations! I am downloading Kubuntu since a week but only 1.28 GB. My internet balance is running out. Can we request free CDs other than Ubuntu and its family?

Can you also please tell which DE Edubuntu uses?

[oz]

Ozar, not to dream of getting Debian, 12 GB is out of my imaginations!

Yeah, the full Debian set is way too much for the average person to deal with for downloading, and if you try to buy the complete set from one of the Linux CD vendors, it costs quite a bit because it takes so many disks.

[bigtomrodney]

My favourite distro changes with every release season. This time around it's Ubuntu Gutsy. It had been SUSE for a while but I really feel like they've dropped the ball on a few things, despite the fact that it does have some cool stuff and is pretty well polished.

I love Slax too and I'm looking forward to 6.0. In the last few years I have become very consumer oriented. I don't ever give a product my support that doesn't deserve it. Whatever has the best experience today will get my vote, I refuse to use something because of past glories.

So after all of that I use SUSE 10.3 on my main PC and Ubuntu on my laptop. I'll be carrying Slax 6.0 on my USB stick when it comes out.