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View Poll Results: Which distribution of Linux do you use most?
RPM-based (Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, etc.) 36 31.58%
DEB-based (Ubuntu, Debian, Xandros, Mepis, etc.) 59 51.75%
Source-based (Slackware, Gentoo, LFS, etc.) 15 13.16%
Other (Please explain) 4 3.51%
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Old 01-18-2008   #21 (permalink)
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My first preference (for both server and desktop) continues to be FreeBSD, but since this poll is about Linux distros, I selected 'RPM-based'.

I've tried a dozen Linux distros over the past couple years, and I always end up back with something close to the RH family. I am happy with CentOS and don't have a good reason to change. It is stable and familiar to me.
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Bought an new laptop...
Please add Windows Vista in the list...

Naw I dint even checked whats on it directly installed Debian Linux on it

2 PC's with Debian
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Bought an new laptop...
Please add Windows Vista in the list...
I hope that's a joke.
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Naw I dint even checked whats on it directly installed Debian Linux on it

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slackware?
the author of this poll has obviously never used slackware, or they would know slackware is not a source-based distribution. slackware is a binary distribution (and one of the first ones at that).
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the author of this poll has obviously never used slackware, or they would know slackware is not a source-based distribution. slackware is a binary distribution (and one of the first ones at that).
I personally doubt that slackware is an binary distro. It contains "slap-cat" package manage ment
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I personally doubt that slackware is an binary distro. It contains "slap-cat" package manage ment
what the hell are you talking about? slapcat is for LDAP and has nothing to do with slackware or package management. to correct you, slackware uses slackbuilds.

do you even understand the difference between binary distributions and source distributions?
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