[jayd512]

Actually, I didn't think he would really try to install it as a main OS to work from, especially after seeing his rants on distros like Gentoo or Arch. On the flip side... I think a rant on CRUX would be an interesting read.

[elija]

If you are really bored why not try some genuinely alternative operating systems.

Haiku Project
Frontpage - ReactOS Website

Two of the better known ones, but there are many to try out...

[jayd512]

Hi, Moe. I hope you didn't think I was really serious about CRUX. I read your stipulation about having to tinker to much under the hood, and I've seen your opinions about both Arch and Gentoo. And as I actually enjoy Fedora, I won't go there (I know you didn't like that one to much either) But I have been reading up on your rants... so I do have a serious suggestion.

How about either Vector or Zenwalk? You seemed to hold those two in pretty high regards when you tried them out last time. It may be worth another go around with them.

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by jayd512

Hi, Moe. I hope you didn't think I was really serious about CRUX.

Oh, don't worry.

How about either Vector or Zenwalk? You seemed to hold those two in pretty high regards when you tried them out last time. It may be worth another go around with them.

That's certainly a possibility. I'll see what I can download.

[danbuter]

I've been using Zenwalk. If you like xfce, this is the best distro going. It also has a gnome version. And it's basically slackware, with the netpkg program acting as synaptic for tarballs. And the install was as easy as ubuntu.

[questio verum]

Originally Posted by Freston

It's hard to give you a suggestion about which distro to use Moe. I mean, if anyone knows his distro's it's you.


But since you asked, how about Pardus? Or Sabayon, I hear good things about that.

Freston,
Have you used Sabayon much? If so, which version(s)? I'm using 3.5 as my principal OS in a triple-boot config. It took a long time to install and configure, but since install it's been the most stable, well-behaved distro I've used yet.
I checked out Pardus, and it shows possibility. I'm not sure about the language hurdle though. I can't speak turkish, and it looks like not all screens are localized for english yet. Am I wrong? I'm about to push the button on a shiny new terabyte drive purchase, and I'm scanning the landscape for a new distro to throw in the mix.

qv

[Jonathan183]

Originally Posted by questio verum

Freston,
Have you used Sabayon much? If so, which version(s)? I'm using 3.5 as my principal OS in a triple-boot config. It took a long time to install and configure, but since install it's been the most stable, well-behaved distro I've used yet.
qv

I don't understand why Sabayon decided to set the home page for firefox to Saybayon (for every version of Linux installed on my laptop at the time) ... but thats not exactly what I call well behaved

[questio verum]

Originally Posted by Jonathan183

I don't understand why Sabayon decided to set the home page for firefox to Saybayon (for every version of Linux installed on my laptop at the time) ... but thats not exactly what I call well behaved

Hmmm... That wasn't my experience. The only curve Sabayon threw at me was that it installed its own instance of GRUB in a location different from the previous one. It then included WinXP in the menu list, but excluded Ubuntu Studio. That wasn't nice, I suppose. But it was quickly sorted out. I've had worse things happen using other distros.

For me, the main benefit is that it has (so far) been wonderfully stable and runs most multi-media apps out-of-the-box, without complaint. (Certain flash content being the exception -which is an Adobe issue.) So did you keep it, or dump it? What version was/is it?

[Freston]

Originally Posted by questio verum

Freston,
Have you used Sabayon much? If so, which version(s)? I'm using 3.5 as my principal OS in a triple-boot config. It took a long time to install and configure, but since install it's been the most stable, well-behaved distro I've used yet.
I checked out Pardus, and it shows possibility. I'm not sure about the language hurdle though. I can't speak turkish, and it looks like not all screens are localized for english yet. Am I wrong? I'm about to push the button on a shiny new terabyte drive purchase, and I'm scanning the landscape for a new distro to throw in the mix.

qv

No I haven't used Sabayon much. I used it a while some two years back or so. But I was distro hopping a lot in those days and distro's never stayed on my machine long. Still, I have a mind to check Sabayon out again one of these days. It seems every time I hear about it it is in good&enthousiastic terms.



Pardus is a distro actively developed by the UEKAE and as it seems has a quite active user base in the Netherlands. I don't know about other countries. I don't really hear much about Pardus on international fora such as this. But they promise full English support. I did notice the Dutch site is much more alive with community news and events than the English site, which looks more static.
I ran Pardus a while back, and it was alright. A bit Kubuntu-like I guess. Easy to use. Not as much fun as *cough*slackware*cough*

[Jonathan183]

Originally Posted by questio verum

For me, the main benefit is that it has (so far) been wonderfully stable and runs most multi-media apps out-of-the-box, without complaint. (Certain flash content being the exception -which is an Adobe issue.) So did you keep it, or dump it? What version was/is it?

It was installed from the x86_64 version 3.4 mini edition. It's still on the laptop at the moment along with a few other distros that I will be removing when I get round to sorting things.

I seem to have a real talent for breaking portage ... so things only worked for about 2 weeks before portage refused to update the system!