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  1. 10-13-2011 #1
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    Best linux distro(s)

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    I want to know that which are the best linux distros available ? What makes it better from the other distros ?
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    The one I use because I am comfortable using it. Personal preferences decide into these kind of questions. There is no best Linux distro.

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    What Roky said. The best distro is the one you like for the job at hand.
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    There is no "best distro", what do you want to do with your PC?
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    Have to agree with the comments so far. There is no best version of Linux. Just the one that suits you best.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ramesh_raithatha View Post
    which are the best linux distros available ?
    Hello

    Seeing as how there aren't any distros that everyone would agree are the best, the better choice of words might be "which are the most popular distros?", but even then the most popular distros aren't necessarily the best.

    You can check the page hits ranking chart over at DistroWatch.com to get some idea about distribution popularity, but then again, I wouldn't consider it to be highly accurate when it comes to distro popularity among seasoned Linux users.
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    For an idea of what is most popular, see distrowatch.com. Scroll down, and the top 100 downloads are on the right hand side of the page. you can set it for the last week, month, 3 months, 6 months, year, or for a particular year. Download and burn a live cd of any that appeal to you and try them out as a live cd without installing. They also have a search function that will help you narrow down what you are looking for. If you have no idea, start at the top of the most popular and work down.
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    Yeah I agree with the above. I love archlinux for my desktop, RHEL or CentOS for my servers, backtrack for being backtrack, and Ubuntu for family members. But that's not a set of rules; one of my desktops is CentOS, some of my servers are slackware, etc. The most fun I have found is in trying new distributions and learning how each differs.
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    Distrowatch is a good place to start. They also give u a bit of a blurb about the distro and if you really want to know more some have reviews that give an idea of how easy or hard they are.

    I do agree with the above, personal opinion, just don't go of the distrowatch charts as ur basis for the best, otherwise you'll be missing out on some awesome "lower ranked" distros. Can't emphasize that enough.

    @hunter_thom: totally agree testing out all the different distro's is fun, only problem is it cranks up ur download limit .

    Speaking of which anyone ever tried Superb Mini Sever (SMS) Slackware derivative been reading up about it, interested in giving it a shot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SL6-A1000 View Post
    Speaking of which anyone ever tried Superb Mini Sever (SMS) Slackware derivative been reading up about it, interested in giving it a shot.
    Never heard of it but it may end up in a VM. I could have liked linvo (Linvo GNU/Linux) if it wern't going to Gnome 3 / Shell
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