Need a new distro.

[elfshadow14]

I'm a little bored with Ubuntu does anyone know a better distro for more advanced users?Hey i'll even try BSD if it can use ndiswrapper.

[techieMoe]

What specifically is boring you? Ubuntu can be as complex or simple as you make it. It's essentially just a prettier version of Debian. What "advanced user" features are you looking for?

[elfshadow14]

What specifically is boring you? Ubuntu can be as complex or simple as you make it. It's essentially just a prettier version of Debian. What "advanced user" features are you looking for?

Well i was thinking of going for a rpm based distro and right now i'm thinking about fedora.

[techieMoe]

Well i was thinking of going for a rpm based distro and right now i'm thinking about fedora.

All right. I'm still curious what you meant by "a distro for more advanced users". RPM-based distros like Fedora don't require any more technical proficiency than Debian-based ones. Are you just looking for something different?

[antidrugue]

Fedora will certainly feel different that's for sure.

Perhaps Ubuntu is not for you, try others, maybe some day you'll get back to it.

Fedora Core 6 Test 3 will certainly require some skills.

[Cabhan]

Since Fedora and Ubuntu are both binary-based, you're not getting a huge difference here in package installation, for the record.

Play around! I've used 7 distros at this point, and each has its own feel. SuSE, Arch, Debian, Gentoo, you need to try them all out.

[daacosta]

Ah!

The feeling of saturation...

You found a distro that detects and configures your hardware flawlessly, that allows you to become productive within an hour of installing... You know how to solve problems that might appear or to look for solutions with google... You are able to update your beloved distro by using synaptic or entering commands at the console on a debian derivative... Or, by using yumex or by entering appropriate commands at the console for a Red Hat based distro...

If you are curious you might want to try other things with your distro like programming in C++, learning LaTeX, etc. At the end you will reach a point where you pretty much know all you need to know (office applications, graphs manipulation, CD/DVD playing/burning, printing, playing games, etc.)

Then you move onto other distros to go through the same cycle all over again until you realize that there is nothing else to see... True, you learn how to boot linux from a live CD but in the end it will be pretty much the same.

What then? Move to BSD only to find that there is also a learning curve that will either pay off or not. You see that the same applications in Linux are used by BSD so perhaps you don't appreciate it...

Then you realize that you are not as sophisticated as others to appreciate the differences in performance, speed, and good design of the operating system... and move on with life...

[Kojak]

Stick to what works and start getting some expert knowledge on that distro. Much more worth than starting all over again. You could perhaps create a partition for the next Ubuntu test release, where you will have a lot to do. Debuggin, submitting bugs, finding solutions to problems... I use a stable Mandriva and also run cooker. Mandriva is rock-solid, but in cooker, I face some challenges quite often. It won't be boring using a testing-partition. Or, as said, start to learn c++, mysql and such stuff.

If you REALLY want to switch, give Archlinux or Gentoo a try. A very different world.

[zba78]

Have you tried any other distros before or is Ubuntu the only one so far?

[fingal]

I would support what Kojak said above. Mandriva should present you with a few challenges to start with, and you can play around with Cooker if you feel like it. Then you can learn a bit of programming and assign yourself a couple of projects if you have the time.

If you're like me you need to find the things you enjoy doing the most to keep your interest levels up. My version of Mandriva is boringly stable at this point, and the only issue I have is my appalling frame rate. Actually I think the OS is more sophisticated than my hardware by now.

It's all subjective though ... You could probably say the same as above for any major distro. There is, it seems, less difference between many of them than you might think. The main thing is to find one that seems to fit you, and stick with it.

<offtopic>It's fun tweaking your box but you reach a point, I've found, where you need to change something. It's like an itch! The need to move on and learn more things to reach a kind of plateau of knowledge and personal satisfaction.</offtopic>