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Hey everybody, I'm hoping somebody can help me because I can't find a Linux distro that has what I want.
I find a couple of Distro's but they are missing ...
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- 06-04-2011 #1Just Joined!
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Trouble finding a Distribution
Hey everybody, I'm hoping somebody can help me because I can't find a Linux distro that has what I want.
I find a couple of Distro's but they are missing something I can't live without.
Here what I'm looking for:
- 64bit support
- KDE
- I would prefer a rolling release like Arch
- Signed packages (why I won't use Arch)
- A large repo and a large community building 3rd part packages (like AUR or Ubuntu's ppa's)
- Codecs, flash, proprietary drivers ect. should be either:
a. Installed by defualt
b. In the repo
c. Good documentation on how to get them
Now here's were I run in to issues.
PcLinuxOS runs an outdated KDE and some outdated packages, and they do not support 64bit.
Gentoo is a real pain to set up and compiling takes forever.
Arch looks like a pain to set up and a bit scary like Gentoo, but I feel I can handle it. But the unsigned packages is a deal breaker.
Sabayon, almost much everything I want! Boot off the live usb and it doesn't detect my network card!
Anyone have any advice?
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Hello and Welcome!
Take a look at the Distro Quiz.
It actually does a pretty good job helping choose a distro.
You could also try a LiveCD, which most "mainstream" distros include now.Jay
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PCLinuxOS is running 4.6.1 kde .
sorry for my first response I had a mental moment.....................
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Sorry then if it has 4.6.1, but still no 64bit support.
Originally Posted by madhatter632 
PCLinuxOS is running 4.6.1 kde .
sorry for my first response I had a mental moment.....................
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I'd run Linux Mint 10 KDE 64-bit.
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your right on the 64bit support sorry, I gotta learn to stop skipping over stuff my speed reading kinda ****....................
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Kubuntu? <--- Here's the tour, check it out and see what you think. Also, they got 64-bit along with KDE.
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have you checked out scientific it's based off of red hat's releases and I do believe they support 64bit, just throwing that out there .
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. They are all great but I would REALLY prefer a rolling release.
An yes I have tried Kubuntu.
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Have you considered LMDE?
Rolling release Mint, based on Debian Testing.Jay
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