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  • #32
    unknownlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭unknownlegend


    work: z/OS
    home: slackware, freeBSD


  • #33
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Macros42 wrote: »
    Similar to the DE thread I use different flavours for different things. I voted for Ubuntu because that's what I have on my main pc - and as it happens the other ones I currently use are all forks of Ubuntu - only semi-coincidence. HTPC is Mythbuntu, laptop was Mint but is now Ubuntu (but planning on switching that to Fedora soon and netbook is Cruncheee.

    In answer to syngindub Cruncheee (Crunchbang) is excellent on a netbook. Low ram/cpu footprint. Very fast (much faster than the default Asus sesame street distro or Ubuntueee). And the Openbox DE is perfect for a netbook imo.

    I didn't give reasons did I :)
    Ubuntu on main machine - quite simple really - I made the switch to Linux nearly 2 years ago and Ubuntu was the one I went with because of the simplicity and community support. I haven't felt the need to change since. While I know a hell of a lot more now than I did then I still like the Debian base. I no longer accept Ubuntu's defaults as gospel (e.g. first thing I do is remove its bugged OO and install the latest from OO.org) but it's a good stable distro.

    Mythbuntu - obvious choice for a HTPC unless you want XPMC. I will warn against the 64 bit version tho - have had trouble with it - 32bit ftw.

    Mint I went for because I'd heard good things about it - not the media aspect (it's not that hard to do sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras :P) but the interface. I actually hated it tho. So back to Ubuntu on the lappy when Intrepid was released.


  • #34
    dubhthach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,286 ✭✭✭dubhthach


    At home:
    dubh@lugh:~$ uname -a
    SunOS lugh 5.11 snv_106 i86pc i386 i86pc
    dubh@lugh:~$ cat /etc/release
    OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_106 X86
    Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Use is subject to license terms.
    Assembled 28 January 2009

    I've got an old SGI back in Galway running IRIX 6.5.25m


  • #35
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    new myself to this linux world, at home with a busted leg so i said i'd give it a whirl while i have the time, i know nothing about command or any of that stuff, so idecided to go with kubuntu 8.10, has the latest kde, must say its fairly easy to mess around with, any help i need i usually find in a quick google, i cant see it replacing my vista, but its nice to have the option to play with compiz and etc, lovely desktop effects


  • #36
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    Just moved over to Debian Lenny from Arch Linux.
    Lenny has so far been a very nice stable release.

    Arch is nice.....but I got a little annoyed when a -Syu left the system unable to boot.
    Had to reinstate the ncurses libraries manually from a chroot so it could boot again:rolleyes:
    The rolling release system isn't stable enough for my liking.

    Lenny + dwm + slim = teh win!!!


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  • #37
    Epic Tissue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Epic Tissue


    Voted Ubuntu but I just installed Mint


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