If you enjoy Fedora Linux, PIdora is an excellent analog. It’s a bit clunky to configure, but it’s just as powerful as Fedora if you want to set up a cheap web server, for instance.
OpenElec is a decent XBMC (now Kodi) system for multimedia. If you have a NAS with old movies or picture galleries, it works great. We use OpenElec over RaspBMC for our music library. It’s a little bit less glitchy with Amazon and Pandora.
RaspBMC is hands-down the best multimedia player for the Pi. We use it for home movies and the digital copies we receive with newer DVD/BR movies. It supports Dolby 7.2 and is just as functional if not moreso than our Samsung BR player.
And finally, SNUbuntu (Snappy Ubuntu) is a great Ubuntu distro for the Pi that offers the same functionality as any other Ubuntu distro. I personally use it for a LAMP “server” for FTP to/from my home network.
Superb information! Thanks a whole bunch.
Now for a tough question, if you are able ...
There is a multi-boot from USB or SD utility named YUMI. I use it to multi-boot several live Linux distros on my current PC. Do you know if I could use this on the Pi? Assuming you don’t know, are you willing to do a quick, one pass, test to see if you are able to manage that? I found it quite simple to set up and use YUMI.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
I think I am going to be getting into this Pi technology very soon regardless, given this current article, especially given your answer to me here.
Again, regardless of your answer to this post, Thanks Very Much!