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Posted on 09/11/2006 8:33:46 AM PDT by N3WBI3
Fun excersize to see what Linux Distro is right for you..
Ack, I really have to be more careful
/s/excersize/exercise
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I don't like one of the questions. It asks you what your technical expertise is, and I'm sure uses that to decide which distro. While I may have a lot of technical expertise, I do not like to have to use it when installing and using an OS.
Things should just work.
The site picked Gentoo and Slackware for me. I've actually used both. I don't think I'd ever use Gentoo again though, just don't have the time for it. Slackware is my favorite distro. So all in all, pretty good guesswork on the part of whoever made that quiz.
I dont think the technical expertise ir related to how hard it is to install, those are two different questions. Maybe its to find something you can tweak..
Got me wrong, gave me pcos linux and mandriva, I use fedroa which it gave as an alternate because my preferred GUI is not the default. I use Fedora/Red Hat..
For a no0b like me it recommended Ubuntu (already installed) and Mandriva.
Tried the Mandriva Live CD and didn't find it to be as user-friendly as Ubuntu.
Picked Slackware or Gentoo, have used both. I use Arch.
Pretty close to Slackware.
Jack
Been using BSD servers, but needed an Exchange type app which will only run on a linux distro. Had trouble with it on Debian, but got it to start the install on Fedora 4. Then, I found out the hardware was inadequate (RAM). This was only a testing server so I need to get another piece of hardware.
Fedora 4 worked out of the box easier and better than any *nix variant I've used. For the most part, the directory structures make more sense as well.
I am very much a Fedora person and it picked Fedora for me - the web pages for the test were slick and worked flawlessly. Nice site.
BUMP!
Didn't mention MEPIS, which is my flavor du jour. But it did bring up Ubuntu, which MEPIS gets along (and shares repos) with.
If you are discussing Linux distros, maybe the correct word should be "Exorcise"? =)
I started off with Mandrake (now called Mandiva) and it was very easy to install. I had no experience at all with Linux and had it installed in no time.
It recommended Mandriva--nothing against it. I just don't care for it.
I use Suse mainly, though I have three small qemu machines--one Slackware, one Minix; and one Plan 9. Oh, and I carry around an Ubuntu live cd. (been handing out my other copies like Santa Claus) 8^)
Used and loved Slack, and that's really where I gnashed my teeth so to speak. Would continue to run it except that I have others who use my computer and have very little, if any Linux experience.
I've been very happy with SuSE 10.1.
Typical from you, some foreign site pushing foreign versions of lunix.
Of course they should. Which is why most people use Microsoft or Apple, especially on laptops.
Nobody said it was, of course, his point was quote "things should just work", install being but one small part.
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