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Okay so I think what I’m going to do is try out a different Linux distribution once a month.  I’ll wipe it clean, install a new distro, use it for a month, wash, rinse, repeat.  This will allow me to be able to judge all of the distributions with more accuracy than I can do now.  My first love is with Ubuntu.  Ubuntu was the first distribution I could stick with and finally ween myself off of Windows (Ubuntu 5.04).  Prior to that, I had tried many different distros, but I guess I just wasn’t ready to make the full switch.  I’ve been HAPPILY using Ubuntu now for the past couple of years and haven’t even thought about looking back (to Windows).  However, I’m still curious about other distros, many of which I have tried but have always come back to Ubuntu, and I’m a fan of Debian based distros in general.

So, bye-bye Ubuntu 7.04… so sad to see you go, good friend.  I’m going to see if I can stick with OpenSuse 10.3 for a month.  My main beef with Novell, of course, is the affair they’re having with Microsoft… so I need the OpenSuse experience to help to solidify some of my dislike for the distribution in general :lol: Actually, I hope I’ll like it…

Haven’t decided which distribution I’ll do next month…. POSSIBLY Fedora.  Fedora Core 1 was really the first one to spark some real interest in it all.  I’m not one to claim to be a hardcore Linux guru.  I like it because of the FOSS aspects and because it’s “different”.  I like to USE my OS, not hack at it to get it to run.

So anyway, typing this out on my Ubuntu development server while OpenSuse 10.3 is finishing the install.  Shouldn’t be much longer.

Bah.  I’m already sick of it.

Cause it doesn’t live up to ubuntu??? I’d be interested to hear a bit of a run-down. I’m a mac user and I’ve worked with plenty of linux/unix servers, but Ubuntu’s my only real linux experience on the desktop, so it would be interesting to hear about other distro’s!

Arch FTW! :D

Sounds like a waste of time to me.  I don’t even think you need to try different distros because really the differences comes down to a handful of components.

Packaging system
Graphical desktop environment (KDE or Gnome)
Community involvement (what sort of support resources are available, how well are packages updated, etc)

If you want to try something really different then try Open Solaris.

Arch FTW! :D

Arch is a great distribution. I’ve been using it for almost five years. Everyone have a different needs and taste so I couldn’t tell you that it is the best (it’s the best for me), but certainly you can give it a try 😊

@John Fuller - ya know what… I might just do that. :D

I don’t even think you need to try different distros because really the differences comes down to a handful of components.

Yes, but these components and the particular distribution’s configuration and tweaking of these components help to shape the “user experience” for that particular distribution.  That is primarily what I’m looking for.  I want to see what it is that might draw a user to a particular distribution over another.  I tend to use a Linux distro more “out of the box” than anything, so I’m looking at what the distribution has to offer from a minimal point of view.

Mint w00t!

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