Distros

[Oren Beck]

On 1/6/07, Bradley Hook <bhook at kssb.net> wrote:
>
> There has been a lot of chatter about different distros on the list
> recently, and I just wanted to throw out a quick poll of sorts, and
> maybe encourage a little more discussion. I would prefer to avoid any
> flames or childish "xyz distro sucks" insults, but I would like to know
> what KCLUG members have and are using.
>
> So, what distro(s) do you use on your primary system(s)?
>
> What distros have you tried in the last year or two? In 10 words or less
> describe why you did or did not like them.
>
> As for me, I use Slackware on almost everything. I have 2 Slackware
> machines at home: one for me to game on, one for my wife to dabble on.
>
> At work, I have a triple-boot laptop running Slackware/OSX/WinXP. I have
> roughly 10 servers, all running some version of Slackware. We are also
> running some UML instances within these servers, which all use a
> Slackware root_fs. We keep a few machines around running various other
> distros, from DSL to Ubuntu.
>
> Distros I have tried:
>
> Slackware - I love it because "It just works(tm)"
> Ubuntu - I recommend it a lot, but I don't do GNOME
> Kubuntu - Easy to install, and I like KDE
> Damn Small Linux (DSL) - Name says it all
> Knoppix - Eh, it's cool
> RedHat - Fragged my bootloader more than once
> Debian - Bad experiences with dependency checking
> Gentoo - Novel idea, but installs take too long
>
> Also, on every installation, I tend to download the latest kernel source
> (without a fourth number, ie 2.16.19) and build it specific to my
> hardware. I also usually compile my own Apache/PHP/PostGreSQL from
> vanilla sources.
>
> ~Bradley
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98 on my campground store box- locked in by Starband VSAT software.
Dual boot laptop-Ubuntu/XP as some clients require XP dependent comwares.

My desktop is dual boot ME and Xandros. ME is to mirror wifey's ME box as
that is what she uses- till she gets to retry Ubuntu next week.
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