What linux distro do you use?

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:08 am

I'm just curious. If your a Linux user, what distribution do you use, and why?
I have been thinking of tossing my old Mandrake 10.0 installations for something new.

Post by **grinvader** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:21 pm

Gentoo, because it works fine here.

Lord Alpha · Post by **Lord Alpha** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:50 pm

Slackware.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:23 pm

None right now, because every one I've tried has grated on my nerves somehow.

But then, I haven't tried a recent (< 1 year old) Linux distro, so maybe things have changed a bit.

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:36 pm

I like XP

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:43 pm

You should add Ubuntu. I know at least 2 people on this board use it.

If you can't, I'll just put down Debian

soulmata · Post by **soulmata** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:33 pm

gentoo, because i'm an internet badass

xaimus · Post by **xaimus** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:29 pm

I don't use Linux and therefore have no business posting in this thread, but I like/use FreeBSD.

soulmata · Post by **soulmata** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:12 pm

FreeBSD and Gentoo have a lot in common

This is why I tolerate Xaimus as a human

xaimus · Post by **xaimus** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:31 pm

<3 soulmata

LobStar · Post by **LobStar** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:37 pm

Fedora, yeah, I AM that LAME.....

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:06 am

i like suse.

i haven't tried other distros, though.

i do know i love kde.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:34 am

I'm tempted to install gentoo, it looks to be really good. From what I read on distrowatch, its the one that compiles completely from source if you want it to right? The first thing I would think is that doing that would be beneficial, but in truth, would it be any faster than to install pre-compiled binaries?

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:36 am

The only linux box currently running in my house is my SmoothWall 2.0 box. I said custom, but it's debian-based.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:44 am

SquareHead wrote:I'm tempted to install gentoo, it looks to be really good. From what I read on distrowatch, its the one that compiles completely from source if you want it to right? The first thing I would think is that doing that would be beneficial, but in truth, would it be any faster than to install pre-compiled binaries?

Maybe a little bit, unless you happen to choose CFLAGS which actually make the app slower, which is quite possible. Also, compiling large things like KDE can take days.

lockharte · Post by **lockharte** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:07 am

suse is pretty easy to use.

btw, has the red hat distro been discontinued?

Bent · Post by **Bent** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:53 am

As far as I know, the free Red Hat is now Fedora.

That's what I run anyway. I only run Linux on occasion, and it more than suits my needs, although I was a little surprised it doesn't run NTFS without a seperate driver.

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:14 am

Seeing as how the majority of my computer time is for gaming, I have no use for linux.

soulmata · Post by **soulmata** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:59 am

Noxious Ninja wrote:
SquareHead wrote:I'm tempted to install gentoo, it looks to be really good. From what I read on distrowatch, its the one that compiles completely from source if you want it to right? The first thing I would think is that doing that would be beneficial, but in truth, would it be any faster than to install pre-compiled binaries?
Maybe a little bit, unless you happen to choose CFLAGS which actually make the app slower, which is quite possible. Also, compiling large things like KDE can take days.

Days on what system? On an athlon 1900+ I can compile the entire KDE set of packages (including kdebase and all the addons) in just a few hours.

Demios · Post by **Demios** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:38 am

I use Kondara Linux, a Japanese distribution based on Red Hat Linux.

I run it on my PS2

http://playstation2-linux.com/

On PC's though I use FreeBSD.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:03 am

LobStar wrote:Fedora, yeah, I AM that LAME.....

Oh, you're not lame, you're just gay...

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:55 pm

soulmata wrote:
Noxious Ninja wrote:
SquareHead wrote:I'm tempted to install gentoo, it looks to be really good. From what I read on distrowatch, its the one that compiles completely from source if you want it to right? The first thing I would think is that doing that would be beneficial, but in truth, would it be any faster than to install pre-compiled binaries?
Maybe a little bit, unless you happen to choose CFLAGS which actually make the app slower, which is quite possible. Also, compiling large things like KDE can take days.
Days on what system? On an athlon 1900+ I can compile the entire KDE set of packages (including kdebase and all the addons) in just a few hours.

No shit? The last time I tried compiling it was with FreeBSD on a Pentium-M 1.4 GHz, which should be at least as fast as that Athlon XP. It took almost 36 hours. That was without kde-office and kde-games.

xaimus · Post by **xaimus** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:41 pm

Binary packages are glorious.

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:47 pm

lol "just a few hours" :)

LobStar · Post by **LobStar** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:31 pm

grinvader wrote:
LobStar wrote:Fedora, yeah, I AM that LAME.....
Oh, you're not lame, you're just gay...

Ohhhh so true

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What linux distro do you use?

What Linux distro do you use?

What linux distro do you use?