Favorite linux flavor anyone?

[dwar]

I've been mostly using FreeBSD (my fav bsd distro) and I got a new computer now.. I've been thinking about installing slackware or debian on it. I know there are a few redhat/mandrake fans out there.. so I just wanted some thoughts. This new computer is mostly going to be personal use (like openoffice.org, etc). The BSD box is going to be another server to my collection   . Since I never really used linux much, hit me up with your thoughts on which on is the best for more advanced users.

[Master of Reality]

there is a thread about this already.
http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000001

I really like Redhat and Slackware, i'm thinking about switching my server from redhat to slackware. I tried Debian for a while, but hardly used it so i cant really comment about it.

[ May 24, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]

[dwar]

thanks.

[preacher]

Well, Ive used more distros than I can count, but my webserver is running off of Mandrake 8.2. I also reccommend slackware, but Im not a SuSE fan, it seems a little too bloated to me.

[dwar]

When i ran SuSE a couple years ago it had a lot of german man files.. i had to search for the english ones.

[Master of Reality]

you probably accidentally selected german...
When i installed redhat i chose to install everything and got about a gig of language files and programs in other languages.

[dwar]

Thats the funny part, I chose english and it installed the german man files. This was a while ago though.. SuSE is made in germany, so I expected some of that anyways hehe.

Just to add, I was looking at slackware's website and didn't really see any section for security. I heard that on mandrake, you have something where it automatically updates security issues? Is that true, and is it the same for slackware? I always have to goto the freebsd site when i get security announcements, and if it affects the programs that i'm running i usually just get the patch/work-around.

[ May 24, 2002: Message edited by: dwar ]

[preacher]

Mandrake does indeed have an automatic security update feature. I choose to apply security changes myself, so I dont use it. Also Mandrake comes with Bastille, which is a pretty good security utility for beginners, or those who want to set up security and firewalling as quickly as possible.

[Heru]

May favorite Linux distros are: Mandrake, Slackware, and SuSE in that order.

IMO: Mandrake is great for begginners and is a general purpose distro.  Slack is more advanced and has no wizards(except thos in KDE or Gnome), and tends to run faster, but only supports install scripts or installing from source(no rpm's or deb's).  SuSe is like Mandrake but far more bloated and slower, it seems more geared towards home bussinesses to me.

[dwar]

I've always been a fan of cherry =) I don't think i'd run redhat, i ran it for a while 4-5 years ago and didn't like it.

[MikeU]

http://www.gentoo.org

As a FreeBSD user myself, I love Gentoo Linux. It's portage system is a lot like the BSD ports system. (except, a lot better) It's everything you want, nothing you don't want. It isn't bloatware like most linux distros are right now. Everything is compiled to take advantage of your system. I really like that. On the down side though, it takes time to compile everything, and you need a good internet connection. But, IMO, it is well worth it. Portage is kept up to date, unlike FreeBSD... Also, the whole gentoo atmosphere is more fun than BSD... Which seems to be pretty uptight.

My server and router are running FreeBSD(even though I want to move my router to OpenBSD), but my desktop is dual booting Gentoo/Windows. I love Gentoo!

[clocken69]

Hmmmmmmm urine is my favorite flavor.. but i like dim sims so my favorite Linux flavor is blue cat linux then

[Calum]

banana flavour... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[dwar]

Yeah.. I installed mandrake.. I think mandrake would be perfect for a new user, but i personally don't like it. I'm going to install slack next, and then i'll try gentoo