Gallery: My top five Linux desktop distributions

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• RE: Gallery: My top five Linux desktop distributions

  Mint for general use is unarguably the easiest and best to work with. And, it still being Linux, is still as open and versatile to work with as many/most of the other distributions. The others may charge ahead with a few features here and there but, most of those are also available for Mint, and they simply don't beat it on hands down ease...esp for newcomers to the Linux world

  

  Vailhem@...

  21 July, 2011 09:56

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    @Vailhem@... I agree - Mint is best for Windows immigrants. It behaves like a mixture of XP and 7. Personally I'm an Ubuntu addict ^^ I think Unity is gorgeous and functional.

    

    Imrhien

    20 September, 2011 14:23

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    smile520

    7 November, 2011 17:56

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• RE: Gallery: My top five Linux desktop distributions

  I have tried the following distros in their 64-bit flavors. CentOS, Redhat, Oracle, Corel, OpenSuSE, SuSE, & Debian, Slackware, & Ubuntu.
  
  My Two favorites are #1) Slackware 13.37 & #2)Kubuntu 11.04. I am running Kubuntu currently for school needs.

  

  toolman30044

  21 July, 2011 11:02

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    @toolman30044
    
    That tells us more about you than it does about Linux.
    
    Slackware tells that you like to tinker and build stuff. Kubuntu tells us that you like KDE with a configured front end.
    
    Mint is smoother than Ubuntu generally. Otherwise it's the same. Debian is less finished than Ubuntu. It's a parts basket to build distributions out of.
    
    Personally, I like Debian. Mint's new Debian based rolling version is nice too.

    

    YetAnotherBob

    22 July, 2011 13:21

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• Well that was nice.

  Case you didn't know, I am a Linux Advocate, so, Steve is doing well when he keeps Linux in the limelight.
  
  My choice: Ubuntu Linux 11.04 hands down.
  
  But I'll tell you this, Unity was a hard sell and I didn't like it at first. Now I am fine with it.
  
  Still, you'll be happy to know there is an article that adds 5 tweaks to Unity that you can't do without:
  
  h-t-t-p://www.techdrivein.com/2011/06/5-useful-compiz-tweaks-for-ubuntu-1104.html
  
  Follow the instructions and the usability factor increases two-fold.
  
  As for Mint, I just don't see the point--it uses the slab menu--fine, but why follow the leader?
  
  Ubuntu Linux: the best and safest operating system on the planet.
  
  Don't think so? Just ask me. Go ahead.
  
  I stake my reputation on it.
  Yesirree Bob.
  
  Thank you Steven.

  

  Dietrich T. Schmitz, *~* Your Linux Advocate

  21 July, 2011 16:14

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    @Dietrich T. Schmitz, *~* Your Linux Advocate
    
    Ubuntu takes several short cuts for user convenience that lessen the security available. You might be able to tell a typical Windows user that Ubuntu is more secure, and still be honest, but don't try that with a Fedora SELinux user. They are used to security that is close to an order of magnitude greater than you get with App Armor on Ubuntu.
    
    Plus, very few Ubuntu users know to even use App Armor.

    

    YetAnotherBob

    22 July, 2011 13:24

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      It's not trivial to disable App Armour.

      

      JeremyBoden

      22 July, 2011 14:29

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      @YetAnotherBob
      AppArmour is used by default.

      

      rMatey

      27 July, 2011 16:26

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      @rMatey
      Yes AppArmour is enabled by default but Ubuntu includes profiles for very few desktop applications. I think this is something they really should address because one of Ubuntu's greatest potential security features is currently underutilised.

      

      tomdwright

      27 July, 2011 19:27

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    @Dietrich T. Schmitz, *~* Your Linux Advocate
    
    I am using 11.04 also. The best tweak I could find was to dump Unity and go back to Gnome. Unity is not ready for primetime. It is barely beta software. Since going back to Gnome it has been rock steady.

    

    BoloMKXXVIII

    25 July, 2011 10:46

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    @Dietrich T. Schmitz, *~* Your Linux Advocate
    
    I too am a Linux lover but was turned forever against "u-punt-too " by an early distro, unavailable download, months long wait for a disc and an install which functioned ONLY when America was NOT chosen as the home country. This OS has left me with a bitter memory and I'll not return. Besides, there are too many other excellent choices out there including the ever more awesome and maleable PUPPY !

    

    materva

    27 July, 2011 15:43

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      @materva
      Puppy is a fairly amazing distro though it's a bit too geeky for new users.
      Ubuntu does most things, including finding proper drivers, for the user.
      While I agree that Unity should've been worked on a bit more, it's quite useable in it's current state. I've even come to enjoy using it as it gets out of the way of the user in much the same way as OS X does, though in a different way.
      Linux Mint is quite nice and does have several nice tweaks. It just leans too much towards hand-holding. If I'd started with Mint, I'd have learned much less than I have with Ubuntu.

      

      tmsbrdrs

      27 July, 2011 23:12

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• Nice, but...

  ...I'm not the only one who's gotten to where I won't click patiently through twenty (20!?!) "gallery" pages to get the same combined value as on, say, one page of distrowatch.com. I recognise that we readers aren't the customers here (the advertisers are, of course), but still, insulting people's intelligence on a regular basis is a good way to make sure they don't come back.
  
  While I have all the respect in the world for SJVN, who was a lone voice in the wilderness of ZDNet for far, far too long, enough is enough.

  

  Jeff Dickey

  21 July, 2011 18:25

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    @Jeff Dickey I wanted to give enough screenshots to show each system to advantage, and our gallery system pretty much locks us into one page/one image.
    
    Steven

    

    sjvn@...

    24 July, 2011 14:57

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      @sjvn@...
      
      Got to agree with Jeff, lose the slide show B.S. or lose me. . .

      

      materva

      27 July, 2011 15:48

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  • agree

    @Jeff Dickey
    
    I agree. When I see this rubbish (not the content, but the 20 pages to click) I usually just close the tab.

    

    qs.dz@...

    20 January, 2012 16:44

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  As per me I am a hardcore Debian user and find no reason to change over to any buggy system. The amount of freedom I enjoy in Debian is hard to beet. My preferences are (i) Debian (ii) Musix GNU/Linux (iii) LMDE (iv) Aptosid and (v) Knoppix. Thank you.

  

  ragpickr

  22 July, 2011 03:26

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    @ragpickr
    If I'd been thrown into any of those worlds, I doubt I'd have been able to get online without having to RTFM quite a lot.
    It's great that you've got the skills for using those systems, most new users don't.
    Thankfully, due to the tendency of Linux systems to allow it's users to learn, many will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to join you.

    

    tmsbrdrs

    27 July, 2011 23:16

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  I see everyone has an opinion! I'd say 1. PCLinuxOS KDE, Linux Mint, LPS public version secure Linux by the Dept. of Defense-runs in RAM-encoder,decoder, etc., Ultimate Edition 2.9 for eye candy and BootMed for rescue Disc. Sorry, anything related to Unity or Gnome 3 belongs in the garbage! Honorable mention to Crunchbang. Let's face it, we have a lot of good distros to choose from. we also have a lot that aren't so good! Find one you like and stick with it! But keep an open mind to anything new!

  

  athenroy

  22 July, 2011 04:20

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