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Poll: HN desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

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Re: Poll: HN desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

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Post by obviouslygreen »

Currently Ubuntu; likely switching to Debian in the near future.

I was a huge Gentoo fan early on, but switched to Fedora when I stopped enjoying the USE configuration (which I still believe is awesome, just way too time-consuming), then to Ubuntu when I stopped enjoying yum (well, I never enjoyed yum). I think aptitude is the most stable package manager I've ever used.

Likely going to Debian soon, though. Trying it out in a VM (love those buggers!) It doesn't matter a whole lot since I run openbox, but as a developer, I think knowing the package manager well makes a big difference in the quality of the experience.

Re: Poll: HN desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

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Post by thomseddon »

gee_totes wrote: post #4

Is anyone's choice of distro influenced by the type of servers they find themselves working on? For example, I find myself doing alot of work on REHL systems in the cloud, and thusly run Fedora (so I don't have to figure out where config files, etc. are kept in other distros).

This is exactly why I use fedora too, however I'm increasingly pulled towards Ubuntu again....

Re: Poll: HN desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

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Post by dkuntz2 »

luisivan wrote: post #7

I use Asturix 4 in production environments and ElementaryOS for basic desktop use

Every time I've tried to use Elementary I find it really buggy and slow. I know that it's currently in beta, but every time I read about it people talk about how stable it is, which doesn't seem to be the case for me.

I've tried several times to use it as my main OS, but every time I keep coming back to Arch. The same is true with Ubuntu and other Ubuntu flavors, most recently Ubuntu Gnome, which is basically the same as what I run with Arch, but with an Ubuntu foundation and less time spent getting it working. Even that felt slow to me.

Re: Poll: HN desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

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Post by eksith »

gee_totes wrote: post #4

Is anyone's choice of distro influenced by the type of servers they find themselves working on? For example, I find myself doing alot of work on REHL systems in the cloud, and thusly run Fedora (so I don't have to figure out where config files, etc. are kept in other distros).

That was the case when I ran Linux on my server. I used Debian and so my (non-Windows)desktop was also Debian. I followed the trend to Ubuntu, but now I'm on OpenBSD for the server and kept Ubuntu for the desktop.

Re: Poll: HN desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

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Post by pvnick »

gee_totes wrote: post #4

Is anyone's choice of distro influenced by the type of servers they find themselves working on? For example, I find myself doing alot of work on REHL systems in the cloud, and thusly run Fedora (so I don't have to figure out where config files, etc. are kept in other distros).

I used to do the same kind of thing, but now I just run OSX full-time because I like the user experience, and Vagrant virtual dev environments let me run whatever distro I want.

Re: Poll: HN desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

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Post by X4 » 

   *  Sabayon - It's a better experience than pure Gentoo
   *  SliTaz - You won't believe me how insanely fast it is!
   *  Peppermint OS - Perfect for mum and friends
Busybox Kernel, 35MB, but fully featured http://www.slitaz.org/en/

Ubuntu based, but much faster and less distracting http://peppermintos.com/

The perfect OS for a developer/sysadmin who is thrilled for more http://sabayon.org/

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